Movies like Carmen 2003
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Carmen (2003)
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Original name: Кармен
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young and handsome prison guard falls in love with a beautiful lady-prisoner. She makes him hooked on sex and manipulates him into becoming a gang member. He kills and steals under her control.
Style:
rough, tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense, dark, sensual, crime thriller ...
Plot:
women in prison, honor, sex scene, prison, seduction, fall in love, rivalry, danger, love and romance, life is a bitch, power relations, obsession, sexuality, lust, manipulation, moral corruption, moral ambiguity, toxic relationship, passion, violence, forbidden love, betrayal, murder, tragedy, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, intense and tense films with plots about obsession, moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban, revenge, jealousy and manipulation mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Carmen: Fallen Angel (1997), Bewafa Sanam (1995), Stolen Virginity (2016), The Magnetist's Fifth Winter (1999), Mr. Kalyan (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Caught in a seedy underworld of lies, lust and murder, Antonelli, the local mob boss, and his sultry young wife, Michelle, share a game of deception and jealousy that soon turns deadly.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
While in prison, Sunder learns that his fiancee is to marry another man. Enraged, he goes to the wedding venue and shoots her.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Travis was working his dream job, but his boss was a nightmare. When his back was against the wall, he chose to be a "Taker." This time he went too far. - He stole a Woman's most prized possession.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, tense, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. ...
Style:
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Plot:
hypnosis, winter, blindness, small town, jealousy, moral ambiguity, healer, ethical dilemma, forbidden romance, love triangle, seduction, obsession ...
Time:
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Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story:
Chapel, aka Coach runs a business with a bunch of call boys, but his earnings take a hit when Kalyan, aka CB, enters the market. Parallelly, Kalyan is deeply in love with Sarika. Under what circumstances did Kalyan turn into CB?
Style:
tense, dark, tension, romantic drama, emotional ...
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moral ambiguity, underworld, power struggle, prostitution, urban, identity, betrayal, male prostitution, violence, loyalty, sexploitation, anti hero ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
Style:
psychological, intense, atmospheric, twisted, period drama
Plot:
lesbian, revenge, murder, jealousy, trauma, loss, tragedy, lgbt, betrayal, obsession, guilt, seduction ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Story:
A young tearaway wins the lottery, but risks losing it all when he becomes embroiled in a toxic love triangle with a pair of recovering scam artists.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
lottery ticket, money, love triangle, lottery, theft, greed, male female relationship, relationships, problem, con artists, tragic love, money problems ...
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71%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From an intoxicating fantasy to a dangerous affair, a wealthy married woman finds her life irreversibly shattered after picking up an unpublished novel.
Style:
erotic drama, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Tahsin is head of the Korludag family, his wealth and great influence in society makes him feared and respected by everyone. There isn’t a place or person in town that he does not control. Tahsin has two children; his son Korhan is a big ...
Style:
captivating, tense, family saga, tension, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family feud, couples, death, love and romance, murder, secret, prison, revenge, forbidden love, danger, rivalry, love ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An estranged couple on a weekend retreat are pushed further apart when the wife, Becca, becomes romantically fascinated with the journal of the cabin's long-dead former owner. When the ghost of the old owner appears and reciprocates ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, touching, sexy, sincere ...
Plot:
ghost, troubled marriage, love, unhappy wife, sister sister relationship, diary, husband wife relationship, marital infidelity, estranged couple, domestic drama, supernatural romance, intimate ...
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Before they get married, Paul and Monica want to indulge in an unforgettable sexual adventure. For this purpose, they invite a great number of acquaintances to a party, at which there will be no sexual restrictions.
Style:
tension, suspense, sensual, sexploitation film
Plot:
seduction, sexploitation, murder mystery, suspect, suspicion, betrayal, glamour, scandal, infidelity, manipulation, crime investigation, jealousy ...
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64%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
eastern europe, bucharest
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina, France, Brazil, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bruno is a cynical but attractive business man, owner of a strip-club. He has to replace his best dancer, Katy, after her suicide. Applicants would do anything to get this job, but only Damy, gorgeous and mysterious girl, catches his attention. What ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few days she tries to escape but in vain. Later, she becomes used to the life with him. Even when she has a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
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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: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Country: UK
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, intense, period piece, suspenseful
Plot:
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Place:
spain
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship.
Style:
intense, sensual, period piece, noir
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, talky, bleak, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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