Movies Like Red Flowers of Hell
If you liked Red Flowers of Hell (1961), a crime movie directed by Kiyoshi Saeki, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeSet in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…
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The Brothers Rico (1957)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeEddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who…
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeTommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
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Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Find Me Guilty (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeBased on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
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Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeAn aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeWhen 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…
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Hoodlum (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeIn 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…
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The Krays (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeTwins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…
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The Outfit (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeA two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also crimeA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeRecently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Fast Charlie (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeWhen his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also crimeA Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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Shaft (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeCool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Voyeur (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeLegendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
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Sexy Beast (2001)
★ 7/10Also crimeEx-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
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Blood Ties (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeTwo brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.