Movies like The Colony 1995
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The Colony (1995)
852
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thriller about a man who, along with his family, moves from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, they soon discover that life in The Colony is much more sinister than it first appeared.
Style:
erotic, psychological thriller, suspense, tension, crime thriller, neo noir, rough, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
manipulation, authoritarianism, conspiracy, claustrophobia, coercion, family drama, paranoia, surveillance, suspicion, moral ambiguity, mistrust, isolation, ethical dilemma, distopia, murder, family relations, suburbs, vigilantism, psychopath, family life, society, suburban life, death, secret, privacy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Most similar movies to The Colony
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about murder, deadly, moral ambiguity, investigation, urban, revenge and betrayal mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Colony: Dead On (1994), Below Utopia (1997), Dead Connection (1994), Hand Gun (1994), Frame by Frame (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
433
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
erotica, strong sexual content, murder, unfaithful wife, femme fatale, dishonesty, betrayal, love and romance, dangerous attraction, danger, couples, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, danger, confined, sex scene, making love, gunfight, sensuality, mansion, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style:
sexual, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone sex, police, interracial, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
430
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female psychopath, heist, power relations, family relations, disorder, estrangement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, crime gone awry, dishonesty, on the run, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
Style:
tense, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
yakuza, murder of a nude woman, vietnam war, nypd, triad, policewoman, partner, police corruption, pregnancy, gambling, murder, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
psychopath, kidnapping, marriage proposal, hostage, surrogate mother, family relations, couples, family problems, single parent, dealing with death, confined, missing person ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, texas ranger, psychologist, serial murder, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, police detective, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, vengeance, nudity, estate, cons and scams, hollywood, rivalry, sexual content, violent content, falling from height, drowning ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of the blue (he left home 10 years ago when he was 18 and was ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
home invasion, brother, criminal, family relations, juvenile delinquency, youth, gays and lesbians, family life, siblings relations, heist, college, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie and they want her back.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bad ending, intense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adoption, children, custody, haunted by the past, parents and children, wanted, family relations, criminal heroes, rivalry, obsession, little girl, criminal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
503
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, rivalry, daring rescue, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough
Plot:
professional killer, killer, gangster, criminal heroes, danger, hitman, retiring, violent content, swimming pool, immaturity, police brutality, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harlin Garret loses his memory and finds himself closed in a facility claimed to belong to the state security services. The manager of this place tells Garrett he used to be a killer for the mob but Garrett refuses to believe. Then he is forced to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, action thriller, tense ...
Plot:
assassin, memory loss, paranoia, conspiracy, psychological manipulation, identity crisis, ethical dilemma, coercion, secret police, moral ambiguity, amnesia, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, independent film, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, paranoia, conspiracy, cover up, cat and mouse, falsely accused, investigation, government agent, surveillance, urban, espionage, investigative journalism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
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:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
love triangle, scapegoat, revenge, ex convict, manipulation, murder, going straight, crime gone awry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, frame up, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A businessman's son is kidnappped, but the kidnapper's sister-in-law and her husband are opposed to the plan. They take the boy and the ransom money to turn it over to the police, but the boy doesn't want to return home, as his father ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
child abuse, abusive father, ransom, kidnapping, family drama, hostage, moral dilemma, domestic violence, moral ambiguity, rescue attempt, family conflict, runaway child ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
terrorism, swat team, police, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, vigilante, ethical dilemma, death, tragic event, catastrophe, chaos, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Coyote Lake is a reservoir on the Rio Grande along a dangerous drug smuggling route that has become synonymous with cartel violence and mysterious disappearances. It is there, on the lake, that Teresa and her seventeen-year-old daughter, Ester, run ...
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
lake, female assassin, mother and daughter, secrets, mother daughter relationship, brutality, serial killer, murder mystery, moral dilemma, macabre, family secret, nothing goes right ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A gripping psychological thriller where a paranoid husband, Panos and his cunning sister plot against his unsuspecting wife. A dream of a life in the country turns into a dystopian nightmare.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
isolation, survival, dysfunctional family, paranoia, family relations, family conflict, conspiracy, farm, female protagonist, psychological abuse, manipulation, farmhouse ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
22%
469
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, psychopath, cons and scams, suburbs, suburban life, youth, family relations, computers and web, black market, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A newly hired security expert on the American Embassy in Paris questions who to trust, as he investigates an elaborate passport faking scheme.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
internal affairs, embassy, dishonesty, love affair, corruption, mistrust, deception, identity theft, espionage, black market, conspiracy, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, stripper, law enforcement, criminal heroes, murder, henchman, deception, strip club, mobster, organized crime, heist, private investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, crime drama, period piece ...
Plot:
suspicion, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, character study, cold, paranoia, slow burn, adaptation, claustrophobia, psychological manipulation, marital discord, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
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:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Tennessee sheriff and lawyer want a jailed drifter to assassinate a mayoral candidate.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, crime drama, tension, crime thriller ...
Plot:
sheriff, drifter, political corruption, assassination, conspiracy, small town, politics, suspicion, contract killing, manipulation, mistrust, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tennessee
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, con artists, threat, escaped prisoner, death threat, risk, murderer, criminal, suspicion, home invasion, survival, showdown ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A tortured ex-Negotiator, once pride of the Boston Police Department is taken hostage in his home. A psychological confrontation takes place while the kidnappers demand that he completes a mysterious mission for them.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, crime thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
hostage, home invasion, kidnapping, redemption, manipulation, confrontation, coercion, survival, cat and mouse, trauma, moral ambiguity, mistrust ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
20%
424
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, best friend, youth, rivalry, urban ghetto life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prison, murder, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, murder, lawyer, killer, arson, delinquent, exploitation, serial killer, law, vigilantism, vengeance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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