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Ash Wednesday (2002)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Style:
intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, ridiculous, surprise ending, clever, melancholic, tricky ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, betrayal, vengeance, violence, love triangle, murder, haunted by the past, couple relations, love and romance, siblings relations, dishonesty, revenge, chase, guilt, hitman, catastrophe, mafia, twists and turns, natural disaster, gang, writers, brothers, suspense, priest ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 1983
Place:
new york, ireland, boston, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic and rough films with plots about gangsters, violence, dialogue, brutality, mentor, catastrophe and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ash Wednesday: Gloria (1999), Monument Ave. (1998), Empire (2002), Blood In, Blood Out (1993), The Funeral (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, touching, sexy, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, asthma, murder, women, suspense, justice, runaway, mafia, woman in danger, down on your luck, introspection, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, vengeance, gang, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, best friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, ireland, connecticut, massachusetts, new jersey ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style:
intense, stylized, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, greed, drugs, twists and turns, gang, suspense, wall street, drug dealing, cons and scams, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
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intense, bad ending, entertaining, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, street gang, prison, prison gang, drug abuse, drug addiction, violence spree, destiny, jail, police shootout, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, ecuador, guatemala ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, labor union, murder, vengeance, flashback, gangsters, great depression, greed, gratuitous violence, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
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gangsters, organized crime, mafia, friendship, betrayal, vengeance, gang, greed, suspense, murder, criminal heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film follows the personal relationship between a father and his two sons, one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.
Style:
dark, disturbing, bleak, gloomy, affectionate ...
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boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, russian mafia, winter, redemption, hitman, jewish, snow, assassin, killer, coming of age, immigrants ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, tokyo, california, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal ...
Style:
intense, clever, funny, talky, tense ...
Plot:
heist, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, caper, grandfather grandson relationship, gangsters, robbery, death of father, father son estrangement, ex convict, career criminal, death of grandfather ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Style:
bad ending, melancholic, road movie, tricky, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
chase, robbery, destiny, gang, dreams, bank, bank robbery, police, murder, mentor, lone hero, life & death ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style:
epic, visually appealing, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, violence, guilt, murder, assassination, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, catholic church, psychology ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
italy, new york, palermo italy, sicily, atlantic city new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, undercover, family relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, special agents, law enforcement, marines, desert, family dinner, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1984
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, ...
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neo noir, surreal, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, organized crime, prison, betrayal, suspense, vengeance, undercover agent, mafia, heist, violence, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, melancholic, dramatic, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police station, drug addiction, prostitute, murder, cop killer, police brutality, hospital, drugs, violence, law enforcement, gang ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, new jersey, san francisco, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
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serious, realistic, exciting, rough, political ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, police investigation, terrorist, murder, friendship, vengeance, spy, revenge, chase, violence, rebelliousness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, northern ireland, ireland, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
stylized, twist ending, intense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gang, violence, father son relationship, small town, suspense, twists and turns, corrupt cop, one last job, money ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new jersey, new york, usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
harsh, stylized, serious, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, police, gang, drugs, suspense, police officer, brothers, hitman, multiple storylines, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style:
talky, serious, rough, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
corruption, murder, cheerleading, u.s. mexico border, moral ambiguity, police, dark hero, hitman, police corruption, happy ending, character study, emigration ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, revenge, hitman, murder, vengeance, lone wolves, brutality, rivalry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, adaptation, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, las vegas, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
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realistic, brutal, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, police, police investigation, vengeance, gangsters, hip hop, murder, lone hero, teenage life, youth, on the run ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Movies like Gangs of New York
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, campy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
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mafia, betrayal, gangsters, sicilian, gunfight, leadership, ambition, political unrest, politics, society, dishonesty, class differences ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough ...
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tense, brutal, talky, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, gang, gang war, irish, criminal, corruption, organized crime, murder, hitman, caper ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1975 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, boston, ohio, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangsters, justice, brutality, crime gone awry, fbi, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Style:
sexy, romantic, disturbing, harsh, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, african american, love, hip hop, ghetto, relationships, family relations, violence, sex scene, life & death, revenge, runaway ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, vietnam, texas, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father's influence. Though they disagree about everything, they have one ...
Style:
talky, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
infidelity, unlikely friendships, relationships, taxi driver, unlikely couple, dangerous attraction, love of one's life, sibling relationship, wedding, siblings relations, love affair, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, ireland, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Style:
stylized, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, light ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, gang, teenage boy, lake, waterfall, great depression, coming of age, murder, death, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tommy Brown and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign ...
Style:
stylized, satirical, talky, light, reflective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, urban ghetto life, hip hop, gang, violence, african american, african american gangster, organized crime, car, drugs, gunfight, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, jamaica, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangsters, nightclub, mafia, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, corruption, gang, bully, friends, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
intense, harsh, serious, neo noir, gloomy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, murder, plastic surgery, vengeance, betrayal, gangsters, robbery, suspense, rehabilitation, revenge, operation, heist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970's. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft... ...
Style:
disturbing, neo noir, realistic, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
organized crime, rape, small town, gang, gangsters, father son relationship, revenge, violent, murder, psychopath, violence, serial killer ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
pennsylvania, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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