Movies like Lifebreath

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Lifebreath (1997)
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Lifebreath (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Luke Perry stars in this surprisingly moving adult drama about a devoted husband whose wife (Francie Swift) is dying of cystic fibrosis. Because of her rare blood type, she can't get new lungs, so Perry begins a frantic search to find a donor. Eventually, he becomes so desperate that he starts having an affair with a real-estate agent (Gia Carides) whom he plans to murder because she's a match with Swift and has signed her donor card.
Style: independent film, psychological, tense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, erotic
Plot: murder, terminal illness, love triangle, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, infidelity, family problems, transplant, child illness, woman in danger, tragic hero, dishonesty, unfulfillment, love, teacher, medicine, sex scene, death, illness, hospital, computer, surgeon, blood, disease ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city

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Most similar movies to Lifebreath

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about couples, infidelity, dishonesty, murder, love and romance, husband wife relationship and family problems mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Lifebreath: Zandalee (1991), Other Voices (2000), Forever Mine (1999), A Table for One (1999), One Night Stand (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Zandalee (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johhny and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair.
Style: sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, adultery, love triangle, extramarital affair, trophy wife, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, nudity, erotica, tragic love, family problems, sexual attraction ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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Other Voices (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relationship, things begin to spin out of control, in this turn-of-the-millennium thriller.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, independent film ...
Plot: couples, private detective, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, family problems, city life, breakup, stalking, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, love and romance, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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57%
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Forever Mine (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, haunted by the past, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, murder, lovers reunited, infidelity ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: florida, new york, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
A Table for One (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
Style: erotic, realistic, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: erotica, home invasion, mind game, infidelity, murder, bigamy, couples, family problems, obsession, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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One Night Stand (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat ...
Style: sexy, melancholic, intense, light, touching ...
Plot: male female relationship, love triangle, infidelity, friendship, one night stand, justice, adaptation, adultery, interracial romance, couples, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, california, manhattan new york city
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54%
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Asunder (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chance Williams (Underwood), a man whose life is torn apart when his wife and unborn child are killed in a bizarre accident. Chance comes to believe Lauren (Morgan), wife to best friend Michael (Beach), is the only woman who can love and help him, ...
Style: independent film, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: black, urban, stalking, pregnancy, obsession, best friend, psychopath, couples, family problems, dangerous attraction, dealing with death, danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Clean Break (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, obsession, twists and turns, danger, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, crumbling marriage, corrupt officer, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Exit in Red (1996)
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the rich and beautiful Ally Mercer (Annabel Schofield), who has ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot: psychiatrist, murder, sexuality, love affair, power relations, lawsuit, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, frame up, infidelity ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Often (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ricky (Emraan Hashmi) is a leading fashion photographer, who carries his heart on his sleeve. He's an absolute womanizer. The film begins with Ricky getting a call from Sheena (Udita Goswami), who asks him to meet her in a gym. Once there, the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexy, suspense ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, love triangle, femme fatale, love affair, dishonesty, couples, infidelity, manipulation, buddies, estate, adultery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Trois 2: Pandora's Box (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she meets a handsome stranger and begins an affair that may cost her more than just her husband.
Style: erotic, tense, sexy, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: extramarital affair, murder, infidelity, nightclub, manipulation, who done it, love affair, love and romance, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, femme fatale, couples ...
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48%
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Say Nothing (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Housewife Grace Needham (Nastassja Kinski) has a one-night stand with Julian Grant (William Baldwin), who then becomes obsessed with sinking her marriage to husband Matt (Hart Bochner). The twist here is that Julian is a millionaire global ...
Style: sexy, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot: obsession, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, love affair, manipulation, infidelity, family problems, mentally unstable, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, danger, sexual relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Deadly Betrayal (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: International reporter Jeff Randal spends half of his time abroad. His wife Donna feels neglected. When their preteen daughter Melinda's hunky teacher Adam Hamilton notices, Donna becomes his hot lover, to her Boston bookstore employer and ...
Style: tense, sexy, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: adultery, infidelity, love affair, couples, danger, love and romance, betrayal, murder, stalking, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student romance, sex ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Caught (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.
