Movies like The Angel Was Born

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The Angel Was Born (1969)
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The Angel Was Born (1969)
Original name: O Anjo Nasceu
Genre: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
Plot: gay, gay subtext, angel, violence, religion, murder, moon, criminal, gay sex, male nudity, violence against women, homosexuality, blood, surrealism, wedding dress, seaside, hiding place, sexual tension, stealing a car, thug, swashbuckler, hammock, gunshot wound, stolen car, violence against a woman
Place: brazil

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about murder, criminal, violence, murderer, death, female nudity and investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Angel Was Born: The Unscrupulous Ones (1962), The Passenger (2012), Palace of Fun (2016), Operation Hyacinth (2021), Original Gangster (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Unscrupulous Ones (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as ...
Style: tense, sexy, realistic, serious, sexual
Plot: beach, cons and scams, rich and poor, disorder, society, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, dishonesty, nudity, machismo, criminal, bribery ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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The Passenger (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 61 min.
Story: In the provocative new drama from the director of THE VISITOR, sexual and moral boundaries are put to the test when a handsome stranger begins to infiltrate the lives of two artists. While searching for a condo in Berlin for his father, Nick meets ...
Style: romantic, tense, touching, sexy, psychological ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, violence, gay sex, male male relationship, murderer, male nudity, murder, homoeroticism, male homosexuality, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: berlin germany, germany
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Palace of Fun (2016)
Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A fragile young artist (LILY), fresh out of University, meets an attractive young man in a club (FINN). Lily invites Finn to come and stay with her at her house while her parents vacation in Italy for the summer. When Lily's jealous younger ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, gay sex, gay subtext, gay interest, heat wave, fan, violence, boat, sun, drifter ...
Place: brighton
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Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, erotic ...
Plot: police, communist, gay interest, sexual tension, gay, bisexual man, lgbt, gay sex, gay slur, bare chested male, gay cruising, male nudity ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: poland, warsaw poland
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Original Gangster (2020)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspense
Plot: criminal, friends, escapades, criminal heroes, gangster, death, gang war, betrayal, mafia, society, organized crime, revenge ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: england
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Sins of the Father (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story: Police unearth a sinful conspiracy when they investigate the murder of a pastor's wife.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: family secret, bandit, criminal, changing lives, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, gang, pastor, street gang, family problems, outlaw gang, murder
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Sons of the Neon Night (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Story: A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: drug crime, chinese mafia, gangster, criminal underworld, danger, drug, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, friends, battles, vengeance, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Double Mints (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mitsuo Ichikawa receives a phone call from Mitsuo Ichikawa. Their names are pronounced the same, but spelled differently using kanji. They also graduated from the same high school. Back in their high school days, Mitsuo Ichikawa was like a ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
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Essex Boys Retribution (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: murder, gang war, violent, crime boss, gang, organized crime, murderer, revenge, criminal's revenge, bandit, criminal gang, criminal ...
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The Claudia Case (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been ...
Plot: death, corpse, violence, criminal, female nudity, corruption, murder, crime investigation, murder of a nude woman, nudity, homicide, naked dead woman
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Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Crime Drama starring Brian William Woodward, Richard Douglas, Lloyd James
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Time: 21st century
Place: england
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In the Wake (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: crime investigation, murderer, uncover truth, murder mystery, who done it, murder investigation, murder, crime solving, investigation, criminal, serial murder, police investigation ...
Place: japan
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Frustrated (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Constant humiliation from society and a long drift into solitude slowly turn murder fantasies of Fabrice Lombard into an irrepressible impulse and Fabrice Lombard into a serial killer.
Style: slasher, psychological, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, human monster, loneliness, homicidal maniac, stripper, model, perversity, weirdo, sex crime, rape, death, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france
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8 of Diamonds (2006)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A diamond heist goes wrong when one of the thieves gets shot during the escape after swallowing a priceless diamond. Deception, blackmail, and murder schemes overshadow the lives of the eight people left chasing the diamond.
Style: disturbing, captivating, independent film
Plot: thief, murder, criminal, diamond, jewel robbery, heist, heist gone wrong, jewel theft, teamwork, problem, diamond theft, robbery ...
Place: chicago
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Genre: Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: With a keen sense of how to deploy omens that herald change, Alejandra Márquez Abella portrays a period of epochal change in rural Mexico – as seen by those who are usually restricted to the role of passive supporting actor.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: life is a bitch, changing lives, criminal, social problems, lifestyle change, family problems, village life, countryside, problem, woman, violence
Place: mexico
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The Yakuza Wives (1986)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by ...
