Movies like Atlantic City
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Atlantic City (1980)
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Lou, a small time gangster who thinks he used to be something big, meets and falls for a sexy casino employee named Sally. She needs his help realizing her dream of going to Monte Carlo, a symbol of the glamorous life that she has been looking for so desperately.
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, realistic, cynical, aesthetic, tense, sentimental, clever, touching, serious ...
Plot:
casino, gangster, gambling, murder, older man younger woman relationship, drug, voyeurism, mafia, mobster, passion, cocaine, redemption, bittersweet, age difference, organized crime, old age, drug dealer, neighbor, poodle, waitress, extramarital affair, sister sister relationship, marital separation, loss of husband, may december romance ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, philadelphia, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city, las vegas, california, american
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Most similar movies to Atlantic City
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, neo noir and stylized films with plots about gangster, murder, betrayal, dishonesty, crime gone awry, dialogue and suprisingly clever mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Atlantic City: Mona Lisa (1986), The Cooler (2003), Rounders (1998), The Consequences of Love (2004), Casino (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's ...
Style:
atmospheric, intense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, gangster, unrequited love, chauffeur, doomed romance, redemption, friendship, prostitution, ex convict, white rabbit, pimp, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 70s
Place:
london, europe, england, britain, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
(William H. Macy) works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, neo noir, intense, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, card playing, fall in love, sex, gambler, bad luck, character study, public nudity, love and romance, down on your luck, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
36%
168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, tense, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, loneliness, fall in love, insomnia, age difference, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, manipulation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy, switzerland
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Max is a Paris detective, aloof, independently wealthy, and frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of petty thieves (led by an old acquaintance) to rob a bank. A ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
prostitute, manipulation, thief, entrapment, sting operation, group, french police, criminal gang, disguise, trap, bank robbery, outlaw ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the ...
Style:
witty, stylized, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
gambling, gangster, hitman, mafia, cooking, organized crime, crime gone awry, complex characters, violent content, lifestyle, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
nightclub, gambling, murder, female nudity, mafia, strip club, gambling debt, great ending, hitman, gangster, mobster, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, texas
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to helping the younger robber escape his pursuers. As ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, hostage, pregnancy, on the road, heist, love and romance, kidnapped, money, bank, kidnapping, age-gap relationship, minister ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, existential, black and white, crime drama ...
Plot:
yakuza, gambling, casino, ex convict, gangster, samurai, voice over narration, japanese woman, chinaman, prison, jazz, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Charles, a sixty-something career criminal, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned ...
Style:
noir, neo noir, crime drama, tense, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, bag of money, crime gone awry, planning, ex convict, heist gone wrong, seaside, elderly man, robbery ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
cannes, france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes ...
Style:
neo noir, road movie, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
on the run, lovers on the run, criminal, great depression, murder, bank, robbery, young couple, prison, crime spree, thief, female nudity ...
Time:
1930s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After an unfortunate incident causes him to leave the "family business" and move to Los Angeles, Vinny Pallazzo is living a quiet life. When his nephew, Anthony, moves in with him, Vinny slowly learns to live life to the fullest again. ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
bookstore, revenge, gang, gangster, haunted by the past, hopes, going straight, moral dilemma, introspection, redemption, criminal heroes, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
31%
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, croupier, writers, terrorist, cons and scams, caper, addiction, greed, relationships, career change, bet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
noir, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, robbery, poker, gambler, perfect crime, voyeur, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, female nudity, gambling ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling addiction, college, addiction, gambler, poker, gambling debt, character study, bookies, hopes, gangster, casino, bet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, las vegas, harvard university ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Style:
clever, sentimental, emotional, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, haunted by the past, death in the family, family problems, grief, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, betrayal, investigation, mafia, law, courtroom, private investigator, blackmail, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother Alex, a cop with a cleanliness fetish; siblings ...
Style:
erotic, neo noir, serious, sexual, contemplative ...
Plot:
lesbian, obsession, women, murder, petty theft, closeted homosexual, gay, organized crime, lgbt, lgbtq, gangster, destructive relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
france, lyon, alps, paris france
Similarity:
30%
259K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style:
sexy, cult classic, dark comedy, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, cocaine, lovers on the run, gangster, mafia, gunfight, shootout, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, bodyguard, love, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle, michigan ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling addiction, casino, gambling, gambler, poker, addiction, embezzlement, greed, relationships, banker, police investigation, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, toronto ontario canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, neo noir ...
Plot:
insomnia, drug dealing, addiction, drug abuse, drug, male nudity, drug dealer, obsession, going straight, hopes, life is a bitch, junkie ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive ...
Style:
sweet, erotic, clever, detective, neo noir ...
Plot:
premarital sex, photograph, organized crime, making love, nudity, photographer, drinking, gangster, sex, female nudity, blonde, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
29%
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33K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
29%
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, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, vengeance, police investigation, criminal's revenge, investigation, best friend, police corruption, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Pierre, a successful expert in building highways has a traffic accident. Being seriously wounded, he is lying waiting for death and remembering his past in flashbacks.
Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, older man younger woman relationship, classical music, mistress, road accident, reckless driving, speed, sports car, psychoanalyst, love, post war, trippy ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
adultery, murder, bodyguard, love triangle, infidelity, hostage, witness protection, husband wife relationship, death threat, home invasion, psychopath, woman in jeopardy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1976 in Nice, Agnes, the daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with an older lawyer.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
unrequited love, mother daughter conflict, casino, suicide attempt, lawyer, forbidden love, rivalry, intrigue, fall in love, love affair, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2014, 70s, 2000s
Place:
nice france, south of france, geneva switzerland, france, french riviera ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other.
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, gangster, love, kidnapping, battle of the sexes, sex scene, wedding, love at first sight, murder, manipulation, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new york ...
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
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