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Joe (1970)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, realistic, disturbing, psychedelic, controversial, psychological, thought provoking, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, murder, hospital, drug, violence, vigilante, orgy, working class, female nudity, death, drinking, money, adultery, tragedy, father daughter relationship, lust, anger, voyeur, rage, promiscuous woman, marriage, drug overdose, apartment building, sex with a stranger, promiscuity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Joe
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about nude, female nudity, nudity, death, murder, violence and bare breasts mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Joe: Suburbia (1983), Romper Stomper (1992), Another Day in Paradise (1998), Sinful Intrigue (1995), Speed of Life (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Style:
retro, period piece, independent film, indie film, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, subculture, dysfunctional family, punk rocker, teenager, friendship, coming of age, skinhead, graffiti, runaway, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman ...
Style:
sexy, political, brutal, harsh, retro ...
Plot:
skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violent, brutality, sex scene, violence, immigrant, strangulation, vandalism, profanity ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, tense, talky, controversial ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
drug, addiction, making love, drug addiction, sex scene, adolescence, murder, junkie, heist, drug addict, violence, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
oklahoma city, california
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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:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drew (Scott Caan) must care for his father, a former professor who can now barely communicate due to Alzheimer. Depressed and struggling to make ends meet, an old buddy tries to get him to become a pusher. He gets further drawn in by a new and ...
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
voyeur, drug dealer, father son relationship, mental illness, parents and children, downfall, parent child relationship, life turned upside down, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, single parent, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, los angeles, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york
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24%
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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:
24%
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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, disturbing, bleak, philosophical, stylized ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bipolar disorder, murder, sodomy, oral sex, redemption, starting over, prison, society, unlikely criminals, self control, violence ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, cerebral, dark comedy ...
Plot:
medical, mental illness, ambulance, hospital, redemption, paramedic, insomnia, hallucination, character study, crime gone awry, rescue, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
single mother, female nudity, teenage boy, family relations, parents and children, social differences, teenage life, summer, life is a bitch, sex scene, making love, butler ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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:
21%
14K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
37K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, voyeurism, murder, hidden camera, video surveillance, surveillance, sex, dangerous attraction, sex scene, apartment building, secret ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
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, cynical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, female nudity, movie business, filmmaking, great depression, art, satire, showbiz, accountant, politics, actor, surrealism ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, glendale california, california
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
robbery, sex scene, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, blackmail, crime gone awry, greed, adultery, murder, divorce, sexual attraction, death of wife ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, persia, usa, new york state, rio de janeiro ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
Style:
sexy, stylized, bad ending, erotic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nudity, female nudity, bare breasts, nude, dysfunctional family, drug abuse, voyeurism, hollywood, drug, sex, orgy, coitus ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, hawaii, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug use, drug, heroin addict, drug addict, heroin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of pet, life philosophy, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
labor union, gangster, working class, death of protagonist, organized crime, rise and fall, arson, intimidation, anti hero, police brutality, crime boss, tragedy ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1978 ...
Place:
cleveland ohio, washington d.c., chicago, north america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, adultery, husband wife relationship, sexual obsession, femme fatale, family in danger, crimes of passion, extramarital affair, fatal attraction, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, erotic, psychosexual thriller, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, femme fatale, stalker, mental illness, sex scene, jealousy, sexual harassment, nudity, stalking, murder, dangerous friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
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 ...
Style:
scary, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, filmmaking, actress, female nudity, voyeur, woman strangled to death, blonde, violence, falling from height, sex scene, serial killer, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
19%
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, depressing, erotic, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, father son relationship, rape, sex, sex with daughter, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, sodomy, incest rape, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, psychological, artsy, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, secret society, christmas, orgy, voyeurism, obsession, sex, disguise, dream, adultery, doctor, nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, bleak, action thriller ...
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, nudity, female nudity, suburbs, disaster, hot and sexy, dystopian future, neighbor, paranoia, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, couple relations, danger, couples, stranger, husband wife relationship, adultery, cuckolded husband, nudity, violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
zimbabwe
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot:
obsession, violence, erotic scene, taboo, cruelty, revenge, sexually transmitted disease, sex talk, home invasion, mental illness, mental disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up facing the biggest wrong turn of all: her dangerous ex-boyfriend who's determined to win back her love or die trying.
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, passionate kiss, ecstasy, voyeur, no bra, aspiring singer, dangerous attraction, obsession, down on your luck, love and romance, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style:
mind bending, clever, gloomy, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, tragedy, drug addiction, drug addict, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, grief, redemption, drug, loneliness, drug abuse, loss ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, persia
Similarity:
18%
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