Faced with the town lawyer, the sheriff, and a rival slaughterhouse owner trying to purchase his land, Lester Bacon decides to take matters into his own hands, ordering his hulking and mentally deranged son to permanently dispose of anyone who conspires against them.

Prime Cut

1972

English

6.7

♡ 8

71%

Michael Ritchie Director

Lee Marvin as Nick Devlin

Sissy Spacek as Poppy

Bill Morey as Shay

Gregory Walcott as Weenie

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

The Slaughterhouse Killer

2020

English

4.4

♡ 2

Action

criminal past

Horror

mentor protégé relationship

Sam Curtain Director

John McGregor as Barkeep

Libby Jessup as Louise

Dot Millhouse as Mrs. Henderson

Steven Jones as Stanz

Small town living suits Box just fine. Blue collar, safe, simple. A passion for slaughter keeps him in line at the local abattoir where he has the chance to quench his thirst for blood. When Nathan, a young parolee arrives in town, Box is instructed to take him under his wing, and soon the two men bond over a bloody murder. Unable to resist the temptations of blood, the two form a friendship revolving around their sickness for power. A friendship which is bad news for everyone in town as they become lambs for the slaughter used solely as entertainment for the duo.

In a Year with 13 Moons

1978

German

7.3

♡ 10

76%

frankfurt am main, germany

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Himself

Günther Kaufmann as J. Smolik, Chauffeur

Walter Bockmayer as Seelenfrieda

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

Pignorant

2024

English

8.1

♡ 7

98%

Joey Carbstrong Director

Joey Carbstrong as Self

Tarion Partridge as Self

Dan Sheppard as Self

An ex gang member's love for pigs spurs him on a life-risking mission to uncover the truth behind 'bacon'. Director and Activist Joey Carbstrong goes undercover with fellow activists to infiltrate and expose the deeply ingrained corruption and heartbreaking abuse that lies at the heart of the UK’s ‘pork industry’.

Okja

2017

English

7.3

♡ 156

87%

Joon-ho Bong Director

Phillip Garcia as Diego Alejandro

Jake Gyllenhaal as Johnny Wilcox

Tilda Swinton as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando

Devon Bostick as Silver

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Blood of the Beasts

1949

French

7.7

♡ 3

90%

Georges Franju Director

Nicole Ladmiral as Récitante / Narrator

Georges Hubert as Récitant / Narrator

Maurice Griselle as Self - cow slaughterer

Alfred Macquart as Self - horse slaughterer

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

Cyclo

1995

Vietnamese

7.1

♡ 5

82%

Anh Hung Tran Director

Nhu Quynh Nguyen as Madam

Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Poet

Nu Yên-Khê Tran as Sister

Hoang Phuc Nguyen as Tooth

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

To Catch a Killer

2023

English

6.6

♡ 128

53%

Damián Szifron Director

Mark Camacho as Chief Karl Jackson

Shailene Woodley as Eleanor Falco

Jovan Adepo as Mackenzie

Mel Fair as Talk Show Caller

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.

On Body and Soul

2017

Hungarian

7.5

♡ 28

90%

Ildikó Enyedi Director

Géza Morcsányi as Endre

Zoltán Durkó as Feri

Alexandra Borbély as Mária

Rozi Székely as Teri

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.