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Bad Influence (2025)
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Original name: Mala influencia
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ex-con gets a fresh start when hired to protect a wealthy heiress from a stalker — but their chemistry is hard to resist as they grow closer.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, neo noir, emotional, absurd, romantic drama, moody
Plot:
orphan, stalker, chemistry, danger, dangerous attraction, secret past, forbidden romance, investigation, betrayal, family secret, loyalty, redemption, sexual tension, dark past, moral ambiguity, intimate, revenge, jealousy, conspiracy, high society, rich kid, glamour, urban, underdog, identity ...
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Most similar movies to Bad Influence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, crime drama and noir films with plots about betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban, investigation, revenge, cat and mouse and obsession mostly in Thriller, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Bad Influence: Fall for Me (2025), Unbridled (2018), Haunted Heart (2024), Manu (2018), Heat Is On (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lilli is suspicious of her sister's new fiance, but when an attractive stranger enters her life, she's suddenly distracted by the thralls of desire.
Style:
romantic drama, tense, suspense, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Plot:
sex scene, simulated cunilingus, love triangle, female protagonist, dark secret, attraction, sexual attraction, suspicion, secret past, seduction, chemistry, mysterious stranger ...
Place:
mallorca
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614
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Desperate to keep her husband’s secret, a devoted politician’s wife struggles to stave off threats that could ruin their promising new life.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
family secret, secrets, family relations, husband wife relationship, dark past, family problems, political unrest, politician, male female relationship, secret, secret past, tragic past ...
Place:
andalusia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Colombia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
On a beautiful remote island in Greece, young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, sinister ...
Plot:
remote island, island, love triangle, sexual tension, betrayal, dark past, moral ambiguity, survival, slow burn, seduction, dangerous attraction, character study ...
Place:
greece
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28%
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The relationship between a painter and his admirer unfolds as an abstract, twist-filled hide-and-seek game against the backdrop of murder and revenge.
Style:
suspense thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
painter, murder, artist, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, obsession, relationships, mind game, secrets, male protagonist ...
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26%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Abhi and Cyril have been best buddies from childhood.Being an orphan abhi's favorite place is Cyril's home.He helps Cyril to get married to his love of his life aaradhya against her parents will. Suddenly both newly married couple ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, friendship, danger, confrontation, loyalty, obsession, revenge, cat and mouse, betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman has a brief affair with the contractor who is renovating her apartment and he refuses to accept the end of the relationship.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama
Plot:
home invasion, obsession, stalker, jealousy, fear, affair, psychological manipulation, toxic relationship, dangerous attraction, cat and mouse, female protagonist, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
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211
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Featuring plenty of two-fisted action with romantic and political overtones, this intelligent thriller from Spanish director Daniel Calparsoro is set in the Basque region of northernmost Spain and centers on the clash between two Basque terrorists ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, action thriller, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
terrorism, betrayal, violence, female protagonist, on the run, double life, ethical dilemma, mature, manhunt, moral ambiguity, escape, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
basque country
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25%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A voyeuristic musician meets a seductive senator's wife who wants her husband and stepson out of the way...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, twist ending, crime drama ...
Plot:
femme fatale, incest, psychological manipulation, manipulation, seduction, betrayal, murder, sexual tension, fatal attraction, voyeurism, jealousy, obsession ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Min-hyeok and Hae-ji, Seon-woong and Mi-mi, who came on a couple's trip to Vietnam, are very excited. Min-hyeok also enjoys a thrilling secret meeting with his wife Hae-ji as well as Mi-mi, who has been in a long-term relationship, and has a ...
Style:
intense, suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, twist ending ...
Plot:
mysterious death, moral ambiguity, identity, vacation gone wrong, guilt, memory loss, confrontation, grief, paranoia, betrayal, fate, investigation ...
Place:
vietnam, thailand
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, betrayal, deception, femme fatale, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, fatal attraction, mature, drug dealer, law enforcement, cat and mouse ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Jay's love for Ananya leads to a deadly chain of events while Lekha's dreams collide with a stranger named Arya. As suicide killings grip the nation, a sinister force entwines their lives.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, intense, romantic drama ...
Plot:
suicide, obsession, love triangle, tragic romance, dangerous attraction, betrayal, young adult, investigation, urban, haunting, moral ambiguity, supernatural
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
23%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious circumstances around the death of Vignesh's father leads him down a path filled with unexpected twists and turns. Nothing is as it seems, but will the truth finally set him free?
Style:
suspenseful, dark, twist ending, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
secrets, investigation, deception, family secret, family drama, conspiracy, betrayal, loss, grief, obsession, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Tanzania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Across Africa and London, an American woman struggles with recent tragic events, resulting in impromptu rendezvous with a naive Irishman, who takes on more than he bargained for.
