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Special Effects (1984)
2K
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, psychological thriller, detective, psychological horror, independent film
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, filmmaking, female nudity, voyeur, actress, violence, sex scene, blonde, falling from height, woman strangled to death, serial killer, murder, model, movie business, mind game, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, investigation, nude girl, bare breasts, director, strangulation, coitus, voyeurism, electrocution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and independent film films with plots about female nudity, nude, nudity, voyeurism, voyeur, bare breasts and breasts mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like Special Effects: I Murder Seriously (2002), Subliminal Seduction (1996), Sugar Cookies (1973), Sinful Intrigue (1995), Descendant (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A cop sets out to find a man who has been delivering too much of a good thing in this offbeat comedy. Police detective Martinez (Jesus Ochoa) has been handed a most unusual case -- a number of local prostitutes have been murdered, and it's up ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, prostitute, murder, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, police detective, murder of a prostitute, investigation, dangerous attraction, who done it, couples, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Darrin Danver is married to Deb. He is a videogames programmer and works for Z-Games when he receives an offer for a job from CTC. He accepts the offer and moves with his wife Deb near Las Vegas. There he discovers that he is paid a lot only to ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, independent film, neo noir
Plot:
mind control, corporate conspiracy, brainwashing, video game, paranoia, ethical dilemma, industrial espionage, moral ambiguity, nudity, sex scene, female nudity, erotica ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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:
erotic, queer horror, mind bending, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
exploitation, murder, lesbian lover, adult film industry, porn actress, revenge, erotica, lesbian, filmmaking, nude, female pubic hair, sexual desire ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
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, sexy, mind bending ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, fondling, female nudity, sexploitation, sex, erotica, lesbianism, lust, voyeurism, bare breasts, voyeur, coitus ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
29%
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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:
sexy, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, blonde, dead prostitute, voyeur, who done it, small town life, stalking, danger, writer's life, haunting, female nudity, nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
29%
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:
rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, prostitute, gangster, reluctant partners, law enforcement, gambling, serial killer, danger, tough heroes, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, chicago
Similarity:
28%
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:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, rape and murder, murder, serial killer, outdoor sex, filmmaking, psychopath, filmmaker, voyeurism, woman in jeopardy, rape victim, misogynist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
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, scary ...
Plot:
police, nightclub, rape, incest, voyeur, female protagonist, hallucination, mental illness, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family problems, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
28%
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627
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:
bare breasts, femme fatale, master criminal, haunted by the past, unlikely partners, confined, drug dealing, criminal heroes, dishonesty, friendship, couples, gold mine ...
Place:
usa, nevada, reno nevada
Similarity:
28%
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:
sexy, erotic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
strangulation, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, female masturbation, lust, erotica, policewoman, redheaded woman, promiscuous woman, naked woman, public nudity, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
226
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An unhappily married young woman plots to steal the unborn baby of her single and pregnant next door neighbor by befriending her and waiting for the right time to act. Lilith is a young woman who longs for having a family and the perfect child. But ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot:
pregnant wife, murder, husband wife relationship, insanity, jealousy, macabre, obsession, dangerous attraction, danger, motherhood, lust, coitus ...
Similarity:
27%
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, suspense, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot:
lake, rape, making love, violence, voyeur, psychopath, serial killer, outdoor sex, murder, inheritance, rape victim, implied rape ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 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:
wish fulfillment, voyeur, female nudity, supernatural, vengeance, gory, obsession, ghost, danger, youth, nudity, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
25%
1K
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, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, best friend, losing-it hero, serial killer, danger, violence, black bra, female nudity, killer, violent content, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
bare breasts, voyeur, coitus, female nudity, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, gang, danger, criminal heroes, rivalry, criminal's revenge ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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:
sexy, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
found footage, stripper, psychopath, female nudity, mental institution, religious fanatic, captivity, confined, danger, woman in danger, gory, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
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:
suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, danger, obsession, murder, nudity, investigation, sex scene, female nudity, adaptation, police, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
23%
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, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexual relations, nude girl, murder, crime gone awry, kidnapping, debauchery, betrayal, who done it, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
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354
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dead bodies are piling up, and the leads the two LA homicide cops have point to Barbara, business manager for a successful architectural firm she runs with her husband Lance. The dead men were interns at the firm, and each of them was Barbara's ...
Style:
exciting, detective, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, sex scene, erotica, sex, voyeur, murder suspect, investigation, murder, corpse, police, architect, bondage ...
Similarity:
22%
984
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, suspense ...
Plot:
nightmare, murder, religions or cults, memory loss, investigation, supernatural, danger, eye, ouija, amnesia, female nudity, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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:
atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
hospital, psychopath, doctors and patients, missing person, murder, nursing, suspicion of murder, voyeurism, bare breasts, voyeur, female nudity, blonde ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
22%
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:
sex, filmmaking, psychopath, bondage, obsession, danger, murder, haunted by the past, gory, estate, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
22%
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, serious, realistic, erotic, sex comedy ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence against women, stripper, manhunt, female protagonist, prostitute, female pubic hair, murder of a nude woman, female nudity, woman in jeopardy, dead prostitute, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Newlywed Molly moves into her deceased father's house in the countryside, where painful memories soon begin to haunt her.
Style:
scary, horrifying, creepy, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, husband wife relationship, haunted house, bare breasts, nude, wedding, haunted by the past, drug addiction, found footage, life is a bitch, nobody believes, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
hitman, sex scene, child witness, female chauvinist, female sexist, single mother, misandrist, witness, child, feminist, feminism, gangster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A businessman—whose family is away on his birthday—invites two young women into his house who got lost on their way to a party. The next morning, after the woman have outstayed his hospitality and patience, he decides to drop them off at a bus ...
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, creepy, sensual, controversial ...
Plot:
home invasion, exploitation, menage a trois, jailbait, seduction, farce, nudity, sex scene, female psychopath, underage girl, female killer, 17 year old ...
Time:
year 1975
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
20%
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:
serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
haunted house, amateur detective, hotel, murder, investigation, psychopath, serial killer, danger, violence, haunting, haunted, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
960
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he ...
Style:
tense, psychological, slasher, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot:
obsession, kidnapping, tattoo, mentally unstable, danger, bondage, masturbation, dating, nude women, fashion model, prison, nudity ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
They were looking for the ultimate getaway, they planned for the perfect paradise vacation; what they’re about to get is a trip no one is prepared for. When a group of five girlfriends heads for the tropics, they relax, hit the beach and step out ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
female nudity, voyeur, robbery, bachelorette party, blood, flashback, hearing voices, possession, superstition, insanity, cannibalism, evil ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, memory loss, voyeurism, voyeur, trap, bare breasts, nude girl, supernatural ability, captivity, danger, supernatural, deadly creature ...
Similarity:
19%
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