Movies like City of God
City of God (2002) is a crime movie directed by Fernando Meirelles. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Elite Squad (2007)
★ 8.1 · 2,840 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
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2. American Gangster (2007)
★ 7.6 · 6,300 votes · Drama, Crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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3. Gomorrah (2008)
★ 6.9 · 1,338 votes · Drama, Crime
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
