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The Riot Club (2014)
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The Riot Club (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style: disturbing, satirical, realistic, captivating, tense, serious, inspirational, spiritual, artsy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: rich, violence, debauchery, student life, university, friends, social relations, spoiled brat, hedonism, society, eccentricity, stereotypes, capitalism, prostitute, oral sex, elite, teenage boy, mentor, college, young adult, initiation, boarding school, teen angst, youth, college life ...
Time: year 2014, 18th century, 80s, year 1976, 1850s, 21st century, 1700s ...
Place: england, oxford university, europe, london, california
Keyword: latin, salute, buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and crying films with plots about drinking, kiss, murder, sex, death, drunkenness and society mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Riot Club: Kill Your Darlings (2013), The History Boys (2006), Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000), Saltburn (2023), White Man's Burden (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, intellectual, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poet, writers, gay, obsession, youth, friendship, coming of age, sexual tension, mental illness, murder, friends, lifestyle ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 2000s, post world war two ...
Place: usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
The History Boys (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their ...
Style: witty, melancholic, stylized, semi serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, coming of age, gay, youth, gay teenager, education, exam, lgbt, mentor, friends, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1983
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 184K
Saltburn (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never ...
Style: psychological thriller, dark comedy, psychological, psychosexual thriller, satirical ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: obsession, college, class differences, college student, student, country estate, university, drug use, murder, teenage boy, butler, male masturbation ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, oxford university, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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White Man's Burden (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: racism, alternate history, alternate reality, kidnapping, society, vengeance, black, prejudice, racial slur, blaxploitation, asperger's syndrome, urban ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
In the Name Of (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, homosexuality, church, youth, teenage life, clergy, male male relationship, gay interest, catholic, priest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.5
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Retaliation (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: male rape victim, male nudity, sex scene, male rape, revenge, haunted by the past, storytelling, boy, rage, pedophile priest, bare butt, trauma ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.2
 11K
Inconceivable (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Style: sexy, disturbing, suspense, captivating, artsy ...
Plot: obsession, child, skinny dipping, family relations, surrogate mother, pregnancy, murder, abusive husband, manipulative woman, mother daughter relationship, woman seduces a man, female nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot: bullying, corporal punishment, boarding school, coming of age, friends, self discovery, boys' school, power relations, lifestyle, misfit, dedicated educator, hardcase students ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 7K
The King (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, redemption, illegitimate son, hypocrisy, confession, murder, haunted by the past, family problems, society, clergy ...
Time: year 2005
Place: austin texas, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.8
 384
The Intended (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
Style: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: jungle, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, crimes of passion, danger, culture clash, dysfunctional family, greed, older woman younger man, age-gap relationship, couple relations, escapades ...
Time: year 2002, 1920s, 20th century, post world war one
Place: malaysia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Sister My Sister (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The film is based on a true incident in Le Mans, France in 1933 called the Papin murder case, where two sisters brutally murdered their employer and her daughter. The murder shocked the country, and there was much speculation about the sisters, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: incest, lesbian, lesbian incest, incestuous relationship, lesbianism, class differences, murder, mother daughter relationship, sister sister incest, female nudity, isolation, two sisters ...
Time: 1930s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.6
 14K
Wake in Fright (1971)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, art house, christmas horror, controversial ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mining town, christmas, drunkenness, sex, animal cruelty, gay subtext, teacher, beer, male nudity, kangaroo, gambling, australian outback ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 12K
Edmond (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers ...
Style: psychological, bleak, disturbing, intense, stylized ...
Plot: bipolar disorder, murder, midlife crisis, oral sex, redemption, starting over, prison, society, unlikely criminals, self control, sodomy, character study ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.7
 8K
Goat (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.
Style: disturbing, captivating, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, college, dormitory, college campus, bare breasts, bare chested male, sibling relationship, death of friend, sexism, false accusation, party, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.3
 8K
The Falling (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, mother daughter relationship, secret, epidemic, best friend, incest, mass hysteria, friendship, bare butt, girls' boarding school, schoolgirl, brother sister incest ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.1
 4K
Five Corners (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Style: disturbing, talky, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, violence, stalking, psychopath, visceral, character study, hitman, police investigation, friendship, police detective, ex convict, rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987, 60s, year 1964
Place: new york, usa, mississippi, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.6
 39K
Boy A (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style: heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, childhood, redemption, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, criminal ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, nebraska, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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New Best Friend (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into ...
Style: intense, stylized, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, college, murder, betrayal, lesbian, teenage life, wealth, manipulation, youth, college student, divorce, menage a trois ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, erotic, sexy, art house ...
Plot: serial killer, food, insanity, loneliness, violence, murder, politics, countryside, hunting, erotica, extreme, abortion ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, england, birmingham alabama, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Browning Version (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The ...
Style: talky, touching, colorful, anamorphic, grim ...
Plot: teacher, boarding school, coming of age, preparatory school, education, male nudity, drinking, science, marriage, bookstore, professor, academician ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.2
 11K
The War Zone (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Style: disturbing, bleak, rough, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Plot: incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, incest rape, small town, innocence lost ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Black Circle Boys (1997)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
Style: gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: gang, occult, devil worship, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, social decay, youth, society, violence spree, friendship, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Anonymous (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Style: stylized, serious, visually stunning, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: shakespeare, conspiracy theory, medieval, politics, writers, betrayal, political intrigue, incest, intrigue, incestuous sex, poet, writer's life ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century, middle ages, year 2011, ancient times
Place: england, britain, europe, new york, wales ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, teen ...
Plot: friendship, leaving home, youth, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, secret place, family problems, teenage life, parents and children, dysfunctional family, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 8.1
 252K
Love's a Bitch (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style: bleak, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.6
 11K
Suicide Room (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style: bleak, tense, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, gay, mental illness, escape from reality, youth, emo, addiction, internet, alienation, self destructing, teenage boy, fictional reality ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style: cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, biting, cynical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: movie business, female nudity, hollywood, filmmaking, art, satire, great depression, showbiz, politics, surrealism, actor, social commentary ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.5
 9K
Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.3
 1K
On the Ice (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: native american, friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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