Style: psychological, erotic, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: unfaithful wife, adultery, cheating wife, older woman younger man, stepmother stepson relationship, betrayal, erotica, older woman younger man relationship, family problems, infidelity, twists and turns, murder ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, future
Place: usa, new york, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Attraction (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, independent film, sexual ...
Plot: infidelity, obsession, betrayal, dangerous attraction, fantasy world, love triangle, mentally unstable, lifestyle, stalking, dishonesty, voyeurism, sexual relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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47%
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Inner Sanctum (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his ...
Style: enigmatic, absurd, captivating, sexual, erotic ...
Plot: obsession, betrayal, love triangle, intrigue, murder, danger, infidelity, nudity, strong sexual content, erotica, disability, paraplegic ...
Time: 90s
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The Operator (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A scoundrel is tormented by a seemingly-omniscent telephone operator.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Plot: gambling, infidelity, vengeance, mind game, family problems, couples, womanizer, investigation, danger, downfall, family in danger, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
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46%
Lured Innocence (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot: small town life, infidelity, extramarital affair, obsession, investigation, who done it, couple relations, couples, family problems, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Iron Maze (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his mill. Bellboy Barry admits to have done it - in self defense. ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, psychological, erotic, serious ...
Plot: amusement park, profanity, couples, law enforcement, love and romance, obsession, blind ambition, dishonesty, betrayal, society, life is a bitch, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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A Woman's Nightmare (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A mother and wife finds herself haunted by a brief affair she had while separated from her husband. With her scorned lover refusing to give up, she must fight to keep her family and her secret safe.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: writers, family relations, love and romance, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, adultery, love triangle, marital infidelity, romantic triangle ...
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45%
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Cages (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Eve is an emergency medical technician who falls in love with Damien (Sagamore Stévenin), a handsome and caring man who runs a neighborhood bar in the Belgian countryside. When Damien and Eve become a couple, she joins him in looking after the bar ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, realistic ...
Plot: life turned upside down, couple relations, infidelity, misfit, dishonesty, hopes, love and romance, couples, family problems, bondage, husband wife relationship, stuttering ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Purgatory Flats (2003)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Driving drunk, Thomas Reed causes a car crash, fatal for his wife, and gets jailed for 5 years. Yet he feels like punishing himself afterward by moving to Californian small town Purgatory Flats, where he works as a humble barman. Suddenly he ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic
Plot: infidelity, murder, betrayal, life is a bitch, investigation, couples, cons and scams, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, protagonist as suspect, drug dealing, dishonesty ...
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45%
The Perfect Wife (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot: revenge, murder, psychopath, femme fatale, serial killer, couples, family problems, dishonesty, couple relations, infidelity, female killer, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Right Temptation (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Style: erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dangerous attraction, femme fatale, love triangle, betrayal, investigation, obsession, infidelity, frame up, couples, power relations, manipulation, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, love triangle, betrayal, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty, female protagonist, masturbation, aunt, stealing ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Under Still Waters (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: stranger, couples, sex scene, family problems, danger, mysterious character, drinking, drinking alcohol, marriage, alcohol abuse, isolation, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Suburban Madness (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological
Plot: private detective, murder, family problems, couples, dishonesty, infidelity, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, under the surface, adultery, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A television movie based on "A Perfect Stranger," Danielle Steel's novel about an attorney who falls in love with the young wife of a wealthy man who is dying.
Style: serious, realistic, sexual
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, love affair, infidelity, feeling, bittersweet, dishonesty, fall in love, unfulfillment, opposites attract, love and romance, aging, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Dot the I (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to lose her temper at the drop of a hat, is about to be married to Barnaby, a caring, wealthy, but ...
Style: sexy, stylized, intense, tense, sensual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, infidelity, twists and turns, couple relations, fall in love, manipulation, actor's life, artists and showbiz, love affair, love story, erotica, sexual content ...
Time: year 2003
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Victim of Love (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It's a romantic triangle with a lot of heat when a psychologist (JoBeth Williams) falls in love with a widowed professor (Pierce Brosnan) who's having an affair with one of her patients (Virginia Madsen). Williams turns a dangerous page ...
Style: psychosexual thriller, sexy, neo noir, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: psychology, 007, seduction, woman in jeopardy, psychiatrist, paranoia, murder, fall in love, investigation, psychopath, patient, infidelity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and feeling helpless against his legal ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, biting, suspenseful
Plot: murder, men's rights, betrayal, true crime, serial killer, legal, rivalry, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, unfulfillment, society, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
Place: san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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