Movies like Wild at Heart 1990
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Wild at Heart (1990)
96K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
road movie, surreal, sexy, avant garde, atmospheric, erotic, art house, psychological, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
surrealism, murder, betrayal, forbidden love, on the run, violence, hallucination, sex scene, rape, domineering mother, hitman, cult, dark humor, haunted by the past, on the road, mother daughter relationship, rebel, one last job, absurdism, gangsters, lovers on the run, ex convict, love, death, true love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 1990s
Place:
texas, new orleans, canada, austin texas, usa, california, southern usa ...
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Most similar movies to Wild at Heart
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, weird, stylized and cult film films with plots about murder, violence, storytelling, dialogue, brutality, violent and stylish mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Wild at Heart: Natural Born Killers (1994), Blue Velvet (1986), Pink Flamingos (1972), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), No Country for Old Men (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Style:
controversial, atmospheric, disturbing, brutal, surreal ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, dark humor, violence, insanity, violent, satire, mass murder, criminal heroes, murderous pair, lovers on the run, media ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, nevada, new mexico, paris france, london ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, voyeurism, small town, sex, sexual obsession, kidnapping, serial killer, rape, postmodernism, suburbs, sexual perversion, eccentricity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, campy, surreal, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
male nudity, obsession, perversion, cult, animal abuse, dysfunctional family, arson, lesbian, dehumanization, absurd humor, gender, incestuous sex ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, baltimore, maryland
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, investigation, serial killer, murder, small town life, small town, incest, mental illness, hallucination, supernatural, rape, double life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1988, 80s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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No Country for Old Men similar movies
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style:
stylized, intense, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, drugs, cocaine, lovers on the run, mafia, gunfight, gangsters, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, hotel, love, on the run ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, michigan, detroit
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100%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Plot:
insanity, surrealism, murder, time loop, doppelganger, hallucination, transformation, graphic violence, erotica, macabre, psychology, art ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, plymouth
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, surreal, art house, campy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
goth, teenager, sex, sex slave, lgbt, surrealism, lovers on the run, mistaken identity, anal rape, aimlessness, coming of age, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
african american, ghetto, urban ghetto life, gangsters, hip hop, murder, police brutality, friendship, coming of age, street gang, organized crime, drugs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with ...
Style:
sexy, satirical, cynical, disturbing, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, journalism, female protagonist, older woman younger man relationship, oral sex, murder, manipulation, television, adultery, teacher student sex, erotic fantasy, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new hampshire, canada, california, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, road movie, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, journalism, journalist, lovers on the run, suspense, road trip, writers, obsession, on the road, cross country, violence spree ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, pittsburgh, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two young lovers rob their way across the southland, posting their exploits to social media, and gaining fame and followers as a result.
Style:
road movie, tense, captivating, exciting, humorous ...
Plot:
road trip, social media, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, narcissism, lovers on the run, crime spree, desperation, runaway, popularity, car chase, dark past, money falling through the air ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
oklahoma, texas, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the ...
Style:
twist ending, non-linear, psychological, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
dark humor, accident, twists and turns, murder, suspense, chase, vandalism, crime gone awry, multiple perspectives, multiple storylines, police officer, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, hollywood, showbiz, murder, screenwriter, dark humor, neighbor, surrealism, serial killer, insanity, new job, film industry ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After escaping from jail, two teens flee to Tijuana and stay with one's childhood protector, a man masquerading as a nun.
Style:
disturbing, intense, controversial, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, prostitute, escape, lgbt, monster, violent, woman with a gun, coming of age, prison life, road trip, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Mulholland Drive
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the ...
Style:
brutal, emotional, exciting, social, dark ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, school, high school, social satire, murderer, home invasion, violence, suspense, hacker, gang, society, friends ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, neo noir, surreal, rough ...
Plot:
small town, murder, psychopath, killer, sadism, serial killer, violence, revenge, violent, twists and turns, deputy, investigation ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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29%
136K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
investigation, private investigator, private detective, suspense, obsession, revenge, murder, serial killer, sexual abuse, violent, vengeance, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, pennsylvania, usa ...
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, crime gone awry, criminal, war injury, femme fatale, murder, brutality, greed, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, sexy, road movie, intense ...
Plot:
small town, desert, brutality, on the run, wilderness, suspense, betrayal, murder, femme fatale, mechanic, character study, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, las vegas, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style:
bleak, stylized, harsh, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, revenge, gunfight, vietnam war, exploitation, macabre, complex characters, vietnam veteran, home invasion ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
texas, vietnam, asia, san antonio texas, el paso texas ...
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29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, crime gone awry, murder, suspense, adultery, extramarital affair, murder mystery, hitman, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, visceral ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, ...
Style:
neo noir, surreal, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, organized crime, prison, betrayal, suspense, vengeance, undercover agent, mafia, heist, violence, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brad (Michael Shannon) has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place; Based on a true ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, murder, psychopath, obsession, crazy, paranoia, memory, family relations, family problems, law enforcement, delusion, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new orleans, peru, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, ...
Style:
neo noir, harsh, bloody, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, psychopath, brutality, undercover cop, hitman, twists and turns, police detective, police corruption, loneliness, thief, strong sexual content, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, los angeles, usa, san francisco
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, controversial, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual abuse, home invasion, rape, small town, violent, rape and revenge, revenge, murder, female nudity, sexual desire, brutality, sexual assault ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, cornwall, europe
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28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, revenge, suspense, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, hitman, gangsters, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, bleak, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, violent, sexual abuse, violence, revenge, rape and revenge, brutality, sexual perversion, vengeance, sex, sadism, anal rape ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style:
surreal, funny, atmospheric, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
twists and turns, dark humor, suicide, coincidence, artist, mistaken identity, paranoia, female nudity, nightclub, city life, nightlife, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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