Movies Like Black Throb L.A.
If you liked Black Throb L.A. (2005), a movie directed by Martin X, 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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Tongues Untied (1990)
★ 6.7/10Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs…
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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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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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The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
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King Cobra (2016)
★ 5.8/10It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay…
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uwantme2killhim? (2013)
★ 5.9/10Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
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Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
★ 7/10This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a…
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…
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Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
★ 7.2/10A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
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Flow (1996)
★ 7.7/10A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
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The Devil's Double (2011)
★ 6.7/10A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
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Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
★ 7.1/10A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
★ 7.4/10Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
★ 5.8/10Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5/10In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…
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