Movies like Blue Velvet
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Blue Velvet (1986)
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, disturbing, controversial, erotic, atmospheric, sexy, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, voyeurism, small town, sex, sexual obsession, kidnapping, serial killer, rape, suburbs, postmodernism, sexual perversion, eccentricity, investigation, drugs, sexual humiliation, dark humor, violence, sex scene, villain, nude, drug dealer, rough sex, sex slave, psychology, insanity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to Blue Velvet
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspenseful, dark and serious films with plots about murder, suspense, twists and turns, violence, obsession, dialogue and storytelling mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Blue Velvet: Twin Peaks (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Mulholland Drive (2001), Basic Instinct (1992), Wild at Heart (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
small town, serial killer, surrealism, murder, supernatural, investigation, nightmare, hallucination, secret, mysterious death, evil spirit, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington state, canada, usa, washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, investigation, serial killer, murder, small town life, small town, incest, mental illness, hallucination, supernatural, rape, double life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1988, 80s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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94%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
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, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, seduction, murder, dangerous attraction, sexual tension, dying during sex, strong sexual content, hot and sexy ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
road movie, surreal, sexy, avant garde, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
surrealism, murder, betrayal, forbidden love, on the run, violence, hallucination, sex scene, rape, domineering mother, hitman, cult ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, new orleans, austin texas, canada, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Se7en
146K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Plot:
insanity, surrealism, murder, time loop, doppelganger, hallucination, transformation, graphic violence, erotica, macabre, psychology, art ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, plymouth
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83%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style:
sexual, psychological, sexy, artsy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, voyeurism, sex, obsession, orgy, disguise, adultery, infidelity, lust, sexuality, secret society, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Style:
surreal, psychological, disturbing, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
macabre, insanity, surrealism, alternate reality, filmmaking, curse, murder, nightmare, mysticism, doppelganger, infidelity, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, los angeles, usa, california, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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136K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
investigation, private investigator, private detective, suspense, obsession, revenge, murder, serial killer, sexual abuse, violent, vengeance, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, pennsylvania, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
811K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, insanity, time travel, imaginary friend, surrealism, parallel universe, hallucination, suspense, time loop, suburbs, schizophrenia ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Films like Prisoners
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, captivating, clever, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, murder mystery, police detective, police, justice, organized crime, fighting the system, gang, dangerous attraction, police brutality ...
Time:
50s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, crime gone awry, murder, suspense, adultery, extramarital affair, murder mystery, hitman, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, visceral ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, crime gone awry, criminal, war injury, femme fatale, murder, brutality, greed, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, enigmatic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, small town, surrealism, obsession, single parent, greed, riddles and clues, family relations, suspense, brutality, adaptation, psychiatry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
139K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, bleak, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, violent, sexual abuse, violence, revenge, rape and revenge, brutality, sexual perversion, vengeance, sex, sadism, anal rape ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Films like Gone Girl
332K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, twist ending, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, twists and turns, suspense, police, murder, conspiracy, father daughter incest, murder mystery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, america, pacific ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
murder, suspense, serial killer, twists and turns, stalking, obsession, mentally unstable, actor's life, performance, actress, psychopath, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, surrealism, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, secret society, parrot, dog, disappearance, missing person, pop culture, secret message, masturbation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, voyeurism, sex, psychopath, female nudity, infidelity, murder, dysfunctional marriage, voyeur, prostitution, adultery, murder mystery ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Films like Donnie Darko
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom.
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, scary, post modern
Plot:
serial killer, murder, doppelganger, dead girl, investigation, surrealism, secret, sheriff, fbi, salvation, small town, corpse ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, neo noir, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, legal, murder, courtroom drama, twists and turns, suspense, surveillance, women, murder mystery, guilt ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
120K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Style:
surreal, art house, experimental, psychological, avant garde ...
Plot:
surrealism, nightmare, insanity, existentialism, baby, cult, psychology, art, loneliness, eccentricity, psychosis, factory ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, gangsters, assassination, friendship, hitman, betrayal, art, forgery, loneliness, police investigation, good versus evil, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
paris france, germany, new york, hamburg germany, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, neo noir, surreal, rough ...
Plot:
small town, murder, psychopath, killer, sadism, serial killer, violence, revenge, violent, twists and turns, deputy, investigation ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, controversial, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, gay, murder, police investigation, strong sexual content, psychopath, sex, investigation, gays and lesbians, violence, brutality, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, canada, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, enigmatic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
yakuza, gangsters, surrealism, obsession, murder, nightmare, hitman, mission of murder, mental illness, twists and turns, cult, violent ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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18%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, small town, supernatural, surrealism, small town life, law enforcement, time, interdimensional travel, special agents, mysterious event, good versus evil, anger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A man and woman share in some bizarre and masochistic sex-games, including chain-bondage, shoe-licking, watersports, and car-antenna f!cking. There is a side-plot about a female slavery ring where the captors are imprisoned in cages to be used at ...
Style:
sexy, erotic
Plot:
sexual perversion, bondage, fetish, woman in a cage, exploitation, rape, domination, sexuality, cell, penetration, sex scene, private club ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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