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Restitution (2011)
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Restitution (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigator, investigation, amateur detective, uncover truth, gunfight, small town, social relations, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud, life is a bitch, writer's life, small town life, writers, obsession, town, spy thriller, gun action, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, danger, deadly, investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Restitution: Good Day for It (2011), American Crime (2004), Man from Reno (2014), Uncle John (2015), Fatal Acquittal (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Good Day for It (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family in danger, vengeance, rivalry, parents and children, forced into action, small town, homecoming, gang, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious ...
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American Crime (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
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Man from Reno (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: amateur detective, investigation, law enforcement, extramarital affair, writer's life, small town, love affair, missing person, book, bookstore, writers, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Duration: 113 min.
Story: Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved
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Plot: missing person, investigation, homecoming, social relations, unlikely criminals, manipulation, small town life, under the surface, small town, dishonesty, murder, love and romance ...
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Fatal Acquittal (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, danger, who done it, acquittal, legal action, suspect, guilty, husband, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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24%
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Dark Desire (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man desperate to be connected to the people close to him resorts to devious measures to achieve that desire
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, family in danger, investigation, murder, uncover truth, dishonesty, love affair, couples, sociopath, relationship problems, criminal, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Killing Game (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Duress (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, murder, salvation, house, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Caught in the Crossfire (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, partner, gang, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, friendship, rivalry, danger, mafia, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Modus Operandi (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain ...
Style: serious, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: betrayal, working undercover, vengeance, espionage, secret agent, undercover, rivalry, danger, revenge, investigation, murder, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Barber (2014)
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, barber, monster, house, killer, son ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Down and Dangerous (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An inventive and resourceful cocaine smuggler defends his trade against violent rival traffickers, a monstrous and vengeful killer, and the DEA agents who want to lock him up – all while falling for a stunningly beautiful woman with a taste for ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Rushlights (2013)
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Duration: 98 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Paranormal Abduction (2012)
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Duration: 87 min.
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Country: USA
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Place: usa
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Cold in July (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
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True Blue (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense, neo noir ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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The Cohasset Snuff Film (2012)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In 2009, the small town of Cohasset, Massachusetts was rocked with tragedy. A 17-year-old high school senior named Collin Mason murdered three classmates. All the murders were videotaped and uploaded to the Internet via bit torrent sites and for ...
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The Hidden Child (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
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Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, serious, tense
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, nordic, serial killer, writers, intrigue, dishonesty, against humanity, murder, adolescence ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, mindfuck, tense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Borderline Murder (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.9
 89
Nexus (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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