Movies like Snowtown
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Snowtown (2011)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, tense, rough, realistic, dark, controversial, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, psychopath, gang, gay rape, male rape victim, torture, suspicion, murder, manipulation, killer, mother's boyfriend, tortured to death, true crime, violent, male nudity, small town, single mother, friendship between men, husband wife relationship, vandalism, children, incestuous relationship, sexual perversion, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1999, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, oceania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, realistic, serious and suspenseful films with plots about murder, violence, blood, death, cigarette smoking, psychopath and gun mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Snowtown: The House That Jack Built (2018), Dahmer (2002), Acolytes (2008), Monster (2003), The Child I Never Was (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A depiction of a serial killer's 12 years' worth of murders and how it shaped his prime intelligence.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, suspense, cruelty, sadism, kidnapping, psychopath as protagonist, sadistic psychopath, extreme violence, animal cruelty, obsessive compulsive disorder ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, rape, gay club, gay, torture, violence, necrophilia, killer, serial murder, macabre, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three teens blackmail a serial killer into helping them get rid of a violent bully.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, forest, psychopath, murder, friendship, vengeance, youth, teenage life, rivalry, suburbs, teenager, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, prostitute, lesbian love, mental illness, rape, murder, gay, female serial killer, vengeance, destructive relationship, female killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, michigan, usa, ohio, miami
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 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:
pedophile, youth, murder, coming of age, psychopath, serial killer, sexual predator, sexual obsession, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, investigation ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1976, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, serious, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot:
aborigine, brutality, rape, vengeance, psychopath, twists and turns, wilderness, gunfight, violence, savagery, criminal, tragic event ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
australia
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
About a real-life criminal who shocked Argentine society: Carlos Robledo Puch, a merciless teen killer dubbed “The Angel of Death” because of his beatific good looks, who now ranks as the longest-serving prison inmate in Argentine history.
Style:
tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, controversial ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, psychopath, gay interest, gay, bisexual man, lgbt, murder, police, violence, money, teenage boy, serial killer ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, rough, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, maniac, violence, killer as protagonist, murder, suspense, police investigation, serial killer as protagonist, prison, prisoner, psychopath ...
Time:
70s, year 1989, year 1974, year 1975, year 1976 ...
Place:
usa, seattle
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100%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Set against the badlands of colonial Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels—an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising ...
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, bleak, tense, art house
Plot:
raped woman, chase, criminal, escape, gang, fight, criminal gang, murder, police officer, death, revenge, male objectification ...
Time:
1880s, victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
australia
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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.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, suspense, split personality, imaginary friend, maniac, macabre, double life, investigation, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
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100%
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Films like American Psycho
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, suspenseful, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, child abuse, childhood, vengeance, rape, courtroom drama, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, friendship, revenge, murder trial ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new york yankees, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, rough, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, torture, court, confined, dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, murder, captivity, true crime, family problems, domestic violence, threat ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
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29%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, psychological, serious, controversial ...
Plot:
prison, torture, court, brutality, injustice, escape, lawyer, suspense, prison escape, drugs, escape attempt, jail ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place:
turkey, brooklyn new york city, istanbul turkey, greece
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, cynical, suspenseful, bloody, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, little red riding hood, psychopath, teenager, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style:
slasher, campy, suspenseful, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, male nudity, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, sex maniac, red light district, teenager, criminal, psychopath, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
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Movies like Pulp Fiction
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, family life, mind game, gay, lust, small town, killer, lie, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
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26%
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:
disturbing, dark, controversial, psychological, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, murder, gang, serial killer, small town, nude, death, drug abuse, violence, police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, oregon, usa, portland oregon
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26%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, gothic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, serial child killer, secret, gay, psychopath, boy, black market, cannibal, true crime, lgbt, killer ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, rough, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape, murder, brutality, found footage, society, insanity, manipulation, dysfunctional family, cult, hitman, art ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Taxi Driver
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, corruption, fbi, violence, murder, illness, brutality, irish mob, true crime, arms dealing ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new jersey, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer clown, psychopath, evil clown, mind game, obsession, police investigation, sexual abuse, police detective, life is a bitch, double life, violence ...
Time:
70s, 50s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, wisconsin
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a small English coastal town, three teenage boys are drawn into a world of temptation and violence. Bored, troubled and excluded, the boys are unable to accept or even recognise moral boundaries. Their actions move inexorably towards a truly ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, tense, suspenseful, controversial
Plot:
rape, teenage rape, gang, teenager, brutality, cruelty, juvenile delinquency, suspense, drugs, drug use, drugged, violent ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
emotional, rough, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, life is a bitch, teenage life, drug overdose, drug addiction, drugs, teenager, sport ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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26%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style:
dark, disturbing, harsh, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, twins, mafia, gang, organized crime, mental illness, violent, murder, brutality, criminal, male nudity, violence ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them - and through her we witness their ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, dark, slasher
Plot:
cult leader, life sentence, female murderer, serial killer, hippie, female nudity, prison, psychopath, confined, female assassin, suspense, cult ...
Time:
year 1969, year 2014, year 2017, year 2009
Place:
california, los angeles
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, interrogation, suspense, violence, investigation, complex characters, justice, character study, vengeance, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
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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:
disturbing, depressing, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prostitution, sex with a minor, street kid, boy, coming of age, children, child rape, jail, loneliness, tragedy, friendship, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, africa, sao paulo brazil, latin america
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, dark, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
prank, kids in trouble, small town, friendship, coming of age, bullying, vengeance, teenager, revenge, bully, guilt, childhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon
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25%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, brutal, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mafia, psychopath, gangsters, crime family, lone hero, organized crime, killer, suspense, greed, notoriety, family relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, 60s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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25%
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