Movies like El Cortez
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El Cortez (2006)
627
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bare breasts, femme fatale, master criminal, haunted by the past, friendship, couples, drug dealing, confined, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, female nudity, blonde, voyeur, voyeurism, gold mine, nudity, male pubic hair, nude, gambling, hotel, rivalry, going straight, tough law enforcer, drug dealer ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, nevada, reno nevada
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Most similar movies to El Cortez
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and erotic films with plots about female nudity, nude, dishonesty, nudity, bare breasts, panties and couples mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like El Cortez: Dirty Work (2006), Sinful Intrigue (1995), Scenes of the Crime (2001), Loaded (2008), Three Way (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bad City is the tangled story of three men's lives: Manning, a dirty, disillusioned cop; Julian, king of drugs, thugs and prostitution; and Frank, a ruthless politician who destroys everything in the way of his ambition.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, prostitute, gangster, reluctant partners, law enforcement, gambling, serial killer, danger, tough heroes, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, chicago
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mysterious attacker is preying on the rich and decadent set in an elite community.
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, sexy, mind bending ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, fondling, female nudity, sexploitation, sex, erotica, lesbianism, lust, voyeurism, bare breasts, voyeur, coitus ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bare breasts, voyeur, coitus, female nudity, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, gang, danger, criminal heroes, rivalry, criminal's revenge ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young, wealthy club kid's life spirals downward into an out-of-control world of drugs, sex and violence.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
drug abuse, sexual relations, gang, dangerous attraction, life is a bitch, drug dealing, criminal heroes, danger, couples, addiction, lap dance, bare breasts ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexual relations, nude girl, murder, crime gone awry, kidnapping, debauchery, betrayal, who done it, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a ...
Style:
scary, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, filmmaking, actress, female nudity, voyeur, woman strangled to death, blonde, violence, falling from height, sex scene, serial killer, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
68%
494
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her share of trouble and they start up a tenuous relationship. Then there's a murder and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
going straight, lovers on the run, starting over, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, love affair, criminal's revenge, love and romance, hopes, woman in danger, couples, chases and races ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.
Style:
erotic, queer horror, mind bending, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
exploitation, murder, lesbian lover, adult film industry, porn actress, revenge, erotica, lesbian, filmmaking, nude, female pubic hair, sexual desire ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
hospital, psychopath, doctors and patients, missing person, murder, nursing, suspicion of murder, voyeurism, bare breasts, voyeur, female nudity, blonde ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, tense, cynical, suspense ...
Plot:
betrayal, con artists, femme fatale, con man, manipulation, nudity, hidden money, voyeurism, con trick, female nudity, caper, motel ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, california
Similarity:
59%
384
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, dishonesty, looking for sex, criminal's revenge, partner, going straight, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, blind ambition, female masturbation, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An FBI agent goes undercover in a women's prison to find evidence hidden by a drug dealer's ex-girlfriend. After she is taken off the case, she finds that the drug dealer has kidnapped her daughter. She enlists the help of one of her ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
women in prison, prison, lesbian rape, female nudity, lesbianism, women's prison, erotica, prison guard, kidnapping, nudity, prison fight, sexual attraction ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
48%
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, bare breasts, murder, murder mystery, femme fatale, amateur detective, swimming pool, voyeurism, missing person, corruption, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, femme fatale, showbiz, cons and scams, private detective, obsession, down on your luck, love and romance, infidelity, violent content, couples, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
44%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mental illness, mentally unstable, vengeance, criminal's revenge, violence spree, sexual content, murder, strip club, nightclub, crime boss, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mystery woman turns vengeful after a college athlete dumps her following a one-night stand.
Style:
erotic, psychological thriller, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalking, obsession, female nudity, voyeur, sex in car, making love, stalker, sex scene, woman seduces a man, infidelity, voyeurism, adultery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young woman (Bonnie Dennison) falls for a mysterious man (Michael Welch) who reveals his dark side.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, crime drama
Plot:
abusive boyfriend, father daughter relationship, murder, psychopath, dangerous attraction, hidden identity, danger, dishonesty, family relations, confined, disorder, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A gambling lord causes a young poker player to get deeply in debt. The young man soon finds himself in a world where willing women are as easy to get your hands on as a freshly dealt hand.
Style:
serious, realistic, sexy, independent film, erotic ...
Plot:
gambling, femme fatale, dishonesty, couples, power relations, poker, oral sex, menage a trois, male full rear nudity, lesbianism, lesbian sex, group sex ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills home-security guard is seduced by a rock star's wife he monitors by video.
Style:
sexy, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, rock star, investigation, crumbling marriage, law enforcement, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, obsession, love affair, strong sexual content, nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mysterious death of a young college student occurs late one night at a prestigious New England college...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
erotica, making love, blackmail, nudity, secret society, college, femme fatale, sexual attraction, manipulation, rivalry, danger, destructive relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
dishonesty, couple relations, couples, family relations, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeurism, voyeur, golddigger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
Style:
erotic, serious, psychological, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
voyeur, widow, investigation, infidelity, murder, public nudity, nudity, femme fatale, car chase, humiliation, murder investigation, sex in car ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael is looking for a woman who likes to play games, but when he finds Suzanne, she might just be more than he bargained for.
Style:
sensual, sexy, erotic, sexual, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex scene, passion, female nudity, threesome, public sex, lesbian sex, sexual relations, skinny dipping, nudity, femme fatale, manipulation, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A vengeful woman lures her half brother into a game that may leave her the sole heir to their abusive father's fortune.
Style:
erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
voyeurism, incest, brother sister sex, forbidden sex, brother sister incest, sex scene, making love, sex with brother, brother sister relationship, false accusation of rape, exhibitionism, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hollis Parker hosts a nightly web show that brings together sexual misfits from across the World Wide Web. A new intern at the studio shows romantic interest in Hollis, and what begins as a seemingly innocent crush turns into an unhealthy obsession.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, obsession, couples, strong sexual content, computers and web, media, sexual relations, desert, suv, sex scene, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A stylish, cat-and-mouse suspense story about a young woman's sexual awakening and self-discovery. Alone on vacation in Crescent Bay, unexpectedly abandoned by both her boyfriend and her parents, HANNAH (Courtney Cole) gets caught up in a web ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, sexual
Plot:
voyeur, love and romance, mysterious character, infidelity, sexual relations, couples, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, beach, female masturbation, nudity, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
women in prison, prison, women's prison, female prisoner, lesbianism, wrongful conviction, lust, lesbian, female nudity, prison riot, blonde, bare breasts ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
290
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An armored car guard's elaborate plan for revenge is threatened by his relationship with an old friend -- a brilliant and unpredictable television preacher.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, vengeance, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, betrayal, life is a bitch, intrigue, dishonesty, rivalry, heist, infidelity, scapegoat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George ...
Style:
romantic, visually stunning, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
voyeur, gambler, stripper, femme fatale, infidelity, casino, dangerous attraction, gambling, brat pack, sex scene, trophy wife, blonde ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
35%
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