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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
45K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Netherlands
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.
Style:
sexy, black comedy, art house, disturbing, controversial, surreal, dark comedy, visually stunning, erotic, visual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
food, cannibalism, brutality, restaurant, taboo sex, violence, sex, gangster, adultery, public humiliation, surrealism, sex scene, sociopath, extramarital affair, female nudity, perversion, erotica, boy, singing, husband wife relationship, crime boss, sexuality, secret relationship, erotic scene, revenge ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
britain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out weird, disturbing, art house and thought provoking films with plots about male nudity, nude, brutality, female nudity, dialogue, sex and obsession mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Delicatessen (1991), Irreversible (2002), The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Vengeance is Mine (1979), The Belly of an Architect (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, art house, visual, offbeat ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter (Ormond) claims to have delivered the baby herself in a virgin birth. She imprisons the ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
baby, virginity, religion, bishop, church, dismemberment, death, rape, surrealism, controversy, hypocrisy, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic ...
Style:
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Plot:
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japan, asia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Style:
art house, sexual, talky, aesthetic, experimental ...
Plot:
architect, artist, cancer, art, male nudity, dialogue, infidelity, obsession, painting, painter, melancholy, tragedy ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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100%
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, surreal, dark comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
switzerland, europe, japan, geneva switzerland, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Peter Greenaway's first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most original films of the 1980s by British critics. The action is set in the director's beloved 17th ...
Style:
atmospheric, talky, stylized, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, surreal, disturbing, erotic, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
tokyo, poland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
controversial, underground film, black comedy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, enigmatic, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
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Story:
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Style:
melancholic, serious, captivating, scenic, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
austria, egypt, germany, bosnia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, art house, surreal, non-linear ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nudity, model, lovers, obsession, male nudity, art, geisha, sex, artist, book, homosexual, exhibitionist ...
Time:
year 1996, 10th century, middle ages
Place:
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32%
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Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, atmospheric, psychedelic, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, dover england, hamburg germany ...
Similarity:
31%
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
31%
242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, sexy, black comedy, controversial, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, voyeurism, infidelity, husband wife relationship, therapist, dysfunctional marriage, sister sister relationship, adultery, voyeur, sibling rivalry, impotence, sex scene ...
Time:
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Place:
louisiana, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
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Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, controversial, erotic, sexual, sensual ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan, asia, east asia, tokyo, paris france ...
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, sexy, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, cult classic, sexual, avant garde, psychedelic ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
italy, chicago
Similarity:
29%
216K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style:
sexual, erotic, sexy, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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29%
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