20 movies like Cyclo, ordered by similarity : Little Sister(2015), Skin Traffik(2015), Hobo With a Shotgun(2011), Crack House(1989), The Shadow of Violence(2019), The Reckoning(2014), True Romance(1993), City of God(2002), Northwest(2013), Black Friday(2004), The Enforcer(1951), Flipping(1996) ...
Crime, Drama
Vietnam|France|Hong Kong
1995
129 Minutes
Le Van Loc Tony Leung Tran Nu Yen-Khe Nguyen Nhu Quynh
orphan pimp prostitute sister dark gritty vietnam family home street siblings crime poverty retribution growing up quest 1990s
When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Action, Crime, Drama
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Daryl Hannah Mickey Rourke Eric Roberts Dominique Swain Michael Madsen Jeff Fahey Gary Daniels Alan Ford
hitman assassin villain criminal gang leader gang members gangster gangsters pimp brutal dark intense intricate tense city united states california los angeles crime fighting
HITMAN for hire Bradley decides to turn his back on killing for a living and drops out of society, But, when he encounters a savage pimp and a desperate woman in the London suburbs under ... See full summary »
Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama
Canada
2011
86 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Gregory Smith Molly Dunsworth Brian Downey Nick Bateman Pasha Ebrahimi Robb Wells Brian Jamieson
homeless person prostitute robber gangsters santa claus pedophile gory dark shocking profound disturbing brutal city street dark room outdoors alley bordello street fighting justice
A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
90 Minutes
Jim Brown Anthony Geary Richard Roundtree Cheryl Kay Gregg Thomsen Angel Tompkins Clyde Jones Albert Michel Jr. Heidi Thomas Kenny Edwards
young man young woman drug addict drug dealer gang member prostitute dark gritty intense los angeles slum street crack house doomed romance poverty ghetto life vengeance drug trade crime love
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2019
101 Minutes
Cosmo Jarvis Barry Keoghan Niamh Algar Ned Dennehy David Wilmot Simone Kirby Anthony Welsh Hazel Doupe Roisin O'neill Ryan McParland Toni O'Rourke
crime boss enforcer father boxer brooding disheartening dark gritty raw shocking tense rural community ireland family loyalty crime conflict of interest violence fall rivalry
A former boxer cares for his autistic son while working as an enforcer for a family of drug dealers in rural Ireland.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2014
86 Minutes
Luke Hemsworth Viva Bianca Hanna Mangan Lawrence Jonathan LaPaglia Alex Williams Amanda Dow Tom O'Sullivan Chelsea Williamson
teenager runaway family sister detective partner thrilling frightening gritty office family home flat street big city settling the score obsession hostage situation investigation witnessing murder judgment
After his partner is murdered, a detective must track down two teenage runaways whose video footage contains the identity of the killer.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA|France
1993
116 Minutes
Christian Slater Patricia Arquette Dennis Hopper Val Kilmer Gary Oldman Brad Pitt Christopher Walken Bronson Pinchot Michael Rapaport Saul Rubinek Chris Penn
prostitute pimp gangster dark gritty suspenseful hollywood, calif. motel michigan death drugs robbery romance chase road trip pursuit revenge love 1990s
In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.
Crime, Drama
2002
131 Minutes
Alexandre Rodrigues Matheus Nachtergaele Seu Jorge Leandro Firmino Phellipe Haagensen Jonathan Haagensen Douglas Silva Roberta Rodrigues
photographer drug dealer criminal reporter gang member brother bleak powerful rio de janeiro slum street newsroom hideout family home poverty troubled youth gangs drug trafficking violence growing up
After forming a gang in Rio de Janeiro, a young man and his best friend descend from robbery to drug dealing and murder.
Crime, Drama, Action
2013
91 Minutes
Lene Maria Christensen Roland Møller Dulfi Al-Jabouri Gustav Dyekjær Giese Oscar Dyekjær Giese Annemieke Bredahl Peppink Nicholas Westwood Kidd Sandra El-Hussein Clement Black Petersen Marina Vorobyeva Jelena Bundalovic
young man brother gang member friend brooding brutal dark disturbing gritty raw tense copenhagen inner city crime poverty ambition violence power underdog rivalry
Casper lives in one of Copenhagen's most impoverished areas and does what it takes to survive. When organized crime moves into the community, Casper digs in to resist being run out.
