20 movies like City of God, ordered by similarity : The Fall of the Krays(2016), Blue Story(2019), Sarkar(2005), Northwest(2013), Honeytrap(2014), My Brother Is an Only Child(2007), Layer Cake(2004), The Oath(2016), Shootout at Wadala(2013), 11:55(2016), Shot Caller(2017), Hobo With a Shotgun(2011) ...
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
UK
2016
116 Minutes
George Webster Simon Cotton Kevin Leslie Josh Myers Adrian Bouchet Clare McGlinn Alexa Morden Paul Blackwell
brother wife gangster criminal police officer rival bleak brutal dark disturbing emotional gritty london street home office big city nightclub empire brother relationship
Simon Cotton as Ronnie Kray and Kevin Leslie as Reggie Kray, picks up the story of the infamous Firm as the sanity of the two brothers bring uncertainties to their business plans . now with... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Stephen Odubola Micheal Ward Rohan Nedd Kadeem Ramsay Khali Best Junior Afolabi Salokun Karla-Simone Spence Eric Kofi Abrefa Jo Martin
friend rival gang member teenage mother love interest best friend bleak dreamy gripping intense uneasy gritty london inner city high school neighborhood street subway city life gang war
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
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.
Romance, Crime, Drama
2014
93 Minutes
Jessica Sula Lucien Laviscount Naomi Ryan Lauren Johns Tosin Cole Ntonga Mwanza Danielle Vitalis Savannah Gordon-Liburd Modupe Adeyeye
teen girl gang leader gang member teen boy bully bleak brutal dark emotional gripping powerful tense uneasy london united kingdom school street gangs revenge passion
Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
2007
99 Minutes
Elio Germano Riccardo Scamarcio Diane Fleri Alba Rohrwacher Angela Finocchiaro Vittorio Emanuele Propizio Luca Zingaretti Massimo Popolizio
communist brother fascist activist mother father melodramatic powerful amusing latina, italy seminary family home coast protest brother relationship family politics love triangle loyalty growing up
An aimless young man (Elio Germano) falls in with fascists but has second thoughts when the party leader casts his eye on the youth's communist brother (Riccardo Scamarcio).
Crime, Drama
UK
2004
105 Minutes
Daniel Craig Colm Meaney Kenneth Cranham George Harris Jamie Foreman Michael Gambon Tamer Hassan Ben Whishaw Burn Gorman Sally Hawkins Sienna Miller
drug dealer gangster crime boss gang member girlfriend gritty intricate london hideout office restaurant kidnapping drug trafficking gangs deception pursuit escape 2000s
A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Iceland|UK|Germany
2016
110 Minutes
Hera Hilmar Baltasar Kormákur Gísli Örn Garðarsson Ingvar Sigurdsson Þorsteinn Bachmann Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir Þorsteinn Gunnarsson Margrét Bjarnadóttir Ágúst Bjarnason
surgeon daughter drug dealer father criminal intense melodramatic suspenseful thrilling gory brooding reykjavík, iceland criminal underworld family home drug addiction family crime desperation father/daughter relationship rise
A troubled father, working as a doctor, decides to go to extreme measures for saving his daughter from a devastating influence of her boyfriend, a drug dealer.
Action, Crime, Drama
India
2013
156 Minutes
John Abraham Anil Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Manoj Bajpayee Sonu Sood Ronit Roy Mahesh Manjrekar Tusshar Kapoor Ranjeet
criminal gangster girlfriend police officer brother gripping confident cool suspenseful thrilling mumbai, india india city house police station street police work criminals gangsters prison break
The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982. Based on a true story.
Crime, Drama
USA
2016
80 Minutes
Ben Snyder Victor Almanzar Shirley Rumierk Elizabeth Rodriguez Robin De Jesus Mike Carlsen Goya Robles Dominic Colon John Alberto Leguizamo Kareem Savinon Johnny Rivera
marine drug dealer brother thug mother love interest brooding emotional intense town apartment barbershop strip club bar street violence drugs poverty military service determination
Returning to his hometown, US Marine Nelson Sanchez finds himself trapped by the violent past he had tried to escape.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lake Bell Jon Bernthal Emory Cohen Jeffrey Donovan Benjamin Bratt Jessy Schram Evan Jones
stockbroker gang leader gang member husband inmate white supremacist brooding brutal dark gripping tense thrilling california chino state prison prison street city criminal underworld gang war gangs
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
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
UK
2012
111 Minutes
James Floyd Saïd Taghmaoui Fady Elsayed Nasser Memarzia Ashley Thomas Letitia Wright Aymen Hamdouchi Arnold Oceng Yusra Warsama Elarica Gallacher Anthony Welsh
teen boy brother father mother gang members brutal emotional intense uneasy london united kingdom apartment house car growing up gang war forbidden love family honor discovery escape
Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being British Arabs growing up on the streets of gangland London.
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
South Korea
2015
124 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang Yu Ah-in Hae-jin Yoo Dal-su Oh Man-shik Jeong Woong-in Jeong Yoon-ju Jang Shi-hoo Kim
investigator detective criminal millionaire young man heir confident cool engaging gripping intense powerful city street south korea crime abuse of power determination investigation wealth
A honest cop seeks justice for a common man against all odds. A rich boy seeks revenge on the cop.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Victor Mature Brian Donlevy Richard Widmark Coleen Gray Karl Malden Taylor Holmes Anthony Ross Mildred Dunnock Millard Mitchell J. Scott Smart
murderer criminal wife police detective elderly woman dark tense brutal prison new york city apartment street gangsters parole violence criminal justice system pursuit revenge 1940s
Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2012
99 Minutes
Michelle Ryan Peter Mullan David Harewood Theo Barklem-Biggs Bhasker Patel Ray Panthaki Ashley Thomas Jason Maza Jenny Jules Carl Barât
young man boxer gangster father trainer bleak brutal brooding cool gripping gritty gutsy london boxing ring prison street life boxing violence gangsters
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Crime, Drama
UK
1971
111 Minutes
Michael Caine Ian Hendry Britt Ekland John Osborne Tony Beckley George Sewell Geraldine Moffat Dorothy White Rosemarie Dunham Petra Markham Alun Armstrong
gangster brother killer thug brutal dark london funeral street murder retribution cover-up violence revenge pursuit wretched excess 20th century
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1984
85 Minutes
Vincent Spano Kate Vernon Michael Winslow Jami Gertz Zohra Lampert Raymond Serra Kenny Marino Daniel Jordano
drug dealer friend gangster mother sister girlfriend raw cool suspenseful outlandish manhattan, n.y. street apartment building nightclub car mobsters drug trade going straight kidnapping troubled youth
A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
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.
Crime, Drama, Biography
UK
2015
100 Minutes
Simon Cotton Kevin Leslie Nicola Stapleton James Weber-Brown Danny Midwinter Philip Prajoux Matt Vael Olivia Moyles Phil Dunster
gangster gang leader twin gang members police officer brutal confident gripping gory gritty london prison street gang war gangs gangsters police work rise fall rivalry
Two brothers unleash a psychotic reign of terror on their journey to build an empire of unprecedented power in the British Mafia.