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Le torrent (2022)
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Original name: Le Torrent
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alexandre finds out his wife Juliette is cheating on him. They quarrel with each over, Juliette runs away during the night, and has a fatal fall. The next day, torrential rain have taken her body away. The police force is investigating and Patrick, Juliette's father, shows up to find out what happened. Fearing to be charged, Alexandre convinces his 18 years old daughter Lison to cover him. But his lies make things worse, and Patrick has doubts about him. It's the beginning of a dreadful chain of events.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, crime drama, atmospheric, noir, moody
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, domestic drama, father daughter relationship, accidental death, tragedy, family secret, family drama, moral dilemma, cover up, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, grief, suspicion, realism, slow burn, dog, snow, dispute, falling from height, small town, police procedural, flood, death ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, noir and psychological thriller films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, betrayal, small town, family secret, slow burn and murder mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Le torrent: Til Death Do Us Part (2023), Belle (2024), Sila Nodigalil (2023), Murder In Arcachon (2019), See Saw (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
John Dubury, a fifty-year-old man disappointed by his life, sees his wife die from a fatal fall while they are on vacation together. And while an accident is initially thought to be the cause of death, suspicions soon turn to John... especially ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
husband and wife, murder investigation, husband, dead wife, death of wife, police detective, police officer, wife, investigation, police, police investigation, death ...
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95%
284
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple have a peaceful existence in a small provincial town. He is a teacher and she runs an opticians practical. Their life is turned upside when Belle, a friend’s daughter who is lodging with them, is found dead in her room. The husband ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, moody
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, wrongful accusation, suspicion, small town, moral ambiguity, secrets, domestic drama, intimate, alibi, realism, provincial, trust ...
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87%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
What happens when your fate is messed up and you are trapped in your past? When a married cosmetic surgeon Raj Varadhan from London falls in love with his model girlfriend Maya Pillai who accidentally dies due to drug overdose, his life takes him ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, noir ...
Plot:
secrets, guilt, deception, cover up, obsession, death, memory, moral dilemma, identity crisis, betrayal, infidelity, grief ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christophe Perrin, a renowned oyster farmer in Arcachon Bay, is the victim of a murder attempt. His three daughters rush to his bedside, where he lies wounded and unable to manage L'Héritage, the family oyster farm.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
inheritance, investigation, family business, family secret, domestic drama, family conflict, murder mystery, family relations, attempted murder, crime investigation, farmer, sister sister relationship ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Inspector Mugilan investigates the disappearance of a prominent Coimbatore businessman, Aadhavan, and his wife Malavika after their servant is found murdered in their home.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, murder, police procedural, businessman, family secret, suspicion, mature, servant, betrayal, cat and mouse, power ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Shelly Mohan is a regular mum who juggles the lives and schedules of three children and a husband who is a local detective. It’s a chaotic and mostly thankless life, but one with which she is happy…until a dark secret emerges from her past.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, domestic drama, motherhood, family secret, suspicion, double life, small town, betrayal, hidden identity, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
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592
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A father and daughter : Samuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern, cover the murder of a girl attacked with acid for their magazine. Struck by the brutality of this murder, as well as by his daughter’s interest in the case, Samuel decides to ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, dark, noir
Plot:
father daughter relationship, murder mystery, investigation, fear, danger, suspicion, journalism, trauma, violence, female victim, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style:
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Plot:
serial killer, coma, murder, husband wife relationship, police protagonist, serial murder, accident, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, guilty conscience, police ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1983. In a quiet Midwestern town, a young deputy covers up a murder at the hands of his brother triggering a series of events that sends them and the victim's family towards a shattering climax.
Style:
suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
investigation, moral dilemma, accidental death, secret, family secret, cover up, small town, murder, life turned upside down, couples, brother brother relationship, accidental killing ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, political thriller, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
corruption, family secret, family drama, senator, cover up, investigation, suspicion, grief, father son conflict, politics, small town, suicide ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, love triangle, family secret, trauma, betrayal, domestic drama, stalker, manipulation, hotel, revenge, guilt ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, false accusation, identity, investigation, moral ambiguity, single mother, betrayal, motherhood, escape, identity crisis, domestic drama ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The murder of a woman in an abandoned house is the first murder this rural French island has had in 100 years. Or is it? A cop who left the island 20 years earlier and a young intern who moved away when she was six years old - but doesn't ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
jealousy, murder, frame up, wrongful imprisonment, false accusation, obsession, betrayal, blackmail, moral ambiguity, corruption, infidelity, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul’s daughter Sherin is no more and her husband Allen has remarried. When he visits the new couple, who is also taking care of his grandson, a few doubts pop up in his mind, regarding his daughter’s death.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After her dad is critically injured in a so-called hunting accident, Maggie returns to her hometown in the mountains of Colorado to be by his side. But during her stay, this devoted daughter learns that the shooting was no mistake. As Maggie ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, secret, father daughter relationship, cover up, murder mystery, small town, murder investigation, getting home, crime investigation, puzzle, murder ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Would you help your brother ditch a dead body? Etienne Leroy must make this snap decision when his younger brother Mathias admits to having accidentally killed his young mistress. The decision is pressing, as the body is lying on Etienne's ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brothers, murder, moral dilemma, betrayal, cover up, family relations, hidden truth, family problems, guilty conscience, murder mystery, disposing of a dead body, crime investigation ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder mystery, family secret, investigation, female victim, family drama, murderer, murder, guilt, loss, revenge, grief, tragedy ...
Similarity:
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52
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the suburb of Lille, Stéphane holds a tobacco shop with his father, Maurice, a retired military officer. Although feeling trapped in his marriage, Stéphane doesn't want to leave his wife, Elise, a lawyer, and is currently having an affair ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, psychological
Plot:
family drama, guilt, infidelity, ethical dilemma, family secret, adultery, moral ambiguity, betrayal, suburbs, social realism, midlife crisis, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
According to the police, Negar's father committed suicide. Having had a happy life, Negar suspects that his death has not happened the way it seems. She starts unfolding the truth through an unconventional investigation.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, hidden truth, family secret, suspicion, female protagonist, trauma, obsession, moral ambiguity, grief, loss, conspiracy, family drama ...
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iran
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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Morfa Halen is a tight-knit Welsh town precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
wales
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When nanny Kim accidentally discovers that her employer, Steven, is having an affair with his kids’ Spanish tutor, she decides to keep it to herself so as not to risk splitting his family apart. But when Steven’s mistress is murdered and he ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
infidelity, lie, nanny, murder, betrayal, secrets, male female relationship, social problems, family relations, relationships, marital infidelity, intrigue ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, political, period piece ...
Plot:
female friendship, sorority, lie, secrets, murder mystery, betrayal, guilt, cold case, dark past, suspicion, cover up, trauma ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a rural setting on the weather-beaten French Atlantic coast, the ten year old daughter of a single mother is implicated in murder. Crime scene evidence contradicts the story of the talented, introverted child as expressed in her Mangas.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder mystery, suspicion, childhood trauma, imaginary friend, investigation, isolation, family secret, isolated house, loneliness, protective mother, false confession ...
Similarity:
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193
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In their final semester of school, a group of six college friends get together to pull the ultimate prank on a fellow classmate. The joke goes awry, resulting in a series of tragic events. Can they explain their way out of this one?
Style:
tense, dark, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prank, college student, tragedy, revenge, cover up, guilt, college, secrets, ethical dilemma, accidental death, moral ambiguity, betrayal ...
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