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Place: japan
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The Liquidator (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A criminal psychologist and a forensic expert works together to track down a serial killer who targets people who have been acquitted of notable crimes and uses their guilt as his modus operandi.
Style: captivating, thrilling, tense
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Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
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Style: parody, spoof
Plot: gay, gay subtext, babysitter, nudity, newborn, unhappy marriage, erotic fantasy, gay sex, pedophile, jail, lawsuit, erection ...
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Crimes of Passion: King Lily of the Valley (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Spring is in the air and Puck and Einar, as well as Christer Wijk are invited to a wedding in Skoga. The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be enters a flower-shop in order to inspect her bridal bouquet of lily of the valley, but suddenly vanishes ...
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, detective
Plot: whodunit, multiple suspects, murder investigation, police detective, murder, small town, affair, wedding, escapades, danger, violence, swedish ...
Time: 1950s
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MP Da Last Don (1998)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story: Nino never wanted the life of a gangster, but when his father, Don Corleone is gunned down in the street, he must answer the call for revenge. Now Nino is Da Last Don and the family business is in his hands...a world of deceit, back room deals and ...
Style: hood, independent film
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You Can't Escape Lithuania (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After his star actress, Indre, murders her mother, rich-kid filmmaker Romas plans her escape from Lithuania. His Mexican boyfriend Carlos helps them reluctantly. On the road, Romas begins shooting an improvised experimental film. As events take an ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, male nudity, male objectification, nudity, lgbt, lgbtq, awkward situation, gay sex, male pubic hair, bare chested male, gay interest, barefoot male ...
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The Pardon (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty.
Style: suspense, contemplative, tense, suspenseful
Plot: prison, murder, bank robber, trial, death sentence, husband wife relationship, christian, beauty, cowboy, male nudity, true crime, boxing match ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: louisiana
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33%
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Gina (2024)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After spending three years in jail, Juan goes free with the aim of recovering Eva's love. Zoe and Ismael, two ex-partners who he betrayed, will return to cross in his way.
Style: crime drama, independent film, neo noir, queer cinema
Plot: gays and lesbians, female protagonist, violence, death, car accident, sea, kidnapping, criminal, murder, train station, diary, kidnapped ...
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33%
Intimate Relations (1979)
Genre: Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A wealthy heiress that resides in Athens, is the victim of a robbery. Not only does her jewellery disappear but her maid is murdered while attempting to protect her. A police officer named Zaras is on the case. The primary suspects are ... an army ...
Style: erotic, detective
Plot: exploitation, stolen jewelry, jewel thief, heiress, police, murder, love, bare breasts, female pubic hair, female nudity, male nudity, greek ...
Place: greece, athens greece, hellas
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33%
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My Murder (2012)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot: partner, police detective, murder mystery, chase, escapades, police investigation, partners against crime, murder, violence, police officer, death, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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32%
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Diner (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Kanako Oba contacts a mysterious site for part-time work. Because of this, her life is soon in jeopardy. She is then forced to work at the restaurant Diner as a waitress or she will be killed. Bombero (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is the owner and chef at ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: criminal, chef, waitress, restaurant, serial killer, diner, workplace, self discovery, meaning of life, hitman, life is a bitch, murderer ...
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Cock and Bull (2016)
Genre: Crime
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a murder occurs in a small town in Southeast China, a local mechanic, known for his honesty, comes under suspicion. When the police target him to take the fall, he’s forced to try and exonerate himself, uncovering a number of disturbing ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: murder, murder mystery, motorcycle, murder investigation, hitman, who done it, murderer, uncover truth, law enforcement, partners against crime, violence, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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The Fall of the Essex Boys (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The rise and fall of the Essex Boys gang - the drugs, the violence and, of course, the murders. The real story is the most shocking of all.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: murder, drug dealing, gangster, gang, fighting crime, rise and fall, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, police, violence, informant ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, year 1993, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, netherlands, united kingdom, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Crime Partners (2003)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hustlers, players and gangsters rule the urban streets of New York in this story about loyalty and betrayal. Billy Goode, a street-smart crook and his partner Jackie Williams are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the ...
Style: hood, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: urban, gangster, ghetto, bandit, criminal, criminal gang, street gang, investigation, fighting crime, moll, con artists, gang ...
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31%
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