Movies like Following 1998
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Following (1998)
109K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A struggling, unemployed young writer takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his new novel.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, clever, black and white, tense, surprise ending, cerebral, noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
burglar, plot twist, manipulation, voyeurism, framed for murder, character study, breaking and entering, stranger, whodunit, heist, friendship, buddies, dishonesty, gangster, obsession, robbery, mental illness, cop, thief, prosecution, loneliness, voyeur, passionate kiss, femme fatale, burglary ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
england, london, persia, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, psychological and interesting films with plots about murder, twists and turns, storytelling, dialogue, corruption, manipulation and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Following: Night Moves (1975), The Best Offer (2013), The Prestige (2006), Arlington Road (1999), Nine Queens (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, espionage, infidelity, loneliness, actress, dysfunctional marriage, female criminal, extramarital affair, death of daughter ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
Similarity:
86%
1.6M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, clever, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, plot twist, secret, magic, magician, rivalry, illusionist, stage magic, uninhibited rivalry, deception, secrets ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, edwardian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
london, peru, colorado, los angeles, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, professor, evil wins, paranoia, terrorist, obsession, suspicion, uncover truth, fbi, danger ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, west virginia, virginia, kansas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Style:
tense, clever, cerebral, mindfuck, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, partner, counterfeiter, manipulation, forgery, crime gone awry, justice, con man, con men, robbery, partners in crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, venezuela, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, suspense, dark comedy, action thriller ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, dark humor, manipulation, betrayal, greed, cop, paranoia, crime gone awry, deception, caper, robbery, death ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, britain, edinburgh scotland, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, ambiguous ending, art house, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, swimming pool, swimming, murder, writers, voyeurism, sex, frenchwoman, lust, murder mystery, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, europe, south of france, london ...
Similarity:
100%
121K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, surprise ending, sexy, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hypnosis, plot twist, twists and turns, amnesia, heist, memory loss, manipulation, dishonesty, disorder, art theft, skinny dipping, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
75%
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Similarity:
50%
52K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the ...
Style:
non-linear, dark comedy, psychological, black comedy, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, dark humor, accident, multiple perspectives, chase, vandalism, crime gone awry, car accident, police, obsession, creativity ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, crime drama, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
private investigator, femme fatale, private detective, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal of trust, missing woman, corruption, betrayal, murder, doom, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
221K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, insanity, plot twist, losing-it hero, escape from reality, a vision, murder, riddles and clues, uncover truth, investigation, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa, virginia
Similarity:
38%
114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, twists and turns, murder mystery, loner, murder, investigation, teenager, amateur detective, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
37%
279K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, psychological, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, murder, courtroom drama, plot twist, trial, psychology, courtroom, court case, corruption, lawyer, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1995, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
Similarity:
50%
52K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
Style:
suspense, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder mystery, twists and turns, maze, writers, extramarital affair, revenge, mind game, adultery, frame up, rivalry, insurance, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972, future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, persia, london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
Similarity:
35%
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, talky, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
manipulation, riddles and clues, brutality, divorce, greed, dialogue, twists and turns, verbal byplay, infidelity, dishonesty, mistaken identity, fear ...
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Similarity:
35%
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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, talky, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, twists and turns, police investigation, character study, obsession, redemption, domestic violence, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
35%
33K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, suspenseful, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, prostitute, obsession, conspiracy, call girl, missing person, private investigator, investigation, brutality, murder mystery, pimp, prostitution ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Style:
surprise ending, sexy, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
investigation, twists and turns, fatal attraction, mind game, secret, undercover, female protagonist, manipulation, murder of a nude woman, seduction, uncover truth, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, robbery, retired, abuse, mafia, safecracker, one last job, organized crime, british gangster, violent, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, 20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, england, mediterranean sea, europe, london ...
Similarity:
35%
31K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
Style:
suspense, sexy, psychological, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
femme fatale, twists and turns, couple relations, murder, investigation, insurance scam, voyeur, nudity, serial killer, infidelity, surgeon, god complex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
35%
Movie in collections
466K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, puzzle, uncover truth, existentialism, surveillance, life & death, game, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
Similarity:
35%
422K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style:
clever, detective, suspense, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, robbery, bank, bank robbery, hostage, twists and turns, perfect crime, master criminal, plot twist, deception, police detective, caper ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, neo noir, talky, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gangster, dark hero, organized crime, undercover cop, gang, psychopath, perfect crime, violent, mafia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, usa, bolivia, southern california, california
Similarity:
34%
242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been stolen. Having had a few drinks, Magruder offers to give her a lift ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, courtroom, psychopath, courtroom drama, twists and turns, law, plot twist, femme fatale, couples, legal, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
georgia, savannah georgia, southern usa
Similarity:
34%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
34%
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
34%
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