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The Brute

Movies Like The Brute (1953)

The Brute is a 1953 crime, drama film from Luis Buñuel with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with War for the Planet of the Apes and Sweet Girl.

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War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

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Sweet Girl

2021

A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.

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The Northerners

1992

A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.

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Sliver

1993

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

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The Outsider

2015

Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.

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Life Is All You Get

1997

After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...

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The People Under the Stairs

1991

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

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Volver

2006

Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

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Bang Rajan

2000

Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies.

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Down by Law

1986

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

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Kings

2017

A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

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Chronicle of a Boy Alone

1965

The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

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Cool Hand Luke

1967

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

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All of Us Strangers

2023

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

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My Girl

1991

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...

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Neighbours

1952

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

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Dragons Forever

1988

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

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Teenage Dirtbag

2009

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they create a bond, but tragically a bond that cannot withstand her social pressures or his brutal home life.

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Block-Heads

1938

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Brute?

The top films similar to The Brute by MovieMagicScore are War for the Planet of the Apes (7.2), Sweet Girl (6.6), The Northerners (6.9). Each shares crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Brute worth watching?

The Brute holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 62 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Brute?

The Brute (1953) is a crime, drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Brute?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Brute

This ranked list pairs The Brute (1953), a crime and drama film from Luis Buñuel, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Pedro Armendáriz take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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