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The Stepson (2010)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Donna May is a grief counselor who suddenly finds herself grieving and alone after the hit-and-run death of her husband, Robert. Soon after Robert's death, Donna's estranged adopted son, Kevin, appears at her house, claiming he has cleaned up his act and wants to regain her trust. Donna reluctantly takes Kevin in, although they haven't seen each other since a violent fight that she and Robert had with him five years earlier when he was caught stealing money from them. It doesn't take long for the aggressive side of Kevin's personality to emerge. He claims that Robert had been cheating on Donna, and prevents her from leaving the house or having visitors. Donna's credit cards and checks go missing and Kevin won't allow her to answer the phone. When Donna's lawyer is found dead after Kevin accused him of being a fraud, she becomes convinced that Kevin killed him and attempts to escape the house, in what may prove to be a struggle for her life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, serious, suspenseful, sinister, intense, surprise ending
Plot:
murder, escape attempt, psychopath, secret, adopted son, rescue, family relations, manipulation, psychological abuse, grief, family drama, woman in danger, mother son conflict, death of husband, isolation, home invasion, family secret, control, estrangement, bereavement, domestic abuse, survival, betrayal, claustrophobia, resentment ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and psychological thriller films with plots about claustrophobia, isolation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, investigation, revenge and obsession mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Stepson: The Righteous (2021), Rare Blood (2020), The Stepchild (2016), Killing Mommy (2016), Deadly Visions (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, art house, psychotronic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custody of her beloved daughter, Izzy. But Kate's despair soon turns to terror as she begins to have ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, stalker, stalking, woman in danger, danger, computers and web, time jump, hacking, woman in peril, man in a wheelchair, art gallery, intruder ...
Time:
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Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
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tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, deception, evidence, death, secret, house, lie, estate, strong female character, uncover truth, grief, family secret ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
65%
4K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, social, noir
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
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63%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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864
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman discover her husband is having an online affair and that his internet lover is dangerously obsessed with him.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
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Place:
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