Movies like The Ex 1996
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The Ex (1996)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In order to get her husband back, an architect's psycho ex-wife kills everybody she can get her hands on.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, serious, scary, psychological thriller, independent film
Plot:
psychopath, obsession, vengeance, danger, family in danger, obsessive love, murder, family life, manipulation, female psychopath, architect, architecture, wife, killer, jealousy, family relations, parents and children, couples, rivalry, woman in danger, murderer, female nudity, fire, father son relationship, villainess ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about deadly, danger, psychopath, murder, rivalry, obsession and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Ex: Mother's Boys (1993), Distant Cousins (1993), Hush (2005), The Stepdaughter (2000), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
family in danger, obsession, mentally unstable, stalking, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hidden identity, danger, murder, oedipus complex, peeping ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his fiancee Connie they are welcomed. But Kate senses her family is at risk when they start behaving suspiciously.
Style:
independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mentally unstable woman, family relations, couples, psychopath, danger, hidden identity, stalking, missing person, murder, captivity, kidnapping, mental institution ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
434
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A married man must deal with an obsessive former girlfriend after he moves back to his hometown.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, realistic
Plot:
surrogate mother, love triangle, murder, ex girlfriend, jealousy, psychopath, obsession, blind ambition, couples, rivalry, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a childhood spent going from one abusive foster home to the next, Susan seeks revenge on the mother who abandoned her. Susan's search leads her to a ranch where her long-lost sister begins to suspect the beautiful drifter isn't who ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
psychopath, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, rivalry, parents and children, farm, adoption, murder, impostor, horse ranch, bad girl, women ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A couple try to repair their damaged union in an Italian vacation paradise. Then they discover the owner's intentions.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
neighbor, jealous boyfriend, spying, murder, troubled relationship, countryside, jealousy, couple relations, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, danger, home invasion ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into ...
Style:
independent film, psychological thriller, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
chase, murder, repressed memory, desert, waitress, female nudity, revenge, stripper, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Laurel has the boyfriend of her dreams, Kevin. He can and will do anything for her. He is totally devoted to her but the downside is that he won't leave her alone. When she tries to get some distance he responds with aggressiveness. It finally ...
Style:
tension, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsessive love, fatal attraction, obsession, campus, stalker, toxic masculinity, trouble, college, crimes of passion, paranoia, visceral, stalking ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
529
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When medical student Marty places an ad for a roommate, her ad is answered by handsome, clean-cut Alec. At first Alec seems to be a wonderful roommate; supportive, considerate and a real friend. However, Alec's affection turns to obsession as ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, dark ...
Plot:
obsessive love, woman in danger, murder, betrayal, investigation, mentally unstable, obsession, captivity, couples, prison life, kidnapping, maniac ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychotic woman becomes dangerously jealous when her best friend begins dating a handsome man. She will stop at nothing to keep the two apart, even if it means destroying their relationship or even murdering one of them.
Style:
sensual, erotic, independent film, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, lesbian, lesbian relationship, erotica, woman seduces a man, murder, college, obsession, couples, psychopath, drug abuse, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
33%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a ...
Style:
scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot:
psychopath, split personality, vengeance, mind game, mysterious character, haunted by the past, danger, intrigue, supernatural, mentally unstable, chase, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, making love, stalking, erotica, sex scene, voyeur, relationships, cell phone, terror, sexual content, killer, threatening telephone call ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, danger, obsession, murder, nudity, investigation, sex scene, female nudity, adaptation, police, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Darlene and her daughter Victoria seek refuge at a remote rural safe house for abused women that's run by the strict and tough, but folksy and supportive Bea. Things turn sour when Bea proves to be a total lunatic with an especially dangerous ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, supernatural, on the run, youth, mental illness, false accusation, woman in danger, rivalry, mind game, life is a bitch, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, danger, murder, survival, mind game, rescue, psychopath, woman in danger, isolation, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles, michigan, california, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, gang, murder, survival, danger, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, chase, die hard, biker, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy.
Style:
surprise ending, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
stalking, kidnapping, woman in danger, haunted by the past, genocide, gory, celebrity culture, family in danger, femme fatale, survival, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
phone sex, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, who done it, woman in danger, sexual relations, rivalry, danger, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
31%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
Style:
erotic, independent film, slasher, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
making love, sex scene, lawyer, serial killer, legal investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, stalking, dishonesty, rivalry, legal, legal action ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mental illness, couples, murderer, violence, psychopath, love triangle, jealousy, twin brother, obsessive love, murder, forensics, blood ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, danger, vengeance, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, skinny dipping, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, forces of nature, stalker, confined, escapades, danger, hostage, stalking, fear, night, storm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological, scary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, dangerous attraction, voyeur, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, psychopath, obsession, mind game, woman in danger ...
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, best friend, betrayal, vengeance, rivalry, intrigue, murder, dishonesty, ambition, obsession, interracial, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the road. Walter calls the truck-company to complain. The driver gets fired. When Walter arrives to ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, obsession, stalking, danger, mind game, dangerous attraction, rivalry, mentally unstable, psychopath, architect, starting over, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
family in danger, psychopath, family problems, danger, stalking, family in crisis, deaf, murder, stalker, villain, extreme, terror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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