Movies Like Manila by Night
If you liked Manila by Night (1980), a drama movie directed by Ishmael Bernal, 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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Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaJulio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
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Insiang (1976)
★ 7/10Also dramaA story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
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Salomé (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAfter the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…
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Exotica (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaIn the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he…
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Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThis psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…
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Mean Streets (1973)
★ 7/10Also dramaA small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaFashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…
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Skin Trade (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAfter his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
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Trafficked (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaIn this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to…
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Faces (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaMiddle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the…
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Only God Forgives (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaJulian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
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American Gangster (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaLoosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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Metro Manila (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaLooking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines. In the sweltering capital, where all kind of…
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Spartan (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaU.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing…
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Above the Rim (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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Bad Lieutenant (1992)
★ 7/10Also dramaWhile investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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Band of the Hand (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAn Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
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Brokedown Palace (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaBest friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and…