Movies like The Scent Of Death

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The Scent Of Death (1987)
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The Scent Of Death (1987)
Original name: Olor A muerte
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Chemos and the Pachecos are two gangs whose adventures are witnessed by the doctor, the assistant and the social worker of a clinic where they know of the young men's problems.
Plot: gang, doctor, homeless, poor, eye, illegal drugs, sleaze, worker, child murderess, blood, gangster, gore, injured child, young, crime, gangs, crimes
Keyword: gangsters, challenge

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Most similar movies to The Scent Of Death

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and disturbing films with plots about gore, murder, female nudity, rape, violence, blood and gang mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Scent Of Death: Apuesta con la muerte (1989), Atrapados en la coca (1990), The Absence of Light (2006), Masacre en el río Tula (1985), Hipnos (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Apuesta con la muerte (1989)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Story: A young man tries to get away from his disfunctional family by working with his friend, a rich boy who lives in excess and sleaze, but he will soon realize how reckless his friend is and that he is submerged in a life of crime, vice and deadly bets.
Plot: alcoholism, russian roulette, exploitation, sleaze, bet, female nudity, college party, family relations, bare breasts, car race, gore, dysfunctional ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Atrapados en la coca (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Story: A man with economic problems get's involved with the mafia, but when he is asked to commit murder he refuses, which gets him in trouble with a drug lord, this brings nothing but problems to his son, who must now take control of the situation.
Style: mexploitation
Plot: rape, exploitation, mafia, chainsaw, attempted rape, illegal drugs, gore
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Absence of Light (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: suspense, independent film, splatter
Plot: murder, death, hotel, blood, doctor, vampire, shootout, gore, explosion
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Masacre en el río Tula (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Based on a real event, twelve dead bodies are found in the Tula River, we see the events that lead up to the massacre in a tale of crime, vice, corruption and sleaze.
Plot: river, corruption, sleaze, real life, mass murder, massacre, police, agent, dead body, mass child killing, disembowelment, child murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hipnos (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dr Sánchez Blanch owns and operates a psychiatric hospital where he specializes in hypnotizing his severely emotionally disturbed patients.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, scary ...
Plot: doctor, hospital, supernatural, mental illness, losing-it hero, isolation, mind game, eye, health, psychology, nightmare, psychiatric ward ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, brussels
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Harvesters (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: Harvesters is an action-packed thriller about a small-time gang of misfits led by lesbian Gulf War veteran Frankie Falzone. After she thrashes a redneck at a strip club, she and her gang move on to a small town where they rob a liquor store and kill ...
Style: slasher, independent film
Plot: female fight, fistfight, transvestite, violence, female nudity, nightclub, stabbed in the eye, woman shot in the forehead, shower, gore, tape over mouth, impalement
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Scent Of Death 2 (1992)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two students want to interview young drug addicts. A gang member robs his equipment, cameras and recorders; to reclaim them, they must become acquainted with the band of "Los Chuchos". The drug dealer of the band decides to be in charge of ...
Plot: hostage, exploitation, rape, death, gang
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Hellhole (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying ...
Style: sensual, medical horror, cult classic, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot: lesbian sex, amnesia, serial killer, prison, women in prison, medical, lobotomy, doctor, monster, death of mother, murder, mad doctor ...
Time: year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Die My Way (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of terrorists cause chaos in a small mexican city, now Mario, the town's mayor, and a special forces group must restore peace in the city.
Plot: terrorism, chaos, gore, gun
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Organ (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, serious, scary, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: body horror, extreme, black market, murder, disorder, chases and races, private detective, law enforcement, rivalry, zombie, gang, investigation ...
Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
A Man of Reason (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk wants is a normal life - one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you've penetrated the upper echelons of the ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: gang, changing lives, life is a bitch, criminal, bandit, organized crime, underworld
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Trauma (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, psychotronic, suspense, scary ...
Plot: rape, dictatorship, lesbian cunnilingus, sociopath, rape and revenge, sister sister relationship, mother son incest, extreme, brutality, sex with mother, revenge, abduction ...
Time: year 1978
Place: chile
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Lolo (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lolo lives in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City. One day he is assaulted and injured out of the factory where he works. After a week of hospitalization, Lolo loses his job and is forced to seek sustenance. The accidental death of ...
Plot: lgbtq, poverty, investigation, gang, corruption, murder
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31%
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Clouds (1984)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Story: The story revolves Jake, a young movie maker who was hospitalized for drug overdose. He recovers and together with his good friend Dave and Donald (two brothers), who are also movie makers, they make their way to a hilly tribe to make a short film. ...
