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Nightbirds (1970)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The compelling story of two young 'alives' -- facing a moral self-destruction they dare not admit!
Style:
dark, psychological, bleak, independent film, emotional, intense, noir, sadistic, ambiguous ending, art house ...
Plot:
street life, urban, manipulation, desperation, toxic relationship, obsession, coercion, alienation, power struggle, realism, social commentary, violence, intimate, sex scene, female psychopath, underground, sexual content, sexploitation, psychological abuse, control, male nudity, suicide, killing an animal, female pubic hair, dysfunctional ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to Nightbirds
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, bleak, dark and independent film films with plots about urban, obsession, violence, realism, isolation, alienation and character study mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Nightbirds: Gutter Trash (1969), Embryo (2008), Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me (2015), Night-Flowers (1979), La mia preda (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An imprisoned model recalls the debached times with her degenerate boss, her drug dealer, and a clean-cut young man whom wants her to quit her nude modeling profession to make a life for herself elsewhere.
Style:
grindhouse, dark, bleak, transgressive, retro ...
Plot:
prison, drug, exploitation, sexploitation, mature, sexual abuse, assault, sex work, drug dealer, urban, voyeur, desperation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man named Carlos with a sexual trauma kidnaps a girl that works with him. During the kidnapping the sexual tension and the violence will make the two of them change their point views on life and politics.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, intense, dark, art house ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sexual tension, manipulation, obsession, moral ambiguity, psychological abuse, abuse, mind game, claustrophobia, violent, confrontation, coercion ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Muhammad, a rejected boy from the fringe of society, floats through the streets of a filthy city, exposed and desolated, until he meets Gurevich; a lone rover who rides his motorcycle into the bowels of the city, through the shadows of the back ...
Style:
dark, existential, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
urban decay, street life, urban, desolation, isolation, identity, alienation, loner, survival, anti hero, power struggle, coming of age ...
Place:
palestine, israel
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey town. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for ...
Style:
dark, grim, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, rape, vietnam veteran, trauma, ptsd, sexual abuse, mature, veteran, isolation, male friendship, urban decay, toxic relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An eighteen year old beautiful and restless girl runs away from home to find freedom which she much dreamed of. She come across, instead, is the unsavory characters that start on the road to prostitution.
Style:
dark, emotional, bleak, intense, grim ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitution, runaway, loss of innocence, coming of age, youth, female protagonist, sexploitation, manipulation, street life, abuse, danger, urban ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When young Daria enters rehab to kick the drug habit her first love left her with, her perceived innocence saves her from the sexual advances of the mostly male junkies inside and gains her their protection. Suddenly thrown into the spotlight and ...
Style:
intense, emotional, dark, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
drug rehab, addiction, trauma, female protagonist, recovery, manipulation, survival, abuse of power, sexual content, sexual manipulation, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the 'groupie'. Fuelled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold, cynical instinct for survival. But ...
Style:
independent film, offbeat, period drama, sexploitation film
Plot:
rock music, sexploitation, lesbian, exploitation, female protagonist, female sexuality, casual sex, survival, sensuality, drug use, street life, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of white slavers lure beautiful young women into prostitution by staging beauty contests in which the "prize" is a Hollywood contract. The "winners" are then drugged and sold to international sex traffickers
Style:
dark, tense, retro, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
sexploitation, prostitution, sexual content, human trafficking, white slavery, kidnapping, exploitation, abduction, female victim, organized crime, gang, sleazy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
54%
269
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
Style:
dark, intense, atmospheric, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
singer, nightclub, gangster, nightlife, power struggle, showbiz, jealousy, murder, music industry, character study, manipulation, tragedy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
london, east end london
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The revealing story of the shocking exploits of those who fulfill the most bizarre fantasies.
Style:
grindhouse, intense, controversial, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
pimp, sexploitation, suicide, self destructing, exploitation, desperation, moral ambiguity, loneliness, character study, alienation, obsession, mental illness ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Story:
Eva auditions for a role in an obscure art-house film. An anonymous, masked director creates an intimidating atmosphere. He dominates and humiliates Eva, forcing her into prostitution. She sleeps with a Jewish film producer named Josh. When he ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, bleak, dark, tense ...
Plot:
manipulation, exploitation, control, abuse of power, humiliation, dehumanization, female protagonist, blackmail, sexploitation, intimidation, coercion, film industry ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a despairing, fatalistic Rome, Nicola finds himself flirting with the city’s dark side. Drinking too much and living among drifters, petty criminals and anxious immigrants, Nicola becomes entwined in an insurance scam that leads him further ...
