Movies like Killer's Nocturne
If Killer's Nocturne's mix of gambling, brother and gangster stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Killer's Nocturne's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Directed by John Woo · 95 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Wang Hsieh · Shares: revenge · Also a cn action film · From the same decade (1980s)
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
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New Police Story
2004 · Directed by Benny Chan · 123 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, revenge · Also a cn action film
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb…
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A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · Directed by John Woo · 104 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Shing Fui-On · Shares: gangster · Also a cn action film · From the same decade (1980s)
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
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Scarface
1983 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 170 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, tragedy · Also action and crime · From the same decade (1980s)
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami.
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A Bronx Tale
1993 · Directed by Robert De Niro · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, gangster · Also drama and crime
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
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Avengement
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 88 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, revenge · Also crime and action
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
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Gangster No. 1
2000 · Directed by Paul McGuigan · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, revenge · Also action and drama
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately…
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Infernal Affairs II
2003 · Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-Keung · 119 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also a cn action film
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
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Election
2005 · Directed by Johnnie To · 101 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also a cn crime film
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
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Vengeance
2009 · Directed by Johnnie To · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also a cn action film
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered.
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Casino
1995 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 179 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: gambling · Also crime and drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
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The Killing
1956 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 85 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married.