Movies Like Sadomania
If you liked Sadomania (1981), a action and horror movie directed by Jesús Franco, 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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House of Whipcord (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorSomewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their…
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Pet (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Becky (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and actionA teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
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Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
★ 7/10Also actionAfter working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in…
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Maniac (2012)
★ 6/10Also horrorAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorA beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
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Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also actionAn amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
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Hostel: Part II (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorThree American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
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Hostel (2006)
★ 6/10Also horrorThree backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
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GirlHouse (2014)
★ 6/10Also horrorIn an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a…
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Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorThe story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…
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Mother's Day (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorCrazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
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Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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Death Line (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorWhen a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim…
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Saint Catherine (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAn orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorA hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.