Movies and TV shows like Beauty in Black
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Beauty in Black (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.
Style:
suspense, dark, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, sensual
Plot:
sex work, stripper, human trafficking, survival, dysfunctional family, manipulation, danger, secrets, exploitation, escape, betrayal, luxury, psychological abuse, nightlife, mother and daughter, power struggle, urban, class conflict, social commentary, trauma, revenge, underground, poverty, redemption, identity ...
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Most similar movies to Beauty in Black
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, captivating and dark films and TV series with plots about betrayal, revenge, urban, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle and female protagonist mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Beauty in Black: Runaway (2018), Game of Hunting (2017), Keeping Up with the Joneses (2021), Maids (2020), Untouchable (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The tragic yet hopeful story of Fanny, a young teen from a good suburban home whose life spirals out of control when she falls for a manipulative and abusive man.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
human trafficking, sexploitation, manipulation, runaway, abuse, slave trade, female protagonist, slave trader, star crossed lovers, fall in love, sex trafficking, trauma ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Story:
Headhunter Zheng Qiu Dong doesn’t know the meaning of defeat. There is no limit to how much he is willing to do to succeed in the hunting ground that is the world of business. He is also incredibly close to his girlfriend, Luo Yi Ren, and truly ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
betrayal, meaning of life, motivational speaker, rise and fall, power struggle, social problems, male protagonist, motivation, life is a bitch, scheming, strategy, power politics ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
After the death of patriarch Theodore Jones, his second wife Robin and Theodore's daughters work to protect their family and business after they are threatened.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
blackmail, conspiracy, heir, inheritance, family problems, family business, family drama, power struggle, intrigue, female protagonist, business, businesswoman ...
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82%
188
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Tells the story of 4 maids working in 4 different houses at a luxury compound Cennet Sitesi; in İstanbul and their mysterious and intriguing relations with their landlords.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
secrets, servant, employer employee relationship, domestic drama, class conflict, maid, domestic servant, problem, family secret, child abduction, secret, abduction ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The city of Bukcheon has been dominated by the Jang family for 3 generations. Jang Joon-Seo is the second son of family leader Jang Beom-Ho. A woman who Jang Joon-Seo loves dies. After that, he tries to reveal the truth about her death and a secret ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, corruption, uncover truth, tragic love, bereavement, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, organized crime, murder mystery, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The story begins with an inventor and entrepreneur's suicide. Despite his company being on the brink of a breakthrough he is out of money and out of time. All is lost. His son vows to put things right, but he first has to pick himself up and ...
Style:
captivating, dark, crime drama, suspense, tense
Plot:
revenge, business, corporate greed, debt, banker, romancing partners, relationships, fall in love, social problems, inventions and discoveries, coping, father and son ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and will do anything to obtain it.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
ambition, poverty, obsession, tragic past, greed, relationships, male female relationship, money, money problems, abusive father, dysfunctional family, needing money ...
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Gloria's perfect life shatters when hitmen kill her fiancé at their wedding. Abandoned by family, pursued by enemies, and stripped of assets, she must enter the money laundering world to protect her son.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, soap opera ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, organized crime, hitman, money laundering, revenge, single mother, betrayal, survival, resilience, protective parent, moral ambiguity, underworld ...
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56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
A story of two women, Mayumi and Isabelle who don't like each other. They will eventually become stepsisters as Mayumi's mother marries Isabelle's father.
Style:
soap opera, captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
women, half sister, stepsister stepsister relationship, domestic drama, family drama, female rivalry, family problems, male female relationship, relationship problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, couple relations ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dina's ordinary life comes crashing down around her after her fiance's betrayal and her father's death. In her despair, she agrees to give up her unborn baby but when she realizes her mistake, it is too late. Desperate, she escapes ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
betrayal, redemption, revenge, police, investigation, pregnancy, loss, female protagonist, guilt, life, fall in love, new life ...
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
Jenny Jang is poor and works at bathhouse in Gangnam, Seoul. She starts a new job as a housemaid for a conglomerate family. She becomes successful and then runs J Boutique. She also begins work as a lobbyist. Jenny Jang gets involved in an ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, non-linear, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, revenge, money, high society, lobbyist, intrigue, survival, strong female lead, ambition, greed, female protagonist, rise to power ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
53%
41
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A new series on Here TV! Sexy and subversive, 'GO GO' is a thrillingly erotic tale of murder set in a gay men's strip club, where the fantasies of the patrons and the ”American dreams" of the strippers are shockingly twisted ...
Style:
erotic, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, strip club, murder, sexual content, gay subtext, lgbtq, erotic fantasy, striptease, sex, erotic dance, eroticism, problem ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the dark and twisted history of Dawn Longchamp and her family, along with Cutler and Booth families.
Style:
suspenseful, family saga, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
adult, teen drama
Plot:
domestic drama, secrets, relationships, relatives, family relations, family problems, sibling relationship, parents and children, female protagonist, family drama, family life, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
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Story:
A vendetta between two families. A girl seeking revenge for her ruthless mother and a mobster hurt and kill everyone on his way. The lives of different people intersect and everything is on the line.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, vendetta, female protagonist, life is a bitch, vengeance, dysfunctional family, family relations, threat, criminal's revenge, family problems, relationship problems, eccentric family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wishman's plot rotates around the maneuverings of a whore who longs for a touch of mink and a seat at the finer tables in life. Blackmail, betrayal, murder and malice are all part of her tender trade. Lord help anyone who lays in her way.
