Movies like Hard Candy
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Hard Candy (2005)
168K
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, twist ending, suspenseful, independent film, rough, suspense, controversial, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, torture, manipulation, age difference, pedophilia, sexual abuse, revenge, kidnapping, psychopath, pedophile, child abuse, justice, vigilantism, social network, older man younger woman relationship, castration, dangerous attraction, violent woman, vigilante, suicide, teenage girl, strong female lead, deception, female vigilante, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Keyword:
feminist film, rose, ice cube, challenge
Most similar movies to Hard Candy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and psychological thriller films with plots about murder, blood, death, psychopath, danger, violence and obsession mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Hard Candy: Trust (2010), The Crush (1993), Gone Girl (2014), One Hour Photo (2002), Megan Is Missing (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, teen, serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, investigation, bullying, father daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, rape and revenge, child abuse, sex, internet, innocence lost, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, milwaukee wisconsin, chicago ...
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88%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Style:
psychological, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
obsession, stalking, obsessive love, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, lolita, mentally unstable, teenage girl, revenge, nymphet, female psychopath, older man young girl relationship ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
seattle
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100%
1.1M
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, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, tense, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loner, voyeurism, mental illness, insanity, loneliness, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, photograph, serial killer, paranoid ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Fictional drama based on actual events, about two teenage girls who encounter an Internet predator.
Style:
mockumentary, disturbing, suspenseful, twisted, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, internet, rape, teenage girl, psychopath, teenage life, danger, missing person, best friend, murder, deathtrap, rape of a girl ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Films like Se7en
103K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, scary, disturbing, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, murder, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, brutality, kidnapping, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
21K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, stalking, stalker, obsessive love, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, female psychopath, teenager, swimming, sexual obsession, unrequited love, hospital ...
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
14K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A married man is tricked into a murder scheme by a female police detective.
Style:
suspense, intense, disturbing, psychological, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, seduction, extramarital affair, married man, sex scene, female psychopath, fraud, male objectification, seductress, sex, psychological manipulation, redemption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, sadism, bad guy wins, torment, torture, home invasion, kidnapping, murder, family in danger, evil wins, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997, near future
Place:
austria, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
Style:
suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, female psychopath, college, jealousy, dangerous attraction, cheerleader, girlfriend, american football, desire, suspicion, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Gone Girl
34K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, hidden camera, murder, voyeurism, dangerous attraction, serial killer, sex, voyeur, strong sexual content, apartment building, trapped, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, older man younger woman relationship, lesbian, dangerous attraction, teenage girl, infidelity, teenage life, adultery, obsession, high school, nymphet, seduction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, rough, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
incest, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, dysfunctional family, incestuous relationship, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, incest rape, small town, innocence lost ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
31K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
53K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style:
sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Law Abiding Citizen similar movies
630K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
bleak, twist ending, intense, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, incest, vengeance, older man younger woman relationship, psychopath, hypnosis, mind game, psychological torture, kidnapping, plot twist, confined, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, y2k, near future ...
Place:
south korea, korea, persia, oceania, east asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
34K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon. However, into this idyllic world steps Lisa, a temporary worker at Derek's office. ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, sexy, intense, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, stalking, dangerous attraction, obsessive love, unrequited love, fatal attraction, workplace, black man white woman relationship, sexual obsession, manipulation, stalker, rape ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
rape, obsession, murder, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, psychopath, vigilantism, rape and murder, women, haunted by the past, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
persia, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, psychological thriller, sensual, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, adultery, fatal attraction, sexual obsession, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, insanity, borderline personality disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Films like Prisoners
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, twists and turns, murder investigation, cannibal, mind game ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, madagascar, persia, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
104K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Chile, Israel, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Style:
sexy, suspense, psychological, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
home invasion, rape, torture, sex scene, female villain, seductress, nudity, married man, threesome, infidelity, one night stand, seduction ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Style:
unusual plot structure, twisted, disturbing, visually appealing, mind twisting ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, teachers and students, grief, japanese schoolgirl, dead daughter, teenage murderer, twists and turns, bullying, child murder, extreme, asian ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
obsession, fatal attraction, older woman younger man relationship, stalking, dangerous attraction, obsessive love, woman in danger, psychopath, stalker, danger, blackmail, neighbor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
incest, father daughter incest, teenager, incestuous relationship, teenage girl, murder, secrets, depression, cheerleader, manipulation, twists and turns, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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I Spit on Your Grave similar movies
800K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, erotic, sexy, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, sexual harassment, psychopath, jealousy, stalking, female rapist, manipulation, borderline personality disorder, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, victim, cruelty, helplessness, child molestation, suffering, childhood, violence, abuse ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, new york, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Style:
disturbing, depressing, controversial, devastating, intense ...
Plot:
vietnam war, extreme, misfit, suicide, exploitation, mental disorder, teenager, psycho killer, cavalry, war trauma, military, freak ...
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot:
vengeance, obsession, cruelty, revenge, violence, mental illness, estrangement, couples, twists and turns, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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