Movies like Choke 2001
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Choke (2001)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run car accident. To protect Gina, Henry disposes of Ron, but a murderous sociopath witnesses this crime. Henry and this stranger bond in an odd way, telling stories about their childhoods. Henry makes a deal with the stranger, helping to get rid of the body of one of the stranger's victims. Will this act seal a bargain between the two men and get Henry off the hook, or will the stranger threaten Henry and Gina?
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run, car crash, rivalry, sociopath, witness, con man, con artists, car accident, deadly, mystery, crime, manipulations, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Choke
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, dishonesty, serial killer, rivalry and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like Choke: Twin Sisters (1992), Two Shades of Blue (1999), Blowback (2000), Freeway (1988), Profile of a Killer (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
canada, montreal, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
voyeurism, murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, life turned upside down, woman in danger, protagonist as suspect, strong sexual content, deaf, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
884
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder, undercover, danger, violence spree, psychopath, religions or cults, partners against crime, law enforcement, race against time, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
669
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, tense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lapd, radio, automobile, woman with a gun, exploitation, police investigation, amateur detective, chase, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case - only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer's deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal psychologist, mind game, murder, serial killer, special agent, rivalry, youth, police investigation, investigation, violent content, confined, one last case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, frame up, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, cons and scams ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
100%
1K
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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, disposing of a dead body, friends, life turned upside down, dishonesty, danger, death, dark humor, cover up, accidental death, anti hero, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disappearance, island, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, father daughter relationship, little girl, death, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, rape and murder, murder, serial killer, outdoor sex, filmmaking, psychopath, filmmaker, voyeurism, woman in jeopardy, rape victim, misogynist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, independent film, realistic, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nico Albert is a very peculiar character teenager, with exceptional intelligence and a single obsession: chess. His parents, concerned about the anomalous attitude of his son, child psychologist hired Julio Beltran. Through therapy and common hobby ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
chess, emotional manipulation, parents and children, murder, family relations, psychologist, teenager, teenage life, family in crisis, mind game, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, police investigation, serial killer, riddles and clues, legal investigation, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
27%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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479
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, computers and web, extramarital affair, dangerous attraction, voyeurism, cyberspace, murder, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, gang, murder, survival, danger, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, chase, die hard, biker, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, monster, killer, house, barber, son, barbershop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, danger, murder, survival, mind game, rescue, psychopath, woman in danger, isolation, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles, michigan, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
384
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, dishonesty, looking for sex, criminal's revenge, partner, going straight, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, blind ambition, female masturbation, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, save the day, memory loss, undercover, rivalry, political conspiracy, government agency, danger, dishonesty, political corruption, terrorism, antidote ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, scary ...
Plot:
resort, woman in danger, kidnapping, danger, murder, family relations, isolation, single parent, witnessing a crime, parents and children, weekend, guru ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties. When the single veterinary Laurent Kessler claims damage in his basement caused by a flooding due ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, couples, danger, dishonesty, murder, suspicion, psychology, infidelity, female nudity, scalpel, veterinarian ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
flanders
Similarity:
20%
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