Movies like To the Bitter End

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To the Bitter End (1975)
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To the Bitter End (1975)
Original name: Bis zur bitteren Neige
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from show-biz, married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter Shirley gives him the guts to ask for a role. His former agent gets him one, but it's with a small company in Vienna, Austria. The stress worsens his alcoholism - the tablets he takes to hide the effects lead him to hallucinations. When his wife and girlfriend appear at the same time, he's no longer capable of handling the situation.
Plot: stepfather stepdaughter relationship, depression, theater, comeback, affair, unfaithful husband, loveless marriage, alcoholism, alcohol abuse

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, neo noir, psychological and erotic films with plots about murder, serial killer, police, rape, suicide, female nudity and depression mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like To the Bitter End: Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974), Book of Numbers (1973), The Glass Cell (1978), School Day of the Dead (2000), Seduction (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that ...
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Time: 70s
Place: riviera, mediterranean sea, cote d'azur, french riviera, france
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Book of Numbers (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
Style: independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, gambling, great depression, black, depression, waiter
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The Glass Cell (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally ...
Style: surprise ending
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Seduction (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After returning to Catania after a long period of time, Giuseppe reunites with his old lover, Caterina. Her 15 year-old daughter, Graziella begins to seduce her mother's lover and he soon breaks down and begins an affair with her. As time ...
Style: erotic
Plot: sex with a minor, incest, erotica, age difference, love affair, lolita, teenage sexuality, sex scene, sexploitation, older man younger woman sex, caught having sex, seductress ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story: A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.
Style: noir
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
Story: A dying man gives his lawyer a tape that manipulates her into taking a posthumous revenge on those who made his life Hell.
Style: erotic, sexploitation film
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
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