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The Deep End (2001)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
Style:
emotional, twists and turns, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, intense, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot:
murder, neo noir, life is a bitch, danger, wound, debt, fight, friendship, crimes, crime, graphic violence, woman in danger, family relations, mother son relationship, police investigation, casino, ballet, ambulance, drunkenness, corpse, car wash, drink, trumpet, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, twists and turns and intense films with plots about police investigation, crimes, crime, murder, dialogue, twists & turns and storytelling mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Deep End: Insomnia (2002), City by the Sea (2002), China Moon (1994), Mulholland Falls (1996), Cassandra's Dream (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, dark, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
neo noir, police investigation, insomnia, investigator, murder, guilt, fbi, police corruption, small town, police detective, snow, blackmail ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
alaska, usa, los angeles, united states
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style:
serious, intense, twists and turns, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
police investigation, murder, crime, crimes, homicide detective, parents and children, family problems, haunted by the past, father son relationship, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police detective ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
neo noir, murder, investigation, crime, crimes, dishonesty, small town, nudity (full frontal - brief), frame up, self defense, interrogation, twists & turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
florida
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70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, political corruption, police, crimes, mystery, partners against crime, dishonesty, neo noir, tough law enforcer, fighting crime ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Style:
twists and turns, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, debt, money, crimes, crime, siblings relations, moral dilemma, gambling, loan, actress, robbery ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
london, england, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, disturbing, twists and turns ...
Plot:
lawyer, lawsuit, law firm, legal, murder, divorce, guilt, cover up, scandal, crimes, corruption, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, milwaukee wisconsin, california
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59%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, suspense, twists and turns ...
Plot:
murder, mystery, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, unlikely partners, deadly, partners, crimes, ex cop, amnesia, corpse, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, twists and turns, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, false accusation, alcohol abuse, veteran, dishonesty, crimes, murder mystery, investigation, revenge, arson, neo noir, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, california, asia, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, disturbing, suspenseful, twists and turns, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, disappearance, pedophile, private detective, tragic event, life is a bitch, crimes, neo noir, conspiracy, missing child, peril ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
betrayal, corruption, murder, whistleblower, false accusation, crime, political corruption, crimes, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, gangsters ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, tense, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, military, political corruption, love triangle, army investigation, danger, neo noir, kgb, mystery, crimes, mysterious character, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, usa, manila philippines
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54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
serious, suspense, atmospheric, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
neo noir, murder, obsession, betrayal, infidelity, conspiracy, crime, crimes, fatal attraction, romance, love affair, adultery ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 30s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Mexico, Belgium
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twists and turns, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, money, ransom, crime, crimes, alcohol abuse, insanity, life is a bitch, loneliness, mental illness, anger, pursuit ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mexico, england, europe, san diego california, tijuana mexico
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52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, stylized ...
Plot:
cheating wife, gigolo, pimp, murder, frame up, crime, redemption, crimes, uncover truth, false accusation, prostitute, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, malibu california, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that ...
Style:
psychological, clever, suspenseful, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, crime gone awry, betrayal, mystery, crime, crimes, police investigation, law enforcement, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, kidnapping, police investigation, femme fatale, scam, crime, crimes, mystery, frame up, murder, who done it, neo noir ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
21K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, deadly, crime scene, police, interrogation, orphan, law enforcement, uncover truth, psychopath, gory ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, missing person, uncover truth, newspaper, family relations, life is a bitch, prostitute, forensics, mystery, vandalism, society ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style:
twists and turns, bleak, serious, enigmatic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, murder mystery, promise, crimes, mystery, small town, obsession, law enforcement, track down, justice ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
nevada
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45%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, murder, fame, mystery, uncover truth, starlet, cover up, dishonesty, actor's life, crimes, showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1959
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
police investigation, pornography, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, neo noir, obsession, murder, hollywood, love triangle, danger, mystery, crime ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 40s, year 1947, year 1946
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
disappearance, mystery, murder, mentally unstable, missing person, dysfunctional marriage, investigation, crimes, high society, domestic violence, overbearing parent, love affair ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1971, year 1978 ...
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., florida, paris france ...
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44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Will Graham, a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in the forest. Haunted by the blood of those he has murdered, Will wishes never to return. But when his brother commits suicide, following a sexual assault at ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, rough, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, murder, crime, crimes, life is a bitch, rape, violence, suicide, tough heroes, gangsters, dark hero, justice ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 70s
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style:
twists and turns, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, mind game, police investigation, secret, violence, crimes, prostitute, law enforcement, investigation, deadly, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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42%
412K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, tense, bleak, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
vengeance, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, sexual abuse, neo noir, child molestation, loss of child, pedophilia, loss of daughter, child rape, murder ...
Time:
contemporary, 20th century, 70s, 21st century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, twists and turns, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, blindness, mind game, crime, crimes, investigation, woman in danger, deadly, stalking, psychopath, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
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39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, cynical ...
Plot:
neo noir, dangerous attraction, police detective, murder, organized crime, gang, police investigation, fighting the system, police corruption, corpse, prostitute, domestic violence ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, arizona, united states
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
445K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mystery, maniac, crime, paranoia, investigation, uncover truth, journalist, crimes, code, victim ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1960s, 20th century, year 1991 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, oakland california
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38%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style:
tense, psychological, cynical, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, neo noir, investigation, infidelity, murder, missing person, femme fatale, espionage, mystery, crimes, uncover truth, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, florida, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, twists and turns, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
psychopath, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, violence against women, police investigation, crimes, who done it, profiler, investigation, mystery, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, los angeles, usa, washington d.c., california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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