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The Square (2008)
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The Square (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological thriller, twisted, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: twists and turns, revenge, murder, tragedy, extortion, infidelity, nothing goes right, danger, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, life turned upside down, violence, apocalypse, caper, fire, arson, suspicion, exodus, burned alive, neighbor, marriage, mobster, couples, temptation ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place: australia, new zealand
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Most similar movies to The Square

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about murder, dishonesty, twists and turns, disorder, profanity, crime gone awry and husband wife relationship mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Square: Blood Simple (1984), Derailed (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), Felony (2013), The Hard Word (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blood Simple (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style: neo noir, suspense, psychological, independent film, tense ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: murder, private detective, murder mystery, extramarital affair, adultery, crime gone awry, twists and turns, hired killer, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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 6.6
 76K
Derailed (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, rough, twist ending ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, blackmail, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, police investigation, couples, rape, danger, betrayal, disorder, femme fatale ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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60%
 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.1
 6K
Felony (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: moral dilemma, police, police corruption, police investigation, accident, life turned upside down, dirty cop, law enforcement, crime gone awry, dishonesty, coma, guilty conscience ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Hard Word (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style: suspense, stylized, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, chase, vengeance, lawyer, twists and turns, robbery, greed, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, frame up, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: australia, melbourne, sydney australia
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34%
 6.0
 11K
Blood and Wine (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Style: neo noir, melancholic, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: heist, dysfunctional family, greed, twists and turns, family relations, family problems, nothing goes right, mistress, parents and children, robbery, murder, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed... (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Vishal Dixit leads an ordinary life with his wife and daughter but his once idyllic marriage is crumbling. When he meets a beautiful married woman en route to work on the train, it sparks a torrid adulterous affair. Vishal soon finds that an ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Plot: couples, infidelity, murder, love and romance, couple relations, family problems, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, disorder, danger, life turned upside down, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.4
 2K
Swerve (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, police corruption, disorder, twists and turns, rivalry, cons and scams, small town, car accident, chase, desert, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 76K
A Simple Plan (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: greed, snow, small town, betrayal, fbi, bag of money, heist, winter, twists and turns, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: minnesota, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.1
 14K
Cut Bank (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, semi serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: murder, small town, witness, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, small town life, coming of age, blood, hustler ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: robbery, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, blackmail, greed, adultery, nudity, murder, divorce, caper, character study, debt ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, persia, usa, rio de janeiro, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.4
 3K
Bad Company (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
Style: suspenseful, clever, psychological, neo noir, stylized ...
Plot: murder, cons and scams, black man white woman relationship, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala. Confronting Victor, Charles tries to adopt an air of indifference, but the conversation ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, cynical ...
Plot: infidelity, unfaithful wife, investigation, adultery, marriage, cheating wife, murder, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, dysfunctional marriage, family problems, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: france, paris france, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.3
 792
Out of Season (2004)
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, hitman, femme fatale, crime gone awry, dangerous attraction, hidden identity, couples, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Red Rock West (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, danger, war injury, murder, greed, brutality, caper, gas station ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Best Laid Plans (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical ...
Plot: heist, manipulation, twists and turns, small town, betrayal, murder, cons and scams, dishonesty, nothing goes right, disorder, couples, caper ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, nevada, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.2
 189K
The Bank Job (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, clever, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, bank, caper, political corruption, blackmail, mobster, crime gone awry, car salesman, organized crime, murder ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: london, england, britain, united kingdom, bahamas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.2
 218K
Fracture (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot: twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 6.1
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Headshot (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vengeance, danger, disorder, dishonesty, secret movement, frame up, assassination, sex, asian, killer, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.8
 6K
Loft (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment. In this loft they meet their mistresses and conquests. Everything seems perfect, until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The group of friends begin ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, dread, twist ending ...
Plot: murder, couples, secret place, friends, whodunit, dishonesty, couple relations, mistrust, who done it, multiple suspects, betrayal, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: amsterdam, europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.5
 4K
The Rise (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, friends, renewed love, frame up, one more chance, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Brighton Rock (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, gang war, waitress, revenge, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, danger, criminal heroes, couples, murder, woman in danger, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, brighton, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.7
 37K
Cold in July (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: twists and turns, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, vigilantism, father son relationship, violence, small town, intruder, unlikely partners, vengeance ...
Time: year 2014, 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Wish You Were Here (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, captivating, twisted ...
Plot: missing person, tourist, holiday, uncover truth, struggle, age difference, inspiration, backpacking, mobster, pregnant wife, profanity, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 66K
Shallow Grave (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, manipulation, betrayal, greed, cop, roommate, crime gone awry, paranoia, deception, dark humor, caper, heist ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: scotland, britain, edinburgh scotland, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.6
 3K
Rushlights (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style: neo noir, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: cons and scams, crime gone awry, couples, murder, betrayal, small town, inheritance, drug dealer, sheriff, danger, love and romance, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.0
 170K
The Gift (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, twists and turns, bullying, secrets, gift, psychopath, stalker, home invasion, stalking, husband wife relationship, plot twist, bully ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016
Place: los angeles, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.1
 78K
Blue Ruin (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style: neo noir, independent film, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: vengeance, revenge, vigilante, violence, vigilantism, murder, brutality, violent, storytelling, haunted by the past, car, disorder ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.6
 2K
Three Way (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, crime gone awry, nude girl, kidnapping, betrayal, who done it, debauchery, dishonesty, manipulation, voyeur, disorder, rivalry ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, neo noir, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: twists and turns, hitman, revenge, assassin, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, justice, mafia, vengeance, secrets, mysterious character ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 1979, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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