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A Perfect Murder (1998)
98K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Style:
suspense, sexy, clever, suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, psychological thriller, surprise ending, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, infidelity, betrayal, blackmail, twists and turns, jealousy, love affair, perfect crime, love triangle, adultery, greed, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, crime gone awry, jealous spouse, hired killer, home invasion, secret relationship, attempted murder, suspicion, unfaithful wife, plan gone awry, plot twist, unfaithfulness, strangulation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Most similar movies to A Perfect Murder
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, suspense and serious films with plots about murder, dialogue, twists and turns, betrayal, police investigation, manipulation and runaway mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like A Perfect Murder: Fracture (2007), Body Heat (1981), Enough (2002), Derailed (2005), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
94%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
Similarity:
88%
51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, blackmail, dangerous attraction, couples, disorder, police investigation, danger, adultery, rape, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, infidelity, husband wife relationship, cheating wife, revenge, justice, blackmail, police investigation, mind game, manipulation, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspenseful, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, unemployment, desert, war injury, crime gone awry, danger, murder, gas station, contract killer ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, tense, serious, intense ...
Plot:
rape, murder, russian mafia, gangster, mob boss, prostitution, twists and turns, male nudity, organized crime, violent, death in childbirth, child prostitute ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, st. petersburg russia, europe, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, tense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man, unfaithful wife, drifter, cheating wife, adultery, infidelity, erotica, betrayal, older woman younger man relationship, family problems, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, future
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatrist, manipulation, murder, patient, sleepwalking, twists and turns, doctor, mental patient, mental institution, deception ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
106K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, unfaithful wife, lust, extramarital affair, sex, older woman younger man relationship, sex scene, cheating wife, hot and sexy, marital infidelity, fatal attraction ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, turkey
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher horror, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, psychopath, voyeurism, female nudity, murder, voyeur, infidelity, blonde, psycho killer, sexual content, sexual desire ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, psychological, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, twists and turns, murder, crime gone awry, extramarital affair, adultery, hired killer, investigation, betrayal, visceral, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, erotica, infidelity, love triangle, manipulation, dangerous attraction, extramarital affair, voyeur, skinny dipping, car salesman, menage a trois, bank robbery ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 90s
Place:
texas, virginia, usa, 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:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
67%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, disturbing, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, investigation, twists and turns, memory loss, amnesia, suspicion, plastic surgery, haunted by the past, infidelity, female killer, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, oregon, bay area, california, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the vein of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and fraught with mystery and edge-of-your seat suspense, Kari Wuhrer Poison tells the darkly insidious story of the Garrett household and their descent into a hellish world of sexual malice ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, female serial killer, teenage girl, framed for murder, adultery, revenge, suicide, poison, infidelity, dysfunctional marriage, caught having sex, female bonding ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beverly hills, usa
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:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, justice, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, dishonesty, rivalry, secret ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, home invasion, vengeance, suburbs, police officer, voyeurism, psychopath, violence, police investigation, hostage, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
robbery, sex scene, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, blackmail, crime gone awry, greed, adultery, murder, divorce, sexual attraction, death of wife ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, persia, usa, new york state, rio de janeiro ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, sexual, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, obsession, manipulation, femme fatale, lawyer, conspiracy, oral sex, lust, false accusation, sex, workplace, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, manipulation, gay, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, secret identity, gay subtext, psychopath, envy, jealousy, sociopath ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, mediterranean sea, europe, persia ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, dark comedy, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snow, bag of money, crime gone awry, small town, greed, twists and turns, betrayal, fbi, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
minnesota, wisconsin, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, clever
Plot:
serial killer, fatal attraction, murder, age difference, killing spree, love, young love, teacher, teacher student relationship, manipulation, school, power relations ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines (hence the title of the movie), which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, brutal, bleak, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
female detective, amateur detective, serial killer, murder, sexualized violence, police investigation, woman in danger, danger, fatal attraction, schoolgirl, uncover truth, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
66K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, mafia, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbianism, femme fatale, seduction, sapphic, lesbian sex, gangster, female criminal, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
usa, idaho, indiana, chicago
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Style:
romantic, witty, detective, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
caper, museum, art theft, art thief, stolen painting, heist, cat and mouse, famous painting, art, love story, businessman, painting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, unfaithful wife, illicit love, femme fatale, murder, nudity, tragic romance, female orgasm, adultery, love affair, sexual content ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
california, usa, san diego california, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mommy vlogger Stephanie joins her best friend Emily's husband, Sean, to investigate her sudden disappearance from their small town.
Style:
exciting, sexy, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
missing person, ruse, investigation, deception, murder investigation, blackmail, female friendship, missing woman, death, small town, secret, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
michigan, london, new york, connecticut, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with ...
Style:
spoof, parody, sexy, humorous, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, adultery, femme fatale, attempted murder, sex scene, courtroom, lawyer, murder, secretary, blonde, sexual joke, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Similarity:
100%
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