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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)

  • Drama
  • Horror
  • 117 min
  • 16 age guide
  • ★ 6.3/10 from 2,376 ratings

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

Directed byPier Paolo Pasolini

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  1. 01

    The Decameron

    Same director

    1971 · 111 min · Comedy · Drama · History

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    A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • shared production studio: Les Productions Artistes Associés, PEA
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  2. 02

    Amarcord

    Strong story similarity

    1973 · 123 min · Comedy · Drama

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    In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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  3. 03

    Late Night Trains

    Strong story similarity

    1975 · 94 min · Horror · Thriller

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    Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Unfortunately a pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize the pair.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

    Strong story similarity

    1970 · 95 min · Drama · History

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    In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: fascism and world war ii
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  5. 05

    The Devils

    Similar atmosphere

    1971 · 112 min · Drama · History · Horror

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    In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: bold and torture
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  6. 06

    The Damned

    Strong story similarity

    1969 · 158 min · Drama · History

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    In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  7. 07

    The Beast in Heat

    Strong story similarity

    1977 · 86 min · Horror · Thriller · War

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    In a remote village in occupied Europe, the SS pursue their inhuman treatment of captured partisans in efforts to force them to betray their comrades.... while Fraulein Krast, a sadistic biologist, concentrates her efforts on the womenfolk with refined tortures and humiliation, leaving them to the mercy of a sex-crazed half-man, half-beast she has created with experimental injections.... And as advancing Allied forces approach the village, Krast herself becomes a victim of her own fiendish rituals....

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: nazi and torture
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Nazi Love Camp 27

    Strong story similarity

    1977 · 85 min · Drama

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    When World War II breaks out, two German lovers are cruelly separated. While he is sent to fight at the front, she, a Jewish girl, is sent to a concentration camp where humiliation and death have been elevated to a sinister art.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: nazi and sadism
    • substantial genre overlap
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  9. 09

    The Spider's Stratagem

    Strong story similarity

    1970 · 100 min · Drama · Mystery

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    A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  10. 10

    My Dear Nephews

    Strong story similarity

    1974 · 100 min · Comedy

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    1936. In a village in the Bassa Padana, a beautiful and shapely forty-year-old girl is aunt of some boys in the middle of their sexual maturity.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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