15 Movies Like They Don't Wear Black Tie

Loved They Don't Wear Black Tie? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Whiplash
#1

Whiplash

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Boyka: Undisputed IV
#2

Boyka: Undisputed IV

In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Burning Betrayal
#3

Burning Betrayal

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

City of God
#4

City of God

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

New Dubai
#5

New Dubai

In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is love just a construction?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Caramelo
#6

Caramelo

After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Giselle
#7

Giselle

Sexy girl seduces all the members of her family. She indirectly causes the failure of his father's marriage, for her stepmother falls in love with her. Then, she has affairs with her father's stepson, and with the farm housekeeper. She and some friends are also raped by some bad guys. But they all celebrate the ruin of traditional family values.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
#8

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked They Don't Wear Black Tie.

The Secret Agent
#9

The Secret Agent

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Love Strange Love
#10

Love Strange Love

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

A Dog's Will
#11

A Dog's Will

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

State of Fear
#12

State of Fear

As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

The Dutchman
#13

The Dutchman

A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman he encounters on a New York subway.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Elite Squad
#14

Elite Squad

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.

Porno!
#15

Porno!

Three tales of the erotic: Two young ladies experiment with lesbianism, a handsome and wealthy socialite makes a beautiful woman patiently wait to make love to him, and a gorgeous, but controlling and dominating blind woman makes a hunky stud her sexual hostage in her swanky mansion home.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to They Don't Wear Black Tie.