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Assailant (2022)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A couple sails to the Caribbean in hopes of saving their marriage. After an argument between the husband and a mysterious drifter, the situation devolves into a dangerous pursuit. Now they must fight to save themselves from the assailant.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller, intense, fast paced
Plot:
marriage crisis, scuffle, relationships, couples, male female relationship, problem, husband wife relationship, threat, unhappy marriage, cat versus mouse, survival, island, fear, isolation, cat and mouse, escape, stalker, chase, combat, claustrophobia, manhunt, female protagonist, bar fight, revenge, home invasion ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
caribbean
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about isolation, survival, cat and mouse, revenge, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia and threat mostly in Thriller, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Assailant: Take Cover (2024), River Wild (2023), Deadly Inn (2018), Catching Dust (2023), The Last Bid (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, tension, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
criminal, relationship problems, marital problem, threat, family problems, problem, life is a bitch, hiding place, isolation, fear, manipulation, domestic violence ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When two female friends decide to try their hand at a storage locker auction, they unwittingly inherit a locker belonging to a dangerous serial killer. They soon find themselves in a desperate race to uncover the truth about the locker before the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
evidence, threat, stalker, murder, female protagonist, locker, stalking, danger, problem, women, criminal, secrets ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their identities and their lives.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Karan and Vrushali go to Rajasthan for their pre-wedding shoot where an anonymous person haunts and traps them. Why did he trap them? What will he do to them?
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being implicated in a terrorist attack, Santi, a taxi driver, is taken hostage by one of the perpetrators.
Style:
intense, tense, psychological, realistic, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
spain
Similarity:
62%
894
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows a group of male hunters who regularly lure women to their island with the chance to win 100K in a hunt, only to discover that they are the hunted, but this time they mess with the wrong girls and must deal with the consequences.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman moves to a new town and opens her own gourmet restaurant after escaping from an abusive relationship. However, she soon finds herself in a deadly game of cat and mouse when she becomes the target of constant harassment from a jealous man.
Style:
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Plot:
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109
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, China, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Realtor Sandra visits a foreclosed property with her client, the former owner Danny attacks them.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, violence, revenge, confrontation, fear, house, danger, escape, foreclosure, claustrophobia, survival, female protagonist ...
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 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: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
chernobyl
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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