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A Lover's Revenge (2005)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Philadelphia, the psychologist Dr. Liz Manners is the host of the WLOR Talk Radio Show giving advices about relationships to her audience. When she suggests to her listener Sara Jane to leave her abusive and obsessive husband Kyle Lundstrom, Sara runs away home chased by Kyle and is hit by a car, immediately dying. The psychopath Kyle decides to use his money to destroy Dr. Manners' life, and assuming the fake identity of the investor James, he meets her husband Rob and poisons her marriage
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, emotional, detective
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, psychopath, terrorism, revenge, stalking, woman in danger, danger, destructive relationship, domestic abuse, murder, couples, violent man, love and romance, vengeance, rivalry, listener, dealing with death, couple relations, lawyer, psychology, women, violence, depression, stalker ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, law enforcement and stalking mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like A Lover's Revenge: The Perfect Husband (2004), The Husband She Met Online (2013), The Rendering (2002), Dangerous Intentions (1995), Shayda (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
woman in danger, psychopath, delusion, husband wife relationship, hidden identity, captivity, couple relations, dishonesty, mentally unstable, possessiveness, murder, miscarriage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When hotel event planner Rachel breaks up with her boyfriend John for cheating on her, she decides to go looking online for a new boyfriend. In the expanse of cyberspace, she meets a charming, wealthy man named Craig, who at first, seems perfect. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, dangerous attraction, couples, danger, destructive relationship, internet dating, social network, stalking, love, manipulation, woman in danger, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, blackmail, trial, prison, psychopath, haunted by the past, woman in danger, manhunt, mind game, false accusation, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological
Plot:
abusive husband, husband hits wife, stalker, domestic violence, wife, abusive relationship, obsession, family relations, husband wife relationship, coffee, man hits a woman, abused woman ...
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, hiding place, divorce, stereotypes, woman, toxic masculinity, desire for fame, mental health, humiliation, empowerment, activist, oppression ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, mind bending
Plot:
femme fatale, murder, infidelity, hidden identity, love affair, haunted by the past, couples, dishonesty, starting over, danger, love and romance, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
57%
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, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
obsession, stalking, neighbor, mind game, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, mentally unstable, amateur detective ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
starting over, abusive husband, hand job, adolescence, couples, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, destructive relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, india, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still ...
Style:
disturbing, sad, realistic, biting, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, violence, love, working class, dysfunctional family, activism, women, social commentary, hospital, drinking, children, resistance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, liverpool, paraguay, london, california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a remote part of New England, Clive arrives at Memory Lane, a rustic bed&breakfast. After being welcomed by the charming hostess, Agatha, he soon discovers a diary filled with mystery about the hostess' daughter, Lily. His natural ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, obsession, mind game, stalking, danger, psychopath, teenage life, missing person, riddles and clues, isolation, captivity, countryside ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new hampshire
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a ...
Style:
neo noir, mystical, independent film, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive relationship, domestic violence, violence against women, abusive husband, marital abuse, deaf, psychopath, bad boy, dysfunctional relationship, disabled, hospital, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A man's relationship with a bipolar woman becomes dangerous.
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
online dating, losing-it hero, bipolar disorder, jealousy, mentally unstable, couples, dangerous attraction, murder, social network, obsession, dating, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
legal action, righting the wronged, corporate crime, law enforcement, race against time, rivalry, dishonesty, hotshot lawyer, legal, police detective, blackmail, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
313
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the house is robbed and the nanny's brother is a suspect, she lies to protect him, but she then realizes he isn't the only one with a secret.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
460
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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44%
110
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
44%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
stalking, danger, couples, blind ambition, moral dilemma, haunting, kidnapping, book editor, grandmother grandson relationship, ex husband, lawyer, possessed human ...
Time:
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Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
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Time:
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