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Movies like Portrait de Borges en Aleph (1990)

The best movies like Portrait de Borges en Aleph (1990) are Nightfall (1956), Cornered (1945) and Cigarette Burns (2005). If Portrait de Borges en Aleph hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Nightfall (1956)

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Cornered (1945)

    A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Cigarette Burns (2005)

    With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Hider in the House (1989)

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. The Sweet East (2023)

    A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted access to the strange sects and cults that proliferate in this country by a series of gatekeepers eager to win her over.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Black Widow (1987)

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Trigger Point (2021)

    Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Blade Runner (1982)

    In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Bad Sister (2015)

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

    A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Good Neighbor (2022)

    A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. 180° South (2010)

    The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Imperial Dreams (2014)

    A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Shift (2023)

    Following a tense encounter with a mysterious stranger with otherworldly powers, a man finds himself banished to a parallel, tyrannical Earth, where he fights to get back to the woman he loves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Hardball (2001)

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. TalhotBlond (2012)

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

    A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. His Kind of Woman (1951)

    Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Portrait de Borges en Aleph?

The closest matches to Portrait de Borges en Aleph are Nightfall (1956), Cornered (1945) and Cigarette Burns (2005). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Portrait de Borges en Aleph?

Start with Nightfall (1956), the closest match to Portrait de Borges en Aleph.

What is the highest-rated movie like Portrait de Borges en Aleph?

Blade Runner (1982), rated 7.9/10 by 15,628 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Portrait de Borges en Aleph?

The Sweet East (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Portrait de Borges en Aleph?

Yes: Nightfall (1956), Cornered (1945) and Cigarette Burns (2005).

How are movies similar to Portrait de Borges en Aleph chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Portrait de Borges en Aleph, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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