Plot: evil, rape, filipina, rape and revenge, revenge, vengeful ghost, dog, filmmaker, ghost, sex, drug overdose, brother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Parasites (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of friends get lost in the seedy streets where they encounter a crazed gang of homeless derelicts that seizes them and kills them one by one. The surviving man escapes on foot, naked and unarmed, with a pack of depraved transients in ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, retro
Plot: chase, gang, college student, murder, police, survival, death, racist, friendship, manhunt, brutality, showdown ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
MBM (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story: After the death of his wife, Mafia Boss ( James Cell) meets with his team to find out who killed his wife , he finds out that she was killed by Sebastian Renaud a re-known club owner and a rival mafia boss, he goes in for the kill and kidnaps ...
Plot: mobster, death, mafia, gang, revenge, money, gun
Place: montreal, canada
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Path (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ana is a young woman who has just been given a scholarship to study in a foreign country. She decides to celebrate with their friends out of the city. On the road, after helping an injured woman, they are kidnapped by a weird family.
Style: disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: torture, survival, survival horror, violence, revenge, countryside, blood, strong female character, female rivalry, murder, brutality, violent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile
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Little Necro Red (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Once upon a time, after many years without contact, Diane Hunter received a phone call from her long-lost friend Angela. Angela's daughter, Annie (aka "Little Red"), mysteriously disappeared, but the police never found her body. Now, ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, bleak, gothic, slasher ...
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Eat (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, serious, rough, psychological ...
Plot: cannibal, self harm, mutilation, body horror, obsession, psychiatrist, mental illness, male female relationship, depression, food, cannibalism, extreme ...
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Love and Crime (1969)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Discover 4 famous japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel!
Style: anthology
Plot: sexploitation, exploitation, fetish, rape, woman, murderer, japanese woman, true crime, murder, female killer, gore, severed penis ...
Time: year 1936, year 1969
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Zombie Cult Massacre (1998)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Branch-Davidian-style cultists battle both zombies and bikers.
Style: psychedelic
Plot: zombie, biker, living dead, massacre, chainsaw, blood, decapitation, freak, psychotic, monster, motorcycle, mauling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Pig Hunt (2008)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, natural horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, woods, monster, danger, soldier, farm, gang, serial killer, gory, creature feature, redneck, pig ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
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One Last Sunset Redux (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A group of survivors struggle to exist as a virus begins to turn the entire human population into flesh eating zombies.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, captivating, scary, exciting ...
Plot: survival horror, virus, survival, zombie apocalypse, walking dead, chase, violence, death, human existence, survivor, plague, camaraderie ...
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Place: north carolina, usa
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26%
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The Chinese Room (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.
Style: independent film
Plot: room, house, doctor, sleepwalking, murder mystery, drug use, murder, mental illness, suicide
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26%
The Naked Seven (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular ...
Plot: exploitation, rape, female nudity, pink film, gang, female warrior, torture, violence, censorship, rifle
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25%
Hidden in the Woods (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story of two sisters who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide to report him to the police, he kills the two officers and is put in jail. But things go from bad to ...
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: incest rape, inbreeding, depravity, sexual abuse, abuse, woods, rape and revenge, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, on the run, dysfunctional family, rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Run and Kill (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man (Fatty) returns home to find his wife with another man. He goes to a bar and begins to drink, waking up the next day to find that he owes a mafioso money for killing his wife. Not wanting to pay the money, he enlists a malitia organization ...
Style: controversial, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, extreme, big city, hitman, murder, brutality, child killed, violence spree, chases and races, criminal's revenge, vengeance, one man army ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: hong kong, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Ugly (1997)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state.
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Plot: serial killer, mental institution, murder, psychologist, psychopath, mind game, investigation, mysterious character, haunted by the past, doctors and patients, killer, surrealism ...
Time: 90s
Place: new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Excess Flesh (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: captivity, survival horror, locked in a room, violence, violent, characters in danger, escapades, confinement indoors, woman in danger, escape attempt, sadist, sadism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.3
 2K
Open Road (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Angie, a young Brazilian artist, abandons her old life and embarks on a journey around the country. Running from her past, and searching for her foundation in life, Angie finds not only herself but love in its many forms.
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, exciting
Audience: teens
Plot: police, drug dealer, road trip, search for father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, police officer, coming of age, nature, art ...
Time: year 2013
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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