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Similar to The End of Us

Tainted Souls

Original: Il contagio

“The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome.”

6.1TMDB / 106.0IMDb / 1019%Match
Released
28 Sep 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
Language
Italian
Director
Matteo Botrugno

Tainted Souls (2017) shares a 19% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Relationship. The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome.

Why it matches The End of Us

Shared genres

Tainted Souls (2017) lists 1 genre — Drama — and 1 of them overlap with The End of Us (100%). That single genre is the weakest kind of signal on its own — context below explains why the keyword overlap still matters.

Overlapping themes

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Overall match score

19%

With 1 overlapping theme and 1 shared genre, Tainted Souls (2017) lands in the edge-case of our recommendation set for The End of Us. The 60/40 keyword-vs-genre weighting is what separates this score from a shared-genre coincidence.

How audiences received it

TMDB viewer rating

TMDB viewers have given Tainted Souls an average of 6.1 / 10 across 46 votes.

IMDb audience score

IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 6.0 / 10 (294 votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.

Popularity signal

Current TMDB popularity index: 2.6 — under the radar. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.

The film in context

Where it sits

Tainted Souls — released on 28 Sep 2017, running 1h 50m, in Italian.

Direction & writing

Directed by Matteo Botrugno.

On screen

Anna Foglietta
Vinicio Marchioni
Giulia Bevilacqua
Luca Curina
Dharma Mangia Woods

Studios

Notorious Pictures
Kimerafilm
RAI

FAQ

Is Tainted Souls similar to The End of Us?

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Our engine rates Tainted Souls a 19% thematic match with The End of Us, weighted 60% on shared keywords and 40% on shared genres. That places it at the edges of our catalogue of similar films.

When was Tainted Souls released?

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Tainted Souls was released in 2017 and runs 1h 50m.

How is Tainted Souls rated?

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Tainted Souls holds 6.1 / 10 on TMDB (46 votes) and 6.0 / 10 on IMDb (294 votes).

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