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At Close Range (1986)
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 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... and ultimately, murder.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, harsh, tense, bleak, realistic, independent film, entertaining, cynical, crime drama ...
Plot:
rape, organized crime, small town, sociopath, father son relationship, psychopath, violence, revenge, sexualized violence, violent, gang, murder, serial killer, police investigation, teenager, female nudity, true crime, criminal, filicide, death of brother, criminal gang, career criminal, killer, caper, sexual abuse ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, california
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Most similar movies to At Close Range
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and tense films with plots about murder, violence, gang, vengeance, brutality, serial killer and deadly mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like At Close Range: Bad Boys (1983), Little Odessa (1994), The Killer Inside Me (1976), Too Young to Die? (1990), Vengeance is Mine (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
prison, vengeance, juvenile delinquent, violence, juvenile delinquency, youth, bullying, prison escape, gangster, rivalry, prison rape, brat pack ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, south america, illinois, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
erotic, bleak, disturbing, neo noir, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, hitman, immigrant, winter, jewish mob, russian mafia, sex scene, redemption, gangster, killer, making love, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, brooklyn new york city, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Style:
emotional, sad, neo noir, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death row, death penalty, teenage prostitute, murder, revenge, attorney, teenage prostitution, lawyer, teenager, teenage girl, prison, death sentence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oklahoma
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic ...
Style:
freeze frame, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, prostitute, father son relationship, violence, psychopath, sex scene, brutality, murder, lover lover relationship, father in law daughter in law relationship, womanizer, strangulation ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1979, 70s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
hood, melancholic, brutal, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, ghetto, police investigation, urban, vengeance, hip hop, murder, lone hero, black, teenage life, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, hood, philosophical ...
Plot:
murder, mafia, corpse, gangster, revenge, tragedy, grief, death of brother, suicide, brother brother relationship, organized crime, great depression ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, visually appealing, neo noir ...
Plot:
violence, organized crime, gangster, mafia, bad mother, investigation, justice, complex characters, vengeance, character study, drug dealer, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, peru, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”
Style:
neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, crime gone awry, hitman, one last job, organized crime, buddies, revenge, redemption, gunfight, dark humor, hopes ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
usa, colorado, denver colorado, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, true crime, captivity, isolation, violence, missing person, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, abuse, cruelty, rape ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style:
erotic drama, erotic, stylized, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug addict, male nudity, friendship, male prostitution, male prostitute, hedonism, addiction, drug, drug abuse, homosexuality, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, palm springs california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, kansas city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This crime drama is based on the true story of Billy Isaacs. Freshly escaped from prison, Isaac is picked up by his brothers, and the entire dysfunctional brood embarks on a crime spree that takes them through a dozen states, claiming the lives of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
strong sexual content, serial killer, true crime, murder, killing spree, anal rape, mass murder, rape, sex crime, nudity, biopic, crime spree ...
Time:
70s
Place:
georgia, maryland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, cynical, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
bartender, gangster, betrayal, contract killer, masked robber, criminal, heist, robbery, hustler, mafia, bank robbery, traitor ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century, 70s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, usa
Similarity:
25%
673
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gangster, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, police investigation, drug dealing, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug abuse, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker (Shelley Winters) grows into a violently powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons, and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman ...
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, bleak, neo noir, hood ...
Plot:
female gangster, gang, sexual abuse, rape, murder, shootout, bad mother, great depression, robbery, outdoor sex, mobster, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, year 1929
Place:
america, arkansas
Similarity:
25%
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1.4M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
182K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, criminal heroes, introspection, danger, parents and children, gory, chess, father son relationship, violence, brother brother relationship ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, rape, injustice, sexual assault, rape victim, violence, gang rape, sexual abuse, violence against women, legal action, fraternity, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state ...
Similarity:
25%
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
24%
2.2M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An eccentric older woman (Ann-Margret) implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young retarded girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, wrongful conviction, psychological manipulation, female protagonist, manipulation, small town, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, domestic abuse, killing spree, killer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
10K
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:
suspense, intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mobster, organized crime, friendship, vengeance, tough heroes, greed, murder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, blind ambition, mafia ...
Time:
1920s, year 1991, year 1917, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
24%
10K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, twins, male nudity, homoeroticism, mafia, homosexual, organized crime, brutality, violent, mental illness, murder, british gangster ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
24%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, female nudity, murder, unsolved crime, female pubic hair, lesbian, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, motel, violence ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Small-time police chief and struggling alcoholic Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake. The case brings the former LAPD cop up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
child molester, murder, jesse stone, split personality, investigation, psychopath, law enforcement, life is a bitch, uncover truth, domestic violence, haunted by the past, framed for murder ...
Place:
new england, massachusetts, usa, boston
Similarity:
24%
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