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Out of Annie's Past (1995)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those involved. Soon, deaths of some major players in the game change the stakes from dollars and cents to life and death.
Style:
tense, noir, suspense, tension, dark, crime drama, psychological, atmospheric
Plot:
blackmail, bounty hunter, secrets, murder, deception, family secret, danger, death, betrayal, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, revenge, violence, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, urban, fatalism, marriage, slow burn, mafia, family relations, secret, threat, family secrets
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
american
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Most similar movies to Out of Annie's Past
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, noir, tense and dark films with plots about investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, urban and murder mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Out of Annie's Past: Mister Dissolute (2009), Killer Instinct (1991), The Black List (1995), Donor Unknown (1995), Hathya (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An up and coming lawyer gets turned over for a case he'd been working on for a long while. The D.A.'s niece then decides to help the young lawyer by first blackmailing, then eventually plotting the murder of the D.A., all the while ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, blackmail, investigation, betrayal, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, seduction, deception, cover up, conspiracy, district attorney ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
blackmail, courtroom, scandal, corruption, politician, danger, investigation, intrigue, conspiracy, judiciary, suspicion, power struggle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Type A insurance fraud investigator Nick Stillman has his life extended by a heart transplant, only to be dismayed to discover that his donor was murdered so Nick could live.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, dark, detective, tense ...
Plot:
murder, insurance fraud, heart transplant, organ donation, investigation, conspiracy, corruption, ethical dilemma, life & death, danger, survival, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In Telugu State, influential politician J.C. Dharmendra Reddy is brutally murdered in his residence. Fearless cop Sudha takes on the case, diving into a web of secrets, deception, and lies. Can she uncover the truth, or will the system thwart her ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, detective, tense, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, corruption, deception, justice, police procedural, female protagonist, cover up, conspiracy, secrets, law enforcement, corrupt politician ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate, the team's brilliant but jaded lead agent battling demons both past and ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, detective, tension ...
Plot:
murder, corruption, fbi, small town, investigation, cover up, violence, threat, moral ambiguity, evidence, mansion, congressman ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, jealousy, ski resort, paranoia, danger, snow, betrayal, resort, moral ambiguity, mountain, isolation ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Inspector Mugilan investigates the disappearance of a prominent Coimbatore businessman, Aadhavan, and his wife Malavika after their servant is found murdered in their home.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, murder, police procedural, businessman, family secret, suspicion, mature, servant, betrayal, cat and mouse, power ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, tension, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
blackmail, danger, escalation, intrigue, corruption, greed, moral ambiguity, betrayal, betrayal of trust, cat and mouse, revenge, obsession ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Five friends get mixed up in a life-changing night of deceit, betrayal, and murder when a simple heist goes wrong and turns into cold-hearted revenge. As the darkness descends, no one can escape this steamy and twisted tale of sexual deviancy.
Style:
dark, intense, tense, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, deception, betrayal, danger, revenge, mature, moral ambiguity, violent, heist gone wrong, murder mystery, claustrophobia, corruption ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Las Vegas homicide detective investigating his best friend uncovers a professional assassin.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, assassin, corruption, deception, cat and mouse, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban, underworld, friendship, private detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to be no longer interested in Annie and has an affair with ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
frame up, faked death, revenge, infidelity, false accusation, deception, betrayal, investigation, female protagonist, conspiracy, domestic drama, marital strife ...
Time:
year 1994
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A woman is murdered and her neighbour is picked up as a suspect. Meanwhile, a journalist believes he can use this murder to lure an elusive gangster, with help from the guy’s former accomplice.
Style:
captivating, psychological, crime drama, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, gangster, crime investigation, investigative reporter, crime solving, murder investigation, battles, uncover truth, fight, murder mystery, who done it ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A murderous blackmailer threatens to frame a wealthy widow (Brooke Burns) for her estranged husband's death on a yacht.
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, frame up, blackmail, manipulation, blackmailer, murder mystery, murderer, unhappy marriage, dysfunctional marriage, marital separation, marital problem, troubled marriage ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, danger, underworld, stripper, pursuit, survival, nightlife, debt, cat and mouse, betrayal, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Story:
A woman wants to clear her father's name. He supposedly murdered a shady night club owner. She starts looking for clues about the real perpetrator, but finds more than she bargained for.
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, mafia, murder, secret, relationships, uncover truth, accused of murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, family relations, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, betrayal, deception, murder, sting operation, danger, risk, law enforcement, suspicion, cat and mouse, investigation, police procedural ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tom Shepard returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. But the tranquility is shattered when he gets involved in the investigation of a series of grisly and bizarre murders.
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, private investigator, investigation, crime scene, secrets, family secret, small town, haunting, serial killer, getting home, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After her dad is critically injured in a so-called hunting accident, Maggie returns to her hometown in the mountains of Colorado to be by his side. But during her stay, this devoted daughter learns that the shooting was no mistake. As Maggie ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, secret, father daughter relationship, cover up, murder mystery, small town, murder investigation, getting home, crime investigation, puzzle, murder ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
100%
592
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A father and daughter : Samuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern, cover the murder of a girl attacked with acid for their magazine. Struck by the brutality of this murder, as well as by his daughter’s interest in the case, Samuel decides to ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, dark, noir
Plot:
father daughter relationship, murder mystery, investigation, fear, danger, suspicion, journalism, trauma, violence, female victim, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tatsama Tadbhava is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language suspense thriller film directed and written by Vishal Atreya and produced by Pannaga Bharana along with Spurti Anil and Chethan Nanjundaiah under PB Studios and Anvit Cinemas banner. The film stars ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense thriller, suspense, twisted, tense ...
Plot:
lie, missing person, investigation, mysterious disappearance, secrets, police procedural, deception, family secret, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban, corruption ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Jordan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a claustrophobic neighborhood where gossip and violence police people's behavior, the lives of residents intertwine and collide as some try to maintain social norms while others try to break them.
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
neighborhood, blackmail, secrets, claustrophobia, voyeurism, moral ambiguity, privacy invasion, suspicion, gossip, urban, escalation, social realism ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rookie detective, son of a dead disgraced cop, works to solve his first major case while under the watchful eye of a ghost-like assassin.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rookie, investigation, drug, police detective, theft, murderer, rivalry, corruption, death, law enforcement, secrets, murder ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, stripper, law enforcement, criminal heroes, murder, henchman, deception, strip club, mobster, organized crime, heist, private investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Criminal detective Roland Hassel and his colleague Bolinder is investigating a criminal gang involved in the meat packing business. Bolinder is murdered in front of Hassel and the criminals are out to kill Hassel, the only witness.
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, investigation, gang, organized crime, danger, violence, witness, revenge, conspiracy, law enforcement, undercover ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Divorcee learns from the FBI that her husband has mafia connections and put a contract on her life. She gets into the witness protection program and falls in love with the agent who protects her.
Style:
suspense, tension, crime drama, noir
Plot:
witness protection, mafia, fbi, danger, undercover agent, secrets, cat and mouse, assassination, investigation, suspicion, chase, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, crime drama, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
police corruption, cover up, hit and run, corruption, car accident, moral dilemma, escalation, secrets, guilt, investigation, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Similarity:
100%
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