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Brother's Keeper (2002)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help reluctantly convinced by an old boyfriend (Leland Orser). The tracks are directly related to the abuse that Lucinda and her brother suffered during his childhood, which seems to be in the suspect has caused a serious psychological disorder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, moral dilemma, police investigation, murder, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, mind game, introspection, siblings relations, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, cover up, swat team, couples, who done it, legal investigation, dangerous attraction, family in danger, protagonist as suspect, special agent, dog, murderer, fishing ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
portland oregon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, serial killer, deadly, law enforcement, danger, psychopath and who done it mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Brother's Keeper: Pavement (2002), Fissure (2008), Nightmare in Columbia County (1991), Born Killers (2005), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
100%
149
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mind game, danger, rivalry, who done it, riddles and clues, time travel, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, criminal heroes, introspection, danger, parents and children, gory, chess, father son relationship, violence, brother brother relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, strong violent content, rape and murder, who done it, life is a bitch, physical appearance, mentally unstable, stalking, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews to psychiatrist Samantha Stone, who has disquieting lifestyle issues of her own. It falls to her to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, making love, murder, police investigation, mind game, who done it, mental illness, life is a bitch, sex scene, killer, misogynist ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth, seeking revenge on her for abandoning him.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, dangerous attraction, rough sex, murder, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, woman in danger, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, woman in danger, psychopath, missing person, deputy sheriff, isolation, law enforcement, stalking, riddles and clues, captivity, who done it, danger ...
Place:
asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, manhunt, psychopath, one last job, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, supernatural ability, riddles and clues, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, murder, killer, haunted house ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Insurance investigators track a serial killer who seduces women with access to big bucks, convinces them to embezzle, then kills them.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, cynical, realistic
Plot:
murder, serial killer, insurance fraud, insurance investigator, danger, psychopath, dangerous attraction, police investigation, female nudity, voyeurism, male nudity, false identity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Vietnam, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, fbi, murder, killer, psychopath, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, terror ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, siblings relations, police investigation, manhunt, dishonesty, danger, police detective, law enforcement, twins, estate, cloning ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderous pair, murder, church, law enforcement, redemption, clergy, dangerous attraction, reluctant partners, danger, obsession, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, cult horror ...
Plot:
stephen king, serial killer, dark secret, danger, couples, marriage, husband wife relationship, murder, family problems, uncover truth, crumbling marriage, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.
Style:
scary, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, manhunt, who done it, witnessing a crime, danger, protagonist as suspect, master criminal, woman in danger, serial murder, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The suicide of a pregnant woman begins to look like murder and a county prosecutor is called in to investigate.
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, murder of a pregnant woman, pregnancy, danger, who done it, femme fatale, serial killer, law enforcement, power relations, woman in danger, murder investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An attractive married woman and a member of the 'Country Club Tennis Set', is being neglected by her workaholic doctor husband, Jerry (Corbin Bernsen). Lonely and insecure, Amy foolishly falls for the seductive charms of a much younger ...
Style:
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Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, stalker, dangerous attraction, love affair, woman in danger, law enforcement, danger, mind game, rivalry, who done it ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, police investigation, serial killer, riddles and clues, legal investigation, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Bollywood version of Basic Instinct - has to be seen to be believed!!!
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female killer, femme fatale, serial killer, police investigation, police detective, psychopath, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, detective, suspenseful, psychological, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, chess, sex scene, murder, childhood trauma, revenge, psychopath, mind game, murder suspect, framed for murder, police officer, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Similarity:
50%
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