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A Kiss and a Promise (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a quiet Ontario town, a small Bed and Breakfast dwells with a perverse secret. David Beck, a closet sociopath, but seemingly normal man, runs the B & B with his wife Samantha, a fiery woman with masochistic tendencies. The harmony of the house is disrupted when a young girl's body is found on the edge of town and veteran police Detective Anthony Dolan suspects David of the murder.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, detective, tense, gloomy, weird
Plot:
serial killer, murder, small town, police investigation, dishonesty, couple relations, under the surface, double life, secret, female nudity, sexual content, nudity, violent content, rape, abduction, crazy, rough sex, insane, death of daughter, murder of a nude woman, closeted homosexual, sociopath, masochist, violent sex, rape and murder ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Most similar movies to A Kiss and a Promise
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, female nudity, small town, couples and nudity mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like A Kiss and a Promise: The Grief Tourist (2012), The Two Mr. Kissels (2008), Suburban Madness (2004), Webdultery (2011), Desolation Sound (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, childhood trauma, killing spree, murder, obsession, friendship, twists and turns, violence, nudity, transgender, tourist, tourism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
dishonesty, couple relations, couples, family relations, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeurism, voyeur, golddigger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tragic
Plot:
murder, private detective, infidelity, adultery, couples, family problems, dishonesty, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, true crime, under the surface ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple in a failing marriage begin to cheat on each other using the power of the internet.
Style:
realistic, sexy, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
cheating wife, couple relations, infidelity, couples, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, sexual relations, affair, illicit affair, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly conclusion.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, obsession, investigation, femme fatale, haunted by the past, family problems, police detective, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
116
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
police officer killed, small town, police investigation, drug dealing, deathtrap, law enforcement, danger, ambush, police, chases and races, strong violent content, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, confined, crime gone awry, disorder, crime boss, dishonesty, criminal heroes, twists and turns, suspect, snow, organized crime, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a female judge is found murdered in her home, television reporter and amateur detective Joanne Kilbourn finds herself neck-deep in a homicide investigation. Her only two clues are twin wills left by the victim -- one donating everything to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, law enforcement, who done it, journalism, murder, danger, police detective, murder mystery, whodunit, judge, intrigue ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
feminist, hospital, mental illness, murder, infidelity, violent content, dishonesty, couple relations, feminism, love and romance, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, contests and competitions, dishonesty, terrorism, legal, law enforcement, rivalry, life is a bitch, investigation, wrongfully committed, small town life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A brilliant story with an unexpected twist. A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughter's killer. The truth he uncovers is an unsettling reminder of the dangers of keeping handguns. Stars the legendary ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, haunted by the past, escapades, on the road, loss of daughter, world war two veteran, violent content, chases and races, dealing with death, obsessive quest, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a 14 year-old boy is accused of raping and murdering a little girl
Style:
serious, juvenile, tense, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rape, murder, justice, wrongful accusation, miscarriage of justice, trauma, courtroom, investigation, moral dilemma, teenager, guilt, social commentary ...
Time:
70s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
female nudity, obsession, murder, dishonesty, sexual relations, losing-it hero, captivity, confined, danger, disorder, mute or deaf, social misfits ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family's honor.
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
couple relations, sexual content, arranged marriage, cheating girlfriend, sexual fantasy, moral dilemma, sexual abuse, rich and poor, boss and employee, life is a bitch, couples, mentally unstable ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, female nudity, introspection, family problems, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, couple relations, haunted by the past, family in crisis, flashback ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Plot:
marital rape, murder, investigation, social relations, small town, domestic violence, serial killer, preacher, trial, under the surface, biopic, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
criminal's revenge, fighting crime, vigilantism, hitman, gang, danger, betrayal, car chase, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After spending a decade in prison, Annie returns to her hometown, and tries to reconnect with her now-adolescent daughter Sophie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious
Plot:
released from prison, child custody, murder, mother daughter relationship, women's prison, ex convict, island, small town, woman on top, nudity, sex, female nudity ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense. Could it be so?
Style:
spooky, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
self defense, crimes of passion, lawyer, law, killing spree, serial killer, extramarital affair, true crime, murder, manipulation, couples, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, trial, uncover truth, investigation, courtroom drama, false accusation, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
21%
308
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, doctor, police investigation, trial, fraud, doctor patient relationship, murder, police arrest, old man, trust, drug overdose, forgery ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina, Canada, Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Marie is a Toronto police officer. One evening, her husband Joshua and their son Nicky are brutally murdered in their car. Marie quickly links Pablo Molina, an Argentinian drug trafficker who she'd arrested a few months earlier, with the crime. ...
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, death of son, self discovery, manhunt, vengeance, tragic hero, heroes, revenge plot, police officer, unfulfillment, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bolivia, canada, argentina, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
20%
184
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Michèle shares her life with Paul, her husband and work colleague. She has a lover, Thomas, a musician with whom she has been having a passionate affair for some time. Attracted by Thomass non-conformity and lust for life, Michèle abandons her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
love triangle, breakup, sexual promiscuity, life turned upside down, love affair, family relations, couples, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, infidelity, parents and children, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
133
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Pierre and Elisabeth, a couple in their thirties, move with their baby into a cottage on a lake for the summer. The setting is idyllic, and the couple’s happiness seems within reach. Every day, Pierre goes to work in the city while Elisabeth ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
couple relations, pregnancy, family problems, couples, family relations, babies and infants, mentally unstable, losing-it hero, introspection, unfulfillment, parents and children, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Russia, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, introspection, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, murder, emotionless, novel
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
20%
463
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much work. Hester, however, gets attracted to Katherine and ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, gay, female bonding, couples, couple relations, friendship, woman in danger, heist, small town, small town life, countryside, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, legal action, law enforcement, love affair, couples, couple relations, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, laptop ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, social relations, dishonesty, society, law enforcement, lifestyle, murder, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties. When the single veterinary Laurent Kessler claims damage in his basement caused by a flooding due ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, couples, danger, dishonesty, murder, suspicion, psychology, infidelity, female nudity, scalpel, veterinarian ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
flanders
Similarity:
20%
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