Movies like Play Misty for Me

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Play Misty for Me (1971)
 6.9
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, creepy, neo noir, tense, slasher, neurotic, psychotronic, mysterious ...
Plot: obsession, stalker, jazz, femme fatale, radio, insanity, murder, manipulation, stalking, unrequited love, psychotic woman, macabre, mental illness, loneliness, borderline personality disorder, fatal attraction, radio station, female psychopath, terrorizing, obsessed fan, emotionally unstable, mental disorder, love, revenge, psychopath ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, monterey california, usa, pacific ocean
Keyword: attack, outburst, gangsters, challenge

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Most similar movies to Play Misty for Me

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and psychological films with plots about murder, psychopath, danger, obsession, manipulation, blood and violence mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Play Misty for Me: Fatal Attraction (1987), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Single White Female (1992), 10 to Midnight (1983), Homecoming (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
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, psychological thriller, sensual, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, infidelity, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, adultery, fatal attraction, sexual obsession, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, insanity, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Single White Female (1992)
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: suspenseful, suspense, erotic, sexy, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, stalker, mental illness, femme fatale, sexual harassment, psychopath, jealousy, stalking, female rapist, manipulation, borderline personality disorder, sex scene ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10 to Midnight (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, male nudity, murder, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, red light district, serial rape, criminal, vigilantism, psychopath, nudity ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Homecoming (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
Style: suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot: obsession, obsessive love, female psychopath, college, jealousy, dangerous attraction, cheerleader, girlfriend, american football, desire, suspicion, torture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 114K
Stoker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style: psychological, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: antisocial behavior, danger, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, family problems, lolita, fatal attraction, family relations, estate, masturbation, mental illness ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 21K
Swimfan (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, obsessive love, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, female psychopath, teenager, swimming, sexual obsession, unrequited love, hospital ...
Place: new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 22K
The Crush (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Style: psychological, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: obsession, stalking, obsessive love, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, lolita, mentally unstable, teenage girl, revenge, nymphet, female psychopath, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 4.8
 41K
The Roommate (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two ...
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, intense, harsh ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: obsession, female psychopath, college, stalker, mind game, fraternity, mentally unstable, obsessive love, bad girl, murder, lesbian, female stalker ...
Time: year 2000, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 53K
Fear (1996)
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: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 7K
Crush (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.
Style: psychological thriller, slasher, twist ending, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, high school, stalker, violent woman, secret admirer, depression, twists and turns, college, woman seduces a man, survival horror, fatal attraction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 51K
The Fan (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard. So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the ...
Style: intense, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: obsession, baseball, murder, kidnapping, psychopath, stalking, obsessed fan, athlete, athlete's life, child custody, ambition, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 11K
Black Widow (1987)
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, noir ...
Plot: femme fatale, serial killer, investigation, manipulation, dangerous attraction, poison, danger, murder, lesbian sex, woman in danger, obsession, secret identity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hawaii, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The high school students didn't mean to kill Mr. Griffin. They wanted to make him suffer. But when their mean English teacher turns up dead, they have to find out who killed them before the police arrests them all.
Style: tense, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, choice, kidnapping, high school, emotional abuse, power relations, teachers and students, murder, teenage life, high school life, youth, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Remember My Name (1978)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: stalking, released from prison, killer, bike, ex convict, revenge, harassment, obsession, small town, being followed, manipulative woman, female masturbation ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
 50K
Unsane (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
Style: psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mental institution, stalking, psychopath, mental illness, maniac, mental patient, murder, stalker, psychiatric ward, sexual assault, fear ...
Time: 2010s
Place: boston, portugal, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.7
 32K
Cape Fear (1962)
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, suspense, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, obsession, serial killer, family in danger, villain, justice, vigilante, psychology ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, female psychopath, psychopath, murder, mentally unstable, female assassin, psycho killer, murderer, female killer, seduction, serial killer, girlfriend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Unlawful Entry (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
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: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage, violence, police officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Like.Share.Follow. (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, ...
Style: cyber, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: fan, male rape victim, obsession, love story, danger, teenage boy, meeting, stalker, stalking, serial killer, mental disorder, technology ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style: gothic, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, filmmaking, aging, dysfunctional family, actress, violence, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1935, year 1917, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles, america, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.0
 508
The Word (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.
Style: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, teenage love, drunken teenager, high school life, youth, teenage life, revenge, jealousy, coming of age, rivalry, murder, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who ...
Style: neo noir, mind bending, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: love, mental illness, murder, police detective, mentally unstable, femme fatale, unrequited love, villa, drug abuse, addiction, resort, false accusation ...
Time: 70s
Place: nice france, france, south of france, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 65K
Copycat (1995)
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, psychological, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, psychology, psychopath, agoraphobia, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, maniac, violence, paranoia, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: san francisco, persia, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 46K
The Good Son (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: children, manipulation, evil child, killer child, psychopath, problem child, brutality, disbelieving adult, creepy child, murder, death, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: maine, japan, usa, asia, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.9
 15K
Final Analysis (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.
Style: sexy, neo noir, serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: psychiatrist, extramarital affair, lust, doctor patient relationship, murder, gangster, femme fatale, sex scene, abusive husband, manipulation, lighthouse, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 8.1
 1.1M
Gone Girl (2014)
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, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.3
 11K
Bad Influence (1990)
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: neo noir, sexy, entertaining, psychological, clever ...
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, obsession, friendship, betrayal, murder, manipulation, sociopath, frame up, home invasion, fatal attraction, infidelity ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.2
 19K
The Beguiled (1971)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the ...
Style: southern gothic, suspense, psychosexual thriller, sexual, period piece ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, sexuality, revenge, looking for sex, boarding school, unrequited love, macabre, seduction, obsession, manipulation, school ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1800s, 1860s
Place: mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.0
 217K
Basic Instinct (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, nudity, seduction, murder, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, hot and sexy, strong sexual content ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, persia, california, oakland california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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