Movies like Tokyo Playboy Club
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Tokyo Playboy Club (2011)
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Original name: 東京プレイボーイクラブ
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld predicament worsens to the point of no return.
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, exciting, rough, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
Plot:
nightlife, nightclub, gangster, danger, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, chases and races, on the run, nothing goes right, city life, disorder, criminal heroes, eastern, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about rivalry, danger, gangster, criminal heroes, disorder, gang and chases and races mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Tokyo Playboy Club: Crows Zero (2007), Fool N Final (2007), Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007), Jilla (2014), Bank Roll (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, exciting, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gang, youth, gang war, teenage life, yakuza, high school, juvenile delinquent, high school life, teenage gang, street fight, friendship, rivalry ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
gang, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, chases and races, goofy hero, gangster, diamond theft, bookies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
yakuza, gang, gangster, danger, vengeance, hitman, bank, rivalry, japanese mafia, triad, heroic bloodshed, video game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
56%
15K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
adopted son, gangster, police, rivalry, parents and children, law enforcement, escapades, dishonesty, danger, fighting crime, murder, godfather ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
49%
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127
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in present day Burbank, California and the surrounding San Fernando Valley area, . BENNY BIG-TIME (The BBT) learns his brother has been arrested on suspicion of a few recent bank robberies. With every bit of the life savings he's socked ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, light, exciting ...
Plot:
bank, crime gone awry, stalking, on the run, caper, underground, danger, friendship, robbery, destiny, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three down-on-their-luck, twenty-something female roommates are living paycheck to paycheck in a rundown apartment, when one night they stumble across $3 million dollars in a suitcase amidst the bloody aftermath of a drug shootout. Despite wanting ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, drug dealer, warehouse, danger, rivalry, murder, stolen money, lesbian relationship, female nudity, woman killed ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, assassination, criminal heroes, dishonesty, danger, siblings relations, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, hitman, disorder, betrayal, yakuza ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat, realistic
Plot:
nothing goes right, dark humor, police detective, police investigation, gangster, silly humor, law enforcement, disorder, social relations, small town, satire, nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
40%
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293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, urban ghetto, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ex Boxer Tom is on the ropes, when a chance encounter at the gym leads to the offer of work as a doorman at a run down nightclub. The volatile head doorman Paul, is a battle hardened veteran from the old school. Recognising Tom for the fighter that ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightclub, going straight, rivalry, gangster, drug dealing, ambition, boss and employee, boxer, danger, murder, athlete's life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A simple funeral turns a man's world upside down.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
yakuza, gangster, life turned upside down, danger, memory loss, dark humor, disorder, gang, chases and races, coincidence, chase, bohemian ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
Style:
stylized, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, gang, danger, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, memory loss, loan, asian, violent content, strong female presence, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
34%
688
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Three struggling room-mates unknowingly become potential prey of a ruthless gangster
Style:
humorous, captivating, exciting, entertaining, not serious ...
Plot:
friends, gangster, on the run, journalist, smuggling, nothing goes right, danger, save the day, love, friendship, escapades, messenger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
wedding, twists and turns, gangster, cocaine, robbery, memory loss, drug dealing, disorder, uncover truth, falsely accused, murder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, offbeat, suspenseful
Plot:
yakuza, gambling, casino, crime family, organized crime, gangster, violent content, mysterious character, uninhibited rivalry, danger, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, master criminal, ambition, criminal heroes, rise to the top, chase, criminal's revenge, rivalry, gangster, government official, police officer, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself ...
Style:
tense, anime, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, social decay, contests and competitions, rivalry, risk, danger, rich and poor, society, lifestyle, job seeking, deathtrap, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
rivalry, nightlife, love affair, contests and competitions, prostitute, nightclub, ambition, beauty pageant, danger, platonic, jazz, warlord ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
china
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, working undercover, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, betrayal, dark humor, disorder, murder, cons and scams, friendship, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
medieval, save the kingdom, rivalry, escapades, heroes, martial arts, bandit, danger, revenge, woods, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
28%
371
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
"Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, buddies, rivalry, youth, uninhibited rivalry, coming of age, gang, japanese high school, high school, strong violent content, friends ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his ...
Style:
humorous, rough, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dishonesty, life turned upside down, blind ambition, prison, gang, university, gangster, working undercover, criminal heroes, disorder, friends, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, woman in danger, uninhibited rivalry, danger, chases and races, assassination, chase, murder, vengeance, master warrior, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, korea, seoul, asia
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
gangster, on the run, violent content, disorder, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, chases and races, love and romance, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
27%
15K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A young policeman hunts down the men who caused the accident that put his politician father into a coma.
Style:
humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, against the rules, law enforcement, disorder, coma, pretense, danger, father son relationship, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eunjin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister ...
Style:
exciting, rough, semi serious, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
opposites attract, martial arts, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, uninhibited rivalry, marriage, gangster, gang, couple relations, strong female lead, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
27%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A fun-loving 30-something (Shiri Appleby) with abandonment issues becomes convinced that her dating problems will be resolved if she can only track down the father she never knew. When she finds him (Tim Matheson), she discovers that he's an ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, family relations, parents and children, female protagonist, murder, escapades, rivalry, friendship, assassin, estranged father, young woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
26%
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, friends, society, urban ghetto life, teenage life, power relations, youth, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, slapstick
Plot:
gangster, disorder, friends, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, buddies, cons and scams, love and romance, wooing, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
26%
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