Biting movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant biting movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out biting, realistic, interesting, weird, thought provoking and stylized films and TV shows about / with suspense, storytelling, dialogue, loneliness, mentor, runaway, twists and turns, brutality, satire and pornography plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
biting
TOP 10 movies tagged as biting: American Beauty (1999), Nightcrawler (2014), Lolita (1962), The Martian (2015), Dogtooth (2009), Wild Tales (2014), The Shape of Water (2017), Gosford Park (2001), Now You See Me (2013), Let Me In (2010).
Best films
List of biting movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, sexy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
existentialism, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, suburbs, obsession, coming of age, loneliness, age difference, teenager, youth, older man younger woman relationship, older man young girl relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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561K
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
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104K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's ...
Style:
sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, lolita, age difference, pedophilia, seduction, girl man relationship, older man younger woman relationship, lust, nymphet, obsession, older man young girl relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
new hampshire, usa, ohio
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869K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style:
futuristic, biting, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
survival, mars, isolation, nasa, science, stranded, space travel, astronaut, scientist, space, left for dead, food shortage ...
Time:
2030s, future, 21st century
Place:
china, london, usa, houston texas, beijing china ...
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99K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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203K
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:
psychological, tense, twist ending, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
dark humor, multiple storylines, suspense, human nature, revenge, fighting the system, corruption, destiny, vengeance, wedding party, violence, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, south america, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style:
touching, biting, romantic, fairy tale, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
sign language, love story, creature, interspecies romance, rescue, female protagonist, supernatural, cold war, laboratory, loneliness, interspecies sex, scientist ...
Time:
year 1962, future, 60s
Place:
maryland, los angeles, baltimore, ussr, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
dark, biting, atmospheric, enigmatic, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, country estate, estate, society, whodunit, murder mystery, high society, twists and turns, butler, servant, murder investigation, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, pre world war two, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
clever, surprise ending, entertaining, intellectual, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, con artists, perfect crime, scheme, outsmarting, fbi, teamwork, bank robbery, cons and scams, mind game, card trick ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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124K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, melancholic, biting, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, suspense, loneliness, first love, friendship, childhood, supernatural, small town, adolescence, coming of age, mysterious character, vampire human love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
california, new mexico, usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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45K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, sexy, biting, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, virginity, high school, stepbrother stepsister relationship, suspense, chastity belt, sex, rape and revenge, coming of age, sexual assault, dark humor ...
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560K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
philosophical, serious, thought provoking, clever, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
technology, twists and turns, alternate reality, distopia, human nature, satire, social decay, society, media satire, computers and web, media, dark humor ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The series initially follows Valerie Cherish (Kudrow), a veteran sitcom actress who has been out of the spotlight for more than a decade, as she attempts in 2005 to return to the industry that made her famous. Valerie lands a role on a new network ...
Style:
sitcom, biting, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Plot:
comeback, actress, tv show, lifestyle, ambition, workplace, celebrity culture, media satire, backstage, self involved, disorder, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Style:
biting, sexy, erotic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, sex, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, teenager, satire, gay slur, pregnancy, suspense, dark humor, death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, california, las vegas, los angeles, canada ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Agnès Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy ...
Style:
biting, meditative, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, extramarital affair, opposites attract, fish out of water, bohemian life, disorder, snobbism, couple relations, fall in love, relationships, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style:
epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
intrigue, dragon, medieval, warrior, fantasy world, incest, power struggle, conflict, vicious, political intrigue, abuse of power, peril ...
Time:
middle ages, 2010s
Is relevant ?
15K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, "UnREAL" is led by Rachel, a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the ...
Style:
biting, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
showbiz, media, media satire, tv show, manipulation, dishonesty, ambition, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue, satire, eligible bachelor, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
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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:
tense, disturbing, atmospheric, sexy, biting ...
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, collector, loneliness, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, captivity, confined, missing person, mentally unstable, serial killer ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
Style:
ridiculous, breathtaking, biting, exciting, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
jungle, mission, team, zoologist, adventurer, game, magic, friendship, video game, high school, archaeologist, time travel ...
Time:
jurassic, year 1996, year 2016, 90s, 2010s
Place:
new hampshire, hawaii
Is relevant ?
147K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, murder, investigation, small town, teenager, friendship, youth, school, friends, teenage life, love and romance, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Is relevant ?
690K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, thought provoking, biting, futuristic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, distopia, suspense, alien invasion, mutation, quarantine, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, transformation, alien encounter, alien race, metamorphosis ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Style:
biting, cynical, stylized, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, adolescence, lesbian sex, high school, coming of age, sexual harassment, false accusation, school, dysfunctional family, cheerleading, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills
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2.2M
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, twist ending, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, plot twist, fight, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, against the rules, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
delaware, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
surrealism, dream, satire, high society, adultery, farce, twists and turns, social satire, dark humor, absurdism, bourgeoisie, food ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Style:
tragicomedy, funny, talky, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
obsession, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, character study, dark humor, delusion, kidnapping, artists and showbiz, insanity, satire, psychology ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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162K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
talky, political, realistic, clever, thought provoking ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, corruption, adultery, media manipulation, dark humor, older man younger woman relationship, workplace, media satire, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, california, los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, teenager, deaf, sign language, disability, high school, friendship, japanese school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, suicide attempt, teenage girl ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, pedophile, child abuse, life is a bitch, kidnapping, child killer, missing child, uncover truth, haunted by the past, police investigation, law enforcement, track down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, greed, revenge, betrayal, crime family, pride and honor, corruption, murder, wedding, gang war ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
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