Movies like Tattoo 1981

If you like "Tattoo" you are looking for psychological, tense and neo noir movies about / with obsession, kidnapping, tattoo, danger, mentally unstable, prison and fashion model themes of Drama, Horror and Thriller genre shot in USA.
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Tattoo (1981)
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Tattoo (1981)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.
Style: psychological, tense, neo noir, slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: obsession, kidnapping, tattoo, danger, mentally unstable, prison, fashion model, nude women, nudity, dating, masturbation, sexual content, voyeurism, bondage, woman in danger, violent content, sex, revenge, artist, psychopath, female nudity, sex scene, model, stalking, captivity ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new jersey

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, obsession, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, deadly and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Tattoo: Heart of Midnight (1988), Cupid (1997), Perfect Prey (1998), Dog Lay Afternoon (1976), Cold Storage (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Heart of Midnight (1988)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and ...
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: nightclub, police, female protagonist, hallucination, mental illness, incest, voyeur, blonde, family problems, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, female psychopath, psychopath, murder, mentally unstable, female assassin, psycho killer, murderer, female killer, seduction, serial killer, girlfriend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cupid (1997)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship have a current murderous relationship. He murders the women who reject him and she murders the women who get too close to him.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, valentine's day, wedding, supernatural being, investigation, dangerous attraction, obsession, psychopath, love affair, murder, fall in love, mentally unstable ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Perfect Prey (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, psychologist, texas ranger, serial murder, psychopath, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dog Lay Afternoon (1976)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her ...
Style: erotic, thought provoking, controversial, transgressive, banned ...
Plot: zoophilia, animal sex, bestiality, interspecies sex, dog sex, bitch, taboo, taboo sex, forbidden sex, erotica, nymphomaniac, dog ...
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100%
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Cold Storage (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A backwoods recluse steals the body of a young girl killed in a violent car crash, locking her in the freezer of his isolated shed as her sister and boyfriend search frantically for any clues to her whereabouts. The woman of Clive's dreams may ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, missing person, mentally unstable, confined, danger, isolation, hostage, woods, car accident, graphic violence, corpse, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Fan (1981)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen (Lauren Bacall). However when his letters are rejected, the fan strikes out at the actresses friends, then at her.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot: obsession, murder, stalking, obsessed fan, actress, stalker, woman in danger, price of fame, maniac, psychopath, actor's life, secretary ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.3
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Rogue River (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapped woman, survival, confined, danger, strong violent content, police officer killed, brother sister incest, extreme violence, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Gut (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around ...
Style: psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, voyeurism, haunted by the past, best friend, losing-it hero, danger, serial killer, violence, killer, violent content, disorder, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.3
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Inside (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: voyeurism, insanity, stalking, danger, missing child, desperation, accident, love affair, obsession, deathtrap, murder, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Lady Beware (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, erotica, making love, sex scene, relationships, terror, killer, sexual content, phone terror, voyeur, store ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Cellar Door (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, survival, confined, obsession, woman in danger, isolation, captivity, master criminal, danger, rivalry, gory ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
A Horrible Way to Die (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, mumblecore, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, kidnapping, woman in danger, revenge, violence spree, small town, haunted by the past, remorse, fanatic, female psychopath ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Heart of Stone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!
Style: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, seduction, manipulation, love affair, who done it, obsession, couples, power relations, infidelity, murder, danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Missionary (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, stalking, couples, parents and children, single parent, love triangle, sex scene, bad boy, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Single White Female (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, erotic, sexy, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, sexual harassment, psychopath, jealousy, stalking, female rapist, manipulation, borderline personality disorder, sex scene ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: snow, psycho, psychopath, rescue, chases and races, danger, rivalry, confined, uninhibited rivalry, captivity, kidnapping, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Blood Prism (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A successful art gallery coordinator, living a double life as a serial killer, preys on the hopeless as she attempts to find meaning behind the voices she hears. When she believes she is falling in love with a depressed comic book artist; she ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, guts, fear, chase, murder, blood, obsession, death, violence, revenge, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Hitcher in the Dark (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape, and murder.
Style: slasher, independent film, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, kidnapping, driver, automobile, taxi, terror, hitchhiking, beach, obsession, captive woman, captive ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Deer Crossing (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film centers around retired police detective Derrick Stanswood (Mann), who is called by a successful doctor about an unsolved case involving his wife Maggy (Cottrel) and their son, Cole (newcomer Kevin Fennell). Chasing after loose ends in a ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, captivity, danger, private detective, kidnapping, small town, farm, confined, abduction, violence, redneck, wrestling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The Landlady (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Melanie decides that one of her tenants would be perfect as her husband and decides to eliminate everyone who might interfere in her plans.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, scary ...
Plot: obsession, split personality, murder, disobey, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, blind ambition, dishonesty, danger, psychopath, stalking, spouse killer ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
On the Inside (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, independent film ...
Plot: mental illness, murder, mental institution, psychopath, redemption, mentally unstable, crime and punishment, woman in danger, haunted by the past, criminal psychologist, prison, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Flying Dutchman (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sexuality and serial murder in an American village.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: femme fatale, serial killer, obsession, dangerous attraction, couples, psychopath, danger, mentally unstable, who done it, murder, woman in danger, desert ...
Time: 20th century
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Recovery (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The night before their high school graduation, Jessie and her friends are guided by a 'Find My iPhone' app to recover her lost device from a house whose demented tenants are hell bent on making her a flesh and blood member of the family.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: high school student, psychopath, serial killer, stalker, stalking, danger, graphic violence, infidelity, woman in danger, obsession, manhunt, survival ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Scissors (1991)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a young woman is attacked in the elevator she meets her neighbours (two brothers) for the first time. One of the brothers has a secret, the other has a crush on her. Her analyst tries to help her over the attack, but when she is invited to a ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, scary, psychological, tense ...
Plot: strong sexual content, twins, psychoanalysis, woman in danger, mind game, losing-it hero, mysterious character, attempted rape, female protagonist, female psychopath, elevator, fatal attraction ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.5
 12K
The Collector (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, suspense, dark ...
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, dangerous attraction, collector, confined, loneliness, woman in danger, danger, missing person, mentally unstable, serial killer ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.1
 17K
Raising Cain (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, detective, suspense, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, adultery, twins, psychologist, insanity, kidnapping, multiple personality disorder, split personality, evil twin, hospital, obsession, mental illness ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 3.3
 584
Visible Scars (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, confined, isolation, ghost, law enforcement, danger, woman in danger, youth, violent content, mountain, supernatural, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 4.4
 522
Body Chemistry (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A research project on sexual response leads two doctors into an affair where their deepest passions and darkest fantasies are revealed.
Style: sexy, erotic, sensual, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fatal attraction, obsession, infidelity, erotica, laboratory, love triangle, danger, dangerous attraction, love affair, obsessive love, stalking, sexual relations ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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