Movies like Desperate Widows
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Desperate Widows (2021)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A widow and her daughter join a commune that is actually a front for something much more sinister.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense
Plot:
human trafficking, mother daughter relationship, commune, widow, survival, corruption, danger, exploitation, escape, rescue, deception, claustrophobia, isolation, black market, paranoia, abuse of power, investigation, moral ambiguity, confrontation, female empowerment, social commentary, revenge, family relations, daughter, cult ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Desperate Widows
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, intense and dark films with plots about moral ambiguity, survival, investigation, isolation, revenge, corruption and urban mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Desperate Widows: My Husband's Secret Life (1998), Women in Chains (1972), For Hannah (2021), Njaan Ippo Entha Cheyya? (2023), Shukra (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A policeman's widow (Archer) uncovers corruption within the force after meeting a woman (Alonso) who was tied to her husband's mysterious death.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, noir
Plot:
police corruption, murder mystery, investigation, cover up, corruption, danger, justice, conspiracy, deception, betrayal, police procedural, corrupt ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
1972 ABC Movie of the Week. Lady parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality, but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychotronic, period drama
Plot:
undercover, women in prison, prison, women's prison, parole officer, confined, mistreatment, danger, injustice, investigation, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
It's 1987, in the small sleepy town of Pine Ridge. When a husband and wife living off the beaten path encounter a mysterious stranger on Christmas Eve, dark secrets quickly emerge. On the same night, law enforcement are investigating a local ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
christmas eve, isolation, small town, deception, husband wife conflict, suspicion, dark past, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, home invasion, holiday, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A tale of urban angst trapping two individuals during the pandemic lockdown that eventually leads to murder.
Style:
tense, intense, crime drama, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
pandemic, isolation, quarantine, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, character study, claustrophobia, guilt, suspicion, morality, investigation, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A couple enters a city ruled by cruel thugs but an unsettling affair reopens unexpected twists and creates new tensions for them. Will they stick together through it all?
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
gang, unsettling, corruption, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, power struggle, urban, survival, adultery, revenge, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
67%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
gang rape, rape, small town, sexual abuse, rape accusation, female protagonist, danger, lawyer, justice, district attorney, threat, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Widowed mother Mo's daughter Krissy begins chatting online with a closet predator who kidnaps and exploits her in sexually abusive live streams on the dark web.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
widow, dark web, predator, sexploitation, relationships, family problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, mother child relationship, family life, single mother, motherhood ...
Similarity:
62%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Businessman Raj Kundra's 63 days inside India's most over crowded jail, Arthur Road jail.
Style:
realistic, tense, intense
Plot:
biopic, claustrophobia, celebrity culture, urban, media frenzy, legal battle, male protagonist, isolation, ethical dilemma, police interrogation, corporate crime, tabloid journalism ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA, Romania
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A captive daughter endures around two decades of abuse at the hands of a sadistic father. One day, destiny presents her with an opportunity to break free.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
father, child abuse, female protagonist, trauma, psychological abuse, domestic abuse, locked in a basement, locked in, captive, despot, brother sister relationship, father and daughter ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman travels abroad trying to realize her dream of being a model, but there she is deceived and subjected to prostitution at the Cabaret Tango Bar, where she experiences the horrors as a victim of a sex trafficking network.
Style:
dark drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
forced prostitution, sex trafficking, mature, exploitation, sexual abuse, prostitution, human trafficking, deception, trapped, psychological trauma, survival, oppression ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
disaster, subway, earthquake, trapped, escape, survival, fear, danger, claustrophobia, underground, urban, darkness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mimicry artist's perfect life shatters upon discovering his wife's secret affair and murderous intentions. His desperate plea for police protection leads to unexpected events.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, domestic drama, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, paranoia, claustrophobia, household, revenge, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A depressed programmer and a model decide to seek gold as a seemingly good job opportunity, but they inadvertently become involved in a well-planned Internet scam.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, crime thriller, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cybercrime, deception, scam, human trafficking, claustrophobia, confined, coercion, survival, organized crime, exploitation, hostage, urban ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Badhshala is a story of torture inside an army barrack during maoist insurgency.
Style:
political thriller, brutal, intense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
torture, human rights, oppression, political unrest, social commentary, war crime, interrogation, trauma, ethical dilemma, realism, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
51%
14
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
desperation, survival, mother daughter relationship, mob boss, female protagonist, organized crime, violence, urban, underworld, corruption, crime family, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
51%
124
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home one year after losing her hands in a savage attack. She cannot remember who her assailant was, but a trip to the local post office leads her towards the truth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
post office, trauma, female protagonist, physical disability, memory loss, survival, revenge, investigation, secret past, identity, amnesia, confrontation ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Allison Riley disappears. When the police refuse their requests, her parents, Joanna and Case, reluctantly hire John Belton, a private investigator with a reputation for questionable procedures and a dark past. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, abduction, sex slavery, sex trafficking, sexploitation, exploitation, kidnapped child, slavery, slave girl, predator, social issues ...
Similarity:
47%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Ammu's thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic, ends when her cop-husband Ravi hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident soon turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic violence, female protagonist, marital abuse, abusive husband, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, violence, family relations, police officer, unhappy marriage, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, female protagonist, survivor, prison life, wrongful imprisonment, psychological trauma, legal battle, biopic, courtroom, escape, survival, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A worker at a nuclear power plant finds life in danger after she points out unsafe conditions.
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, grim
Plot:
plutonium, cover up, whistleblower, female protagonist, corruption, intimidation, corporate conspiracy, danger, paranoia, investigation, moral dilemma, survival ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A little blonde girl who is abandoned by her parents in the Florida swamps is rescued and raised by a black man she calls her "Pa".
Style:
southern gothic, tension, dark, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
swamp, exploitation, alligator, hicksploitation, female protagonist, survival, isolation, teen superhero, coming of age, hostage situation, abandonment, backwoods ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hurricane, storm, survival, struggle for survival, hostage, family relations, trap, trapped, mother daughter relationship, home invasion, danger, convict ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
37%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Raina's child goes missing, she gets help from Holly, a local Detective. However, when they're confronted with Raina's abusive ex, Maurice, she is thrown back into danger as her child becomes a pawn in his latest game of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, detective, suspense, crime drama, emotional ...
Plot:
missing child, manipulation, female protagonist, kidnapping, domestic abuse, cat and mouse, small town, investigation, danger, revenge, moral ambiguity, stalker ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Known for his brutally violent policing tactics, suspended police officer Michael Clarke is sent undercover to infiltrate the notorious London criminal enterprise of Terance Turner, with the task of bringing the gang boss to justice.
Style:
detective, intense, brutal, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
undercover, undercover cop, police, gang, law enforcement, organized crime, violence, corruption, investigation, hooligan, urban, confrontation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
34%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
34%
50
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerome becomes a street cop in hopes to find his mother but also seeks love in the mist, that may turn into a tragedy.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
family secret, investigation, secret past, mother son relationship, tragedy, identity, family drama, urban, betrayal, self discovery, hidden identity, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman tries to move on past her divorce, she goes to a singles retreat, but begins to see that things aren't what they seem.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
retreat, secrets, manipulation, danger, deception, domestic drama, single woman, obsession, betrayal, paranoia, isolation, relationships ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a ...
Style:
suspense, dark, intense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, violent, escapee, vigilante, jealousy, obsession, escape, claustrophobia, village life, anti hero, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl forced into police protection to escape from the journalistic hordes after her brother is arrested for murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
media manipulation, social problems, brother sister relationship, criminal, family problems, teenage girl, family relations, teenager, murderer, murder, runaway, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
32%
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