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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
Original name: Inju : La BĂȘte dans l'ombre
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Style: neo noir, psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, stylized
Plot: stalking, dishonesty, twists and turns, obsession, danger, mind game, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, writers, murder, misfit, intrigue, chases and races, rivalry, manipulation, sexual content, writer's life, culture clash, disorder, fish out of water, mysterious character, nudity, violent content, geisha, love ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan, asia

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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, murder, dishonesty, obsession, twists and turns and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Inju: The Beast in the Shadow: Love Thy Neighbor (2006), A Closed Book (2009), The Rendering (2002), Vares: Private Eye (2004), The Confidant (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Love Thy Neighbor (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: obsession, stalking, neighbor, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, family in danger, family problems, vengeance, mentally unstable, rivalry, amateur detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Closed Book (2009)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper ...
Style: psychological, captivating, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: blindness, rivalry, femme fatale, danger, twists and turns, gain trust, mind game, boss and employee, haunted by the past, power relations, estate, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, oxford university, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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The Rendering (2002)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dangerous attraction, blackmail, trial, prison, psychopath, woman in danger, haunted by the past, mind game, manhunt, false accusation, obsession, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Vares: Private Eye (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in ...
Style: neo noir, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, gory, investigation, disorder, danger, dishonesty, profanity, hitman, murder, nordic, private investigator, chases and races ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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The Confidant (2010)
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, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: gambling, best friend, betrayal, intrigue, rivalry, vengeance, murder, ambition, dishonesty, obsession, interracial, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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The Snake (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to HĂ©lĂšne, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, obsession, rivalry, psychopath, photograph, blackmail, photography, european, twists and turns, snow, tattoo ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
A Private Affair (2002)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot: missing person, obsession, murder, private investigator, female nudity, male pubic hair, murder investigation, missing girl, nudity, sexual content, bare breasts, femme fatale ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Mystery of Rampo (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of ...
Style: inspirational, expressionism, psychological, serious, erotic ...
Plot: writers, exploitation, murder, who done it, sexual relations, infidelity, journalism, danger, writer's life, dishonesty, media, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: train, female protagonist, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, amateur detective, danger, fall in love, disappearance, dishonesty, mind game, backpacking ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Cry of the Owl (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young woman becomes inexplicably attracted to a man who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the immediate suspect, until a game of jealousy and betrayal turns deadly.
Style: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, danger, couples, love and romance, neighbor, mysterious character, small town life, twists and turns, dating, dishonesty, cop, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Backfire (1987)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot: female nudity, murder, vietnam veteran, cheating wife, inheritance, vietnam war, family problems, couple relations, infidelity, woman with a gun, dangerous attraction, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Trauma (2004)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, obsession, investigation, haunted by the past, psychopath, ghost, mysterious character, mind game, danger, starting over, supernatural ability, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Net Games (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, sexy ...
Plot: computers and web, extramarital affair, voyeurism, femme fatale, murder, cyberspace, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, danger, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Ten 'til Noon (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style: realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Living in Fear (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: woman in danger, who done it, homecoming, murder, haunted by the past, dishonesty, danger, twists and turns, small town, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Frozen Days (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. She decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their ...
Style: psychological, neo noir, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: losing-it hero, twists and turns, obsession, identity, israeli, female nudity, woman, drug, nightmare, drug dealer, neighbor, nightclub ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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View of Terror (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On the face of it Celeste seems to have it all - a successful career, a handsome boyfriend and a luxurious new apartment with a breathtaking view of the city. However, Celeste's dream life becomes a nightmare when she's targeted by a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot: stalker, stalking, woman in danger, twists and turns, mind game, home invasion, voyeur, obsession, danger, strong female presence, photographer, voyeurism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Black Box (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: hospital, haunted by the past, memory loss, unfulfillment, investigation, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, heroes, danger, crime investigation, twists and turns, parallel universe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, texas
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Lady Beware (1987)
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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: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, erotica, making love, sex scene, relationships, terror, killer, sexual content, phone terror, voyeur, store ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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I Know What I Saw (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
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In the Cut (2003)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly ...
Style: sexual, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: seduction, erotica, voyeurism, serial killer, police investigation, eroticism, lust, oral sex, female nudity, female masturbation, police detective, seductive man ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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One in the Gun (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style: neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, greed, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, murder, wealth, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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State Affairs (2009)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora ...
Style: political thriller, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: investigation, law enforcement, undercover, police detective, hitman, betrayal, dishonesty, politics, political corruption, murder, spy, agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Mortal Thoughts (1991)
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: suspense, psychological, clever, tense, talky ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, twists and turns, character study, redemption, obsession, unlikely criminals, crumbling marriage, law enforcement, murder mystery, friendship, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Perfect Friend (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: memory loss, journalism, danger, hospital, journalist, uncover truth, investigation, mysterious girl, murder, love, media, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Uncovered (1994)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: chess, investigation, murder, inheritance, uncover truth, mind game, danger, race against time, dishonesty, amateur detective, law enforcement, prostitute ...
Time: medieval times, year 1993, middle ages
Place: barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Choke (2001)
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, danger, dishonesty, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, masturbation, serial killer, hit and run ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Paris Under Watch (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, computer hacker, danger, rivalry, politics, police, surveillance, mind game, state affairs, voyeurism, hacker, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 6.6
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Chaos (2000)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, non-linear, suspense thriller ...
Plot: crime gone awry, obsession, riddles and clues, danger, disorder, abduction, asian girl, extreme, kidnapping, cons and scams, dishonesty, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 5.4
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Mercy (2000)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, erotic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: femme fatale, voyeurism, serial killer, lesbian sex, murder, lesbianism, danger, dangerous attraction, obsession, law enforcement, dishonesty, sadomasochism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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