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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, clever, teen, independent film, realistic, cynical, gloomy, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, crime and punishment, guilt, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager, investigation, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, juvenile delinquency, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, death, rape and revenge, redemption, drinking, age difference ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Keyword: americana, american, movie theatre, watching a movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about murder, youth, family relations, death, teenage girl, teenage boy and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Crime + Punishment in Suburbia: Freeway (1996), Trust (2010), Killing Mr. Griffin (1997), Firstborn (1984), White Oleander (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, san diego california
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Trust (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, teen, serious, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: sexual abuse, investigation, bullying, father daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, rape and revenge, child abuse, sex, internet, innocence lost, teenage life ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa, cleveland ohio, milwaukee wisconsin, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The high school students didn't mean to kill Mr. Griffin. They wanted to make him suffer. But when their mean English teacher turns up dead, they have to find out who killed them before the police arrests them all.
Style: tense, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, choice, kidnapping, high school, emotional abuse, power relations, teachers and students, murder, teenage life, high school life, youth, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
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Firstborn (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style: tension, serious, realistic, psychological, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, little brother, killer, school, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, family in danger, single parent ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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White Oleander (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style: intense, touching, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, coming of age, bad mother, loneliness, dysfunctional family, women's prison, teenage life, murder, mother daughter estrangement, mental illness, teenager, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Babysitter (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his ...
Style: erotic, psychological, suspense, sexy, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, dangerous attraction, voyeur, nymphet, babysitting, lolita, looking for sex, suburban life, surrealism, twists and turns, brutality, stupidity ...
Time: 90s
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100%
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The Riot Club (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style: disturbing, satirical, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: rich, violence, debauchery, student life, university, friends, social relations, spoiled brat, hedonism, society, eccentricity, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2014, 80s, 18th century, 1850s, year 1976 ...
Place: england, oxford university, europe
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100%
Little Boy Blue (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspense, bleak ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: incest, sexual abuse, missing person, dysfunctional family, murder, forced sex, parents and children, older woman younger man relationship, haunted by the past, family problems, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, asia, usa, vietnam
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18%
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Poison Ivy (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style: sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: femme fatale, older man younger woman relationship, lesbian, dangerous attraction, teenage girl, infidelity, teenage life, adultery, obsession, high school, nymphet, seduction ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
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31%
Fierce People (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: single mother, family relations, parents and children, social differences, teenage life, summer, life is a bitch, sex scene, teenage boy, making love, sex crime, teenager ...
Time: year 2005, 80s
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Black Circle Boys (1997)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
Style: gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: gang, occult, devil worship, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, social decay, youth, society, violence spree, friendship, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
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29%
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Plot: haunted by the past, murder, obsession, hit and run, tragedy, redemption, vengeance, loss of daughter, justice, crime gone awry, car accident, tragic event ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa, los angeles, glendale california
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29%
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On the Ice (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: native american, friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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29%
 6.1
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The Quiet (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: incest, father daughter incest, teenager, incestuous relationship, teenage girl, murder, secrets, depression, cheerleader, manipulation, twists and turns, storytelling ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: connecticut
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Five Corners (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Style: disturbing, talky, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, violence, stalking, psychopath, visceral, character study, hitman, police investigation, friendship, police detective, ex convict, rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987, 60s, year 1964
Place: new york, usa, mississippi, bronx new york city
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The United States of Leland (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, emotional, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prison, murder, teacher, coming of age, dysfunctional family, writers, prison life, family relations, unlikely friendships, investigation, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, italy, paris france, california ...
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The King (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, redemption, illegitimate son, hypocrisy, confession, murder, haunted by the past, family problems, society, clergy ...
Time: year 2005
Place: austin texas, usa, texas
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28%
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Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
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27%
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Eye for an Eye (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot: rape, obsession, murder, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, psychopath, vigilantism, rape and murder, women, haunted by the past, loss of daughter ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: persia, california, los angeles
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The War Zone (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Style: disturbing, bleak, rough, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Plot: incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, incest rape, small town, innocence lost ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe, london
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27%
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Stoker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style: psychological, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: antisocial behavior, danger, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, family problems, lolita, fatal attraction, family relations, estate, masturbation, mental illness ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
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27%
Jimmy and Judy (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, teen ...
Plot: on the run, found footage, vandalism, revenge, teenage life, murderous pair, society, danger, love, violence, manipulation, erotica ...
Place: kentucky, usa
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Swimfan (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, obsessive love, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, female psychopath, teenager, swimming, sexual obsession, unrequited love, hospital ...
Place: new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Sleepers (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style: disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, child abuse, vengeance, friendship, childhood, rape, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, pedophile, murder trial ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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26%
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Ripe (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper on a derelict army ...
Style: independent film, sexy, erotic, psychological, serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, sex with a minor, nymphet, sister sister relationship, sex toy, teenage girl, female nudity, rape, twins, older man younger woman relationship, child abuse, runaway ...
Time: 90s
Place: kentucky, usa
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26%
 6.5
 9K
Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Our Mother's Murder (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: age-gap relationship, woman killed, young love, age difference, abusive husband, investigation, love and romance, life is a bitch, betrayal, family relations, couples, family problems ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
State's Evidence (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot: introspection, life is a bitch, youth, destructive relationship, buddies, voyeurism, teenage life, bullying, sociopath, suicide, loss of control, killings ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.9
 10K
Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Style: meditative, intense, cynical, psychological, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, revenge, tragedy, vengeance, betrayal, ghost, intrigue, tragic hero, haunted by the past, corporation, poisoning ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2000
Place: new york, denmark, europe, usa, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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