Movies Like Brush Strokes
If you liked Brush Strokes (1999), a movie directed by Gianfranco Romagnoli, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Porno (2019)
★ 6/10When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
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Malicious (1973)
★ 7.3/10A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.
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Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.8/10A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
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P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)
★ 6/10A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks to his years of experience in both the film business and the sex…
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Arabian Nights (1974)
★ 6.5/10The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating…
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)
★ 6.3/10Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
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Paprika (1991)
★ 7.2/10In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts…
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The Canterbury Tales (1972)
★ 6.1/10Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
★ 6.9/10An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife…
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Tromeo & Juliet (1996)
★ 6/10All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo and Juliet as they travel through Manhattan's underground in search of climactic love, violence and the American Way.
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
★ 6.4/10A trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers kidnap a young girl and attempt to seduce an old rancher and his two sons out of their small fortune, but their scheme doesn't play out as intended.
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Unthinkable (2010)
★ 6.8/10The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes…
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
★ 6.3/10Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping…
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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The Overnight (2015)
★ 5.9/10Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…
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Spontaneous (2020)
★ 6.7/10When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
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The Last Detail (1973)
★ 7/10Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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Contraband (1980)
★ 6.4/10Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler.