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Tango Bar (2024)
17
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman travels abroad trying to realize her dream of being a model, but there she is deceived and subjected to prostitution at the Cabaret Tango Bar, where she experiences the horrors as a victim of a sex trafficking network.
Style:
dark drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
forced prostitution, sex trafficking, prostitution, sexual abuse, human trafficking, mature, exploitation, survival, violence, deception, psychological trauma, female protagonist, oppression, trapped, abduction, claustrophobia, organized crime, cabaret, urban, resilience, escape attempt, rescue, corruption, isolation, nightlife ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Tango Bar
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and bleak films with plots about survival, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, female nudity, prostitution, urban and exploitation mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Tango Bar: Princess (2022), Desperate Widows (2021), Traffic (2024), Glo (2024), The Perfect Cheerleader (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
205
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Princess is a young illegal immigrant from Nigeria who sells her body on the outskirts of a big city. Like an Amazon on the hunt, protected by her friends, she moves through a pinewood that stretches as far as the sea, an enchanted forest in which ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
sex trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking, female protagonist, illegal immigrant, african, exploitation, resilience, street life, illegal immigration, trauma, poverty ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A widow and her daughter join a commune that is actually a front for something much more sinister.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense
Plot:
commune, widow, mother daughter relationship, human trafficking, corruption, danger, exploitation, survival, escape, deception, rescue, paranoia ...
Similarity:
93%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in Rotterdam. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
migrant worker, female protagonist, immigration, urban, small village, survival, moral ambiguity, exploitation, assault, social realism, class struggle, friendship ...
Place:
romania, belgium, flanders
Similarity:
81%
14
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
desperation, survival, mother daughter relationship, mob boss, female protagonist, organized crime, violence, urban, underworld, corruption, crime family, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When college freshman Cassie earns a spot on the cheerleading squad, she is overjoyed about the new friendships, status, and access to social events that come along with being on the team. When she meets Terry, the charismatic President of the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, female protagonist, prostitution, college, forced prostitution, college student, sexual attraction, seduction, scandal, exploitation, deception ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of white slavers lure beautiful young women into prostitution by staging beauty contests in which the "prize" is a Hollywood contract. The "winners" are then drugged and sold to international sex traffickers
Style:
dark, tense, retro, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
sexploitation, prostitution, sexual content, human trafficking, white slavery, kidnapping, exploitation, abduction, female victim, organized crime, gang, sleazy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms the victim of harassment by the local police commissioner Castes. Accused for disturbing public order, and then in the drug trade, she gets to the ...
Style:
dark, grim, tense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
corruption, women's prison, false accusation, police chase, female protagonist, abuse of power, trauma, brutality, oppression, sexual abuse, victimization, survival ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lithuania, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thriller about a crook who efforts to get out of the business could cost him his life. Gena is a drug runner who has grown tired of the violence and unpredictability of his life, and he decides it's time to go straight. Gena plans one last ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, tense, crime thriller, road movie ...
Plot:
betrayal, prostitution, underground, murder, gangster, drug smuggling, murderer, escape, criminal underworld, organized crime, smuggling, russian mafia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, eastern europe, france, lithuania
Similarity:
63%
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182
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story revolves around an orphan girl who became a prostitute to survive and finds love with one of her clients. A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she's going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the ...
Style:
bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
prostitution, red light district, sex trafficking, exploitation, sexploitation, abuse, human trafficking, forced prostitution, pimp, female protagonist, survival, character study ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tells the story of an oppressive revolutionary government randomly arresting unsuspecting citizens. The men are used to target practice and the women become prostitutes.
Style:
grim, bleak, dark drama, period piece, political thriller
Plot:
prostitution, sexual abuse, violence, sexploitation, revenge, victimization, abuse of power, corruption, psychological trauma, political oppression, human trafficking, orphan ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
60%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Close to paying off her debts, a Nigerian sex worker in Austria coaches a reluctant novice, and assesses the risks of taking a faster path to freedom.
Style:
bleak, crime drama, intercultural, art house
Plot:
sex trafficking, sex worker, human trafficking, abuse, forced prostitution, exploitation, survival, social commentary, female protagonist, trauma, motherhood, desperation ...
Place:
nigeria, vienna, africa, austria
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Feature film.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
exploitation, sex work, prostitution, poverty, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, pimp, realism, street life, urban, survival ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and his rising fame in the criminal underworld.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
boxing, moral ambiguity, rise and fall, violence, ambition, drug traffic, anti hero, character study, organized crime, street life, corruption, gang ...
Similarity:
55%
605
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Russia, France, Portugal
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Sonia, a girl from St Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany. But she is suddenly kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. She will be dragged from country to country and ...
