Movies like Borsalino

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Borsalino (1970)
 6.8
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Borsalino (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, noir, poliziottesco, french noir, vintage
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, friendship, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, tough heroes, ex convict, boxing, italian mafia, organized crime, mediterranean, interwar period, mobster, friends, rivalry, partner, buddies, criminal's revenge, business, fight, con artists, cat, police, violence, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 30s
Place: europe, france, provence, south of france, marseille, southern france, marseille provence
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, criminal heroes, rivalry, organized crime, mafia, dishonesty and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Borsalino: Blood on the Streets (1974), A Gang Story (2011), The Loner (1987), Scoumoune (1972), The Gang (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blood on the Streets (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Style: exciting, cynical, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, interwar period, criminal, mobster, gangster, violent content, loss of partner, gory, rivalry, dishonesty, violence spree, vengeance ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, marseille
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100%
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A Gang Story (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, going straight, organized crime, prison, friends, gang, gypsy camp, criminal heroes, hopes, introspection, gypsy, mafia ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, lyon, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Loner (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, guy, boy, police officer, bad guy, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Scoumoune (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: world war two, prison, organized crime, casino, gang warfare, mobster, attempted kidnapping, police officer, killing, dead body, shootout, friend ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: paris france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Gang (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, gangster, heist, chases and races, dishonesty, police investigation, chase, law enforcement, gang, criminal heroes, marriage, siege ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Fighter (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style: neo noir, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, ex convict, female pubic hair, diamond, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, vengeance, chase, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style: neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, mafia, organized crime, sicilian, gangster, robbery, female nudity, prison escape, unfaithful wife, revenge, mobster ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: rome italy, france, venice, italy, paris france ...
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28%
This Thing of Ours (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, organized crime, master criminal, chases and races, cosa nostra, partner, criminal heroes, dishonesty, betrayal, crime gone awry, bank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Outsider (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, gangster, police officer, revenge, fighting crime, drug abuse, injustice, hotshot hero, lone wolves, chases and races, cop, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Any Number Can Win (1963)
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, casino, thief, crime gone awry, mafia, organized crime, hustler, gambler, robbery, one last job, heist gone wrong ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: cannes, france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Mobsters (1991)
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: talky, suspense, intense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, gangster, organized crime, friendship, betrayal, greed, murder, criminal heroes, blind ambition, dishonesty, gang, mob boss ...
Time: 1920s, year 1991, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place: new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Romanzo Criminale (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
Style: serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s, year 2005, 70s, 90s, 60s ...
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The Thief of Paris (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, semi serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: heist, orphan, swing, thief, guillotine, family relations, injustice, criminal heroes, couple relations, dishonesty, clergy, society ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Upper Hand (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggle business.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, special agent, disorder, rescue, dishonesty, hidden identity, law enforcement, danger, journalism, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 60s
Place: cuba, europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Two Men in Town (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Plot: death penalty, social worker, harassment, prison, police, hustler, motivation, nazi, meaning of life, gulag, heist, judiciary ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Second Breath (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, noir, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: robbery, criminal, caper, fugitive, jazz, post war, dream, escape, manipulation, organized crime, mafia, planning ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Siberian Education (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, teenage life, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, social relations, isolation, parents and children, misfit, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Professor (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style: poliziottesco, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Harlem Nights (1989)
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: hood, funny, black comedy, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, mobster, corruption, gang, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Bella Mafia (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.
Style: captivating, serious, political thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, betrayal, incestuous relationship, gangster, italian mafia, filicide, organized crime, rivalry, family life, monastery, revenge, mobster ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
American Mobster (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Nick Romano is a young Italian American fighting his own personal demons. He's got a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Teamed with his crazy but always loyal partner Carlo, the two small time hoods are on the streets trying to hustle and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: mafia, gangster, criminal heroes, couples, curses spells and rituals, sex scene, female nudity, sex, italian american, female full frontal nudity
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
 12K
Hoodlum (1997)
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: hood, stylized, black and white, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century
Place: harlem, new york, israel, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Wolves (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it ...
Style: crime drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: yakuza, samurai, mobster, gangster, gang, conspiracy, violent content, tough heroes, heroes, rivalry, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.9
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The Red Circle (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a ...
Style: neo noir, tense, stylized, suspense, noir ...
Plot: heist, gangster, robbery, caper, organized crime, nightclub, mafia, great ending, thief, prison, gunfight, existentialism ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, marseille, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 3.8
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Madso's War (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, betrayal, murder, violence, mafia, gunfight, bandit, gang, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.7
 3K
Capone (1975)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, rise and fall, police investigation, mafia, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, jail, female nudity, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time: 1920s, year 1975, 1930s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.2
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Triad (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three childhood friends join the Hong Kong Triads only to discover that fame and fortune will ultimately break them apart as only one can become the leader of the gang.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot: triad, gangster, gang, rivalry, ambition, criminal heroes, buddies, friends, criminal underworld, bandit, gang leader, criminal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Valachi Papers (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, italian mafia, mafia, cosa nostra, mobster, hitman, organized crime, criminal, bad guy, spy, gangster, murder ...
Time: 1940s, year 1972, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s ...
Place: europe, italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.8
 458
Pericle (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style: suspense, touching, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: mafia, murder, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, death, rivalry, gang war, betrayal, society, chase, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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