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Mortal Thoughts (1991)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, talky, stylized, neo noir, clever, detective, noir, cult classic ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, twists and turns, police investigation, character study, obsession, domestic violence, redemption, law enforcement, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, murder mystery, friendship, attempted rape, husband wife relationship, betrayal, death, marital abuse, wife abuse, sex, mafia, erotica, mysticism, abusive relationship, seduction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
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Most similar movies to Mortal Thoughts
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about murder, investigation, twists and turns, deadly, police investigation, betrayal and nude mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Mortal Thoughts: Consenting Adults (1992), The Truth About Charlie (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002), Terrified (1995), Snapdragon (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, erotic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
swinger couple, wife swapping, mate swapping, swingers, sex, cheating on husband, murder, sexual content, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, lawyer, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder, hidden identity, family problems, dishonesty, danger, death in the family, chase, interracial couple, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, death, spy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, erotic, talky ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
murder, mind game, sociopath, perfect crime, serial killer, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderous pair, psychopath, violence against women, police investigation, strangulation ...
Time:
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Place:
persia, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
709
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Traumatized after witnessing her jealous husband kill her adulterous lover and then himself, an unbalanced, nymphomaniac young woman finds herself stalked by an unknown assailant, but she cannot make anyone believe her desperate situation.
Style:
erotic, detective, queer horror, independent film
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian erotica, making love, stalker, erotica, outdoor sex, serial killer, sex scene, female protagonist, adultery, desire, infidelity ...
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
Style:
erotic, psychological, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, sex scene, seduction, prostitute, killed during sex, murder, law enforcement, danger, investigation, who done it, female serial killer, power relations ...
Time:
90s
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
Style:
suspense, sexy, psychological, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
femme fatale, twists and turns, couple relations, murder, investigation, insurance scam, voyeur, nudity, serial killer, infidelity, surgeon, god complex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, noir, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, murder, sex scene, twists and turns, unfaithful husband, domineering husband, female nudity, marital infidelity, dishonesty, plot twist, illicit affair, affair ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, persia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, mystical, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
austin texas, los angeles, australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, police, police investigation, police detective, investigation, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sexual content, murder, passionate sex, erotic scene ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
femme fatale, voyeurism, serial killer, serial rape, murder, dangerous attraction, rough sex, lesbianism, obsession, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Place:
scotland, london, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during a photo shoot. He's exciting. He's handsome. And, after a night of lovemaking, he ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, justice, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, dishonesty, rivalry, secret ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
surprise ending, sexy, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 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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Similarity:
100%
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
28%
109K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A struggling, unemployed young writer takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his new novel.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, clever, black and white ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, persia, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A series of murders at a Santa Barbara beach house has three couples terrified for their own safety and pitted against one another. The murderer had to have been one of them.
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
27%
1.2M
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, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
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Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
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Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, rape victim, murder, murderer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, investigation, dishonesty, evidence, violence, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida, california
Similarity:
27%
221K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, insanity, plot twist, losing-it hero, escape from reality, a vision, murder, riddles and clues, uncover truth, investigation, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa, virginia
Similarity:
27%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
exciting, psychological, erotic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, psychopath, police detective, murder, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ray is young, charming, successful and the owner of a prosperous architect company. However, he has recently gone trough a very painful divorce. His friends try to cheer him up by showing him the positive sides of being single but for Ray marriage ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, sexual, erotic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, adultery, paranoia, female psychopath, dangerous attraction, sexual content, extramarital affair, marriage, infidelity, murder, family problems, fatal attraction ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, erotica, fatal attraction, voyeurism, mental illness, investigation, femme fatale, secret identity, psychiatrist, therapist, uncover truth, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, twists and turns, legal, court, murder, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
26%
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