Movies like Equator
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Equator (1983)
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Original name: Équateur
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Gabon
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.
Style:
dark, crime drama, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, art house, stylized, ambiguous ending, period piece ...
Plot:
murder, female nudity, hotel owner, manipulation, frustration, seduction, colonialism, moral ambiguity, obsession, fatalism, adaptation, sexual tension, brutality, alienation, violent, anti hero, sex, erotica, passion, naivete, racial stereotype, murderer, stereotypes, male nudity, assassin ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
africa
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Most similar movies to Equator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, psychological, tense and noir films with plots about murder, moral ambiguity, obsession, female nudity, urban, slow burn and seduction mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Equator: Conflict of Emotions (1971), Solo for Clarinet (1998), Diastrofes (1974), Hidden Identity (2015), The Body (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
greek movie
Style:
dark, intense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
drug addiction, moral ambiguity, criminal underworld, moral dilemma, murder, manipulation, hitman, class conflict, organized crime, guilt, betrayal, underground ...
Time:
70s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, ...
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, violence, moral ambiguity, obsession, guilt, ethical dilemma, police procedural, family drama, identity, forbidden romance, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As Socrates is abroad for treatment, Elina's young woman falls in love with the painter Hector whom he has installed. Louisa, a girlfriend who lives with her, poses for Hector and is in love with him. He plans to murder Elina.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dark, crime thriller, intense ...
Plot:
murder, love triangle, jealousy, obsession, betrayal, seduction, female rivalry, romantic rivalry, manipulation, domestic drama, passion, intrigue ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cold-lighted Palermo of the 90's. A single day. Unnamed characters slide towards the fulfillment of their destiny. A story of causes and effects, in which crimes affect not only the victims, but the perpetrators too. And from which no one, in ...
Style:
psychological, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
criminal, life, problem, fatalism, fate, moral ambiguity, realism, urban decay, slow burn, minimalism, social commentary, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
76%
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203
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.
Style:
sensual, erotic, atmospheric, tropical, tension ...
Plot:
love triangle, island, murder, seduction, jealousy, fatal attraction, femme fatale, passion, obsession, betrayal, moral ambiguity, escape ...
Time:
70s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
74%
201
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill ...
Style:
dark, grindhouse, crime thriller, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, rape and revenge, murder, vigilante, revenge, vigilante justice, violent, female victim, retribution, graphic violence, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
JIN PING MEI is a Chinese historical drama revolving around the relationship between a lecherous and ugly government official and the beautiful woman he seduces and turns into his concubine. A married woman named Chinny is tricked into becoming a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, erotic drama, dark, bleak
Plot:
adultery, poisoning, murder, lust, seduction, obsession, sexploitation, patriarchy, jealousy, corruption, palace intrigue, tragic romance ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Iceland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After engaging in an illicit affair with one of his pupils, teacher Parker Sithole spirals into an abyss of obsession that eventually turns to murder. A cinephile's passionate homage to classic film noir, Of Good Report is a serial killer ...
Style:
psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
teacher, school, forbidden love, sexual tension, obsession, teacher student relationship, murder, forbidden romance, problem, love story, love affair, couples ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A neo-noir tale of a man who seeks out an old friend, only to succumb to the will of a beautiful, mysterious woman.
Style:
neo noir, dark, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mystery woman, femme fatale, psychological manipulation, obsession, moral ambiguity, seduction, fatal attraction, deception, betrayal, urban, loneliness, fatalism ...
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Three gangsters spend their time assaulting students until their leader feels guilty and saves a young girl from being raped. Following the incident the gang decides he must now prove himself by raping her himself.
Style:
controversial, erotic, bleak, crime drama, transgressive ...
Plot:
rape, exploitation, sexploitation, violence against women, schoolgirl, psychopath, brother sister relationship, double life, biker gang, motorcycle gang, moral ambiguity, high school ...
Time:
year 1978
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Serge Morgan is a killer working for the American Mafia. After performing a contract in New York for his employers, he takes the plane back to Paris and, during the flight, he gets to know Jane, the rich daughter of an ambassador. Once in Orly ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, dark, tension, noir ...
Plot:
drug use, mafia, organized crime, hitman, violence, murder, assassin, underworld, drug kingpin, blood, sex, fatal attraction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, new york
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lucas is a widower who works as a clockmaker. He has a daughter who lives in a village in northern Spain. One day his daughter go to school as each morning and he opens his shop. Aafter, a neighbor comes running to tell him that his daughter just ...
