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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way. Besides that he must constantly escape from Imm …igration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact? (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspenseindependent film
Themes:
justicedeath of wifeblackmailtheftrobberydrinkingmoneyrapedrugslovefriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
hotel maidtaxi drivertunnelurban settingkitchenairporttaxilondon englandcemeteryhotelchurchnew york cityhospital
Characters:
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lagos nigeriaimmigration fraudimmigration agentillegal immigrationoverflowing toiletclogged toiletillegal immigrantemotional blackmaildouble crossorgan theftdrugged drinkhotel employeehotel desk clerkmorning after pillwest london …biting a penisfruit marketorgan sellinghuman heartsomalitrufflesexual exploitationlebanesenigerianvenereal diseasefirebombsweatshopsexual favorroom servicefurnaceturknew identitykidneychambermaidgenital mutilationcrematoriumnigeriasurgical operationsecret pastvideo cassettebody partmortuarydoormanchinatowninterracial coupleironingsleeplessnessmurder of wifeturkishsewing machineforgerybare feetlanguage barriertraffic jamblack marketstreet marketarcadedeportationphysicianturkey the countrysurgeonexilesurveillance camerajanitorhookerbuddhistpassportparking garagestrangerimpersonationworking classsecurity camerasexual abuseloss of virginitywoundmedicineteatwenty somethingafricansurgerychessrefugeecrossinjectionchampagnemini skirtfactorykeyvirginimmigrationscantily clad femaleimmigranttoiletwinecookingbrasurvivalbathroomdead bodytearsdrinkunderwearcorpsebeatingcryingpantiessurprise endingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightbloodsexmasturbationnudity (See All)

Biutiful (2010)
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Biutiful (2010)

Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as  …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneydrugslove
Locations:
cemeterychurchhospital
Characters:
chinesedancerpolicemangirlprostitutedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
illegal immigrationillegal immigrantsweatshopcrematoriummortuarysleeplessnesssewing machineblack marketmedicineafricancrossimmigranttoiletwinecooking …bathroomdead bodytearsdrinkunderwearcorpsecryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodfight (See All)

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The Terminal (2004)
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The Terminal (2004)

Victor Novarski reaches JFK airport from a politically unstable country. Due to collapse of his government, his papers are no longer valid in the airport, and hence he is forced to stay in the airport till the war cools down. He makes the airport his home and develops a friendship with the people wh …o work there until he can leave. (Read More)

Themes:
theftmoneyfriendship
Locations:
kitchenairporttaxihotelnew york city
Characters:
chinesesecurity guardthiefpolicemanpolice
Story:
immigration agentillegal immigrantlanguage barriersurveillance camerajanitorpassportsecurity cameramedicinerefugeeimmigrationimmigranttoiletpantiesphotographcigarette smoking

Closer (2004)
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Closer (2004)

Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
money
Locations:
taxi driverairporttaxilondon englandhotelnew york cityhospital
Characters:
dancerpolicemanprostitutedoctorhusband wife relationship
Story:
physiciansurgeonsurveillance camerapassportimpersonationsecurity camerateascantily clad femalebrabathroomtearscryingpantiesphotographdancing …cigarette smokingfemale nudityblood (See All)

Persepolis (2007) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Persepolis (2007)

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)

Themes:
justiceblackmailtheftdrinkinglovefriendship
Locations:
airporttaxicemeteryhospital
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipmuslimthiefdancerpolicemangirlprostitutedoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice
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Head-on (2004)
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Head-On (2004)

In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)

Themes:
death of wifedrinkingmoneyrapedrugslovefriendship
Locations:
taxi driverairporttaxihotelhospital
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipmuslimmaiddancergirldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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Maria Full Of Grace (2004)
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Maria Full Of Grace (2004)

In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets o …f cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoney
Locations:
taxi driverairporttaxinew york city
Characters:
maiddancerpolicemandoctormother daughter relationship
Story:
illegal immigrationillegal immigrantpassportmedicinesurgeryimmigranttoiletbathroomtearsdrinkcryingphotographdancing

Gomorrah (2008)
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Gomorrah (2008)

"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneydrugsfriendship
Locations:
urban settingkitchenairportnew york cityhospital
Characters:
chinesethiefdancerpolicemanprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice
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Harsh Times (2005) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Harsh Times (2005)

Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingdrugsfriendship
Locations:
urban setting
Characters:
thiefdancerpolicemanprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
illegal immigrantinterracial coupleironinghookertwenty somethingdead bodydrinkcorpsebeatingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodfight

