Movies like American Gigolo 1980
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American Gigolo (1980)
32K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, retro, erotic, suspense, stylized, suspenseful, intense, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, sex, pimp, frame up, gigolo, prostitute, sex scene, love affair, sensuality, infidelity, nudity, redemption, materialism, prostitution, bare breasts, male prostitute, character study, blonde, rich woman, police detective, murder suspect, unhappy marriage, bare butt, homicide, gay subtext ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california, malibu california, usa, beverly hills, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sexy and suspense films with plots about murder, nude, female nudity, police investigation, deadly, bare chested male and nudity mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like American Gigolo: Hardcore (1979), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Body Heat (1981), Deep Water (2022), Sea of Love (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in the porno pits of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, disturbing, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, sex, porn industry, hairy pussy, making love, father, female nudity, sex worker, group sex, strip club, perversion, violent ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, usa, san francisco ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, surveillance, drug lord, drug dealer, love triangle, friendship, corruption, crime boss, drug, love, best friend, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers ...
Style:
dark, sexy, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, cheating wife, infidelity, sex scene, cuckold, unfaithful wife, promiscuous woman, dysfunctional marriage, relationships, erotica, small town, marriage ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, police, police investigation, police detective, investigation, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sexual content, murder, passionate sex, erotic scene ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
106K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, unfaithful wife, lust, extramarital affair, sex, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, cheating wife, hot and sexy, marital infidelity, fatal attraction ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, extramarital affair, doctor patient relationship, gangster, psychiatrist, love triangle, sex scene, abusive husband, lust, femme fatale, childhood trauma, uxoricide ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, sex, obsession, couple relations, dangerous attraction, passion, husband wife relationship, love story, passionate sex, desire, sex scene, carnival ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, victorian era, turn of the century, 20th century ...
Place:
cuba, iran, morocco, delaware, havana cuba ...
Similarity:
100%
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63K
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, murder mystery, adultery, murder, infidelity, adulterous husband, sex scene, cheating wife, uncover truth, unfaithful husband, flashback, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san diego california, new orleans, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, corpse, twists and turns, disappearance, investigation, frame up, serial killer, loss of wife, surveillance, grief, paranoia, whodunit ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, noir, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, murder, sex scene, twists and turns, unfaithful husband, domineering husband, female nudity, marital infidelity, dishonesty, plot twist, illicit affair, affair ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, persia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Both detectives on a sickening murder case struggle with being alone and childless in their 40s. As they investigate the young man found beaten and strangled to death, platonic friends Karine and Herve unravel a love story between Vincent, and ...
Style:
sexy, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, police investigation, partner, murder, sex scene, uncover truth, life is a bitch, youth, law enforcement, teenage life, naked man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lyon, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Style:
suspense, tense, visually stunning, social, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
priest, church, religion, suicide, christianity, politics, depression, journal, reverend, minister, faith, environment ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher horror, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, psychopath, voyeurism, female nudity, murder, voyeur, infidelity, blonde, psycho killer, sexual content, sexual desire ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, lovers reunited, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, haunted by the past, love affair, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
florida, new york, usa, miami
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style:
neo noir, detective, dark, cynical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, profanity, whodunit, investigation, beach, mental institution, supermarket, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, malibu california, california, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sex scene, police, police corruption, making love, corruption, murder mystery, sex, murder, investigation, hardcore, erotica, sexual content ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, mississippi, usa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a few days. As the film progresses, the police get closer to ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
on the run, sensuality, passion, sex scene, nudity, chase, murder, tragic love, jealousy, escape, attraction, machismo ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, california, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, contemplative, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
lobbyist, murder, politics, investigation, lgbt, hypocrisy, state affairs, law enforcement, dishonesty, false accusation, twists and turns, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 50s, 1950s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, entertaining, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, homosexual subtext, sex, manipulation, serial killer, obsession, betrayal, friendship, murder, sociopath, frame up, fatal attraction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
Similarity:
29%
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, sexy, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
murder mystery, femme fatale, adultery, prostitution, murder, nudity, oral sex, seduction, serial killer, manipulation, car chase, sexuality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, erotica, infidelity, love triangle, manipulation, dangerous attraction, extramarital affair, voyeur, skinny dipping, car salesman, menage a trois, bank robbery ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 90s
Place:
texas, virginia, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, erotica, fatal attraction, voyeurism, mental illness, investigation, femme fatale, secret identity, psychiatrist, therapist, uncover truth, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, erotic, psychosexual thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, murder, frame up, husband wife relationship, scam, sex, kidnapping, police investigation, ex convict, temptation, betrayal, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
28%
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, suspense, noir, period piece, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, lesbian, obsession, lesbian sex, police corruption, death, danger, greed, voyeur ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1946, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, clever, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, infidelity, betrayal, blackmail, twists and turns, jealousy, love affair, perfect crime, love triangle, adultery, greed, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
28%
966
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Style:
sexy, erotic, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, lap dance, outdoor sex, erotica, murder of a nude woman, oral sex, voyeurism, making love, prostitute ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
27%
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