Style:
tense, touching, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
human trafficking, sex slavery, organized crime, prostitute, humiliation, abduction, violence against women, zoophilia, rape, russian abroad, naivete, mentally challenged ...
Place:
europe, st. petersburg russia, russia, germany, italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Their life as luxury escorts offered these women glamour, money and a chance to reinvent themselves…until a murder and a robbery ruined everything.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, risk, big booty, women, prostitute, glamour, threat, social problems, seductress, problem, prostitution, female protagonist ...
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. So obsessed is he with revenge he sees her in every woman he meets. After carrying out vicious attacks on a prostitute and a young girl he finally ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, crime drama, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
sexploitation, violence, revenge, rape, obsession, sexual abuse, sexual content, massage parlor, prostitution, tragedy, mature, stalker ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in Vietnam and Germany, This Is Love centers on Chris and the nine-year-old Jenjira on the run from the mafia. Together with his friend Holger, Chris bought the young Vietnamese girl's freedom from human traffickers – without actually ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, forced prostitution, sex trafficking, human trafficking, criminal, investigation, organized crime, escape, danger, moral ambiguity, smuggling, pursuit ...
Place:
germany, vietnam, bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An eighteen year old beautiful and restless girl runs away from home to find freedom which she much dreamed of. She come across, instead, is the unsavory characters that start on the road to prostitution.
Style:
dark, emotional, bleak, intense, grim ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitution, runaway, loss of innocence, coming of age, youth, female protagonist, sexploitation, manipulation, street life, abuse, danger, urban ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A stripper from Club Chez Nous is murdered. The killer contacts a newspaper to whitewash himself. Two journalists start to investigate the case and stumble on other crimes along the way.
Style:
suspense, dark, crime drama, tense, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, newspaper, journalism, media manipulation, cover up, violence, sexuality, corruption, nightlife, moral ambiguity, club ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, belgium, eastern europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man without scruples mistreats his lover and her daughter, a teenager. also in his mind a diabolical plan to force the girl into prostitution.
Style:
dark, bleak, intense, erotic, art house ...
Plot:
prostitution, brothel, sexual abuse, victimization, forced prostitution, abuse, loss of innocence, sexploitation, teenager, abusive stepfather, domestic violence, human trafficking ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
1972 ABC Movie of the Week. Lady parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality, but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychotronic, period drama
Plot:
undercover, women in prison, prison, women's prison, parole officer, confined, mistreatment, danger, injustice, investigation, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
When swaggering and conceited teddy boy Mike (played by fleshy-faced BUCK STARR) isn’t combing his wavy hair in a stance reminiscent of The Fonz, he’s latching onto each and every female who crosses his slimy path. The guy is bad news and has ...
Style:
grindhouse, bleak, crime drama, intense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
sexploitation, exploitation, nudity, sadism, female nudity, prostitution, addiction, male escort, violence, desperation, self destructing, redemption ...
Similarity:
42%
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131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To satisfy her costumers, an owner of a luxurious bordello does whatever it takes. but the place’s efficiency is threatened when the most desirable of its ladies decides to quit. The owner set a diabolical plot to keep the girl working.
Style:
erotic drama, dark, crime thriller, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, female protagonist, female exploitation, exploitation, sex work, manipulation, lesbian sex, erotica, survival, mother daughter relationship, corruption ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly ...
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, crime family, criminal underworld, mafia, female protagonist, multiple storylines, bandit, criminal gang, criminal syndicate, gang, criminal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
39%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After being sexually assaulted by an acquainted and incapable of dealing with the situation, a woman leaves her whole life behind and hides herself away in an isolated cabin in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sexualized violence, rape victim, violence against women, shame, guilt, traumatic past, tragic past, violence, psychological trauma, rape, troubled past ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Desiré is a Neapolitan girl of Senegalese origins, she is sixteen years old and lives day by day. She has no friends, no interests, no great passions, her world appears as empty as the gaze of her mother, a drug addict who can't stand upright. ...
Style:
grim, intense, art house, noir
Plot:
juvenile detention, character study, coming of age, female protagonist, loneliness, isolation, resilience, drug traffic, survival, toxic relationship, slice of life, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a ...
Style:
grindhouse, grim, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, illness, desperation, domestic drama, moral dilemma, poverty, female protagonist, sacrifice, survival, urban, social realism, gender roles ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, human trafficking, kidnapped, kidnapped woman, criminal, female protagonist, slave trader, slave, slavery, life is a bitch, slave auction, criminal underworld ...
Place:
ireland, london
Similarity:
36%
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