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Cause of Death (2001)
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Original name: Cause Of Death
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A deputy-district attorney, assigned to investigate the murder of the mayor's cousin, finds himself falling for the victim's wife.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, scary, sexual, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, political corruption, love affair, who done it, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, femme fatale, murder investigation, court, district attorney, heroes, love and romance, manipulation, legal investigation, police corruption, protagonist as suspect, insurance fraud, bar fight, videotaping, accusation, courtroom drama, danger, swimming pool ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to Cause of Death
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, dishonesty, murder, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, who done it and danger mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Cause of Death: Hourglass (1995), Pendulum (2001), Quiet Kill (2004), Exit in Red (1996), Bloodline (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A business executive gets mixed up with a killer female and her lesbian roommate, who plot to take over his fashion business.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
femme fatale, villain, sadist, woman seduces a man, fashion, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, lifestyle, couples ...
Time:
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371
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, politician, investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, partners against crime, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, who done it ...
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57%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An attractive married woman and a member of the 'Country Club Tennis Set', is being neglected by her workaholic doctor husband, Jerry (Corbin Bernsen). Lonely and insecure, Amy foolishly falls for the seductive charms of a much younger ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, stalker, prostitute, love affair, woman in danger, dangerous attraction, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, who done it ...
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the rich and beautiful Ally Mercer (Annabel Schofield), who has ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, murder, sexuality, power relations, love affair, lawsuit, manipulation, infidelity, frame up, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, who done it, uncover truth, police investigation, investigation, manipulation, love affair, couples, law enforcement, rise to the top, obsession ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like Dark Desire
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When prominent businessman Andrew Pyne is found shot in a New York alley, one of the NYPD's best, Rick Mallory, suspects a Galeno Mob hit. When he and his partner, Amos Turzo try to question Pyne's widow, Hadley, they are quickly ushered ...
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, righting the wronged, power relations, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, femme fatale, amateur detective, serial killer, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, legal investigation, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
121
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
suspenseful, sexual, realistic, erotic, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, prostitute, legal, rivalry, courtroom, false accusation, legal action, couples, power relations, love and romance, army investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, infidelity, erotica, disorder, couples, fall in love, criminal heroes, murder, embezzlement, cons and scams, who done it ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
Style:
erotic, sexy, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
erotica, sex scene, villain, making love, private detective, femme fatale, power relations, couples, phone sex, disorder, who done it, missing person ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, new york, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Patients of sexy psychiatrist Dr. Jill Kessey and eccentric attorney Alexander Hathaway are being murdered in bloody, satanic rituals. Law enforcement investigations reveal that sex and mutilation are the signatures of a serial killer, who likes to ...
Style:
sexy, slasher, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, police detective, rivalry, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, murder, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, dishonesty, sexual abuse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Films like Rear Window
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, false accusation, police, dishonesty, legal investigation, who done it, frame up, hotshot lawyer, legal, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former government Jason Price (Dolph Lundgren) makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly, unexpected turn. A mysterious hit man known as The ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, special agents, government agency, dishonesty, law enforcement, uncover truth, spy, suspense, conspiracy, car bomb, espionage, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas style.
Style:
mind bending, sexy, tense, erotic, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, strong female presence, couples, family problems, righting the wronged, power relations, love affair, dangerous attraction, hip hop, crumbling marriage, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, manipulation, woman in danger, police detective, courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, dishonesty, legal, political corruption, courtroom, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Before Lauren and her dad, Stran, even settle into their beautiful new house, she learns that it was once the site of a grisly homicide! When her pops, a former prosecutor, becomes obsessed with cracking the case, he's murdered. And it's ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending
Plot:
suspense, murder, riddles and clues, amateur detective, femme fatale, private detective, couples, who done it, police investigation, legal investigation, intrigue, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Films like Cold Heart
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Modern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, disability, psychopath, investigation, uncover truth, mind game, who done it, law enforcement, amateur detective, obsession, dangerous attraction, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
292
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kris is a homicide cop with psychic abilities. She works to prove that the prime suspect in her latest case (the much younger husband of the millionaire victim) is innocent. But are her visions true, or planned by someone who knows what she can see?
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
Plot:
a vision, police detective, couples, law enforcement, love and romance, supernatural ability, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, love affair, murder, police, erotica ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former cop who is now a novelist notices an attractive young woman move in next door to him. He strikes up a conversation, one thing leads to another and he spends the night. She asks him to come back the next evening, but when he does he ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, erotic, mind bending ...
Plot:
time travel, hospital, murder, twists and turns, dangerous attraction, riddles and clues, sexual relations, woman in danger, love affair, cons and scams, twins, amateur detective ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, police investigation, dangerous attraction, uncover truth, dishonesty, life is a bitch, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A cop taking personal leave after he witnesses money stolen from the police property room becomes involved with a beautiful singer who may have killed her husband.
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, fall in love, who done it, police corruption, uncover truth, police investigation, femme fatale, police detective, couples, murder, workplace situations, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Movies like Payback
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence.
Style:
erotic, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
yacht, murder, dangerous attraction, courtroom drama, twins, erotica, dishonesty, legal investigation, investigation, false accusation, who done it, frame up ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir ...
Plot:
lesbian, missing person, private detective, murder, lesbian sex, sex, love affair, investigation, uncover truth, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Film cutter Katie Griffin is hopelessly in love with writer Richard Mannhart, and starts an affair with him. When Mannhart's wife is killed in a road accident, Katie tells the police she thinks he's tampered with his wife's car. Being ...
Style:
sexy, tense, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
dishonesty, love and romance, femme fatale, obsession, couples, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, love affair, infidelity, delusion, flashback, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, manipulation, femme fatale, hidden identity, crime gone awry, hitman, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, police investigation, law enforcement, couples, missing person ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot:
sex maniac, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, track down, dishonesty, vengeance, missing child, infidelity, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Films like Deepwater
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, femme fatale, woman in danger, serial killer, dishonesty, obsession, betrayal, mind game, law enforcement, legal, dangerous attraction ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
505
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An elderly woman turns the tables on her kidnapper.
Style:
rough, serious, psychological, mind bending, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, love affair, frame up, undercover, dishonesty, golden years, dangerous attraction, chaos and mayhem, unlikely criminals, life is a bitch, city life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
Style:
mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, lawyer, courtroom, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, protagonist as suspect, righting the wronged, injustice, social differences, who done it, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ...
Style:
serious, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, uncover truth, mind game, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, media, journalism, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
105
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
legal investigation, manhunt, femme fatale, protagonist as suspect, mind game, betrayal, rivalry, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, crumbling marriage, couples ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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