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Red Mercury (2010)
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Original name: Punane elavhõbe
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Estonia, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's the early 90's. A new currency is in circulation in Estonia - the kroon. The former federal republic has become a world leader in non-ferrous metal exports. There is a relentless struggle around this criminal business. It brings new victims every day. Estonia ranks first in Europe in terms of the number of killings. This is just the beginning ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, dark, bleak, realistic, noir, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
criminal underworld, betrayal, organized crime, black market, post soviet, bandit, criminal, crime boss, life is a bitch, love affair, society, moral dilemma, violence, smuggling, corruption, power struggle, lawlessness, gangster, money, police, investigation, underground, crime spree, survival, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
estonia
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Most similar movies to Red Mercury
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and crime drama films with plots about corruption, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, violence and crime boss mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Red Mercury: Gang War in Naples (1972), Boca (2010), The Ground (2017), The Big Heist (2001), Cocaine Cowboys (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, dark, tense, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, camorra, organized crime, violence, crime boss, ambition, power struggle, rise to power, criminal underworld, gang war, urban ...
Time:
70s
Place:
naples italy, italy, napoli italy
Similarity:
95%
773
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, organized crime, biopic, killing, life is a bitch, murderer, criminal, bandit, framed for murder, crime boss, murder mystery ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
Style:
crime drama, dark, crime thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, violence, danger, urban, street crime, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, gang, crime boss, betrayal, hopelessness, anti hero ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, organized crime, gangster, mafia, gang, outlaw gang, criminal, one last chance, burglar, problem, bandit ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style:
crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, mafioso, gang, criminal, outlaw gang, criminal gang, mysterious girl, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Destn (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
drug, cocaine, rock band, organized crime, smuggling, danger, heist gone wrong, criminal underworld, musician, music industry, black market, coercion ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, strip club, organized crime, female protagonist, crime boss, problem, gang, bandit, mafia, criminal gang, mafioso, mob hit ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, underworld, gang, breaking the law, crime boss, bandit, money problems, criminal underworld, criminal gang, money, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shipping company while bad guy Ernest Pike (Karl Urban) is struggling to get his family's illegal gun ...
Style:
tense, crime thriller, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, lawyer, police officer, criminal, corruption, fighting crime, police detective, murder investigation, arms dealer, murder mystery, murder, police ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder ...
Style:
tense, dark, crime drama, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, organized crime, underworld, violence, drug, criminal gang, gang war, criminal, bandit, life is a bitch, urban setting ...
Place:
busan, korea
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping arrest in Prague, Czech mobster Radim "Kácko" Kraviec flees first to Seychelles and then to South Africa where he continues with his criminal endeavours. However, his illicit activities cannot go unnoticed forever.
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, criminal underworld, escape, crime boss, fugitive, violence, power struggle, investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, crime drama, brutal ...
Plot:
murder, violent, revenge, organized crime, gang war, criminal underworld, gangster, gang, murderer, criminal's revenge, crime boss, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
63%
333
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, France, Switzerland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man gets into an accident and now owes people money. He lives in present day Almaty, Kazakhstan, where jobs are scarce. So he turns to dubious characters for help which leads him deeper and deeper into trouble.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, crime boss, criminal underworld, corruption, loan shark, extortion, desperation, post soviet, debt, lawlessness, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A judge decides to dedicate his life to go after the members of the 'Ndrangheta-mafia, when he meets a young heir who longs for a life without criminality.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, crime family, justice, criminal, judge, gang, crime boss, mafioso, outlaw gang, bandit, criminal gang ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Story:
The story of David McMillan an Australian drug smuggler and the only person in history to escape from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
smuggling, prison, escape, prison break, drug smuggling, criminal, gang, crime boss, bandit, smuggler, drug dealer, drug smuggler ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, australia, asia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, noir, atmospheric ...
Plot:
violence, betrayal, organized crime, japanese occupation of china, criminal, gangster, japanese army, army, deal, loyalty, corruption, power struggle ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
shanghai, japan, china
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, dark, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, organized crime, crime boss, mafia, corruption, betrayal, mistrust, ethical dilemma, surveillance, rookie, power struggle, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
In the Sydney underworld, the lives of gangsters, the Instagram generation, and the glamorous social elite intertwine.
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, ambition, revenge, criminal underworld, criminal's revenge, crime boss, organized crime, society, criminal, satire, betrayal, power struggle ...
Place:
sydney australia
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Boston, the four Naldoff brothers make a comfortable living running money scams. But the youngest brother, Lee, is dangerously attracted to the excitement of the underworld lifestyle. When Lee puts a hit on a wealthy businessman, he unknowingly ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, brothers, scam, organized crime, mafia, underworld, criminal underworld, crime family, brotherhood, violence, moral ambiguity, hitman ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
boston, new england
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Olga, a "self-made woman" who’d rather not gain than lose, she avoids risks and contact with the criminal world and law enforcement, seeing them as interfering freeloaders. The price of her company rises when mineral water is found on ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
organized crime, murder, female protagonist, kidnapping, crime boss, woman in danger, money, criminal, bandit, threat, son, gang warfare ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style:
noir, poliziottesco, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, police commissioner, underworld, mature, power struggle, betrayal, revenge, vendetta, violent, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
52%
479
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Moscow, the 90s ... A city without a past and without a future. A city that doesn't forgive mistakes. Showing Moscow bohemia, the criminal business: nightlife, easy money, excitement and confusion form the surface of this life. The main ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, affair, criminal, money, stolen money, intrigue, crime boss, love triangle, gang, murder, bandit, suspicion of adultery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Following his release from prison, an outlaw with a tragic past challenges a ruthless crime boss for control of the local alcohol black market.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, bleak
Plot:
organized crime, crime boss, black market, power struggle, criminal underworld, corruption, revenge, anti hero, showdown, lawlessness, moral ambiguity, outlaw ...
Similarity:
51%
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356
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three Englishmen working as waiters on a cruise ship in 1927 are given a chance to work for the Al Capone gang.
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, al capone, crime family, mobster, gang, criminal gang, bandit, crime boss, outlaw gang, street gang ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lithuania, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thriller about a crook who efforts to get out of the business could cost him his life. Gena is a drug runner who has grown tired of the violence and unpredictability of his life, and he decides it's time to go straight. Gena plans one last ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, tense, crime thriller, road movie ...
Plot:
betrayal, prostitution, underground, murder, gangster, drug smuggling, murderer, escape, criminal underworld, organized crime, smuggling, russian mafia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, eastern europe, france, lithuania
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, police, police officer, gang, gang war, criminal gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, police detective, fighting crime, drug dealer, bandit ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
life is a bitch, violence, danger, life philosophy, dishonesty, criminal heroes, corruption, police corruption, society, tough heroes, injustice, brutality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly ...
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, crime family, criminal underworld, mafia, female protagonist, multiple storylines, bandit, criminal gang, criminal syndicate, gang, criminal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
564
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
After his sister’s sudden death, a doctor finds himself entangled with a local crime syndicate and forging a tentative alliance with its new leader.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, intense ...
Plot:
organized crime, crime boss, family tragedy, ethical dilemma, criminal syndicate, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle, urban, union, urban decay, mistrust ...
Similarity:
43%
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