Tattoo movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant tattoo movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, independent film and tense films and TV shows about / with tattoo, female nudity, murder, bare chested male, male nudity, nudity, violence, blood, danger and kidnapping plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tattoo: The Tattooist (2007), Tattoo Bar (2000), An Adolescent (2001), Tattoo (1981), Perfect Skin (2018), Anarchy Parlor (2015), Tattoo (2002), The Illustrated Man (1969), Inferno of Torture (1969), Shisei: The Tattooer (2006).

List of tattoo movies

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The Tattooist (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore
Duration: 92 min.
Story: American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: mysticism, tattoo, tattoo artist, ghost, supernatural, danger, shame, tradition, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, curse, decadence ...
Place: new zealand, singapore
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 5.1
 49
Tattoo Bar (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Although she's still hung up on the man who broke her heart (Miguel Molina), club dancer Simona (Mercedes Ortega) pledges to eradicate all memories of him by removing the tattoos he put on her body. Complicating matters is Mariel (Alexis ...
Style: independent film
Plot: tattoo, adultery, love, female pubic hair, bare breasts, male full rear nudity, tattooed woman, sex, female nudity, vagina, labia, female full frontal nudity
Place: barcelona
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 6.4
 545
An Adolescent (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached by a 15-year-old enjo kosai named Yoko, offering a round of ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, realistic
Plot: teenage girl, tattoo, mentally challenged, introspection, life is a bitch, tough heroes, teenage life, youth, prostitute, society, social misfits, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 5.2
 873
Tattoo (1981)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he ...
Style: tense, psychological, neo noir, slasher, serious ...
Plot: obsession, kidnapping, tattoo, mentally unstable, danger, nude women, prison, fashion model, nudity, masturbation, dating, bondage ...
Time: year 1981, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, new jersey
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 5.3
 871
Perfect Skin (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Katia, a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob, an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: captivity, tattoo artist, sadism, danger, masochism, kidnapped woman, darkness, fear, homicide, piercing, cell, body mutilation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: One evening, Princess Sakura (Kyoko Hinami) is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face. and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of that that night, Princess Sakura falls in love with the man. In order to find the man ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, erotic
Plot: brothel, rape, vengeance, princess, prostitute, tattoo, sexual fantasy, sex scene, secret identity, secret, male female relationship, seduction ...
Place: japan
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Anarchy Parlor (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Six young college hopefuls vacationing and partying in Lithuania get more than they bargained for when they unwittingly get caught up in a maniacal tattoo artist's fiendish side business.
Style: scary, suspense, surprise ending, slasher, enigmatic ...
Plot: torture, tattoo, danger, murder, rivalry, violence, club, blood, family secret, friendship, violent, kidnapping ...
Place: lithuania
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 6.3
 3K
Tattoo (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins a homicide investigation conducted by Chief Inspector Minks. The victim is a naked young woman with the skin stripped off her back, killed as she ...
Style: disturbing, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, tattoo, reluctant partners, rapist, psychopath, police investigation, master criminal, mind game, art collector, law enforcement, gory, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, germany
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The Illustrated Man (1969)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, futuristic, bleak, anthology ...
Plot: end of the world, virtual reality, survival, obsession, tattoo, body horror, puzzle, literary, lion, alien planet, hallucination, conundrum ...
Time: future, year 1969, 1930s, distant future, medieval times ...
Place: africa
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Inferno of Torture (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the ...
Style: disturbing, cult classic, queer horror, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: sadomasochism, sexual sadism, samurai, sexploitation, torture, tattoo, chastity belt, tattoo artist, exploitation, lesbian sex, martial arts, violent ...
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Shisei: The Tattooer (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Seizou, a tattoo artist, dreams of creating lasting works of art that exist long after he passes. One day, he sees the perfect canvas: the unblemished back of a female grad student. A genius in color theory, the young woman studies and experiments ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: tattoo, obsession, confined, odd couple, abduction, sexuality, captivity, violence, coercion, art, exploitation, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: prison, boxing, male rape, prison rape, male nudity, brutality, friendship, boxing match, violence, tattoo, suicide, martial arts ...
Time: year 2017, 2000s, year 2010
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand
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 7.0
 747
Red Cherry (1995)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Style: serious, touching, bleak, mesmerizing, saga ...
