Movies like Fear 1990

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Fear (1990)
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Fear (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!
Style: slasher, cult classic, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
Plot: serial killer, psychic, murder, psychopath, psychic power, killer, police, carnival, strip club, amusement park, clairvoyant, investigation, supernatural, stalking, supernatural ability, rivalry, who done it, danger, law enforcement, mind game, police investigation, witnessing a crime, police detective, amateur detective, medium ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: los angeles, south carolina

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Most similar movies to Fear

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and realistic films with plots about murder, deadly, serial killer, psychopath, who done it, danger and law enforcement mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Horror genres. Some movies like Fear: The Sight (2000), Someone's Watching Me! (1978), The Zodiac (2005), Salvage (2006), The Nature of the Beast (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sight (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: afterlife, serial killer, ghost, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, mind game, law enforcement, danger, investigation, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
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100%
Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: stalking, obsession, woman in danger, danger, psychopath, family in danger, mentally unstable, who done it, mind game, dangerous attraction, serial killer, telephone call ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
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The Zodiac (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style: rough, psychological, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 2005
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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100%
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Salvage (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Claire Parker is going to die. At the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death--and it will all happen again. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, Claire awakens at work--where it ...
Style: scary, psychological, slasher, mind bending, suspenseful ...
Plot: time loop, psychopath, serial killer, danger, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, murder, time travel, woman in danger, destiny, vengeance, rescue ...
Place: ohio
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100%
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The Nature of the Beast (1995)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Style: psychological, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, police investigation, on the run, rivalry, chase, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, nevada
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100%
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Snapdragon (1993)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
Style: erotic, tense, realistic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: seduction, serial killer, prostitute, killed during sex, murder, police, sex scene, investigation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, power relations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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See No Evil (1971)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton (Mia Farrow), recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, disability, investigation, insanity, trapped, trap, ghost, conflict, disabled, home invasion, killings ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Curse of the Zodiac (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has ...
Style: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, psychopath, gory, curses spells and rituals, danger, amateur detective, mind game, investigation ...
Time: 70s
Place: san francisco, usa
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After Alice (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, psychic, psychopath, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, police investigation, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, killer ...
Time: 90s
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Rough Draft (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective ...
Style: independent film, tense, scary, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, killer, nypd, serial murder, sociopath, stalking, transvestism, murder, harassment, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Toe Tags (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: The high rent district of Valley Creek apartments, seems to be a magnet for beautiful people....those who can afford to live there. But the rent has just gone up and it is costing residents their lives.
Style: rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense ...
Plot: murder, investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, serial killer, apartment building, dead woman, killer, police investigation, female nudity, bare breasts, sex ...
Time: 21st century
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40%
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After Midnight (2014)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When an exotic dancer is murdered at a seedy strip club, her sister Constance, a TV newscaster, goes undercover to find the killer. While working at the club, she quickly realizes that everyone is a suspect and that other dancers are being targeted. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: murder, investigation, stripper, serial killer, undercover, amateur detective, uncover truth, working undercover, vengeance, rivalry, loss of sister, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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40%
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style: disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, violence spree, psychopath, stalking, mind game, danger, killer, true crime, criminal ...
Time: 50s
Place: usa, wisconsin, texas
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38%
Little Erin Merryweather (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style: suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, college, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, danger, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, rivalry, psychopath ...
Place: new england, usa, massachusetts
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37%
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, high school, psychopath, mind game, dark humor, police investigation, danger, youth, obsession, teenage life, stalking ...
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Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, obsessive quest, police investigation, danger, psychopath, law enforcement, haunted by the past ...
Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
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37%
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213 (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the trauma of his childhood, he must confront the all too-familiar flesh masks that the killer ...
Style: slasher, serious, scary, rough, realistic ...
Plot: murder, forensic, serial killer, death, law enforcement, haunted by the past, danger, rivalry, police investigation, gory, profiler, male objectification ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Zodiac Killer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style: slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, wannabe, murder, mind game, police investigation, police detective, obsession, danger, rivalry, master criminal, psychopath, gory ...
Time: 2000s
Place: bay area, usa, los angeles, california
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37%
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Retribution (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, crime drama ...
Plot: ghost, serial killer, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, supernatural power, supernatural, mysterious character, psychopath, who done it, rivalry, danger ...
Place: japan
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37%
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, psychopath, one last job, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place: new york
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37%
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Final Move (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The LA police are baffled: someone is killing people who have been found innocent of violent crimes. At the crime scenes, DNA evidence and clues linked to chess point to a suspect who's dead, recently executed for murders with a similar M.O. ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, law enforcement, chess, psychopath, who done it, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, false accusation ...
Place: los angeles
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37%
No One Can Hear You (2001)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, mind game, investigation, danger, law enforcement, murder, family life, teenage life, journalism, home invasion, media ...
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36%
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, psychopath, obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, serial killer, babysitter, private detective, murder, threatening telephone call, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
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36%
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Tell Me Something (1999)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police, investigation, murder, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, detective inspector, danger, law enforcement, reluctant partners, gory ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: seoul, korea
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36%
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Impact Point (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, scary
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, stalking, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, obsession, woman in danger, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, beverly hills
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36%
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Trevor Moorhouse returns! Coming to Placid Pines is difficult for Tracy, who's brother, Jason, was one of Trevor's victims near the end of the original. When Tracy's nightmares begin to come true as one by one the counselors are ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, violence spree, danger, woman in danger, who done it, summer camp, youth, rivalry, haunted by the past, siblings relations ...
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35%
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
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35%
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The Barber (2002)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, mind game, psychopath, small town, investigation, danger, isolation, murder, social relations, darkness, small town sheriff, xmas ...
Place: usa, alaska
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35%
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Murder Eleven (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, law enforcement, amateur detective, murder, who done it, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer, prostitute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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35%
American Crime (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style: serious, scary, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, danger, protagonist as suspect, journalism, law enforcement ...
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