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Down in the Valley (2005)
19K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is suspicious of her lover.
Style:
psychological, neo western, disturbing, stylized, serious, captivating, funny, romantic, sex comedy, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual content, cowboy, rebellious daughter, delusion, love and romance, dangerous attraction, parents and children, crazy love, father daughter relationship, psychopath, mental illness, imagination, small town, hipster, character study, losing-it hero, twists and turns, plot twist, violence, gunfight, chase, insanity, suburbs, drinking, sex ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
south dakota, california, los angeles, usa, san diego california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sexy and independent film films with plots about nude, murder, death, sex, violence, dialogue and storytelling mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Down in the Valley: The Crush (1993), The Crossing Guard (1995), The King (2005), Thirteen (2003), Witness (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
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:
emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, redemption, illegitimate son, hypocrisy, confession, murder, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, society ...
Time:
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Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
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113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, police, amish, police corruption, forbidden love, female nudity, police detective, twists and turns, witness, childhood, corruption, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
267K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style:
psychological, scenic, tense, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Style:
visually stunning, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
forbidden love, fall in love, dangerous attraction, chase, gangster, a vision, on the run, supernatural, femme fatale, disorder, danger, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, usa, bucharest, chicago
Similarity:
21%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, talky, touching, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, violence, family life, american dream, infidelity, marital problem, first love, marriage, teenage love, family problems, love and romance, fighting illness ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, talky, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
couples, writers, brutality, haunted by the past, redemption, voyeur, lost love, character study, justice, self destructing, tennis, hidden identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
oxford university, new england, massachusetts, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
obsession, adultery, couple relations, love, passion, christmas, destructive relationship, love and romance, husband murders wife, hospital, affair, psychiatrist ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 50s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
europe, london, united kingdom, wales, england
Similarity:
20%
1K
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:
sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, sister sister relationship, sex toy, teenage girl, male nudity, orphan, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, sex with a minor, statutory rape ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
19%
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 ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, obsession, sexualized violence, murder, suburbs, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, friendship, protective male, youth ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
23K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the ...
Style:
suspense, teen, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
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, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
nebraska, usa, america, ohio, vietnam ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
18%
174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nudity, plot twist, adultery, sex scene, woman in jeopardy, female nudity, yacht, unplanned pregnancy, sex, dangerous attraction, police investigation, blonde ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york state, atlantic ocean, new york, california
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, semi serious, dark comedy, clever, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sexual relations, closeted homosexual, multiple storylines, dysfunctional family, relationships, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, lesbian couple, male female relationship, abortion clinic, gay son, abortion ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
phoenix arizona, los angeles, california
Similarity:
18%
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 ...
Style:
neo noir, emotional, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, reno nevada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are a young New York couple at a crossroads whose lives are about to take very ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, erotic, experimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 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, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2005, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, mexico, southern california, south america ...
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Niagra, Niagra" begins quietly in a drugstore in Poughkeepsie, where Marcie, the film's disarming heroine, likes to shoplift. She literally crashes into Seth, a quiet outsider, also on a shoplifting spree. Marcie invites Seth to ...
Style:
melancholic, road movie, intense, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, love story, pharmacy, pharmacist, love and romance, couples, couple relations, disability, social misfits, lovers on the run, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, new york state, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, young lovers, parents and children, troubled teen, desperation, depression, compassion, jail, self discovery, loner, amor ...
Place:
idaho, usa, washington state
Similarity:
18%
61K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, sexy, sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, teenager, obsessive love, stalker, rape, danger, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, violence against women ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, cult classic, grindhouse, black and white ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, valentine's day, female serial killer, jealous woman, loneliness, doomed romance, killer couple, con artists, marriage, violent, wedding ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 20th century, 70s
Place:
alabama, usa, new york, missouri, michigan ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work, David burns down the house and is sent away. This ...
Style:
erotic, intense, sexual, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, young lovers, first love, mental institution, arson, obsession, sex scene, mental illness, love, love story, voyeur ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
chicago, new york
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a run in with a hot exotic dancer one wintry night straight-laced prep school student James will find himself on the ride of his life. Risking his future he follows this mysterious woman to New York City - ditching school dodging cops and ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, light, sex comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exotic dancer, older woman younger man relationship, teenage love, infatuation, bare butt, dancer, love and romance, social differences, lifestyle, teenage life, hopes, society ...
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
17%
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