Movies like I Missed The Last Train Home - I've Got A Girlfriend, But I Ended Up Staying At My Boss's Place... Hikari Kisaki (2021)

Tokyo Decadence (1992)

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Cleveland Abduction (2015)

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Crimes of Passion (1984)

Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Pimp (2018)

An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Gotti (1996)

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Auto Focus (2002)

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Personal Velocity (2002)

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

The Outrage (1964)

At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the conflicting testimonies of the parties involved in the crimes. Disconcerting new questions arise with each different version of the event.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Addicted (2014)

A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

I Walk the Line (1970)

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Outrage (2010)

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Cape Fear (1991)

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Brother (2000)

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)

Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Higher Ground (2011)

Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

I Smile Back (2015)

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Eyes Cry Differently (1990)

Near a large mining site, the frescoes of a small church are being restored. Vasil is a young heavy truck driver. He takes care of his orphaned nephew Vanyo. He accidentally meets the restorer Vera. The relationship between the two is complicated - between the desire for closeness and the cool assessment of the situation. Generally speaking, it is about the "difficult youth" of the 80s.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Lamb (2002)

A poor father lives with his blind son, dog and sheep. When he can't find any food, he is forced to make a hard decision.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

In Between Heartbeats (TBA)

Guided by a queer deity, a closeted man is forced to confront his parents as he tries to regain his lost sense of identity.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Pedro Navaja (2026)

The short film recreates the final scene of the 1984 film of the same name. The story centers on the encounter between Pedro Navaja and his wife Rosa, whose conflict leads to a violent confrontation that ends with the death of both characters.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

מלאכים באמריקה- בנייה מחדש (2024)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

STATIC! (2025)

Ben Quarry is dead. When he wakes up in a daze he realizes he is still trapped in this mortal realm, the only problem is, no one can hear him.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Zbojník (2023)

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Separate Ways (2026)

The story follows Leah, a resilient young woman navigating a world reshaped by a sudden and terrifying outbreak. As society collapses and the threat of the undead looms, Leah struggles not only to survive the new dangers around her but also to process the emotional weight of her past. Through haunting flashbacks, we glimpse her relationship with Mason-her longtime partner-and the unresolved tensions, love, and missed moments that defined their life before everything changed. Blending intimate relationship drama with apocalyptic horror, the film explores how ordinary human conflicts are magnified in extraordinary circumstances. As Leah moves between memories of what once was and the harsh reality of what now is, she's forced to confront loss, love, and the difficult choices that come with survival.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Play! (2015)

What do Bingo and Sponge Bob have in common? Dusan, an eight year old boy trapped in limbo between two polar opposite worlds, spends his time amongst gambling adults in a casino while his imagination is captivated by children's television series. When does one grow up? Let's play and find out!

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

The Fifth Step (TBA)

An inmate manages to win the prison time battle by thinking about his wife, who was also imprisoned. He lives only with the hope that the two will see each other again, but eventually realizes that the only thing he has left is the memory of the two's dancing steps.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama