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The Crying Game (1992)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire (Adrian Dunbar). Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson), in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychological, controversial, enigmatic, tense, erotic, touching, captivating, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
transgender, tragic love, terrorism, gender, kidnapping, lgbtq, hostage, sexuality, transsexual, haunted by the past, transvestite, interracial romance, homosexuality, glbt, stockholm syndrome, sexual orientation, friendship, twists and turns, fall in love, strong sexual content, lgbt, promise, doomed romance, transphobia, secret life ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, london, england, europe
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Most similar movies to The Crying Game
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, complex and sexy films with plots about mentor, betrayal, obsession, runaway, storytelling, murder and pornography mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Crying Game: Boys Don't Cry (1999), Mona Lisa (1986), The Last Seduction (1994), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Different for Girls (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, texas, usa
Similarity:
67%
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's ...
Style:
atmospheric, intense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, gangster, unrequited love, chauffeur, doomed romance, redemption, friendship, prostitution, ex convict, white rabbit, pimp, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 70s
Place:
london, europe, england, britain, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Style:
sexy, sexual, suspense, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, forbidden love, lesbian, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, obsession, teachers and students, adultery, older woman younger man sex, lust, blackmail, older woman teenage boy sex ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, england
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual, and she has no desire to stir up the past while she's ...
Style:
sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbtq, gay, transgender, glbt, lgbt, transgender woman, gender bending, bittersweet, friendship, gender, bullying ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, neo noir, cerebral, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sexual abuse, gay, transsexual, lgbtq, child abuse, transvestism, male nudity, teacher, coming of age, boarding school, lgbtqi, glbt ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
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67%
417
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York, but he might as well be in prison again - until he strikes up a friendship with co-worker Tulio ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
ira, jail, prison, conflict, struggle, anglo irish relations, friendship, haunted by the past, fall in love, hopes, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
ireland, new york, usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, erotic, intense, serious ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay romance, male nudity, glbt, couples, homoeroticism, sex, male pubic hair, gay relationship, gay interest ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 90s, 70s
Place:
uruguay, argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, latin america ...
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Style:
erotic, metafiction, neo noir, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, gender bending, espionage, transsexual, cross dressing, opera, culture clash, gender, relationships, betrayal, making love, transvestism ...
Time:
60s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
china, europe, asia, france, paris france ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, unfaithful wife, illicit love, femme fatale, murder, nudity, tragic romance, female orgasm, adultery, love affair, sexual content ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
california, usa, san diego california, los angeles
Similarity:
66%
122K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sincere, emotional, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, depression, homosexuality, loneliness, gays and lesbians, lgbt, broken heart, lgbtq, homosexual, grief, death, glbt ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, cuba, usa, london ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, dangerous attraction, sexual tension, love, serial killer, sex scene, split personality, sexual awakening, killer, woman in danger, stalking, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, puerto rico, san francisco
Similarity:
65%
300K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
sex scene, male male relationship, gender, gay, outdoor sex, murder, police detective, male nudity, homosexuality, naked man, lake, loneliness ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2013, 80s, 21st century
Place:
france, nebraska, paris france
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, dramatic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
transsexual, gender, gay, gays and lesbians, gender bending, lgbt, murder, gay soldier, transgender, gay interest, making love, lgbtq ...
Place:
kansas, kentucky, missouri, nashville tennessee, tennessee ...
Similarity:
65%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
Similarity:
65%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, love affair, sex, obsession, infidelity, sexuality, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, passion, sex scene, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, palm springs california, paris france, london, brussels ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.
Style:
erotic, suspenseful, sexual, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, prison, mad love, erotica, destiny, bittersweet, obsession, murder of wife, passion, desire, medical, lost girl ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, london, spain, california, new jersey
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Style:
sexy, tense, suspense, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, gambling, loser, redemption, investigation, debt, moral dilemma, siblings relations, sailing, remorse, hitman ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
london, brighton, england
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town's understanding.
Style:
touching, sentimental, surreal, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
transvestism, transgender, gay, lgbtq, adoption, homosexual, gay slur, gender bending, coming of age, priest, friendship, ira ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 20th century, 60s
Place:
ireland, england, europe, big ben london, london
Similarity:
64%
238K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, talky, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, couples, lust, sex, seduction, adultery, passionate interest, murder, destructive relationship, fatal attraction, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, ireland ...
Similarity:
64%
823
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This lyrical, modern-day film noir finds cynical hit man Mick (Anthony LaPaglia) tiring of his job and asking his boss, mob kingpin George (Peter Boyle), for time off. George gives him the assignment of his life, however, prompting Mick's ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hitman, killer, assassin, femme fatale, professional killer, obsession, gangster, assassination, love, redemption, dominatrix, professional ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, tense, serious, intense ...
Plot:
rape, murder, russian mafia, gangster, mob boss, prostitution, twists and turns, male nudity, organized crime, violent, death in childbirth, child prostitute ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, st. petersburg russia, europe, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, lgbt cinema, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, obsession, gay romance, gay sex, murder, betrayal, male pubic hair, gays and lesbians, love and romance, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, england
Similarity:
64%
313K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, manipulation, gay, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, secret identity, gay subtext, psychopath, envy, jealousy, sociopath ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, mediterranean sea, europe, persia ...
Similarity:
64%
106K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Style:
suspense, sexy, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitman, loner, one last job, nudity, sex, undercover, anti hero, betrayal, skinny dipping, small town, assassination, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, california, canada
Similarity:
63%
207K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Style:
neo noir, intense, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, violence, sex, drug dealing, twists and turns, gangster, chase, murder, drug, british gangster, drug lord, caper ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, amsterdam, netherlands ...
Similarity:
63%
121K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, surprise ending, sexy, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hypnosis, plot twist, twists and turns, amnesia, heist, memory loss, manipulation, dishonesty, disorder, art theft, skinny dipping, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
63%
79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, blackmail, dangerous attraction, couples, disorder, police investigation, danger, adultery, rape, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
63%
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