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Devious Deeds (2023)
203
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mariela arrives from Venezuela to the United States to care for the Collins' young daughter, Abbey. But behind this family's seemingly perfect facade hides a sinister secret.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, creepy, twisted, noir
Plot:
au pair, nanny, deception, family secret, manipulation, danger, psychological manipulation, isolation, paranoia, caretaker, moral ambiguity, mistrust, intimate, young daughter, home invasion, cat and mouse, identity, revenge, culture clash, slow burn, running, sick child, young girl, new job, heart transplant ...
Place:
usa, venezuela, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, tense and suspenseful films with plots about cat and mouse, isolation, moral ambiguity, paranoia, female protagonist, slow burn and revenge mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Devious Deeds: Strings (2011), Deadly Mom Retreat (2021), A Housekeeper's Revenge (2016), Despair (2017), Stalked Within (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
325
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strings is a 2011 American dramatic thriller film about a musician who discovers his therapist manipulates patients into committing crimes.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
redemption, love, new identity, father daughter reunion, therapy, pianist, violence, daughter, vigilante, surgery, manipulation, psychological manipulation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A college student fears for her life after a number of disturbing occurrences, leaving her desperately searching for the culprit. Her suspicions lead to her family house maid, unaware that their connection is much deeper than meets the eye.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, suspicion, family secret, maid, housekeeper, stalker, teenager, murder suspect, chambermaid, death threat, threat, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After Jack and Lucy rescue a woman from freezing cold in the middle of Scottish mountains, they come to realize that the woman is not who she says she is.
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological thriller, ambiguous ending, gothic
Plot:
deception, isolation, paranoia, cold, psychological manipulation, christmas, femme fatale, cat and mouse, intruder, winter, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia ...
Place:
scottish highlands
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A command center operator becomes increasingly obsessed with a single mother when he begins monitoring her life through his company's residential interior cameras.
Style:
psychological thriller, creepy, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
obsession, stalker, surveillance, voyeurism, privacy invasion, home invasion, paranoia, delusion, danger, obsessive love, psychological manipulation, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna and Mike are married. Paul is Celia's father. They all have secrets to hide. They all are contacted by a mysterious group with unclear intentions who knows the truth.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
secrets, family secret, intrigue, manipulation, suspicion, claustrophobia, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, betrayal, paranoia, blackmail, slow burn ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
brother in law, hostage, murder, psychological manipulation, manipulation, brother brother relationship, vengeance, brothers, family relations, danger, youth, psycho ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, southern gothic, sinister ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, love triangle, family secret, trauma, betrayal, domestic drama, stalker, manipulation, hotel, revenge, guilt ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lauren and Anthony hire a new midwife after their last one mysteriously vanishes, but things may not be as they seem.
Style:
sinister, creepy, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
midwife, pregnancy, psychological manipulation, secret past, manipulation, female protagonist, deception, paranoia, family drama, newborn, isolation, intimate ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
journalism, friendship, neighbor, manslaughter, psychological manipulation, hit and run, guilt, obsession, manipulation, hidden truth, power relations, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alyssa moves into a luxury apartment complex but is unaware she is being watched by her disturbed landlord, Robert, via hidden cameras. Robert will do anything to fill the void left by his estranged daughter–even if that means replacing her.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, female protagonist, landlord tenant relationship, stalker, surveillance, estrangement, female comedian, secretly observing, cat and mouse, danger, voyeurism, isolation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman, Dakota, is trying to move on with her life and get away from her past after being rescued from a grim basement, where she was kidnapped and abused by a monstrous man. However, when the normal life she had starts to unravel, Dakota ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalker, kidnapping, female protagonist, threat, investigation, private investigation, trauma, fear, survivor, problem, abduction, kidnapped woman ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drifter searching for answers to a mystery from her past takes on a job looking after a sick teen who is undergoing a mysterious transformation her family will do anything to stop.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
transformation, body horror, drifter, female protagonist, family secret, identity crisis, claustrophobia, slow burn, small town, paranoia, isolation, outsider ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness obsessed man with mysterious intentions.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, tension ...
Plot:
isolation, group of friends, survival, macabre, desperation, violence, friendship, surveillance, obsession, manipulation, paranoia, deception ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two couples rent a secluded house for a weekend getaway, and encounter an odd caretaker while facing a dangerous secret.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
couples, caretaker, secrets, isolation, claustrophobia, mistrust, psychological manipulation, suspicion, paranoia, moral ambiguity, intimate, confrontation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees, but arrives late, just as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, art house, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, minimalism, psychological manipulation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, missing person, cat and mouse, loneliness, betrayal, isolation, identity ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Police sketch artist, Jack, helps blind rape victim Emmy describe her attacker.. a serial rapist and murderer who is now out to get her.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, serial killer, blindness, danger, investigation, cat and mouse, threat, rape, justice, obsession, paranoia, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A concerned mother tries to protect her teenage daughter when she starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts. When the messages become more threatening, she starts to wonder if the tormentor is someone closer than she ever could have imagined.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, mother daughter relationship, domestic drama, revenge, family secret, stalker, protective parent, isolation, female protagonist, paranoia, confrontation, privacy invasion ...
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Country: Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
taxi driver, threat, danger, female protagonist, paranoia, mistrust, nightshift, urban, loneliness, isolation, betrayal, character study ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, noir
Plot:
blindness, murder mystery, falsely accused, paranoia, deception, man on the run, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, amateur detective, family secret, betrayal by friend, private investigation ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, black comedy
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, family conflict, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, manipulation, betrayal, deception, mature, family secret, protective parent ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An enterprising Sugar Baby is offered $30,000 to move in with her Sugar Daddy for the week, but soon discovers the sinister secrets trapped within his home.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, noir
Plot:
female protagonist, manipulation, psychological abuse, seduction, betrayal, isolation, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, slow burn, surveillance, urban ...
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A home health care worker in her 20's gets hired to care for a elderly man who had molested her when she was a child. She plans her revenge during a weekend when his family is out of town.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, character study, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, slow burn, isolated house, ethical dilemma, cat and mouse, stroke, child molestation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, stalker, deception, danger, male female relationship, relationships, murder mystery, forensics, murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Molly begins a romance with Jack shortly after having her laptop repaired. Soon, Jack turns clingy and Molly breaks it off. Suddenly, her bank accounts are being drained, and she finds half-naked photos of herself posted online.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
stalker, obsession, privacy invasion, criminal, pretense, secret identity, relationship problems, manipulative person, female protagonist, surveillance, toxic relationship, manipulation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
To help out a friend, and to enjoy a glamorous and fast-paced life for awhile, a guy assumes the identity of his busy and mysterious friend...and ends up being pursued by murderous drug dealers.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, attempted murder, missing friend, problem, disappearance, pretense, pretending to be someone else, mysterious disappearance, friend, con trick, identity, impersonation ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman finds her life in danger when an emotionally disturbed police officer she bullied in high school targets her in a twisted plan of revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, bullying, woman in danger, life is a bitch, vengeance, peril, mockery, police inspector, police officer, social problems, relationship problems, fear ...
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100%
352
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
John Whitmore wakes to find his wife, Anne, has disappeared from their bed overnight and a recorded ransom message now remains in her place.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense ...
Plot:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Successful businessman Jake takes his pregnant girlfriend Lindsey on a babymoon trip to an upscale desert resort. When they get there, Lindsey discovers thatJake’s meddlesome soon to be ex-wife, Gwen is there too. In a dream vacation gone wrong, ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
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