Movies like Black Lemons

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   Lucky Luciano

   Strong story similarity

   1973 · 110 min · Crime · Drama

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   Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

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   • a closely matched era

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   The Black Hand

   Strong story similarity

   1973 · 90 min · Crime

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   Antonio, an Italian immigrant in New York finds himself drawn into the Mob when his options are limited and his desire to make a new life for himself becomes increasingly difficult.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: mafia

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   The Valachi Papers

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   1972 · 125 min · Crime · Drama

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   When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, 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 sacred code of silence.

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   • shared themes: mafia and prison
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Gli amici degli amici hanno saputo

   Strong story similarity

   1973 · 105 min · Crime · Drama

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   Vincenzo is hired by mobster Salvatore and moves to Turin with his sister Annunziata. After witnessing a mafia hit, he is sent to France. On his return he discovers that his sister is no longer working but is instead performing as a stripper in a nightclub...

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: mafia

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   Salvatore Giuliano

   Strong story similarity

   1962 · 119 min · Crime · Drama · Other

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   Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: mafia

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   Corleone

   Strong story similarity

   1978 · 108 min · Crime · Thriller

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   Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   In the Name of the Italian People

   Strong story similarity

   1971 · 99 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   The New Godfathers

   Strong story similarity

   1979 · 88 min · Crime

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   A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: mafia

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   Confessions of a Police Captain

   Strong story similarity

   1971 · 101 min · Crime · Drama

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   A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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    The Pisciotta Case

    Strong story similarity

    1972 · 99 min · Crime · Drama

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    The magistrate, Scauri, inquires into the mysterious poisoning death of Gaspare Pisciotta, the imprisoned assassin of Salvatore Giuliano. He very soon finds himself struggling against a conspiracy of silence, which Scauri must therefore overcome in order to indict two powerful mafia bosses. His only hope comes for a brief moment from the testimony of the young prosecutor Lojacono. But The Organization is the most strong: the young prosecutor withdraws his deposition and the magistrate disappears in mysterious circumstances.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: mafia

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