Movies like Special Effects
If you like "Special Effects" you are looking for scary, psychological and rough movies about / with filmmaking, voyeur, actress, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, murder and violence themes of Drama, Horror and Thriller genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Special Effects (1984)
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.
Style:
scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
filmmaking, voyeur, actress, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, murder, violence, female nudity, blonde, woman strangled to death, model, movie business, mind game, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, investigation, sex scene, nude girl, director, strangulation, coitus, voyeurism, electrocution, dual role, nude ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Special Effects
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about female nudity, deadly, murder, nude, voyeurism, bare breasts and danger mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like Special Effects: Sugar Cookies (1973), Sinful Intrigue (1995), Lake Dead (2007), Descendant (2003), The Ungodly (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.
Style:
queer horror, erotic, mind bending, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, lesbian, filmmaking, revenge, exploitation, erotica, blaxploitation, sexual content, murder of a nude woman, lesbian lover, nude, sexual desire ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mysterious attacker is preying on the rich and decadent set in an elite community.
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, mind bending, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, bondage, voyeurism, woman with a gun, fondling, voyeur, erotica, coitus, lust, lesbianism, blonde, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot:
lake, serial killer, murder, suspense, violence, psychopath, siblings relations, family relations, incest overtones, inbreeding, sister sister relationship, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As Ann Hedgerow - an indirect descendant of Edgar Allen Poe - begins to explore her family's past, she meets novelist Ethan Poe. Ethan, also a distant descendant of Poe, is tormented by visions of his famous ancestor. When Ann and Ethan begin a ...
Style:
tense, serious, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
murder, voyeur, who done it, blonde, stalking, writer's life, small town life, suspense, female nudity, voyeurism, nude, dead prostitute ...
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Movie in collections
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape and murder, murder, filmmaking, filmmaker, voyeurism, psychopath, rape, blackmail, rape victim, misogynist, outdoor sex ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Also search:
Movies like Dead Sexy
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:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
nightclub, police, female protagonist, hallucination, mental illness, blonde, family problems, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, rape, sex crime ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A female parole officer unwittingly gets involved with a handsome photographer who might be a serial killer.
Style:
erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
lust, strangulation, erotica, policewoman, femme fatale, murder, dangerous attraction, manipulation, vengeance, protagonist as suspect, sexual relations, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
961
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, losing-it hero, best friends, suspense, serial killer, violence, killer, graphic violence, friends, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Movie in collections
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bad City is the tangled story of three men's lives: Manning, a dirty, disillusioned cop; Julian, king of drugs, thugs and prostitution; and Frank, a ruthless politician who destroys everything in the way of his ambition.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, prostitute, police investigation, police detective, dangerous attraction, police corruption, gangsters, dishonesty, gambling, reluctant partners, tough heroes, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, obsession, murder, adaptation, police, investigation, sex scene, female nudity, strangled to death, nude, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Also search:
Movies like Sexual Predator
587
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, master criminal, haunted by the past, criminal heroes, confined, drug dealing, dishonesty, unlikely partners, friendship, couples, gold mine, voyeur ...
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mary is a horror-movie junkie whose obsession is out of control, leading her over-protective father to ban her from seeing scary flicks. But when she and her friends sneak out to see a film called The Wisher, its creepy antagonist seems to escape ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vengeance, obsession, ghost, youth, female nudity, serial killer, nightmare, nude, desire, suspense, nude girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
936
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Michelle wakes from an accident with no memory, then she has nightmares and people around her die.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
murder, religions or cults, nightmare, memory loss, investigation, supernatural, suspense, car accident, amnesia, blonde, female nudity, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin
Style:
scary, sexy, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
kidnapping, found footage, psychopath, captivity, mental institution, mother daughter relationship, religious fanatic, confined, woman in danger, stripper, female nudity, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't ...
Style:
psychological, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
hospital, psychopath, doctors and patients, missing person, mind game, murder, nursing, suspicion of murder, nurse, voyeur, blonde, voyeurism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Also search:
Films like Sliver
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, amateur detective, hotel, psychopath, serial killer, suspense, violence, haunted house, best friends, nude, murder of a nude woman ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, nude girl, kidnapping, betrayal, who done it, debauchery, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale, rivalry ...
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, coitus, female nudity, gangsters, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Movie in collections
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors ...
Style:
psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
filmmaking, bondage, psychopath, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, sex, estate, violent, serial killer, hanging, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
femme fatale, greed, lust, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, strong sexual content, infidelity, murder, wealth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Also search:
The Zodiac similar movies
851
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.
Style:
slasher, serious, realistic, scary, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, exploitation, voyeurism, director, terror, murder, cocaine, drug use, inspiration, bar fight, psychopath, zombie ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of office workers decide to have a party in the office building. Among other things, they want to have some drugs there. Their conversation on the subject is overheard by Joe Vickers, which is rather unfortunate for them, since Joe Vickers ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, dark, erotic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer cop, stripper, murder, wedding, office, sex scene, making love, supernatural being, woman with a gun, killer, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Richard Ramirez, dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, a serial killer who killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 souls during his reign of terror in Los Angeles back in the Eighties
Style:
scary, serious, rough, realistic, slasher
Plot:
serial killer, murder, devil worship, blasphemy, gang violence, violence, satanist, killer, suspense, stalking, rivalry, female nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A psycho with a hair fetish is caught in the act of disposing of a body and the lonely housewife that witnesses it must fight for her life.
Plot:
murder, nude girl, nude, voyeurism, female nudity, voyeur, psycho, jealous husband, psychopath, department store, dating, domestic violence ...
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, adultery, divorce, murder, who done it, uncover truth, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance, investigation, betrayal, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, year 1959, 50s
Place:
england, europe, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Also search:
Naked Fear similar movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When Diana (Danielle De Luca) takes a job as a stripper in a sleepy New Mexico town, she's unaware that her fellow dancers have been disappearing. The local sheriff (Joe Mantegna) is stumped, but Diana learns the truth when she becomes the next ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
serial killer, manhunt, psychopath, woman in danger, violence against women, violence, prostitute, misogynist, missing person, chase, wilderness, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dark Honeymoon follows a man who marries a seductive woman after a brief and passionate relationship. During their honeymoon, on the Pacific coast, terrible truths unfold as those around them die mysterious deaths.
Style:
slasher, realistic, suspenseful, tense, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, couples, love and romance, couple relations, dangerous attraction, honeymoon, investigation, manipulation, child abuse, wedding, sex scene, making love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Someone is killing off nubile real estate agents. A psychologist doing a therapy talk show begins getting calls from the perpetrator, and cooperates with the police to try and stop him. Unfortunately, his lover is a real estate agent, and when it ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
real estate agent, homelessness, murder, teenager, serial killer, nude, psychologist, violence, electrocution, real estate, hanged girl, seductive behavior ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
857
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Style:
erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, erotica, prostitute, woman in danger, lap dance, female nudity, oral sex, femme fatale, murder, police investigation, dangerous attraction, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
cremation, estrangement, mentally unstable, vigilantism, obsession, serial killer, hidden truth, murder, weakness, unlikely partners, missing person, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