Plot: world war two, monastery, tattoo, orphan, military, innocence lost, life is a bitch, youth, war, society, anti war, boarding school life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: russia, china, moscow russia, soviet union
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Like a Brother (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story: Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
Style: homoerotic, serious, realistic, emotional, sexual ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay interest, friendship, youth, gay straight relations, gay sex, gay relationship, gay club, erection, father son relationship, best friend, male masturbation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 6.1
 587
Littlerock (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A pair of Japanese siblings get stranded in small-town California and become friends with other twentysomethings they meet, despite the complete lack of a common verbal language.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, mumblecore ...
Plot: white trash, easy woman, sluttiness, slutty attitude, harlot, black bra, small town, promiscuous woman, social relations, family relations, fish out of water, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 7.4
 320K
Nobody (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style: brutal, suspense, action thriller, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, tough guy, martial arts, retribution, secret identity, home invasion, revenge, one against many, twists and turns, secret organization, vigilante, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, usa, pentagon
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 8.6
 321K
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style: serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, organized crime, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, criminal, young man, arms dealing, friends ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, northern california
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God Is a Bullet (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Based on true events and the novel of the same name. Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing
Plot: cult leader, abduction, victim, tattoo, sect, kidnapped girl, religious cult, evil cult, kidnapping, investigation, kidnapped, satanic cult ...
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Where the Skin Lies (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Six people bound together by a traumatic experience decide to round off a year of group therapy in style. They join each other once more, traveling up to the Scottish Lowlands for a reunion weekend in a 1970s holiday let. Soon a number of mysterious ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: group of friends, supernatural, supernatural horror, spirit, death of friend, friends, evil spirit, tattoo, reunited friends, shark
Is relevant ?
 3.8
 147
Escape (2010)
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
TV show
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, thought provoking, surprise ending
Plot: prison escape, prison, brother brother relationship, gangster, state affairs, law enforcement, death sentence, friendship, chase, danger, investigation, murder ...
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 7.3
 79K
Blindspot (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, detective, deep ...
Audience: teens
Plot: puzzle, investigation, fbi, memory loss, twists and turns, strong female character, terrorist, killings, tattoo, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, chicago
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The Green Inferno (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Chile, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Style: bloody, scary, disturbing, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, survival, gory, decapitation, ant, sadistic horror, suicide, violence, sadistic violence ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: south america, peru, america, chile, latin america ...
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Yellow Elephant (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Style: romantic, uplifting
Plot: husband wife relationship, suspicion of murder, tattoo, love story, diary, hearing voices, countryside, boy, newlywed, book, part time job, marriage proposal ...
Place: tokyo
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 3.4
 151
Praxis (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay erotica, tattoo, loneliness, dream, male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, skinny dipping, gay subtext ...
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 6.5
 3K
The Tattoo (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof
Plot: art dealer, veteran, tattoo, castle, retired, recovery, satire, silly humor, quibbling, disorder, obsession, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: france, europe
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Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Prey for Rock & Roll is set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s and follows the story of Jacki (Gershon) and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot ...
Style: realistic, cynical, captivating, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: lesbian, revenge, rape, concert, female musician, ambition, music band, musician's life, rise and fall, inspiration, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 4.4
 405
Mask of Death (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, fugitives, fistfight, fbi, timebomb, tattoo, plastic surgery, shootout, betrayal, undercover, assassination attempt, hitman ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
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Hide and Go Shriek (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of teenagers spends the night in a furniture store for a graduation party. A psycho killer starts to hunt them down and kill them off.
Style: slasher, cult classic, bloody, independent film, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, survival, teenager, high school, psychopath, hide and seek, elevator, gay, graduation, home invasion, isolation, celebration ...
Time: 80s
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From Prada to Nada (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A whimsical fish-out-of-water story of two spoiled sisters: Nora (Camilla Belle), a law student, and Mary (Alexa Vega), an undergrad party girl, living with their father in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills. Mary has become so "90210" ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: fall in love, youth, love and romance, social differences, bankrupt, young lovers, teenager, siblings relations, teenage girl, fish out of water, sister sister relationship, student ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, usa, california
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 4.7
 6K
Devour (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, satanic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, youth, occult, psychopath, nightmare, obsession, supernatural ability, high school, teenage life, gory, tattoo ...
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