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Domingo Salvaje (1967)
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Original name: Domingo salvaje
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, tense, art house, period piece, moody
Plot:
guilt, prostitute, religion, sexual repression, character study, loneliness, taboo, midlife crisis, morality, obsession, tragedy, neighbor, intimacy, scandal, redemption, sexual awakening, poverty, urban, small town, police, death, murder, male nudity, old man, accident ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to Domingo Salvaje
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological, suspense and melancholic films with plots about obsession, urban, guilt, character study, isolation, murder and slow burn mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Domingo Salvaje: Rest in Peace (2024), My Love and I (1964), Doctor Glas (1968), El profeta Mimi (1973), The Boatman (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
disappearance, temptation, family bonds, family drama, fatherhood, secret, money problems, problem, social problems, regret, guilt, escape ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'The King's Mountain Path' is a long line for wandering, with unmanned sleeping accommodation cabins at appropriate distances. It is not without dangers, in particular when narrow and shallow but speedily running creeks must be ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, suspense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
death, nature, paranoia, wilderness, loss, mountain, grief, hiking, isolation, fate, solitude, loneliness ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, grim, noir, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, obsession, forbidden love, character study, morality, adultery, guilt, desire, existential crisis, existentialism, sexual repression, romantic obsession ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder prostitutes.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, bleak, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religion, prostitution, poverty, prophet, childhood trauma, mental illness, serial killer, guilt, mother son relationship, violence, delusion, strangulation ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Miguel is the perfect coyote: dedicated, single-minded, his record unblemished. His home is the winding path of the migrant: the back alley gravel, the crumbled pavement, and last - the river. Despite this perfect record, Miguel is no stranger to ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, poignant, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
migrant, coyote, death, survival, border, smuggling, isolation, illegal immigration, haunted, character study, loner, grief ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seven friends try to keep a secret.
Style:
tension, tense, suspense, psychological, grim ...
Plot:
hunting, cover up, blackmail, forest, small town, guilt, betrayal, death, moral dilemma, fatal accident, secrets, loyalty ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees, but arrives late, just as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, art house, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, minimalism, psychological manipulation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, missing person, cat and mouse, loneliness, betrayal, isolation, identity ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Vid is talented but spoiled young man smothered in his affection to the adoring mother and heedless of his aloof father. His grandfather is benevolent but self-important patriarch and his new girlfriend is a creature of voluptuous innocence ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, melancholic, intense, dark ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family conflict, isolation, loneliness, guilt, domestic drama, innocence lost, remote village, secrets, mother son relationship, obsession, irony ...
Place:
slovenia, central europe
Similarity:
73%
177
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Finland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow of her angelic twin sister she travels to Melbourne, Australia. Curious of sexuality, she becomes a nude model for art classes. Her innocent surface ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, tense, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
identity crisis, nudity, abuse, escape, delusion, outsider, sexual awakening, obsession, slow burn, violence, small town, murder ...
Place:
australia, finland, melbourne
Similarity:
69%
450
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After thirty years, Nina decides to return to the seaside town where she grew up to confront the man who changed her life and to whom the town now pays homage. The reunion with her origins, with her memories and with Blas, a childhood friend, will ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, art house
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, memory, homecoming, confrontation, getting home, betrayal, guilt, seaside, introspection, seaside town ...
Similarity:
67%
813
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday.
Style:
apocalyptic, atmospheric, gloomy, grim, psychological ...
Plot:
antichrist, small town, supernatural, suspicion, obsession, character study, coastal town, symbolism, murder, isolation, slow burn, absurdism ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An American Drifter discovers a New Zealand Singer and develops and obsession for him.
Style:
art house, atmospheric, emotional, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, singer, loneliness, drifter, character study, infatuation, unrequited love, female protagonist, isolation, stalking, relationships ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
55%
670
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alisha (Ladya Cheryl) never feel comfortable staying in her cool and spacious home until one day she meets Barry (Donny Alamsyah) who introduces her the meaning of love.
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, female protagonist, obsessive love, writers, control, character study, dangerous attraction, manipulation, stalking, creative process, mental disorder, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Beverly a teaser bar girl, that think she hates men, but is in fact suffering from repressed nymphomania. She finds out when she flirts with her best friends man and gets thrown out in the street. Beverly runs into a toy store owner.
