Movies like La higuera de los bastardos

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La higuera de los bastardos (2017)
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La higuera de los bastardos (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A trigger-happy Nationalist fears retribution from the son of a man he executed. To mollify the boy's anger, he takes a drastic step: he keeps constant watch over the fig tree the boy has planted at his father's gravesite. As the years pass, the man's lonely vigil makes him a tourist attraction, much to the chagrin of his former colleagues.
Style: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending
Plot: soldier, child, satire, recluse, village, army, civil war, religion, murder, blackmail, greed, redemption, spanish civil war, belief, execution, priest, boy, virgin, fascism, tourism, night, tree, remorse, pilgrimage, hanging ...
Place: basque country

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about murder, death, murderer, danger, satire, husband wife relationship and investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like La higuera de los bastardos: Wild Tales (2014), Say Your Prayers (2020), You Can't Stop the Murders (2003), A Lot of Nothing (2022), Stegman is Dead (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Wild Tales (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Style: dark comedy, suspense, psychological, anthology, tense ...
Plot: multiple storylines, dark humor, human nature, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, corruption, sex scene, wedding party, twists and turns, violence, coincidence ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place: argentina, persia, south america, latin america
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Say Your Prayers (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the famed atheist writer Professor John Huxley.
Style: captivating, tense, satirical, disturbing, suspense
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You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Australian small-town cop Gary (Eck) enjoys his nearly pastoral existence, with traffic violations providing the major excitement to his normally low-key days. While away from work, Gary spends a good deal of time fantasizing about local news ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, humorous, dark comedy
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, village people, husband wife relationship, construction worker, biker, satire, lgbt, sex, decapitation, male stripper ...
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A Lot of Nothing (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An upper middle class married couple find their lives spiraling out of control when they decide to take justice into their own hands and seek retribution against their neighbor.
Style: satirical, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense
Plot: marriage, problem, murder mystery, fight for justice, criminal, satire, forensics, married couple, secret, neighbor, police, married ...
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Stegman is Dead (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In this crime comedy, bizarre assassins must come together to unravel the puzzle of Stegman's blackmail secret, and why he's already dead on the set of his own porn film.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, humorous
Plot: death, assassin, blackmail, meeting, murderer, undercover, killing, unsolved mystery, secret, murder, producer, porn director
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Blind Obsession (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Police officer Jack Fletcher is injured in a gun battle resulting in the loss of his sight.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: blindness, murder, sister sister relationship, trapped, psycho killer, police officer, female psychopath, trap, possessed woman, mentally unstable, wife, blind character ...
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3 Days in Havana (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Cuba
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, assassination, politics, dishonesty, danger, murder, couples, society, road not taken, business, friend, torture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, havana cuba
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The Girl on the Mountain (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: protector, forest, adult child friendship, life risking, nature, teenager fighting adult, struggle for survival, violence, child fighting adult, recluse, evil, girl
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Todos lo hacen (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story follows several couples who return to the hotel where they celebrated their wedding years ago at the invitation of the owner of the accommodation. Some live happily married, others on the contrary are on the verge of divorce. They all have ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: relationships, couple relations, problem, husband wife relationship, multiple storylines, relationship problems, investigation, satire, murder investigation, love affair, family relations, couples ...
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Best Friends (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Beth Ferrier is happy in her life - fulfilled as a wife and mother, living in a beautiful home in a safe and tranquil neighborhood. Claudia Hartnell lives across the street and seems to be the perfect best friend - kind, compassionate, and a good ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
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The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In Kansas City, the deranged middle-age Donna Germaine stabs and kills her lover, when he calls off their relationship to stay with his wife. Donna uses an excuse to move to the house of her aunt, and she becomes obsessed in their neighbor, the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, sexy ...
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Target (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Trapped in an empty building, nine people are forced to play a lethal game. All their movements will be recorded, and only one player can survive.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: satire, most dangerous game, game of death, deathtrap, struggle for survival, trap, trapped, rivalry, competitor, puzzle, bad guy wins, game
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The Witch Affair (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The night of San Juan, Miguel murders his associate. Two elderly people are witness to the crime and predict that all of his dreams will come true thereafter. He will know the price he has to pay when he sees a black cat with a moon shaped mark on ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, suspense, humorous
Plot: murder, black cat, revenge, wish fulfillment, lottery winner, frame up, adultery, superstition, con artists, witchcraft, witch, female nudity ...
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Duration: 88 min.
Story: After the brutal murder of his beloved brother, a small-town surfer seeks revenge against the gang of merciless thugs he holds responsible. However, when another tragedy brings him face to face with the consequences of his actions, he must seek ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, erotic
Plot: revenge, murder, sex scene, desert, haunted by the past, danger, soldier, surfing, removing bikini top, nudity, bare breasts, woman seduces a man ...
Time: 21st century
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Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, detective ...
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Style: neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious ...
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Duration: 83 min.
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Style: captivating, humorous, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, uncover truth, false accusation, eccentric family, dark humor, disorder, family gatherings, murder, stranger, husband wife relationship, death, family dinner ...
Time: 21st century
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Style: suspense, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
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Story: In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.
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Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, sincere, art film ...
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Place: spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Uruguay, Germany
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Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, tense ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
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Duration: 89 min.
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Duration: 104 min.
Story: An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
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Time: year 2017
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Monochrome (2016)
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Duration: 113 min.
Story: A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners, and a brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condition to track her down.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
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Cruel World (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Millions witnessed Philip Markham's public humiliation when he got dumped by Catherine, the beautiful star of a popular dating show, and now - several years and reality series later - he wants revenge. After taking Catherine captive, he lures ...
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, gory, vengeance, rivalry, confined, danger, media, hostage, multiple murder, fictional reality show, television, serial killer ...
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Close Enemies (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
Plot: police, father daughter relationship, death, drug, brother brother relationship, friendship, danger, family relations, murder, cafe, blood, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Stray Bullets (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage boy, criminal, murderer, death threat, murder, escaped prisoner, con artists, threat, risk, boy, house, trailer
Place: new york
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