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Pacific Heights (1990)
25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style:
neo noir, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense, clever, psychological, controversial, cult classic, spooky ...
Plot:
psychopath, home invasion, sociopath, manipulation, stalking, deception, anger, landlord, yuppie, home renovation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, identity theft, neighbor, harassment, lawyer, revenge, investigation, hotel, survival horror, crazy neighbor, terrorizing, obsession, estate, maniac, police ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, los angeles, beverly hills
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Most similar movies to Pacific Heights
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about murder, psychopath, deadly, obsession, serial killer, danger and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Pacific Heights: Single White Female (1992), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Fear (1996), The 4th Floor (1999), Jennifer Eight (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, erotic, psychosexual thriller, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, femme fatale, stalker, mental illness, sex scene, jealousy, sexual harassment, nudity, stalking, murder, dangerous friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, sexy, sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, teenager, obsessive love, stalker, rape, danger, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, violence against women ...
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Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman moves into a new apartment that she inherited from her grandmother, who had died there in a bizarre accident. She is immediately confronted by totally bizarre neighbors and someone is obviously out to get her as rats and flies engulf ...
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Plot:
harassment, neighbor, voyeurism, voyeur, female protagonist, obsession, supernatural, danger, mysterious character, psychopath, celebrity, artist ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style:
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Plot:
serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, police investigation, obsession, blind character, christmas, police officer, whodunit, small town, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, northern california, germany, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological thriller, sexy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, agoraphobia, psychopath, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, maniac, paranoia, police detective, mind game, profiler ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, persia, usa, california, boston
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100%
15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection ...
Style:
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Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, illicit affair, domineering mother, female nudity, oedipus complex, borderline personality disorder, parents and children, family problems, pregnant wife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
kentucky, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
165K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting ...
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
miami, dallas texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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884
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman's capture. Whitman was tried and sentenced to death. However, he was rescued by a secret government group ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder, undercover, danger, violence spree, psychopath, religions or cults, partners against crime, law enforcement, race against time, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, adultery, husband wife relationship, sexual obsession, femme fatale, family in danger, crimes of passion, extramarital affair, fatal attraction, mental illness ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, cult classic, sensual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family in danger, obsession, mentally unstable, stalking, family problems, dysfunctional family, family life, hidden identity, danger, murder, oedipus complex, peeping ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
479
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, computers and web, extramarital affair, dangerous attraction, voyeurism, cyberspace, murder, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
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300K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Advertising exec Natalie engages in a passionate, but brief, love affair with a stranger named Kurt. When Natalie returns to her boyfriend, she finds that Kurt isn't so easily dismissed.
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, woman in danger, heroine, manipulation, revenge, fear, showdown, death of boyfriend, framed for murder, violence, arrest ...
Place:
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234K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, chase, stalking, murder, police investigation, police, dangerous attraction, psychopath, investigation, life philosophy, runaway, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
Similarity:
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47K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, new zealand, california
Similarity:
100%
53K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Style:
black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape, strangulation, killer, dark humor, murder, man kills a woman, psycho killer, mistaken identity, truck, violent, sexual perversion ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
london, britain, england, europe, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, entertaining, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, homosexual subtext, sex, manipulation, serial killer, obsession, betrayal, friendship, murder, sociopath, frame up, fatal attraction ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
phone sex, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, who done it, woman in danger, sexual relations, rivalry, danger, obsession ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
887
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, psychopath, dangerous attraction, police investigation, mind game, mysterious character, danger, false accusation, frame up, murder, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
508
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a drifter is struck by a car the driver offers to take him back from the hospital to her home in order to nurse him back to health...which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, danger, woman in danger, violence, male female relationship, police detective, murder, seduction, revenge, drifter, homeless, psychotic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
34K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style:
neo noir, tense, noir, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, manic, murder, obsession, stalker, serial killer, family in danger, swamp ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, investigation, manipulation, poison, dangerous attraction, danger, murder, illicit affair, woman in danger, obsession, secret identity, lesbian ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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