Style:
captivating, rough, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
stripper, prostitution, murder, betrayal, blackmail, exploitation, female killer, erotica, nightclub, femme fatale, sexploitation, greed ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
TV show
Story:
Sanwal Yaar Piya is a tale of love, fate, and the tangled lives of three individuals—Sanwal, Aliyaar, and Piya. Their destinies collide amidst challenges of loyalty, sacrifice, and a complicated past.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, intense, suspense
Plot:
betrayal, love triangle, secrets, deception, sacrifice, fate, family drama, dark past, family secret, power struggle, class conflict, destiny ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
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Story:
In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and dedicates her life to destroying him, even at the cost of her own happiness. When her attempts ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, period drama
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, false accusation, small town, mysterious death, coal mining, poisoning, manipulation, murder mystery, obsession, corruption, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
appalachia, birmingham alabama, san francisco
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
It is possible to start over even after experiencing hell. An unexpected inheritance and a crime give an unjustly treated woman the opportunity to change her life.
Style:
emotional, suspense, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, redemption, female protagonist, second chance, family drama, resilience, betrayal, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, investigation, justice, family secret ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.
Style:
serious, crime drama, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
wrongful conviction, secrets, investigation, moral ambiguity, redemption, male protagonist, identity, intrigue, mistrust, betrayal, grief, obsession ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Jeon Se-mi (Jang Shin-young) was once a pure and innocent girl. But that all changes when she is betrayed by her lover, loses her family, and raped. Her traumatic past pushes her on a path of vengeance against the people who wronged her and made her ...
Style:
dark, neo noir
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, trauma, sexual assault, betrayal, female protagonist, dark past, violence, transformation, payback, loss, corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
44%
2K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A father grapples with his divorce as he spins into a world of organized crime. With his son's life on the line, what will his next move be?
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tension, psychological ...
Plot:
organized crime, divorce, family drama, father son relationship, urban, moral dilemma, accident, exploitation, danger, desperation, moral ambiguity, corruption ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Hong Se Yeon works as a personal shopper. She is outgoing and a positive person, but she is betrayed by people whom she loved. She begins to take revenge on those who betrayed her. Meanwhile, Eun Kyung Hye is the only child of a CEO. Her life looks ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, mansion, revenge, sibling relationship, undercover, family relations, family problems, relationships, secret, betrayal, wealthy family ...
Similarity:
43%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
Tuzak tells the story of three siblings Mahir, Umut and Umay whose springs of life were taken from them. Who is bad, who is real, who is fake? In such a mixed-up world, three siblings Umut, Mahir and Umay who came together for a common purpose, find ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, revenge, enemy, siblings, brothers, family relations, relationships, brother, vengeance, family problems, brother brother relationship, family life ...
Similarity:
42%
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266
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Rogers looses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. She gets revenge when she is blacklisted and her son is threatened.
Style:
dark, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, retribution, payback, protective mother, female protagonist, mother son relationship, moral ambiguity, abuse, survival, streetwise, sex work, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
SIN CITY DIARIES follows concierge expert Angelica played by actress and super model Amber Smith. From her high-rise office overlooking the Strip, Casino Owners rely heavily upon her to make their high rollers happy. As she helps clients live out ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, captivating, neo noir, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
seductress, female protagonist, erotica, seduction, sex, casino, concierge, seductive woman, luxury, luxury hotel, decadence, nightlife ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the background of South Africa's emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget. Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, tense
Plot:
family business, haunted by the past, parents and children, gang, family gatherings, criminal heroes, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family in crisis, betrayal, sibling rivalry, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story:
Azra's story begins like a fairytale, but her life quickly turns into a nightmare. As the daughter-in-law of the Karaaslan family, she lives a seemingly perfect life, but behind this splendor lurks dark secrets. Forced to pay a heavy price ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, transformation, identity crisis, body swapping, plastic surgery, survival, deception, revenge, escape, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Nanase runs a pawnshop in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. He is a genius appraiser able to distinguish fakes from originals. He gets pretty much everything at his pawnshop. When clients come to his shop, Nanase appraises their items ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
pawnshop, jewelry, male protagonist, japanese man, financial problem, money problems, problem solving, social relations, problem, social problems, relationships, forgery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
39%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
TV show
Story:
Adrian, a young man who was unjustly jailed after his friends betrayed him during a heist, gets the chance at a new life, guided by Caesar, his mentor.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
revenge, identity, betrayal, criminal, hidden identity, confined, personality change, bandit, problem, vengeance, male protagonist, prison ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story:
The series, full of intrigue, love, tension and excitement, tells the shocking story of Şebnem, who came to life with great injustices, worked hard to overcome them, did what was necessary on this path, and is now trying to get rid of her criminal ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, twisted, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems, mother daughter relationship, social problems, money problems, male female relationship, second chance, intrigue, redemption ...
Similarity:
38%
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