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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
212K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, serious, suspense, dark, disturbing, macabre, clever ...
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, serial killer, insanity, woman in danger, dangerous attraction, killings, perfume, corpse, deadly, genius, french, secret formula, sense of smell, master apprentice relationship, innocent person killed, dark fantasy, murder, mentor, sexualized violence, psychology, visceral, superior, young woman, victim ...
Time:
18th century, 1700s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, realistic and serious films with plots about murder, crimes, psychopath, serial killer, brutality, violence and deadly mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Dorian Gray (2009), The Butcher (1970), From Hell (2001), American Psycho (2000), The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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gothic, gloomy, offbeat, atmospheric, dark humor ...
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serial killer, vengeance, insanity, villain, haunted by the past, murderous pair, lust, violence, deadly, razor, social injustice, shaving ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, victorian, 1850s, 18th century
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style:
captivating, gothic, atmospheric, stylized, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
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Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
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dark humor, stylized, surreal, disturbing, psychological ...
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serial killer, psychopath, yuppie, wall street, hidden identity, millionaire, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, insanity, greed, killings, unreliable narrator ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Place:
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35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
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90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
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225K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
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After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
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psychopath, serial killer, master criminal, mind game, crime, fbi, law enforcement, crimes, rivalry, one on one, torment, cat and mouse ...
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36K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
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suspenseful, rough, serious, sexual, psychological ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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psychological, suspenseful, suspense, serious, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s, year 1990
Place:
iowa, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
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serial killer, murder, falling in love, mystery, obsession, crime, surveillance, school, small town, police investigation, dangerous attraction, fight ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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obsession, police, murder, lawyer, stalker, alarm, argument, prostitute, voyeur, jealousy, death, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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dark humor, stylized, surreal, offbeat, serious ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
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exciting, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: France, Italy, Romania
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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