Style:
bleak, dark, intense, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
violence, insurance scam, criminal underworld, urban decay, police investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, drinking, poverty, isolation, class conflict, anti hero ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
49%
119
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, friendship, hopes, domestic violence, loyalty, love, teenager, life is a bitch, abuse, best friend, destiny, violent father ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
47%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
'Duffer' (1971) is a rarely seen cult British movie that has languished in the vaults of the British Film Institute for the best part of forty years until they decided to release it on DVD/BluRay for the first time last month. It's a ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay interest, abuse, obsession, adolescence, manipulation, sadism, male nudity, taboo, sexual awakening, sex worker, identity crisis, macabre ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The viscous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is now a generation old. For many of the children of the region, the terrorist war has been going on for their entire lifetimes, killing their family and friends, and overshadowing their ...
Style:
emotional, intense, psychological, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, realism, bombing, anti war, moral dilemma, revenge, family tragedy, humanism, underground movement, guerilla warfare, forgiveness, politics ...
Time:
70s
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
Similarity:
46%
163
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman is on the verge of killing herself, in reverse.
Style:
dark, emotional, bleak, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
character study, existential crisis, self destructing, suicide, depression, desperation, mental health, actress, existentialism, mature, female protagonist, flashback ...
Time:
turn of the century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. So obsessed is he with revenge he sees her in every woman he meets. After carrying out vicious attacks on a prostitute and a young girl he finally ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, crime drama, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
sexploitation, violence, revenge, rape, obsession, sexual abuse, sexual content, massage parlor, prostitution, tragedy, mature, stalker ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in perversely brutal acts of violence against victims apparently chosen at random
Style:
disturbing, intense, tense, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
violence, working class, class conflict, moral ambiguity, character study, cruelty, celebrity, social commentary, humiliation, obsession, machismo, alienation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
136
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four young heroin addicts scour the streets of Melbourne in search of some good-quality narcotics – or as they call it, 'pure shit’. In the space of 48 hours, a friend dies of an overdose, they are ripped off by criminals and arrested and ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, black comedy, existential, tragicomedy
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, substance abuse, realism, street life, desperation, overdose, social realism, urban, poverty, counterculture, underground ...
Time:
70s
Place:
melbourne
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Takis is trapped. Takis tries to escape. Takis wants money. He's got a family, a baby, a home... Takis is being cheated. He loves her and he suffers... Takis can't take it at work. He's besieged by savages. But his boss tops them ...
Style:
melancholic, intense, dark, psychological, tragic
Plot:
working class, desperation, family crisis, betrayal, male protagonist, anger, oppression, isolation, alienation, revenge, realism, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set amongst the backdrop of the towering, concrete-clad estates of south London ‘Zebra Crossings’ blends a diverse mixture of characters that all share one thing in common: The incredible loneliness of living alongside 7 million other people.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, intense, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
loneliness, coming of age, friendship, urban, social commentary, drug addiction, alienation, realism, character study, social realism, father figure, mentor ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
182
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story revolves around an orphan girl who became a prostitute to survive and finds love with one of her clients. A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she's going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the ...
Style:
bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
prostitution, red light district, sex trafficking, exploitation, sexploitation, abuse, human trafficking, forced prostitution, pimp, female protagonist, survival, character study ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Feature film.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
exploitation, sex work, prostitution, poverty, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, pimp, realism, street life, urban, survival ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A minor argument between two strangers escalates into a life-altering conflict, exploring how a seemingly insignificant event can drastically alter a person's perception and circumstances.
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conflict, escalation, chance meeting, realism, character study, social commentary, misunderstanding, slice of life, city life, urban, suspicion, morality ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she ...
Style:
bleak, tense, intense, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
night, desperation, isolation, alienation, estrangement, secrets, homelessness, confrontation, survival, realism, regret, loss ...
Place:
berlin germany, german democratic republic, germany, east germany
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Heartbroken and spiraling into alcoholism, a jilted lover desperately pursues his former muse, unwilling to accept their relationship's end.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, intense, dark ...
Plot:
heartbreak, breakup, alcoholism, addiction, obsession, unrequited love, self destructing, tragedy, self loathing, grief, urban, slow burn ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thappu Thalangal is a saga of emotional and selfish world of human feelings. Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. On one of his nightly rounds, Devu is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, intense, period piece
Plot:
redemption, societal hypocrisy, social realism, tragedy, prostitution, moral dilemma, gangster, sacrifice, regret, star crossed lovers, loss, forbidden love ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the ...
Style:
existential, bleak, art house, psychological, spiritual ...
Plot:
suffering, morality, haunting, apartment building, betrayal, isolation, student, obsession, social commentary, manipulation, visionary, salvation ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Shot in sex dens of Berlin, pleasure and pain become one in this stylish tribute to the sleazy cinema of Jess Franco. Nadine Pape (A WARRIOR'S CREED) stars as Marie - a teenage vagabond whose lust for life will lead her to the bed of the ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, intense, art house ...
Plot:
sexual awakening, lesbian romance, sadism, abuse, toxic relationship, manipulation, domination, obsession, coming of age, mysterious stranger, coercion, control ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
32%
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