Movies like Nightmare Alley
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Nightmare Alley (2021)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic, scary, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, bloody ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, suspense, supernatural, runaway, carnival, alcoholic, death, female psychiatrist, lie, scam, deception, male nudity, alcohol abuse, cheating, mentor, flash forward, secret, lie detector, gullibility, escapades, family relations, rivalry, love and romance, con artists ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1939, 1940s, 1930s
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Most similar movies to Nightmare Alley
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, psychological, suspenseful and interesting films with plots about murder, suspense, violence, corruption, brutality, storytelling and blood mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Nightmare Alley: The Devil All the Time (2020), Solace (2015), The Black Dahlia (2006), Derailed (2005), Joker (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, post war, suspense, small town, stepbrother stepsister relationship, sheriff, masturbation, psycho, reverend, suicide, world war two ...
Time:
year 1957, 1940s, 50s, 60s, year 1950 ...
Place:
west virginia, ohio
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychic, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, psychology, supernatural, plot twist, euthanasia, seeing the future, brutality ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue ...
Style:
neo noir, twist ending, stylized, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, obsession, suspense, police corruption, lesbian, love triangle, gangsters, greed, hollywood ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, post world war two, year 1946
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, serious, rough ...
Plot:
blackmail, infidelity, adultery, dangerous attraction, police investigation, betrayal, couples, twists and turns, disorder, rape, suspense, crime gone awry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, villain, suspense, mental disorder, social problems, loneliness, psychological trauma, psycho, revenge, character change, insanity, psychopath ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles
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50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, tense, twist ending, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, suspense, investigation, mind game, fbi, murder, torture, split personality, profiler, reporter ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
canada, atlanta georgia, baltimore, birmingham alabama, chicago illinois ...
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense, dark ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, suspense, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, murder investigation, mind game, brutality, fbi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, maryland, chicago illinois, memphis, baltimore ...
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
greed, snow, suspense, small town, betrayal, fbi, bag of money, winter, twists and turns, heist, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, minnesota, wisconsin
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50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, enigmatic, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
suspense, obsession, serial killer, manipulation, psychopath, murder, sociopath, gay, murder mystery, envy, homosexuality, lgbt ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959, year 1958
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, mediterranean sea, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, dark, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
suspense, home invasion, trapped, thief, surveillance, confinement indoors, cat and mouse, hostage, disorder, millionaire, security system, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past in 1969. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell. A young ...
Style:
exciting, neo noir, psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suspense, hotel, psychopath, survival, motel, surveillance, dishonesty, criminal, kidnapping, dark secret, ruse, death ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, year 1959, 50s
Place:
california, nevada, washington d.c.
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
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tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, revenge, paranoia, dentist, nazi, kidnapping, violence, spy, chase, jewish, suspense, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, uruguay, paris france, usa ...
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48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, tense, cynical, intense ...
Plot:
femme fatale, manipulation, betrayal, hidden money, twists and turns, gangsters, con trick, con artists, nude, suspense, swindle, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, sexy, road movie, intense ...
Plot:
small town, desert, brutality, on the run, wilderness, suspense, betrayal, murder, femme fatale, mechanic, character study, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, las vegas, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, suspense, split personality, imaginary friend, maniac, macabre, double life, investigation, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
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48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
radio, suspense, gay, listener, adaptation, mental illness, aids, amateur detective, mysterious character, twists and turns, lgbt, winter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, wisconsin
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, tense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, police, suspense, mole, organized crime, undercover cop, gunfight, violence, corruption, undercover, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, china, taiwan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suspense, character study, journalism, sociopath, cynicism, obsession, journalist, morality, psychopath, ethics, home invasion, graphic violence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Movies similar to Joker
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, drugs, police, investigation, murder, suspense, police investigation, police officer, addiction, twists and turns, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, fbi, cannibal, master criminal, mind game, psychiatrist, cat and mouse, law enforcement, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, canada, italy, europe, washington d.c. ...
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48%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
ghost, twists and turns, supernatural, afterlife, suspense, psychology, death, psychiatrist, life & death, plot twist, child, boy ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
dark, neo noir, intense, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, death, vigilantism, vigilante, suspense, car, violence, murder, brutality, violent, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, delaware
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48%
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Movies like Primal Fear
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thrilling, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
vacation, money, thief, suspense, problem, escapades, privacy invasion, uninvited guest, rich man, marriage, billionaire, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
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48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
organized crime, gangsters, mafia, prohibition, betrayal, chase, revenge, criminal, friendship, police, murder, suspense ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
florida, boston, massachusetts, miami, cuba
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47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
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47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Style:
clever, tense, intense, cynical, tricky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
partners in crime, twists and turns, fbi, cons and scams, mafia, organized crime, heist, deception, gangsters, scam, political corruption, strip club ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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