Movies like Irreversible
If Irreversible's mix of prostitute, rape and police stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Irreversible's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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I Stand Alone
1999 · Directed by Gaspar Noé · 89 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Gaspar Noé · With Philippe Nahon · Shares: nihilism, revenge, new french extremism · Also a French drama
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew.
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Boys Don't Cry
1999 · Directed by Kimberly Peirce · 118 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: rape, love · Also crime and drama
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
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Kiss of the Dragon
2001 · Directed by Chris Nahon · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: prostitute, drugs · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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Performance.
1970 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: heroin, drugs · Also crime and drama
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar.
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The Brave One
2007 · Directed by Neil Jordan · 122 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: revenge, rape and revenge · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
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Cruising
1980 · Directed by William Friedkin · 102 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: police, homophobia · Also crime and thriller
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: rape, gore, revenge
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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Luckiest Girl Alive
2022 · Directed by Mike Barker · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: rape, revenge · Also drama and thriller
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
2008 · Directed by Jean-François Richet · 133 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Vincent Cassel · Also a French thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid…
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The French Connection
1971 · Directed by William Friedkin · 104 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: heroin · Also crime and thriller
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Directed by Peter Greenaway · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: brutality · Also crime and drama
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners.
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Crash
1996 · Directed by David Cronenberg · 100 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: masochism · Also thriller and drama
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.