SimilarScreen
The Big Shave

The Big Shave

19676.90h 6m

Overview

A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese
0

Top Cast

Peter Bernuth

Peter Bernuth

Young Man

Themes & Keywords

vietnam warbathroommanself mutilationanti warrazor bladeshavehorror parodyshort filmindependent filmbody horrorbloodcountercultureintimatetense

About The Big Shave

The Big Shave is a horror, drama film released in 1967 exploring themes of vietnam war, bathroom, man, self mutilation, anti war, razor blade. Directed by Martin Scorsese, it stars Peter Bernuth. A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.

Movies Similar to The Big Shave

Discover titles like The Big Shave — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to The Big Shave

If you enjoyed The Big Shave, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of The Big Shave.

Martin
23% Match

Martin(1978)

Movie6.8/10

A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.

Cutting Moments
19% Match

In the center of a monotonous suburban existence, Sarah lives silently and in subservience to her icy husband Patrick. They have been together far too long, and Patrick's affections for his wife have all but vanished. Instead, his sexual urges are tempting him to lust after their own son. Realizing how far gone her husband is, Sarah undertakes drastic, shockingly sickening measures to salvage some sense of her life and purge her years of festering resentment.

Platoon
17% Match

Platoon(1986)

Movie7.7/10

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Talk to Me
17% Match

Talk to Me(2023)

Movie7.1/10

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Hostel
17% Match

Hostel(2006)

Movie6.0/10

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

The Deer Hunter
16% Match

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

Apocalypse Now
16% Match

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Antichrist
15% Match

Antichrist(2009)

Movie6.6/10

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Skinamarink
14% Match

Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.

Full Metal Jacket
14% Match

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
14% Match

Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

The Dead Center
13% Match

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.