Movies like Shottas

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   The Departed

   Genre overlap

   2006 · 151 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   The Corruptor

   Genre overlap

   1999 · 110 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Blood and Bone

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 93 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • similar audience response

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   Menace II Society

   Strong story similarity

   1993 · 97 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared genre DNA
   • similar audience response

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   Paid in Full

   Similar atmosphere

   2002 · 98 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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   Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Gangs of New York

   Genre overlap

   2002 · 168 min · Crime · Drama · History

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   In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

   Why it connects

   • shared genre DNA
   • a closely matched era

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   Running Scared

   Strong story similarity

   2006 · 122 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Unleashed

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 103 min · Action · Crime

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   Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Last Resort

   Strong story similarity

   1996 · 88 min · Action · Adventure · Drama

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   Nine young men and women, deemed unmanageable by both anguished parents and a society grown weary of drug users, gang members and thieves, are given one last chance to save their lives. Some make it, some don't.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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    L.I.E.

    Strong story similarity

    2001 · 97 min · Crime · Drama

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    With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era

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