Movies like Detour 2009
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Detour (2009)
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Original name: Détour
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For twenty-two years, Leo Huff has been working as a secretary in the same office. Living with the same wife in the same suburban bungalow, with the same old furniture and is the same old daily routine, his life is a monotonous statement. Things take a sudden turn when Leo has to stand in for an engineer and give a presentation in a small rural community. There, Leo is swept away by Lou, a distressed young woman who takes him beyond the beaten track. This encounter spells a new beginning for Leo, a strange, chaotic journey filled with unexpected twists and turns.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, melancholic, tension, atmospheric, existential, moody
Plot:
infidelity, life turned upside down, couples, danger, dishonesty, couple relations, disorder, loneliness, abusive relationship, domestic violence, midlife crisis, love affair, dysfunctional marriage, character study, intimate, escape, forbidden love, obsession, jealousy, self discovery, routine, small town, transformation, sexual tension, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
quebec, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, tense and realistic films with plots about dishonesty, couples, obsession, danger, infidelity, couple relations and deadly mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Detour: The Wild Hunt (2009), Cold Spring (2013), Fatal Call (2012), Zoom Hunting (2010), U Be Dead (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
asia, taiwan
Similarity:
84%
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283
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A doctor and his girlfriend are stalked by a woman who claims to be in love with him. Meanwhile, the man falls in love with a younger woman. Based on a true story
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
dangerous attraction, police investigation, obsession, danger, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch, fall in love, mentally unstable, couple relations, stalking, female stalker ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, obsession, manipulation, couple relations, friends, rivalry, couples, dishonesty, uninvited guest, danger, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After finding her boyfriend cheating on her, a woman becomes obsessed with a YouTuber to the point that she thinks he's the perfect man for her.
Style:
psycho sexual, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, sexual obsession, mad woman, infidelity, obsession, relationships, sex, couple relations, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, social media, obsessive love ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, family problems, life turned upside down, disorder, couples, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, cons and scams, female nudity, erotica, promiscuous daughter, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
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72%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A filmmaker wakes up in his mistress's bed after accidentally falling asleep there. As he goes through his day, life begins to take a turn for the surreal and disturbing.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a new boy is employed to work in a coffee shop, he turns out to be a schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication, and makes the life of the popular young waitress who works there a misery.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, hunted, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, life turned upside down, stalker, threat, possessed human, mentally unstable, possessed ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
492
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
63%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, independent film, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalking, psychopath, infidelity, obsession, danger, dangerous attraction, couple relations, dishonesty, couples, husband, woman, friend ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, surreal, psychological, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, airport ...
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying lengths to prove his paternity.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, stalking, obsession, danger, infidelity, couples, small town, husband wife relationship, suspicion, stalker, male female relationship, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
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