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Mesmerized (1985)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense, eighties
Plot:
sexual abuse, serial killer, marital abuse, voyeur, rape, women, abusive relationship, age difference, sexualized violence, abusive husband, killing spree, sex crime, investigation, love triangle, murder, orphan, rich and poor, family relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, supernatural ability, sexual relations, couples, legal, teenage life ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, 1880s
Place:
new zealand
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Most similar movies to Mesmerized
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about dishonesty, couples, family relations, murder, life is a bitch, family problems and infidelity mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Mesmerized: Daybreak (2003), Lady Macbeth (2016), Edge of Madness (2002), Mine Alone (2001), Where Love Has Gone (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, vengeance, crumbling marriage, family problems, parents and children, love affair, dishonesty, redemption, introspection, couple relations, couples, family relations ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, cynical, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret lover, cruelty, forbidden love, infidelity, horse, adultery, marriage of convenience, neglectful husband, male nudity, secret relationship, forced marriage, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place:
england, northern england
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, erotic, bleak ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, marital rape, rough sex, vengeance, mysterious character, starting over, investigation, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, love and romance, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, realistic, bleak
Plot:
abusive husband, marital rape, abusive relationship, best friend, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, couples, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage daughter, murder, trial, betrayal, courtroom, lawyer, teenage girl, domineering mother, drug addiction, minefield, marriage, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, biting, witty ...
Plot:
crimes of passion, murder, destructive relationship, vengeance, obsession, addiction, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couple relations, womanizer, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, year 1976, year 1980
Place:
philadelphia, new york, florida, virginia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. ...
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
sex education, pregnancy, murder, teenage pregnancy, cheerleader, american football, high school student, family problems, teenage life, investigation, babies and infants, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her, his roommate warns him to be careful because he suspects she may have other motives. Years later, she returns and hires him as her lawyer to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, lawyer, couples, power relations, haunted by the past, college, rivalry, orphan, protagonist as suspect, witnessing a crime, dangerous attraction, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bill Hooper -- bitter after a messy divorce -- tries to help a friend gain custody of his child any way he can.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, family relations, family problems, courtroom drama, breakup, legal action, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, dysfunctional marriage, custody battle, divorce, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
dishonesty, couple relations, couples, family relations, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeurism, voyeur, golddigger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Phillipe and Esther live an apparently idyllic life with their daughter, Elise. In an attempt to preserve this bliss, Phillipe decides that he and Esther should each have affairs, being sure to tell each other openly about them. The plan backfires ...
Style:
sincere, tense, bleak, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
swinger couple, sexual relations, female pubic hair, swinger, family problems, family life, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, couples, older man younger woman marriage, bare breasts, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
20%
202
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Teacher Rob Dekoster is a good man, albeit a bit too frivolous and liberal with funds the local arts center's interim director. His wife Nelle, who sometimes abuses drugs, spoils his ingrate teenage stepdaughter Sandy, who is kind only to her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
legal, false accusation, family relations, manipulation, dishonesty, vengeance, couple relations, life is a bitch, youth, rivalry, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jill Plumley left her brilliant job as journalist when she married Derek, am important layer with a brilliant career. Now Jill is university teacher. But everything changes when she receive a message from her husbands' secretary and she start ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love triangle, couples, love affair, murder, investigation, rivalry, dishonesty, unfulfillment, adultery, blonde, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Story:
A split-second decision made in a fit of rage drives attorney and family man Michael Anderson to desperate measures.The stressed-out lawyer hits his melting point one fateful day, when he runs away from the consequences of his actions.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hit and run, mental illness, workplace situations, legal action, rivalry, vengeance, vigilantism, dishonesty, arrest, driving, designer, ambulance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, interracial relations, racism, injustice, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, trial, uncover truth, investigation, courtroom drama, false accusation, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than fort walls, VANAJA explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, couples, village, family relations, injustice, youth, society, teenage life, rape, dancing, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, costume drama, compassionate, bleak ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, royal family, murder, medieval, tragic hero, poisoning, state affairs, family relations, parents and children, spirit, dishonesty ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
denmark, europe, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense. Could it be so?
Style:
spooky, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
self defense, crimes of passion, lawyer, law, killing spree, serial killer, extramarital affair, true crime, murder, manipulation, couples, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
19%
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:
serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tragic
Plot:
murder, private detective, infidelity, adultery, couples, family problems, dishonesty, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, true crime, under the surface ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
couples, introspection, working class, social differences, family problems, human nature, society, gender, unfulfillment, loneliness, blackmail, marital problem ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, touching, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
lovers reunited, aging, loneliness, male female relationship, desire, love triangle, crumbling marriage, family problems, memory, husband wife relationship, love, marriage ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 1950s, 70s, 50s
Place:
adelaide south australia, belgium, melbourne, australia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets Paris' wife Hannah. A former schoolteacher, she made the mistake of her life when she married ...
Style:
neo noir, biting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
redneck, rape, abusive husband, lawyer, children, domestic abuse, paranoia, abuse, relationships, marital abuse, law, family relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
19%
404
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Henrik Ibsen's enduring drama about a Nordic femme fatale - a neurotic, controlling, strong-willed woman who is nonetheless alluring to the males in her town. She is a solitary woman in a society held together by kinship and class. If she had ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
girl, manipulation, femme fatale, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, feminism, love and romance, introspection, dishonesty, human nature ...
Time:
19th century, year 1975
Place:
europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
school shooting, high school, bullying, bully, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, teenage life, psychopath, youth, hardcase students, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
Style:
psychological, rough, disturbing, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
prostitute, infidelity, survival, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, family problems, destructive relationship, danger, life is a bitch, small town, sex, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, vancouver
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
his drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany' ) sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, dark comedy ...
Plot:
scarecrow, feud, social relations, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, village life, revenge, husband wife relationship, wedding night, abusive father, lactation, unfaithfulness ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman leads a businessman down a path of reckless abandon.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
hot and sexy, abusive husband, nylons, open marriage, sex game, adultery, femme fatale, introspection, manipulation, power relations, family problems, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
18%
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