Movies like The Confidant 2010
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The Confidant (2010)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a full scholarship. A complicated web of lies, gambling, murder and a pact between friends sends an innocent friend to prison and the other to fame. After spending eleven years in prison, the innocent comes to collect a debt and is determined to have the life he was promised... by any means necessary.
Style:
neo noir, bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, sexy, realistic
Plot:
gambling, betrayal, murder, intrigue, best friends, vengeance, rivalry, obsession, ambition, dishonesty, friends, graphic violence, manipulation, sexual content, nude, love, sex, erotica, female nudity, suspense, african american, surrealism, neglected wife, climbing out of a swimming pool, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, dishonesty, deadly, rivalry, danger, nude and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Confidant: The Truth (2010), The Devil's Dominoes (2008), From the Inside (2010), Favor (2013), Playing House (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated...
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suspenseful, tense, captivating, sexy, neo noir ...
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hostage, heist, couples, betrayal, confined, dishonesty, vengeance, older man younger woman relationship, kidnapping, suspense, villain, bondage ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
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tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, gangsters, dishonesty, partners, rivalry, murder, suspense, car accident, car, devil, mafia, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, murderous pair, rivalry, dishonesty, crime gone awry, kidnapping, cons and scams, graphic violence, suspense, nude, death, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, friends, life turned upside down, dishonesty, suspense, disposing of a dead body, death, twists and turns, buddies, disorder, graphic violence, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
infidelity, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, manipulation, obsession, couples, couple relations, rivalry, dishonesty, friends, uninvited guest, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Films like Sexual Predator
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
computers and web, extramarital affair, voyeurism, femme fatale, murder, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, protagonist as suspect, dangerous attraction, cyberspace ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
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Plot:
obsession, stalking, erotica, sex scene, making love, sexual content, relationships, killer, cell phone, woman in danger, voyeurism, store ...
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Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A homicide detective (Michael Madsen) falls for a resort owner (Laura Johnson) suspected of slaying a playboy developer.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
strong sexual content, porn actress, serial killer, graphic violence, dishonesty, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, femme fatale, murder, couples, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, scary
Plot:
murder, vengeance, mysterious character, contract killing, suspense, brutality, violence, fight, hitman, nude, woman in danger, graphic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, vengeance, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, suspense, mafia, nude ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Style:
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Plot:
infidelity, femme fatale, betrayal, dangerous attraction, female nudity, vengeance, obsession, mind game, rivalry, dishonesty, love affair, manipulation ...
Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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. ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
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tense, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, investigation, murder, betrayal, legal investigation, love and romance, manipulation, dishonesty, legal, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer, power relations ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man's life gets wrecked by a woman with whom he had a casual "affair" over the Internet.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, race against time, rivalry, suspense, strong violent content, mexican, drug cartel, danger, chases and races
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style:
rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, hitman, vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, nude, couples, clergy, hotel, infidelity, woman in danger, sexual relations ...
Time:
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