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The Butcher (1970)
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Original name: Le Boucher
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
Style:
suspenseful, cynical, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, neo noir, slasher, surreal, anthology, perverse ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, women, small town, psychopath, obsession, village, suicide, female teacher, psycho killer, male female relationship, elementary school, french countryside, cave painting, child murder, time travel, mental disorder, misfit, freak, surrealism, vietnam veteran, haunted by the past, scared, killing ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
europe, france
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Most similar movies to The Butcher
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, serial killer, investigation, obsession, police investigation and psychopath mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Butcher: Wedding in Blood (1973), Inspector Bellamy (2009), Cape Fear (1962), Inspector Lavardin (1986), The Bride Wore Black (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is ...
Style:
neo noir, slasher, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
illicit affair, affair, wedding day, european, couples, dull life, disorder, politics, couple relations, unlikely criminals, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot:
police detective, investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, family relations, couples, couple relations, who done it, murder, half brother half brother relationship, husband wife relationship, death of brother ...
Time:
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Place:
france, south of france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style:
neo noir, tense, noir, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, manic, murder, obsession, stalker, serial killer, family in danger, swamp ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, friendship, who done it, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, village life, police detective, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, mind game ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?
Style:
noir, neo noir, stylized, dark comedy, anthology ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, femme fatale, vigilante, justice, serial killer, time travel, wedding, swing, hide and seek, multiple murder, black friday ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, collector, loneliness, confined, woman in danger, danger, mentally unstable, dangerous attraction, stockholm syndrome, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala. Confronting Victor, Charles tries to adopt an air of indifference, but the conversation ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, cynical ...
Plot:
infidelity, unfaithful wife, husband wife relationship, cheating wife, investigation, adultery, murder, marriage, dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, family problems, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, versailles
Similarity:
13%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then ...
Style:
neo noir, anthology, twisted, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, driver, death of son, dealing with death, hate, actress, swing, justice, time travel, serial killer, beach, seaside ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
france, europe, brittany, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
voyeurism, injustice, impossible love, dead woman, murder, vengeance, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, love and romance, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
europe, france, vichy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, mind game, murder, uncover truth, obsession, danger, investigation, riddles and clues, college, campus, nemesis ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets of the Old Town in time-honored ritual. But for one celebrant this Holy Week is different. For him Semana Santa is a time to ...
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
sex crime, sexual abuse, serial killer, who done it, fascism, investigation, danger, mind game, clergy, rivalry, psychopath, murder ...
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, destructive relationship, uncover truth, woman in danger, disability, couples, obsession, family relations, siblings relations, murder, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
incestuous relationship, sex between cousins, incest, murder, pedophile, sex crime, plot twist, investigator, diary, relatives, family relations, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
private detective, haunted by the past, investigation, uncover truth, murder, sister, suicide, private investigator, sexual content, life is a bitch, strong female presence, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style:
tense, surprise ending, neo noir, psychological thriller, visually stunning ...
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, police investigation, obsession, blind character, christmas, police officer, whodunit, small town, investigation ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, northern california, germany, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but Jane thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his second wife, Jane's mother in law. In the same Night ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, couples, sexual attraction, psycho, desire, love story, voyeurism, murder, fall in love, dishonesty, danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, law enforcement, anniversary, insomnia, death of son, women, serial killer, nightmare, paranoia, woods, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Architect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, lgbt cinema, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, menage a trois, lgbt, bisexual, love triangle, polyamory, lesbianism, seduction, loss of virginity, triad, swing, gay ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, saint tropez, paris france, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, murder, darkness, friendship, violence, investigation, imagination, family relations, writers, couple relations, poet ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton (Mia Farrow), recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, disability, insanity, trapped, investigation, amateur detective, blind woman, female protagonist, disabled, conflict, ghost ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
19%
339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure ...
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, cat, rape, police investigation, investigation, who to trust, friendship, snow, male female relationship, xmas ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
19%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
exciting, psychological, erotic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, psychopath, police detective, murder, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake (Rose McGowan) moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon arrival in the old neighborhood, Sonny discovers her neighbors are terrified of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murderer, psycho killer, psychopath, stalking, woman in danger, missing person, eye, murder investigation, neighbor, getting home, suspicion of murder, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oceania, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, danger, psychopath, theater, small town, murder, violence, mentally unstable, solitary, woman in danger, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cop investigates the murder of a beautiful teen girl left naked by a lake.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
lake, dysfunctional family, police detective, who done it, terminal illness, investigation, resistance, murder, law enforcement, hockey, loss of child, dementia ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
19%
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