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Dr. Petiot (1990)
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Original name: Docteur Petiot
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A true story shot in a German Impressionistic style. In France during the Nazi occupation, Dr. Petiot (Michel Serrault) offered to help Jews escape the Nazis. They would come to his house, and he would kindly give them lethal "vaccinations" for their anticipated travel to Argentina. Then he would steal everything the brought with them (in addition to their up-front payment to him) and burn their bodies in his home-made crematorium.
Style:
neurotic, anthology
Plot:
serial killer, world war two, true crime, killer, vampire, chess, drugs, murderer, money, firefighter, psychopath, police officer, police, hunting, partisan, jewish, german, female nudity, death, murder, criminal, illness, studying, doctor, cemetery ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and disturbing films with plots about murder, true crime, serial killer, death, violence, criminal and blood mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Dr. Petiot: Snowtown (2011), Tenderness of the Wolves (1973), Bluebeard (1963), The Good Nurse (2022), Roberto Succo (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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.
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psychological, disturbing, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, psychopath, gang, gay rape, male rape victim, torture, suspicion, murder, manipulation, killer, mother's boyfriend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 1998
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, oceania
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95%
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.
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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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91%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
France, WWI. Landru, the father of four Children, contacts Parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, factual
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, world war one, killer, world war two, legal action, murder, court case, anti war, unlikely criminals, mind game, legal ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The true story of the pursuit and capture of Charles Cullen, one of the most prolific serial killers in history, who is suspected of having murdered up to 400 patients during his 16-year career as a nurse, earning him the moniker "The Angel of ...
Style:
dramatic, psychological, dark
Plot:
serial killer, criminal, suspense, doctor, psychopath, investigation, killer, judiciary, mother daughter relationship, sport, nurse, murder of wife ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1998
Place:
pennsylvania, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, melancholic, captivating
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, murder, prison, rape, freak, misfit, killer, female nudity, corpse, kidnapping, on the road ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, intense, captivating, factual
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mafia, gangsters, cosa nostra, informant, organized crime, judge, assassination attempt, assassination, murder, death threat, court, italian history ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s, year 1980 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, miami, rio de janeiro ...
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71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A brain doctor (Anthony Perkins) with an unfaithful wife (Jill Ireland) brings home an amnesiac (Charles Bronson) and gets him to commit murder.
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, amnesia, affair, manipulation, murder, memory loss, rivalry, flashback, psychological manipulation, amnesiac, surgery ...
Time:
70s
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70%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, gestapo, british intelligence, spy, espionage, strong female character, female spy, female protagonist, disguise, british soldier, prisoner, secret ...
Time:
year 1944, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
germany, scotland, europe, france, vichy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Style:
factual, captivating, realistic, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
gangsters, excrement, mafia, dementia, violence, syphilis, husband wife relationship, balloon, male protagonist, criminal, suspense, tax evasion ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s ...
Place:
florida, usa, minneapolis minnesota, cleveland ohio, chicago illinois ...
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70%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
184K
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:
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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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67%
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:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1944 Lucien Lacombe, a young peasant in the Lot region is refused permission to join the French Resistance. Instead, the opposing "French Gestapo" obtain from him information about an underground leader and recruit him into their ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
world war two, occupation, children in wartime, gestapo, collaborator, nazi occupation, wartime life, interracial relations, female nudity, jewish, resistance, nazi ...
Time:
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Place:
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58%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin (Sylvie Testud), and Léa Papin (Julie-Marie Parmentier) are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, police detective, robbery, prison, heist, gangsters, mind game, police corruption, psychopath, track down, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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55%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
thought provoking, serious, tense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, father son relationship, gay, killer, suspense ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Plot:
serial killer, male nudity, true crime, daughter murders father, family relations, assassin, murder, court, french history, execution, poison, female full frontal nudity
Time:
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Place:
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52%
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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47%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, dark, stylized ...
Plot:
prison, gangsters, brutality, dark humor, convict, gang, jail, character study, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing ...
Time:
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Place:
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43%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
Plot:
serial killer, killer, prostitute, murderer, prostitution, female killer
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, disturbing, controversial, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1970
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, northern germany, west germany, central europe
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41%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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