Style:
suspense, emotional, atmospheric, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
guilt, tragic love, grief, post traumatic stress, secrets, loneliness, danger, slow burn, intimate, moral ambiguity, chase, betrayal ...
Place:
london, africa, east africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julian Jons is a talented but troubled young artist. He has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of Anna, his girlfriend/model. Attempting to start painting again, he is pursued by journalist ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, tense, grim ...
Plot:
artist, obsession, mental illness, dark past, character study, guilt, trauma, murder mystery, secrets, investigation, alienation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
625
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman being terrorized by a stalker hires and develops a relationship with a handsome private detective, not realizing he'd become her deadly avenging angel.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalker, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, relationships, stalking, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, terror, problem, psycho terror ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A real estate tycoon suddenly finds himself the victim of a blackmailer, who knows about his participation in the murder of a girl when he was a college student.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, noir, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, blackmail, guilt, secrets, dark past, paranoia, cover up, psychological torment, moral ambiguity, flashback, revenge, betrayal ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A gorgeous hit woman pulls the trigger on passion when she falls for her handsome target. Can they put their mutual attraction aside long enough to find who put the hit out on him?
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing, crime thriller ...
Plot:
passion, seduction, attempted seduction, femme fatale, sex, assassin, female assassin, sexual desire, relationships, male female relationship, seductress, longing ...
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21%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
the story of two former drug addicts who come together in a story of self-improvement.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot:
lie, deception, loneliness, bowling, lonely, identity crisis, self discovery, revelation, family drama, family secret, conspiracy, betrayal ...
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21%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A hitman must prove his loyalty to his mentor and best friend, while his girlfriend wants to leave the business behind them.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
violence, loyalty, criminal heroes, assassin, rivalry, criminal, danger, dishonesty, organized crime, betrayal, moral dilemma, underworld ...
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
cheerleader, manipulation, deception, teen romance, moral ambiguity, coming of age, impostor, emotional manipulation, psychological manipulation, betrayal, high school, mistrust ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A Sub-Inspector of Police, Ram Kumar (Ramki) working in Kondapur Police Station is missing for weeks without a trace. ACP Anand Sai starts an in-depth investigation into the missing mystery. Based on the Ramki's call log the officer suspect ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, suspect, missing person, conspiracy, police procedural, mistrust, corruption, interrogation, urban, betrayal, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An intense love story brews between Deva and Bindhu. On the other side, a masked man who calls himself GOD shakes the city with his brutal serial killings.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tension, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
fear, serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, cat and mouse, obsession, obsessive love, secrets, violent, moral ambiguity, confrontation, investigation ...
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20%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unmitigated and sexy conman targets his next mark, the widowed Monique, for his latest swindle. But his routine scam hits a snag when suspicion mounts and his scheme quickly escalate into desperation, betrayal and murder.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, betrayal, desperation, whodunit, con artists, scam, manipulation, deception, escapades, bandit, caper, criminal ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Anveshi , Starring VijayDharanDatla, SimranGupta, AnanyaNagalla in the lead Roles, Music Composed by ChaitanBharadwaj, Background score by Simon S King, Written Andi Directed by V J Khanna, Produced by T Ganapati Reddy Under the banner of Aruna ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, deception, secrets, obsession, cat and mouse, investigation, identity, urban, revenge
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Bill Sullivan spends the last night of Mr. Phil's Bar hanging out with his friends, drinking, sex and murder ensue. Last call takes on a whole new meaning.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, bar fight, drinking, nightclub, murderer, problem, escapades, danger, night, violence, nightlife, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
mistress, gangster, dark past, organized crime, driver, lie, deception, criminal gang, brother sister relationship, bandit, fight, gang ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Giulietta Di Messina a rich sensual European aristocrat (Romina Di Lella) has an unquenchable desire to be a lounge singer against her powerful banker husband's William Windsor's (Oliver Gruber) wish. Still she rebels against him and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
danger, love and romance, woman in danger, fall in love, hate, love, security, protection, betrayal, banker, graphic violence, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted by a relentless killer and a rogue black ops program, he must rely on skills he thought he left behind in a ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, realistic, suspenseful, fast paced ...
Plot:
black ops, mystery woman, killer, special agent, murderer, agent, murder, fbi agent, spy, conspiracy, male protagonist, survival ...
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19%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A famous inventor marries a beautiful but much younger woman. His son becomes romantically involved with her.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama, erotic, twist ending ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, deception, psychological manipulation, betrayal of trust, family secret, father son estrangement, seduction, obsession, jealousy, conspiracy, domestic drama ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul Randall finds his mother murdered one day, he himself comes under suspicion.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, grim, detective ...
Plot:
protection, bodyguard, murder, investigation, assassin, family tragedy, paranoia, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, male protagonist, urban ...
Time:
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