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The Octopus 3 (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 370 min.
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Story:
Part 1 - GOOD AND EVIL - After the mafia killed his family, and a number of people who trusted him, Cattani sees a couple of criminals condemned to light sentences only. A DEA team brings him back from the mountain retreat with good monks, to the evil world of a drugs-for-arms deal. Solace comes in the form of new affections for a banker's daughters, who look like his lost wife and daughter. Part 2 - NO ESCAPE - Cattani uses a TV interview to reveal he found out about one of The Octopus telephone numbers. That is enough to spread havoc in the criminal rang, but the mafia leaves the American investigators no escape. Part 3 - THIRSTING FOR VENGEANCE - Cattani falls in love with Giulia, but his inquest does not go far, until Giulia's father dies, and her grandfather takes hold of the family bank again. Part 4 - REFUGE - The Antinari bank is backing the illegal arms deal, trusted friends and servants may not be what they seem, and Cattani is undecided between personal vendetta and life in...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and sexy films and TV series with plots about female nudity, sex, nude, male nudity, love and romance, police officer and revenge mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Octopus 3: The Goodbye Kiss (2006), Un eroe borghese (1995), La orca (1976), A Leap in the Dark (1980), The Scent of Blood (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 600 min.
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A couple of years have passed since Corrado Cattani and Giulia Antinari broke up; during this time, Giulia died in an accident (that might or might not have been planned by Tano) and Corrado has lived alone in a place when he can be guarded 24/7. A ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min.
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Giorgio Pellegrini, a former left-wing activist turned terrorist has fled to Central America and fought with a guerrilla movement. Fifteen years later he is fed up with living in the jungle and decides to return to Italy. What he wants is to lead a ...
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captivating, neo noir, political
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
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exciting, captivating, tense, psycho sexual
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
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erotic
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 121 min.
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Duration: 115 min.
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Duration: 113 min.
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Plot:
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Story:
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