Movies like Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978)
The best movies like Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978) are The Night Porter (1974), Martha (1974) and Sweet Hot Lisa (1980). If Nathalie: Escape from Hell hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Conformist (1971)7.6/10 from 798 votes
- NewestSeven Days (2010)Released 2010
- In FrenchCaptive Women 4 (1977)Also in French
The Night Porter (1974)
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMartha (1974)
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSweet Hot Lisa (1980)
80's Italian sleaze with the luscious Claudia Rocchi, Italian porno regular Guia Lauri Filzi, and softcore actress Annj Goren. The film is about Lisa, a young pretty wife stuck with an older husband who cannot satisfy her sexually nor in other ways. She becomes bored with her everyday life and cheats on her husband sleeping with another older man. Still not satisfied she hooks up with a rich man (Enzo Fisichella) who introduces her to a young stud (Mario Cutini) and his two lesbian playmates (Guia Lauri Filzi and Annj Goren). At the party Lisa is taken by the young man while the others watch. This seems to do the trick for Lisa. Her curiosity for the young man deepens and she wants to see him again. However, it turns out that he is a very rude partner instead of the gentle lover that she wanted. Shot in Rome, Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Captive Women 4 (1977)
To improve the morale of the German officers, a train with beautiful girls is arranged to entertain them when on leave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Salon Kitty (1976)
Set in Berlin at the dawn of World War II, Salon Kitty follows an ambitious SS officer who takes control of a premier, high-end brothel frequented by foreign diplomats and Nazi elites. Replacing the original workers with fanatical German women trained as informants, he covertly transforms the luxury establishment into a sophisticated intelligence hub to gather secret information from its powerful clientele.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDespair (1978)
Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpecial Section (1975)
In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchmen will suffice, but the problem is finding judges and jurors eager to participate in a sham trial of innocent men. The solution is a Special Section, a court comprised of individuals handpicked for this exact purpose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Unfaithful Wife (1969)
A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConvoy of Girls (1979)
Eric, a brilliant young German officer, is transfered back to Berlin.His superior officer tells him about his new assignment on the Russian front and then invites him to a luxurious villa. Gathered in the mansion are the most beautiful women: the army's special services could enroll for the pleasure of its returning heroes.Eric is stupefied to recognize Renata among the women, who are all ready and willing to make love with any officer present. Not many years ago, while still students, Renata and Eric had been very much in love. After making love in a room put at their disposal, Renata tells him that she had no choice but to accept joining the army as an official camp follower: her father's survival depended on it. The following morning, Renata leaves in a special women's convoy for Eastern frontwhere they are scheduled to entertain hard-pressed officers and men. Will Eric and Renata's love survive those adventures?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Diva (1981)
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDagger Eyes (1983)
After unknowingly coming into possession of an incriminating set of photos, a glamorous call girl in Rome becomes the target of a switchblade-wielding assassin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Knife in the Water (1962)
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. She is welcomed by the demented hunchbacked gardener Malou and the mute servant girl Adèle, and impatiently demands the key to her mysterious private chamber. There, set out like exhibits in a waxwork, are the bodies of beautiful girls frozen in postures of terror on the point of death. With Mathias' help, Martine has just added another girl, a prostitute, to her collection when her husband and accomplice, Charles, arrives home with slides of a further prospective victim: Cécile the virginal daughter of a diplomat...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Special Cellblock X (1977)
A nurse is framed for her involvement in the hospital murder of a politician who was threatening to expose corrupt practices. She escapes from jail but is captured and sent back, resulting in the rest of the inmates being punished, added to which of a new, tougher, head of security arrives to take up her new job....
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMr. Klein (1976)
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEugenie... The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970)
A young woman is lured to an island paradise, where she is drawn into a dark world of pleasure, pain, and murder under the control of a sinister figure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Conformist (1971)
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisImmoral Women (1979)
The first episode – featuring frequent Borowczyk muse Marina Pierro – is the longest and, in a way, most substantial: it’s set in Renaissance Rome, with the lusty (and perpetually nude) leading lady sexually involved with famous painters and church benefactors. The second episode is the most notorious and, consequently, gave the film its controversial poster – featuring a rabbit slowly disappearing under the skirt of a teenage girl (played by Gaelle Legrand). The third and final episode, which has a modern-day setting, is the shortest – but also, possibly, the most outrageous: Pascale Christophe is a young married woman who’s abducted on a busy Parisian street by a small-time hood hidden inside a cardboard box!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Lola (1981)
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBad Timing (1980)
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJail Bait (1973)
In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the constraints of their social surroundings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAntichrist (2009)
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeven Days (2010)
Like many happy people, Bruno Hamel is leading an uneventful life until one afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrontier(s) (2007)
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Next Door (2007)
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMartyrs (2008)
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nathalie: Escape from Hell?
The closest matches to Nathalie: Escape from Hell are The Night Porter (1974), Martha (1974) and Sweet Hot Lisa (1980). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nathalie: Escape from Hell?
People who watched Nathalie: Escape from Hell most often go on to The Night Porter (1974), Martha (1974) and Sweet Hot Lisa (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like Nathalie: Escape from Hell?
The Conformist (1971), rated 7.6/10 by 798 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nathalie: Escape from Hell?
Seven Days (2010) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Nathalie: Escape from Hell?
Yes: Captive Women 4 (1977), Special Section (1975) and The Unfaithful Wife (1969).
How are movies similar to Nathalie: Escape from Hell chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nathalie: Escape from Hell, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.