Style:
political thriller, dark, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
revenge, assassination, obsession, political violence, terrorism, grief, vigilante, loss, trauma, father daughter relationship, character study, vigilante justice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Bulgaria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ilie, a small-town police chief, wants to build a modest comfortable life for himself, but ends up making the wrong choices. Middle-aged and alienated, he feels the need to be a part of something - to build an orchard, even a home. Although dubious ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder, village, law enforcement, village life, character study, midlife crisis, guilt, accomplice, police, small town, moral ambiguity, killing ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A turbulent love affair between a punk and a youthful waitress.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
mental disorder, couples, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, love interest, male female relationship, relationship problems, in love, fall in love, relationships, tragedy ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey, Canada, France
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A murder investigation is flipped inside out in Burak Çevik's second feature, a spellbinding and surprising work that questions whether we can ever truly understand criminal motives. We begin in the present as an unseen narrator recounts the ...
Style:
atmospheric, art house, tense, suspenseful, experimental ...
Plot:
murder, motive, flashback, narration, alienation, haunting, love, urban, relationships, confession, city, investigation ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, tragic ending, sensual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female nudity, erotica, love triangle, seduction, femme fatale, passion, romantic rivalry, fascism, jealousy, obsession, manipulation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1920s, year 1975
Place:
italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, crime drama, period piece ...
Plot:
suspicion, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, character study, cold, paranoia, slow burn, adaptation, claustrophobia, psychological manipulation, marital discord, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A mobster's mistress and her bodyguard share a forbidden love and discover they may be doomed by an ominous past life.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
bodyguard, mobster, mistress, erotica, dark past, danger, forbidden love, doomed romance, organized crime, moral ambiguity, underworld, protection ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Heather, a corporate lawyer, works to prove the innocence of her client - a man accused of the murder of his wife, following her disappearance. However, Heather falls for the accused and the two begin a torrid affair.
Style:
steamy, sensual, erotic drama, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, female pubic hair, sexploitation, female masturbation, threesome, sex, passion, sexual tension, affair, seduction, suspect, infidelity ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim. Sandro and Tiffany are looking for the woman on the photo, Laura. They ...
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, nightclub, mystery woman, strangulation, female victim, police detective, urban, femme fatale, revenge, corruption, seduction ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play?
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, female protagonist, moral dilemma, secrets, relationship problems, female assassin, assassination plot, conspiracy, murder mystery, murderer, girlfriend, female villain ...
Place:
bruges
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia's new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, surprise ending ...
Plot:
female nudity, erotica, male pubic hair, forbidden love, jealousy, seductive behavior, sex, cuckolded husband, hitman, surrealism, male nudity, seductive woman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young woman who comes to Rome and soon drifts into de facto prostitution in order to survive. She meets a misanthropic doctor and would-be poet, but soon falls in love with another man. Murder ensues and she soon finds herself being blackmailed, ...
Style:
erotic, dark, erotic drama, tense, noir ...
Plot:
murder, prostitution, survival, sexploitation, sleazy, poverty, moral ambiguity, sexual blackmail, blackmail, guilt, corruption, love triangle ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Her distant husband refusing to join, a mother spends the holidays alone with her children for the first time. Lost in her life, she opens up to a seducing and strange and young man, who slowly draws her into his dark trap.
Style:
tense, melancholic, bleak, art house, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, motherhood, toxic relationship, beach, parenting, isolation, gender roles, seduction, single mother, emotional abuse, manipulation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A serial killer begins to spiral totally out of control as three women interact with him in very different ways.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, killing, relationships, killing spree, male female relationship, murder, murderer, serial murder, manipulation, cat and mouse, obsession, violent ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Enrique Hubermann, homeopathic physician, travels in flight from a love. By a joke of fate, in that distant place he meets the woman he wants to forget, a beautiful young woman like a demon who manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
hotel, seduction, vacation, obsession, relationship problems, attempted seduction, male female relationship, relationships, tragic love, couple relations, seductress, irony of fate ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws herself out of a window. Enlisting the help of an equally perverse casual acquaintance, Dino, the ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, psychological thriller, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
murder, sadism, mature, domestic abuse, toxic relationship, manipulation, victimization, obsession, suicide, sexual abuse, perversion, depravity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, Thailand, Bangladesh
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Amal works as a security guard in a mall and is tempted by the world of wealth surrounding him. When a close friend introduces him to the underworld element, he becomes trapped in a web of greed, lust and crime.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, grim, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
temptation, greed, underworld, downfall, class conflict, anti hero, moral ambiguity, betrayal, violence, security guard, working class, corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.
Style:
neo noir, noir, detective, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, gangster, femme fatale, organized crime, corruption, missing person, seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, police brutality, urban ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Itsuki and Yoru share a passion for the dark and death, making them the perfect choice to track down a serial killer who is roaming the streets.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, violent, murder, murderer, macabre, goth, obsession, problem, brutality, maniac, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
31%
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