Movies Similar to Pornography: A Thriller

Movies Similar to Pornography: A Thriller

Paradise Now

Paradise Now(2005)

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Go(1999)

A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil(1998)

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

Didn't Think I'd See You Here

Didn't Think I'd See You Here(2023)

Rory thinks there's a ghost haunting his shower and decides to investigate its origin. But when he goes to a party and meets a romantic interest, his spectral mystery begins to unravel.

The Score

The Score(2001)

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

The Crying Game

The Crying Game(1992)

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Romper Stomper

Romper Stomper(1992)

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Operation Hyacinth

Operation Hyacinth(2021)

Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.

The Killer Condom

The Killer Condom(1996)

In New York City, detective Luigi Mackeroni investigates a string of mysterious penile mutilations at the Hotel Quickie. After Mackeroni attempts to have a tryst with a gigolo he meets in the lobby, a carniverous condom bites off his right testicle and flees, which sets the detective off on a quest to stop the predatory prophylactic once and for all.

Bacurau

Bacurau(2019)

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus(2018)

Left alone to caretake a gay nude resort closed for the season, a man finds himself confronted by what he can see and what he can't. When everything is visible, when nothing is hidden, it's not just what you see - but what sees you, too.

Fangs

A group of college students travel to a small town in Romania for a Spring festival and run afoul of a powerful evil.

May

May(2003)

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

eXXXorcisms

eXXXorcisms(2002)

Conflicted gay man makes contact with the ghost of his boyfriend from teenaged years.

Crash

Crash(1996)

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Irreversible

Irreversible(2002)

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep(1978)

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.

Temptation of the Mask

Temptation of the Mask(1987)

An orphaned arsonist is interrogated by a detective, revealing his story of sexual abuse and trauma.

Ride or Die

Ride or Die(2021)

Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.