Best movies like Irreversible
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Plot Summary:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: art house, bleak, disturbing, psychological thriller, surreal, non-linear, stylized, sexy, offbeat, harsh
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Baise-moi (2000)
Plot Summary:
Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip. They choose to have sex when they please and kill when they need. Leaving a trail of mischief and dead bodies in their wake. Generating a media blitz and manhunt, soon everyone is out to capture the young fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, disturbing, bleak, road movie, sexy, stylized, intense, sensual, brutal
Similar in 75%
Ms .45 (1981)
Plot Summary:
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick her up.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: neo noir, disturbing, grindhouse, bloody, controversial, grim, cult classic, tense, bleak, art house
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Plot Summary:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: controversial, erotic, disturbing, psychological, disgusting, bleak, sadistic, art house, surreal, extreme horror
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
Plot Summary:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, bloody, dark comedy, splatter, surreal, extreme horror, rough, psychological, cult classic
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: disturbing, depressing, psychological, neo noir, bloody, harsh, rough, suspenseful, brutal, bleak
Similar in 78%
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, realistic, twist ending, dark, mindfuck, detective, scary, psychological
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I Stand Alone (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and moves to Lille suburbs with his mistress. She promised him a new butcher shop. She lied. The butcher decides to go back to Paris and find his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: depressing, disturbing, psychological, bleak, controversial, art house, psychological thriller, rough, realistic, philosophical
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Cargo 200 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bleak, rough, psychological, serious, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, sadistic, depressing, suspense
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Blue Velvet (1986)
Plot Summary:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 212000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surreal, dark, detective, cerebral, disturbing, postmodern, controversial, erotic, atmospheric
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A Serbian Film (2010)
Plot Summary:
Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is drawn into a maelstrom of unbelievable cruelty and mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, brutal, controversial, scary, rough, psychological, surreal, bloody, extreme horror, splatter
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The Girl Next Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, bleak, psychological, suspenseful, rough, brutal, depressing, suspense, controversial
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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychological, disturbing, rough, bloody, independent film, bleak, splatter, slasher
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Plot Summary:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher, scary, grindhouse, sadistic, bleak, psychological, creepy, cult classic, bloody
Similar in 87%
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, dark, atmospheric, psychedelic, mind bending, avant garde, cerebral, scary, art house
Similar in 79%
Straw Dogs (1971)
Plot Summary:
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: controversial, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing, suspense, grindhouse, bloody, dark
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Kalifornia (1993)
Plot Summary:
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, road movie, tense, psychological thriller, sexy, suspense, cult classic, rough, disturbing
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Climax (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sexy, atmospheric, art house, erotic, mind bending, psychedelic, suspense, surreal, independent film
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Plot Summary:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 366000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychological, sexy, artsy, neo noir, atmospheric, psychological thriller, disturbing, surreal, suspense
Similar in 87%
Antichrist (2009)
Plot Summary:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller, bleak, art house, minimal cast, sexy, dark
Similar in 84%
Visitor Q (2001)
Plot Summary:
A father who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute, and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. "Q", a perfect stranger, somehow gets involved and enters the bizarre family whose son beats his mom, who in turn is also a prostitute and a heroin addict.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, controversial, tense, dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, cult classic, atmospheric, rough
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Audition (1999)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark, bloody, surreal, controversial, suspenseful, suspense
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Enter the Void (2009)
Plot Summary:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, art house, visually stunning, philosophical, atmospheric, meditative, disturbing, surreal, cerebral, mindfuck
Similar in 87%
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, she gets closer and closer to her goal. But will her actions lead to the relief she seeks?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric, bloody, cerebral, brutal, serious, bleak, surreal
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Malena (2000)
Plot Summary:
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious, touching, atmospheric, realistic, romantic, emotional
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Plot Summary:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the mercy of the state and its brainwashing experiment designed to take violence off the streets.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 867000
Genere: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, cult classic, atmospheric, philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, twisted, depressing
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Black Swan (2010)
Plot Summary:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 808000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal, sexy, twist ending, psychological thriller, mind bending, visually appealing
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Oldboy (2003)
Plot Summary:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 619000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: twist ending, bleak, intense, psychological, neo noir, clever, mindfuck, brutal, atmospheric, surprise ending
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Mystic River (2003)
Plot Summary:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 477000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir, depressing, tense, bleak, psychological thriller, disturbing
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Plot Summary:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 487000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, rough, clever, serious, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Plot Summary:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals led by Johnny, the town's service station owner, his two co-workers, Andy and Stanley, who along with their socially and mentally challenged friend Matthew, set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: brutal, disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, splatter, bloody, controversial, harsh