Style:
psychological, independent film, erotic drama, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
nymphomania, repressed sexuality, sexual repression, sexploitation, desire, sexual awakening, infidelity, female protagonist, taboo, shame, obsession, character study ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Interludes" is based on the real life events of three incarcerated women as they detail traumatic events from their love lives. It's about the complicated relationships, from the first love to last, and how life events shape our hearts.
Style:
sexy, psychological, tense, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, character study, troubled marriage, infidelity, cheating, abuse, guilt, jealousy, domestic violence, moral ambiguity, psychiatrist, mature ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Raghavan, a simple and lonely man, comes out of jail. His life changes after he meets Anjali, a journalist who wants to prove herself professionally.
Style:
suspense, psychological, twisted, ambiguous ending, atmospheric ...
Plot:
character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, mysterious stranger, slow burn, journalism, isolation, psychological manipulation, realism, obsession, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Venkob Rao, a widower suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is moved to an old-age home by his son. When he goes missing one day, he crosses swords with criminals.
Style:
suspense, emotional, realistic, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
missing person, memory loss, father son relationship, family drama, compassion, social commentary, loneliness, social issues, loss, fatherhood, bonding, character study ...
Place:
kannada
Similarity:
50%
349
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, independent film, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
character study, family drama, parenthood, parent child relationship, marital problem, everyday life, adoption, empathy, intimate, regret, loneliness, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a ...
Style:
psychological, intense, art house, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
repression, marriage, female protagonist, motherhood, gender roles, family drama, housewife, violence, conformity, intimate, identity, guilt ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!" Growing older, this promise became an obsession. Now, Jessica (28) is suffering from ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, sisters, trauma, murder, family bonds, revenge, paranoia, post traumatic stress, obsession, claustrophobia, confrontation, witness protection ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, family secret, trauma, murder mystery, character study, nightmare, domestic drama, violent outburst, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A husband-and-wife pair of retired cult deprogrammers experience marital strife when their past catches up with them.
Style:
independent film, psychological, dark comedy, tense, satirical ...
Plot:
relationships, character study, marriage, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, intimate, manipulation, kidnapping, bittersweet, urban, identity, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
projectionist, cinema, desire, theater, mystery woman, confronting the past, tragic past, male female relationship, mysterious man, memories, repression, obsession ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Portugal, 1917. The country is experiencing a great political and social agitation and it is said that in Fatima the virgin appeared to three little shepherds.
Salomé, a young lady from the province, is one of the many girls who cheers Lisbon ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
religion, female protagonist, miraculous event, religious faith, belief in god, faith, christian faith, religious, moral ambiguity, female exploitation, prostitution, character study ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An impressionable young woman's relationship with an aging prostitute leads to a job as a maid at a brothel.
Style:
erotic, sensual, melancholic, art house, retro ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, brothel, prostitution, female friendship, sexploitation, character study, sexual awakening, tragedy, betrayal, small town, loneliness, coming of age ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is gradually being destroyed. From sexual trauma to financial disaster, he slowly descends into a world of insanity, perversion and finally the bottomless ...
Style:
dark, erotic drama, bleak, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
businessman, character study, driven mad, sexual dysfunction, mental breakdown, midlife crisis, high society, loneliness, troubled marriage, paranoia, jealousy, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1981
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
journalism, friendship, neighbor, manslaughter, psychological manipulation, hit and run, guilt, obsession, manipulation, hidden truth, power relations, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
8 important executive members of some notable corporations of the country are kidnapped during a recent trial.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, intense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, guilt, power struggle, moral ambiguity, interrogation, corruption, isolation, morality, revenge, retribution, justice ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a hotel maid confronts her boss about secret cameras in the rooms, she insists on watching the videos, which reveal more than she imagined.
Style:
erotic, tense, suspense, disturbing, erotic drama ...
Plot:
infidelity, hotel, murder, cheating fiancee, surveillance, sex, adultery, voyeurism, privacy invasion, hotel room, cheating wife, seductress ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
39%
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