Movies like Sex and Fury (1973)
The best movies like Sex and Fury (1973) are Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Lady Snowblood (1973). If Sex and Fury hooked you with its action and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)8.1/10 from 1,480 votes
- NewestKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)Released 2011
- In JapaneseGirl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)Also in Japanese
- Same seriesFemale Yakuza Tale (1973)Inoshika Ocho
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as girl boss Komasa, the ruthless and sadistic leader of the Kanto Gypsies who possesses more than enough brains to match her killer looks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLady Snowblood (1973)
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGirl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970)
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (1971)
Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out of business and take over, and starts working for him. At the same time a recently released from prison, and now ill Yakuza is trying to make a new life for himself and his girl, a friend of Reiko's, who also just graduated from reform school. A fateful car crash brings the two on a collision course with each other and the brutal Yakuza clan, which can only end bloody vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976)
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Naked Vengeance (1985)
After witnessing her husband's brutal murder, Carla travels to her parents' home in a small mountain town to start over. When she's repeatedly harassed by redneck locals, Carla seeks help from the town sheriff but is met with indifference. This continues until Carla's finally attacked, raped, and her parents executed by the twisted townies. Carla, after escaping a mental hospital, resolves to get bloody revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic Games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTokyo Drifter (1966)
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStreet Mobster (1972)
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBranded to Kill (1967)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGirl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge (1972)
When two Girl Bosses fight each other over territory, their enmity is difficult to solve - they are equals in looks, strength, determination, and power of their respective girl gangs. So, the way is open to a mischievous Yakuza Boss who invites them for a peaceful way to decide their feud: a sexual challenge for him to decide who is the better Girl Boss. Trapped, both are subject to the man's lust and sadistic assaults. They escape by joining forces against the yakuza gang, though it costs one of the young women her life - when she was friends already with her former enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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 action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sword of Doom (1966)
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTerrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom (1972)
Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
Nami "The Red Cherry Blossom" returns to her old stomping ground in the seedy Tokyo district of Ginza after a stint in prison for killing a yakuza boss. She soon settles in, living in her uncle's pool hall and working at the local hostess club. But when ruthless yakuza Ōwada attempts to take control of the club, Nami and her uncle devise a plan to take him down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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: Same series: Inoshika Ocho · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (1971)
In the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found its way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and between boyfriends. But she has to defend her choices the hard way, as her triumph and power over the girls' gang is questioned by her female rivals, and the all powerful Yakuza Boss. She inspires loyalty to her girls, and to men to the extent of many of them literally giving their lives for her - in a world of knife and gun fighting, bike and car chasing, and violent death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Pistol Opera (2001)
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisIchi the Killer (2001)
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOutrage (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 action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sex and Fury?
The closest matches to Sex and Fury are Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Lady Snowblood (1973). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sex and Fury?
People who watched Sex and Fury most often go on to Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Lady Snowblood (1973).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sex and Fury?
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011), rated 8.1/10 by 1,480 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sex and Fury?
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Sex and Fury part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Inoshika Ocho, which includes Female Yakuza Tale (1973).
Are there Japanese movies like Sex and Fury?
Yes: Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Lady Snowblood (1973).
How are movies similar to Sex and Fury chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sex and Fury, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.