Movies like Billy Bathgate
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Billy Bathgate (1991)
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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, erotic, light, romantic, unusual plot structure, bloody, melancholic, talky, intense ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, gang, great depression, lake, teenage boy, waterfall, coming of age, lawyer, violence, death, murder, chase, nude, war, catastrophe, twists and turns, natural disaster, world war one, relationships, caper, hitman, betrayal, prostitution ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic and suspenseful films with plots about gangsters, dialogue, storytelling, brutality, mentor, runaway and betrayal mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Billy Bathgate: City of Industry (1997), Hoodlum (1997), Mobsters (1991), Empire (2002), Knockaround Guys (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, factual, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, african american, gunfight, violence, betrayal, corruption, death, destiny, prison, greed ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, california, illinois, usa
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85%
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
Plot:
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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81%
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 ⇓
75%
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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.
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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
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72%
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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
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69%
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 ...
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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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66%
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, ...
Style:
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 ⇓
55%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, clever, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, suspense, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, obsession, courtroom, gangsters, court, lawyer, suspense, murder mystery, hitman, unlikely friendships, legal, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure ...
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boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, society, law enforcement, rivalry, legal, idealism, false accusation, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
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52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual ...
Style:
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hitman, assassination, tango, dancing, love and romance, conspiracy, couples, intrigue, rivalry, dishonesty, couple relations, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, new york, usa, latin america ...
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48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style:
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date night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, vengeance, organized crime, criminal's revenge, bank robbery, hitman, murder, revenge, on the run, coming of age, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place:
illinois, usa, chicago illinois, michigan
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47%
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
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47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, adaptation, friendship, undercover, twists and turns, mentor, transformation, brutality, betrayal, police detective, chase ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, corruption, irish mob, blackmail, love triangle, violence, gang, betrayal, twists and turns, mayor ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, betrayal, vengeance, violence, love triangle, murder, haunted by the past, couple relations, siblings relations, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 1983
Place:
new york, boston, ireland, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Style:
tense, realistic, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, friendship, character study, gang, money, urban ghetto life, life philosophy, friends, street gang, exotic dancer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
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neo noir, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, nightclub, suspense, tragic hero, drug dealing, drugs, gang, gunfight, prison, violence ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
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45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
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tense, suspenseful, clever, erotic, psychological ...
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murder, cons and scams, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, black man white woman relationship, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, femme fatale, undercover, police corruption ...
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90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A con man travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for
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intense, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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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.
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mafia, organized crime, revenge, labor union, murder, vengeance, flashback, gangsters, great depression, greed, gratuitous violence, crime gone awry ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, london
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42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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talky, realistic, serious, neo noir, harsh ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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41%
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:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, talky ...
Plot:
witness protection, mafia, hitman, betrayal, life turned upside down, partners in crime, adaptation, transformation, police investigation, assassin, fbi, hunting ...
Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style:
talky, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, puerto rico
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39%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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38%
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