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Duress (2009)
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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 plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protégé, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, parents and children, danger, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, murder, salvation, house, mental illness, disorder, child in peril, unlikely criminals, violent content, murderer, cop killer, protective male, protective father, graphic violence, surprise, deadly, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Duress
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, serial killer, psychopath, rivalry and investigation mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Duress: Surveillance (2006), Domestic Disturbance (2001), Killer by Nature (2010), Good Day for It (2011), White Rush (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
child in peril, amateur detective, divorce, boy, investigation, disbelieving adult, father son relationship, witness, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
maryland, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, nightmare comes true, nightmare, who done it, doctors and patients, sleepwalking, dream, danger, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family in danger, rivalry, vengeance, homecoming, parents and children, gang, forced into action, small town, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, law enforcement, hitman, police investigation, drug dealing, criminal's revenge, violent content, gang, woman with a gun, drug deal, drug, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, amateur detective, love affair, family relations, nordic, danger, couples, whodunit, suspect, small town, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
114
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A brutal abduction goes from bad to worse when a middle-aged kidnapper falls in love with his teen victim.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
hitman, bondage, terror, kidnapping, teenager, love, middle aged man, teenage girl, underage, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, fall in love, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
494
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 ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
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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, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
chases and races, rivalry, arms dealing, unlikely criminals, smuggling, escapades, manipulation, dishonesty, dream, danger, auto racing, car chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicholas Brendon is a grieving husband out to ruin a man (Vincent Ventresca) he blames for ruining his marriage by targeting his family.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, haunted by the past, obsession, murder, love affair, memory loss, race against time, neighbor, danger, who done it, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The women in a Seattle serial killer's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead - from his girlfriend to his mother-in-law to his second wife. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, serial killer, abusive husband, mother son relationship, dishonesty, parents and children, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, murder, danger, rebellious daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style:
serious, psychological, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, confined, psychopath, prison life, prison, law enforcement, killer, biopic, killing spree, manipulation, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on true events, tells how a serial murderer, kidnaps and tortures then bandaging girls like mummies.
Style:
psychological, scary, slasher, rough, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, mummy, deadly creature, psychopath, law enforcement, supernatural, police detective, parents and children, murder, psychiatrist, gory, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, vengeance, working undercover, danger, rivalry, secret agent, undercover, espionage, revenge, murder, investigation, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mysterious character, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, lawyer, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, cuba
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, who done it, danger, legal action, suspect, acquittal, husband, couple relations, tabloid journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, danger, vengeance, murder, winter, relationship problems, retribution, family tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, investigator, investigation, uncover truth, gunfight, social relations, small town, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, investigation, psychopath, rivalry, mind game, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A rich heiress and her friends head for a weekend of fun at her isolated ranch house in the middle of no man's land. They soon find that the caretaker's dark past, has taken him down a bloody killing spree.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, isolation, buddies, mysterious character, ranch, struggle for survival, danger, violence, heiress, youth, woods, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
648
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, masked killer, danger, murder, violence, xmas, comeback, pursuit, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kaspar Carr is a professional burglar who lives and works in Chicago. Carr loves his job and is good at it, and two documentary filmmakers are granted access to his private world when he agrees to let them make a film about him.
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
thief, found footage, planning, safecracker, escapades, danger, rivalry, politics, kickass, cop, double agent, petty criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, south america
Similarity:
20%
661
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, murder, criminal heroes, psychopath, false accusation, danger, mentally unstable, police investigation, violence spree, parents and children, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Christine takes her best friend with another couple for a final vacation when she goes to close up and sell her family's hunting lodge in the remote woods of Northern Georgia...but it's also the scene of her worst childhood trauma. Things ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
psychopath, haunted by the past, danger, sniper, childhood trauma, stalking, woods, confined, survival, murder, manhunt, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, hospital, doctors and patients, investigation, childhood trauma, murder, killer, surgery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
20%
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