Crime, Drama, Action
2004
171 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Aditya Shrivatsava Pavan Malhotra Dibyendu Bhattacharya Kishore Kadam Gajraj Rao Zakir Hussain Pankaj Jha Vijay Maurya
police officer terrorist witness investigator prisoner police chief brutal dense fascinating gritty mumbai, india stock exchange street bus office restaurant terrorism torture investigation conspiracy
In March 1993, Islamic militants execute a series of devastating bomb blasts that rocks Mumbai, India, and kills more than 300 people.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Ted de Corsia Everett Sloane Roy Roberts Michael Tolan King Donovan Bob Steele Adelaide Klein Don Beddoe Tito Vuolo
district attorney crime boss henchman witness detective hit man brooding gritty dark gripping hotel prison insane asylum church apartment building city hired killers investigation murder case organized crime
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Crime, Drama
USA
1996
109 Minutes
David Amos David Proval Gene Mitchell Shaunt Benjamin Barry Primus Paul Klar Tony Burton Mike Starr Keith David
gangster cop crime boss mob enforcer con artist wife dark gritty suspenseful los angeles street bathroom murder plot gangsters homosexuality betrayal mutiny assassination quest temptation
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey and Dennis: five gangsters who work for a man named Leo.
Drama
1961
120 Minutes
Franco Citti Franca Pasut Silvana Corsini Paola Guidi Adele Cambria Mario Cipriani
pimp prostitute ex-wife son virgin police officer bleak disheartening rome slum family home police station river street crime poverty prostitution marriage ambition wretched excess
In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), but when she goes to jail after being assaulted, Accattone struggles to survive.
Crime, Drama
Denmark
1996
106 Minutes
Kim Bodnia Zlatko Buric Laura Drasbæk Slavko Labovic Mads Mikkelsen Peter Andersson Vanja Bajicic Lisbeth Rasmussen
drug dealer drug lord friend prostitute cop henchman dark gritty tense copenhagen apartment police station nightclub heroin drug trafficking police bust debt betrayal quest underdog
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Crime, Drama
India
2002
155 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Vivek Oberoi Manisha Koirala Antara Mali Seema Biswas Mohanlal Ganesh Yadav Rajpal Yadav Vijay Raaz Isha Koppikar Urmila Matondkar
don criminal police officer police commissioner gangster thrilling intense gripping dark dense india city house street crime crime spree criminals jealousy rivalry quest
A small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.
Drama
1997
88 Minutes
Reza Naji Amir Farrokh Hashemian Bahare Seddiqi Fereshte Sarabandi Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi Kamal Mir Karimi Behzad Rafiee Dariush Mokhtari Moahammad-Hasan Hosseinian Masume Dair Kambiz Peykarnegar
young boy young girl father mother schoolgirl teacher emotional touching tehran, iran school market street family home poverty education family growing up quest 1990s
Two fearful children (Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi) look for a pair of missing shoes, then try to get another pair before their parents discover the loss.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart John Derek George Macready Allene Roberts Susan Perry Mickey Knox Barry Kelley Dooley Wilson Cara Williams Jimmy Conlin
lawyer juvenile delinquent judge district attorney partner gritty dark big city courtroom office slum murder poverty crime trial quest transformation 1940s
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2017
155 Minutes
crime boss gangster smuggler police officer rival religious person brooding fascinating powerful shocking suspenseful thrilling house india police station jail illegal activity alcohol prohibition crime
A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.
Crime, Drama
France
1982
104 Minutes
Nathalie Baye Philippe Léotard Richard Berry Christophe Malavoy Jean-Paul Connart Bernard Freyd Tcheky Karyo Maurice Ronet
pimp prostitute police officer police detective kingpin informant suspenseful gritty melodramatic tense paris slum france household street police station prostitution drug trade organized crime informing
Police compel a couple of criminals to become its informants.
Drama
1999
110 Minutes
Don Duong Nguyen Ngoc Hiep Tran Manh Cuong Harvey Keitel Zoe Bui Nguyen Huu Duoc Diem Kieu Bui Tuong Trac
poet teacher street performer rickshaw driver prostitute american powerful tender shocking vietnam street hotel temple restaurant countryside westernization poverty cultural differences reunion illness
A woman (Nguyen Ngoc Hiep) harvests flowers for a leper (Tran Manh Cuong), a cyclo driver (Don Duong) loves a prostitute, and an ex-Marine seeks an unknown daughter in Saigon.