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The Naked Kiss (1964)
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion.
Style:
neo noir, controversial, noir, dark, surreal, disturbing, art house, grindhouse, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
prostitute, hospital, small town, social commentary, marriage proposal, sex, abortion, nurse, hooker, pedophilia, bald woman, prostitution, morality, dialogue, murder, pedophile, pimp, sexual abuse, redemption, physical disability, children, violence, brothel, call girl, blackmail ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 1961, 1960s
Place:
america, usa, venice, switzerland, united states, united states of america, american
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Most similar movies to The Naked Kiss
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and tense films with plots about murder, police, death, violence, drinking, police officer and drinking alcohol mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Naked Kiss: Flawless (1999), The Child I Never Was (2002), Underworld U.S.A. (1961), The Accused (1988), Hard Eight (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
21K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Style:
talky, independent film, light, comedy drama, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbtq, gender, gay interest, stroke, transvestism, gender bending, gay, transgender, drag queen, lgbt, gay lead character, female impersonator ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, pedophile, murder, brutality, sexual predator, serial killer, sex with a priest, altar boy, youth, pedophilia, psychopath, serial child killer ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1976, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
gangster, testimony, prison, dishonesty, manhunt, haunted by the past, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, parents and children, drug addiction, betrayal, revenge ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, rape, injustice, sexual assault, rape victim, violence, gang rape, sexual abuse, violence against women, legal action, fraternity, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, murder, private investigator, police officer, stripper, drug addict, parrot, eavesdropping, gigolo, rain, motel, corpse ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
california, nevada, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
28%
175
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal, legal investigation, life is a bitch, courtroom, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, savannah georgia
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a boy kills his father he must turn to his frinds to cover his tracks with tests their loyality and friendship.
Style:
crime drama, tense, realistic, serious, crying
Plot:
american football, high school football, abusive husband, evil child, student athlete, friendship, high school, murder, best friend, kids in trouble, friends, social relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
26%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style:
depressing, rough, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prostitution, street kid, child abuse, boy, sex with a minor, coming of age, 10 year old, child rape, children, nude boy, violent, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, rio de janeiro, sao paulo brazil ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Determined to pull in the Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett will go to any length necessary to win the coveted award. When he learns of an unsolved murder committed at a mental institution, Barrett devises a scheme to solve it and earn himself ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, tense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
insanity, mental institution, psychiatrist, mental illness, macabre, murder, journalism, investigation, murder mystery, voice over narration, mental breakdown, racial slur ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
mount fuji, america, africa, japan, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style:
depressing, period piece, compassionate, contemplative, grim ...
Plot:
abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, injustice, miscarriage, neighbor, rape, double life, character study, mission, understanding, family problems ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe, melbourne, dunkirk ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
Style:
neorealism, realistic, serious, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, poverty, unemployment, robbery, life is a bitch, family relations, italian neorealism, criminal heroes, downfall, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1961, 60s, post world war two, 1950s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
25%
5K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't ...
Style:
psychological, serious, disturbing, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
gigolo, older woman younger man relationship, prostitute, pimp, swinger couple, haunted by the past, parents and children, military life, family life, society, sex scene, making love ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, year 1981
Place:
new orleans, usa, texas, louisiana
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
redemption, child abuse, children, coming of age, boy, dysfunctional family, working class, juvenile detention, youth, corporal punishment, childhood, poverty ...
Time:
year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, california
Similarity:
25%
1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
self harm, professor, husband wife relationship, promise, paranoia, friendship, violence, pursuit, chase, suspicion, courtroom, doctor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, informant, father son relationship, drug traffic, buddies, culture clash, drug crime, fbi agent, teenager, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1986, year 2014, year 2017 ...
Place:
las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker (Shelley Winters) grows into a violently powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons, and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman ...
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, bleak, neo noir, hood ...
Plot:
female gangster, gang, sexual abuse, rape, murder, shootout, bad mother, great depression, robbery, outdoor sex, mobster, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, year 1929
Place:
america, arkansas
Similarity:
24%
168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, christmas horror ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, gory, winter, christmas, prostitute, deception, snow, sex, small town ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Style:
surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, hood, philosophical ...
Plot:
murder, mafia, corpse, gangster, revenge, tragedy, grief, death of brother, suicide, brother brother relationship, organized crime, great depression ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, independent film, art house, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, mental disorder, illness, mental health, insanity, character study, serial killer, abused child, psychopath, adoption, murder ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Similarity:
23%
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets, interrogating abusive parents, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, erotic, sincere ...
Plot:
violence against women, pedophile, abused child, journalism, policewoman, confession, abusive parent, police station, police investigation, social decay, life is a bitch, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day ...
Style:
disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, tense, serious ...
Plot:
prison, prison sex, murder, dysfunctional family, psychopath, redemption, violence, drinking, caper, exodus, australian aboriginal, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, tokyo, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Style:
disturbing, talky, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, violence, police detective, prison, ex convict, unrequited love, stalking, mental illness, racism, woman in jeopardy, kidnapping, police investigation ...
Time:
year 1964, 20th century, year 1987, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, mississippi, new jersey ...
Similarity:
22%
112K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
surreal, sexy, road movie, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, murder, surrealism, violence, sex scene, forbidden love, rape, domineering mother, haunted by the past, dark humor, psychopath, female nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, new orleans, southern usa, austin texas, california ...
Similarity:
22%
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