Muriel's Wedding (1994)
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)

Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
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Locations:
taxihotelchurchhospital
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipthiefdancerpolicemanprostitutedoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Black Book (2006)
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Black Book (2006)

Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
death of wifetheftmoneyfriendshiplove
Locations:
taxi
Characters:
russianthiefdancerprostitutedoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice
Story:
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988)
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988)

Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the … events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
blackmaildrinkinglovefriendship
Locations:
hospital
Characters:
policemangirldoctorfriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Derailed (2005) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Derailed (2005)

Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
blackmailtheftrobberydrinkingmoneyrape
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
taxihotel
Characters:
security guardthiefpolicemanprostitutemother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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The Water Diviner (2014)
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The Water Diviner (2014)

After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.

Themes:
death of wifedrinkingfriendship
Locations:
hotelchurch
Characters:
thiefdancergirlprostitutefriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
drinkingmoneydrugsfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
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Panic Room (2002)
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Panic Room (2002)

Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there …. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoney
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
kitchennew york city
Characters:
thiefpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Candy (2006) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Candy (2006)

This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneydrugslove
Locations:
kitchenhospital
Characters:
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Story:
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The Wages Of Fear (1953)
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The Wages Of Fear (1953)

In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.

Themes:
theftdrinkingmoneyfriendship
Locations:
airporttaxicemetery
Characters:
thiefdancerpolicemandoctorfriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Layer Cake (2004)
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Layer Cake (2004)

A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construc …tion business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. (Read More)

Themes:
blackmailtheftrobberydrinkingmoneydrugslove
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
airportlondon englandhotel
Characters:
thiefdancerpolicemanfather daughter relationshippolice
Story:
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15 Minutes (2001)
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15 Minutes (2001)

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma …ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)

Themes:
justicetheftrobberydrinkingmoneyrapefriendshiplove
Locations:
taxi driverairporttaxicemeteryhotelnew york city
Characters:
russianthiefpolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Mother (2009) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Mother (2009)

A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
blackmaildrinkingmoneyfriendship
Locations:
cemetery
Characters:
dancerpolicemangirlfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Tell No One (2006)
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Tell No One (2006)

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)

Themes:
death of wifeblackmaildrinkingrapelovefriendship
Locations:
airporthospital
Characters:
policemangirldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Monster (2003)
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Monster (2003)

The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneyrapelove
Locations:
church
Characters:
thiefpolicemangirlprostitutefriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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8 Women (2002)
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8 Women (2002)

One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it h …is powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. Which one is it? (Read More)

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theftrobberydrinkingmoney
Locations:
kitchen
Characters:
maidthiefdancerpolicemangirlprostitutemother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
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Blood Diamond (2006)

A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneyrape
Locations:
airporttaxilondon englandhotel
Characters:
dancerprostitutedoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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American Psycho (2000)
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American Psycho (2000)

Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.

Subgenre:
suspenseindependent film
Themes:
blackmaildrinkingmoneyrapedrugsfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
taxinew york city
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipsecurity guardpolicemanprostitutepolice
Story:
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Babel (2006)
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Babel (2006)

4 interlocking stories connected by a single gun converge at the end to reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Mor …occan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingdrugsfriendship
Locations:
cemeteryhospital
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipmuslimpolicemangirlprostitutedoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Munich (2005)
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Munich (2005)

After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)

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suspense
Themes:
justicedrinkingmoneylove
Locations:
kitchenairporttaxilondon englandhotelnew york cityhospital
Characters:
dancergirldoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
double crossimpersonationrefugeescantily clad femalecookingwinedead bodytearsdrinkunderwearcorpsebeatingcryingpantiesphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightsexbloodnudity (See All)

Don't Say A Word (2001) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Don't Say A Word (2001)

A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
theftrobberymoneyfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
urban settingcemeterynew york city
Characters:
security guardthieffather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Mr. Brooks (2007)
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Mr. Brooks (2007)

Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
blackmaillovefriendship
Locations:
kitchentaxicemeteryhotelchurchhospital
Characters:
dancerpolicemandoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Heist (2001)
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Heist (2001)

David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVit …o). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspenseindependent film
Themes:
blackmailtheftrobberymoneyfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
airport
Characters:
security guardthiefpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
double crossdrugged drinkparking garagesecurity camerasurprise endingcigarette smokingfightblood

Dragonfly (2002)
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Dragonfly (2002)

Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
death of wifedrinkinglovefriendship
Locations:
tunnelairportchurchhospital
Characters:
security guardpolicemangirldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneyfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
airporthotelnew york cityhospital
Characters:
thiefpolicemangirlfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice
Story:
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Garden State (2004)
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Garden State (2004)

Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneydrugsfriendship
Locations:
kitchenairportcemeteryhotel
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipdancerpolicemangirlprostitutedoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneydrugsfriendship
Locations:
urban settingkitchenhotelchurchnew york cityhospital
Characters:
thiefpolicemanprostitutefriendpolice
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Lolita (1997)
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Lolita (1997)

Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl,  …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
death of wifeblackmaildrinkingmoneyrapelove
Locations:
hotelhospital
Characters:
maiddancerpolicemangirldoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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The Score (2001) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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The Score (2001)

Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club. Soon afterward, Max, his good friend and financial partner, comes along with an offer Nick can't  …refuse: A historical and priceless French scepter has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max's man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jack Teller to get the precious item. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share? (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspense
Themes:
robberymoney
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
tunnelurban settingairport
Characters:
security guardthiefgirlfriend
Story:
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Children Of Men (2006)
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Children Of Men (2006)

The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate jo …urney to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneylove
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
tunnelurban settinglondon england
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshippolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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The Air I Breathe (2007)
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The Air I Breathe (2007)

A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece …s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)

Subgenre:
independent film
Themes:
theftdrinkingmoneylovefriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
urban settingairporthospital
Characters:
thiefdancerpolicemangirlprostitutedoctorfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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John Q (2002)
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John Q (2002)

John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. … takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant. (Read More)

Themes:
robberymoney
Locations:
kitchenchurchhospital
Characters:
security guarddoctorfather daughter relationshippolice
Story:
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Midnight Express (1978) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Midnight Express (1978)

On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in ident …ifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he beco… (Read More)

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independent film
Themes:
justicetheftmoneyrapedrugslovefriendship
Locations:
taxi drivertunnelairport
Characters:
muslimthiefpolicemanpolice
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Black Snake Moan (2006)
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Black Snake Moan (2006)

In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi …ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingdrugsfriendshiplove
Locations:
kitchenchurch
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipdancergirlprostitutefriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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Across The Universe (2007)
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Across The Universe (2007)

Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa …chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)

Themes:
drugsfriendshiplove
Locations:
taxi drivertaxicemeterychurchnew york cityhospital
Characters:
dancerpolicemanprostitutefriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Unknown (2011)
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Unknown (2011)

A biochemist and his dishy wife arrive in Berlin for a conference at which a scientist and his controversial Arab funder will announce breakthrough research. While his wife checks into the hotel, he grabs a cab to return to the airport for his briefcase, left at the curb. En route, an auto accident  …puts him in a coma, from which he awakes four days later without identification and with gaps in his memory. He goes to the hotel: his wife refuses to recognize him and another man has claimed his identity. With help from a nurse, the cab driver, a retired Stasi agent, and an academic friend, he tries to unravel what's going on. Is the answer in the briefcase? (Read More)

Themes:
money
Locations:
taxi driverairporttaxihotelhospital
Characters:
security guarddoctorfriend
Story:
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Heartbreakers (2001)

Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.

Themes:
money
Locations:
hotelnew york city
Characters:
russianmaidsecurity guardmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
double crossdrugged drinkroom servicesecurity camerachampagnemini skirtdead bodycorpsepantiessurprise endingcigarette smokingsex

Rent (2005)
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Rent (2005)

This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In … the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingdrugslovefriendship
Locations:
cemeterynew york cityhospital
Characters:
thiefdancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Chungking Express (1994)
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Chungking Express (1994)

Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of tha …t time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneylove
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
urban settingairporthotel
Characters:
cousin cousin relationshipdancerpolicemangirlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)
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Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)

In the third movie of Rodriguez's "Mariachi" trilogy, a Mexican drug lord pretends to overthrow the Mexican government, and is connected to a corrupt CIA agent who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government.

Themes:
death of wifetheftrobberydrinkingmoney
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
taxi drivertaxichurchhospital
Characters:
thiefdancerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) is one of the best movies like Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q …uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingmoneyfriendship
Locations:
kitchentaxihotelnew york city
Characters:
chinesedancerfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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The Limey (1999)
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The Limey (1999)

An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)

Subgenre:
suspenseindependent film
Themes:
theftrobberydrinkingmoneydrugsfriendship
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
kitchenairporttaxilondon england
Characters:
thiefpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshippolice
Story:
black marketpassportbradead bodydrinkbeatingpantiesphotographcigarette smokingfightbloodsex

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