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Embryo (2008)
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Original name: Embrión
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, dark, intense, art house, independent film, sensual
Plot:
kidnapping, sexual tension, obsession, manipulation, psychological abuse, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, coercion, mind game, control, abuse, confrontation, violent, character study, ethical dilemma, interrogation, guilt, identity crisis, revenge, minimalism, urban, sex, politics, male nudity, girl ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, intense, tense and psychological thriller films with plots about moral ambiguity, character study, obsession, revenge, urban, manipulation and claustrophobia mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Embryo: Blue Film (2025), The Collectress (2008), MW: The Devil's Game (2009), The Disquiet (2006), S & M: Les Sadiques (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words ...
Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Time:
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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 ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 83 min.
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Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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