Movies like The Landlady
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The Landlady (1998)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Melanie decides that one of her tenants would be perfect as her husband and decides to eliminate everyone who might interfere in her plans.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, scary, slasher, independent film, detective, tension, slasher horror ...
Plot:
obsession, split personality, apartment building, psychopath, murder, danger, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, dishonesty, disobey, blind ambition, stalking, spouse killer, starting over, psycho, desire, housewife, voyeur, unfaithful husband, tenant, sexual attraction, attraction, wedding, bad girl, voyeurism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Most similar movies to The Landlady
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about danger, psychopath, murder, deadly, serial killer, obsession and blood mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The Landlady: The Neighbor (1993), The Fan (1981), The Dentist (1996), Don't Look in the Basement (1973), Nurse (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young couple, Mary and John, awaiting a baby is in search for a house when they decide to buy that lovely old villa they found by coincidence. What they both do not know is that Myron, the owner of that villa and their new neigbour, is a dangerous ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, independent film, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
psychopath, pregnancy, home invasion, danger, dangerous attraction, obsession, couples, family problems, babies and infants, youth, mind game, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, year 1943
Place:
vermont, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen (Lauren Bacall). However when his letters are rejected, the fan strikes out at the actresses friends, then at her.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, stalking, obsessed fan, stalker, actress, psychopath, murder, price of fame, maniac, woman in danger, ex husband ex wife relationship, secretary ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
Style:
medical horror, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
psycho killer, medical, psychopath, voyeurism, dentist, voyeur, murder, infidelity, serial killer, graphic violence, adultery, victim ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, losing-it hero, isolation, murder, mental illness, mental institution, patient, danger, obsession, doctors and patients, mind game, mad scientist ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
100%
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12K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targets and punishes dishonest men.
Style:
sexy, slasher, medical horror, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot:
medical, female serial killer, hospital, femme fatale, woman with a gun, nurse, female killer, sexy nurse, blood, vigilante, sexual attraction, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Psychopath Debbie Strand escapes from a mental institution for the criminally insane and takes the identity of a co-ed she meets and dies out of fear of Debbie and sets herself up on a college campus where she once again begins killing students and ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, female psychopath, teachers and students, unrequited love, hidden identity, female killer, lesbian rape, student life, stalking, age difference ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, teen, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, female psychopath, college, stalker, fraternity, obsessive love, mentally unstable, mind game, woman kills a man, female stalker, love interest, murder ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare when they move into a country house which contains a terrible secret.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, spooky ...
Plot:
haunted house, serial killer, obsession, couples, psychopath, uncover truth, mind game, stalking, danger, gory, estate, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Nobody Loves Alice is about Alice, a sad and lonely woman who always dreamed of finding the right person to be with...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rivalry, vengeance, couples, infidelity, gory, obsession, loneliness, female psychopath, violence, murder, dismemberment, female killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
455
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship have a current murderous relationship. He murders the women who reject him and she murders the women who get too close to him.
Style:
independent film, realistic, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, serial killer, implied incest, valentine's day, wedding, supernatural being, investigation, obsession, psychopath, love affair, murder, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style:
slasher, crying, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangler, psychopath, woman strangled to death, female nudity, maniac, victim, obsession, exploitation, misogynist, stalking, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, asia, vietnam, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, danger, gory, confined, life is a bitch, tough heroes, woman in danger, brutality, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
Style:
slasher, psychological, grindhouse, slasher horror, terrifying ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, female nudity, masturbation, nudity, psychopath, erotica, rape, sadism, serial killer, assault, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dr. Caine, the murdering dentist from the original movie, has escaped from the mental hospital where he has been since being caught. Hoping to resume a normal life, he makes his way to a quiet Midwestern town under a false name and takes on the ...
Style:
medical horror, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror, dark ...
Plot:
violence against women, serial killer, voyeurism, psychological torture, psycho, maniac, medical, psychopath, killer, murderer, nudity, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Nine short tales of horror filmed by various directors are presented together in one chilling volume, featuring enough killers, psychopaths and supernatural demons to satisfy the most demanding fans of human perversity and madness. Featured titles ...
Style:
disturbing, anthology, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, gory, obsession, split personality, fear, attraction, nudity, violent content, twists and turns, dungeon ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The night before their high school graduation, Jessie and her friends are guided by a 'Find My iPhone' app to recover her lost device from a house whose demented tenants are hell bent on making her a flesh and blood member of the family.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
high school student, psychopath, serial killer, stalking, obsession, woman in danger, danger, infidelity, graphic violence, survival, technology, manhunt ...
Similarity:
34%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
isolation, murder, factory, psychopath, dangerous attraction, serial killer, destructive relationship, obsession, investigation, danger, mentally unstable, fall in love ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
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427
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A band playing their final gig in a former meat packing factory find themselves being stalked by a psychopath
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rock, survival, teenage life, gory, rave, danger, stalking, murder, rock and roll, serial killer, hard rock, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young artist follows her passion to study at one of the finest art institutes in San Francisco.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, mysterious, demonic ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, danger, psychopath, gory, murder, female nudity, woman seduces a man, ghost, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
34%
648
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, masked killer, danger, murder, violence, xmas, comeback, pursuit, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of college students escape their troubled lives but only to find themselves fighting for their lives from a revenge seeking mad man.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, youth, strong violent content, danger, woods, survival, vengeance, rivalry, friendship, mind game, teenager, camp ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
insomnia, mentally unstable, obsession, woman in danger, danger, fall in love, rehabilitation, sleeping, self mutilation, death, hypnosis, female killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, who done it, gory, danger, psychopath, stalking, journalism, murderer, killer, maniac, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dr. Anna Fugazzi is a young, attractive psychologist with a loving and devoted (albeit freakish) boyfriend, plenty of stimulating friends, and a bright future ahead of her. But beneath her perfect life and calm exterior lies a deadly secret that she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, surreal
Plot:
sexual abuse, orgasm, sadomasochism, psychopath, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, danger, murder, psychiatry, hallucination, shock treatment, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Richard Ramirez, dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, a serial killer who killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 souls during his reign of terror in Los Angeles back in the Eighties
Style:
serious, scary, rough, realistic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, true crime, devil worship, blasphemy, violence, satanist, killing spree, killer, stalking, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, profiler, murder, danger, stalking, phone terror, stalker, fear, predator, female protagonist, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a ...
Style:
slasher, frightening, scary, bloody, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, murder of family, male nudity, fake identity, stepfather, new identity, murderer, killer, mental illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A series of unsolved crimes from the past prove to be the common thread in three stories that intertwine to reveal big problems in a small town.
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, slasher
Plot:
gory, ghost, supernatural, psychopath, danger, murder, haunted by the past, small town life, dark and stormy night, game, stalking, sexual murder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A metropolitan city is in the grip of fear when rolling blackouts bring out a serial killer dubbed The Picasso Killer. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office building as the killer hunts for Christie ...
Style:
christmas horror, suspenseful, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, violence, danger, psychopath, suburbs, christmas, murder witness, xmas, isolation, murder, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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