20 movies like Viva Riva!, ordered by similarity : Carlito's Way(1993), Pork Pie(2017), Katzelmacher(1969), Chimes at Midnight(1965), Dead Draw(2016), Unlovable(2018), Kai Po Che!(2013), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), Ash Is Purest White(2018), Billa 2(2012), The Good Bad Girl(1931), Becks(2017) ...
Drama
The Democratic Republic Of Congo|France|Belgium
2010
96 Minutes
Patsha Bay Manie Malone Hoji Fortuna Marlene Longange Diplome Amekindra Alex Herabo Angelique Mbumb Nzita Tumba Davly Ilunga Romain Ndomba Tomas Bie
criminal girlfriend friend gangster lesbian employer brash hedonistic democratic republic of congo club jail corruption theft sex homecoming gang war poverty escape underdog 2010s
Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC's capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1993
144 Minutes
Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller Luis Guzman John Alberto Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers James Rebhorn Joseph Siravo Viggo Mortensen Richard Foronjy Jorge Porcel
ex-convict lawyer friend dancer girlfriend gangster tense gritty emotional new york city nightclub courtroom big city criminal underworld crime shady dealings drugs gangsters murder ex-convicts
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
Drama
West Germany
1969
90 Minutes
Hanna Schygulla Rudolf Waldemar Brem Lilith Ungerer Elga Sorbas Doris Mattes Irm Hermann Peter Moland Hans Hirschmuller Harry Baer Hannes Gromball Rainer Werner Fassbinder
boyfriend girlfriend friend immigrant bleak hedonistic germany munich apartment bar aimless youth bigotry prejudice sex jealousy immigration underdog 1960s
Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "... See full summary »
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Gil Bellows Bitsie Tulloch Michael Eklund Faust Checho Andy Ahrens Slaine Brit Shaw Jim Dougherty Aaron Crippen Paul Haddad
criminal former friend friend thief police officer suspenseful thrilling tense city united states bank secret hideout money theft crime friendship enemies wealth gangs escape
Someone knows about the 25 million and the plane to Mexico. Someone killed the getaway pilot. As loyalty turns to suspicion and friends become enemies, 4 criminals try to find the rat and escape their past - if they can survive the night.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Drama
France
1999
98 Minutes
Maud Forget Lou Doillon Micheline Presle Ariane Ascaride Robinson Stévenin Maxime Mansion Delphine Rich François Berléand Cyril Cagnat Dan Martin
high-school student friend boyfriend girlfriend teen girl teen boy emotional dark melodramatic hedonistic school party france nightclub sexual awakening friendship relationships first love loss of innocence prostitution
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
Romance, Drama
2018
141 Minutes
Zhao Tao Liao Fan Feng Xiaogang Diao Yi-nan Zheng Xu Zhang Yibai
gang leader girlfriend gang members boyfriend ex-girlfriend bleak cool disheartening gripping intense uneasy china sacrifice gangsters relationships china chinese triad fall sacrifice 2010s
In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
India
2012
129 Minutes
Ajith Kumar Parvathy Omanakuttan Prabhu Rahman Sudhanshu Pandey Bruna Abdullah Vidyut Jamwal Yog Japee Sarath Mandava Manoj K. Jayan Ilavarasu
refugee don crime boss friend mob boss gangster brutal brash bleak cool confident unrestrained refugee camp club beach mansion resort india refugees corruption
Small-time diamond smuggler David befriends Goa-based gangster Abbasi. But when David begins to build inroads with an international gangster, Abbasi is not happy. Soon the two turn into bitter rivals.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Music
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lena Hall Daniel Powell Mena Suvari Christine Lahti Dan Fogler Michael Zegen Hayley Kiyoko Darren Ritchie Sas Goldberg Morgan Weed
musician girlfriend mother lesbian ex-boyfriend housewife emotional engaging touching moving tender melodramatic los angeles st. louis going home female sexuality musicians failed romance musical performance unlikely romance
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.
Drama
1996
97 Minutes
Lukas Haas David Arquette Arliss Howard Keith David Chris Gartin Josh Schaefer Wilson Cruz Terrence Howard Nicky Katt Alanna Ubach Elliott Gould
male prostitute best friend hustler gangster girlfriend drug addict raw engaging shocking dark los angeles car street corner bedroom hotel male prostitution street life hustling theft friendship
A teen hustler (Lukas Haas) works double time to help his cohort (David Arquette) satisfy a birthday wish and pay off a debt to a drug dealer.
Drama
USA
2007
93 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Kelli Garner Ashton Holmes Daryl Sabara Hilarie Burton Kelly Lynch Edward Tournier Julia Garro Stephen Colletti Ricky Ullman
high-school student best friend boyfriend girlfriend love interest classmate sultry emotional hedonistic high school house party sex relationships friendship coming of age sexual tension betrayal love growing up
Wendy and her friends avoid the heartless world of random hookups and friends-with-benefits by spending all their time together. When she meets Sean, Wendy is torn between her genuine affection and desire for him and her commitment to her friends, especially her best friend Billie: and Billie isn't interested in losing her friends.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
84 Minutes
Jahking Guillory Christopher Meyer Christopher Jordan Wallace Kofi Siriboe Mahershala Ali Molly Shaiken Justin Hall Teresa Navarro Kyndall Ferguson
teen boy family member friend hoodlum tough guy imaginary friend brooding creative intense oakland, calif. school playground basketball court house car imagination shoes theft gangsters anger
Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh Air Jordans. Soon after he gets his hands on them, they're stolen by a local hood, causing Brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission through Oakland to retrieve them.
Drama
2010
82 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Gisèle Casadesus Maurane Patrick Bouchitey Jean-François Stévenin François-Xavier Demaison Claire Maurier Sophie Guillemin
bookworm illiterate girlfriend writer teacher friend winsome heartwarming hilarious playful france park village pub odd couple unconventional friendship literacy death small-town life old age
A barely literate laborer (Gérard Depardieu) undergoes a personal transformation through his friendship with an old woman (Gisèle Casadesus) who introduces him to the world of books.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
2016
90 Minutes
Elise Bauman Natasha Negovanlis Winny Clarke Justin Gerhard Delphine Roussel Christina Song David John Phillips Meredith Heinrich Mark Matechuk Daryl Marks Pujaa Pandey
best friend lesbian boyfriend love interest professor family member confident cheeky cool college classroom apartment store party campus college sexual identity lesbianism dating friendship
A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.
Drama
UK
2009
104 Minutes
Stephen Graham Nicky Bell Liam Boyle Oliver Lee Lee Battle Sean Ward Michael Ryan Ian Puleston-Davies Holliday Grainger Sacha Parkinson Samantha McCarthy
teen boy mother friend hooligan sister homosexual hedonistic unrestrained liverpool, england town club alley river train soccer sex drugs gangs family sexual awakening
In the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, also the crown years of hooliganism, the opportunities for thrill-seeking young men are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
Crime, Drama
India
2011
112 Minutes
Sendhil Ramamurthy Krishna DK Tusshar Kapoor Radhika Apte Zakir Hussain Sundeep Kishan Amit Mistry Pitobash Tripathy Preeti Desai Nikhil Dwivedi Girija Oak
young man young woman friend girlfriend wife gangster intense confident engaging gripping shocking mumbai, india india house street bank restaurant extortion police work robbery
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Jon Favreau Vince Vaughn Sean Combs Famke Janssen Faizon Love David O'Hara Vincent Pastore Peter Falk
boxer friend girlfriend crime boss criminal amusing tense new york city los angeles restaurant friendship mob dangerous assignment drugs failed romance underdog quest 2000s
Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.