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Reservation Road (2007)
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Reservation Road (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men (Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo) react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.
Style: psychological, intense, suspenseful, bleak, emotional, depressing, disturbing, independent film, twisted, serious ...
Plot: redemption, obsession, investigation, revenge, dysfunctional family, losing-it hero, lawyer, character study, family problems, parents and children, cover up, death in the family, tragedy, vengeance, dancing, musician, music, baseball, mission, automobile, family relations, loss of son, hit and run, police, funeral ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, boston

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about murder, revenge, deadly, vengeance, obsession, family relations and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Reservation Road: Shotgun Stories (2007), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Steel City (2006), Crash (2004), Pride and Glory (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Shotgun Stories (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: bleak, realistic, harsh, suspense, depressing ...
Plot: violence, vengeance, violent, brutality, revenge, family relations, character study, sibling relationship, family bonds, family feud, siblings relations, estrangement ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: usa, arkansas, southern usa, california
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House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
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Style: bad ending, depressing, atmospheric, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: depression, tragedy, eviction, immigrant, life is a bitch, nude, american dream, justice, visceral, relationships, tragic event, real estate ...
Time: year 2003, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: san francisco, persia, bay area, usa, california ...
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Steel City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police, family life, family problems, couples, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, introspection, couple relations, redemption, youth, teenage life ...
Place: usa, midwest
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 7.7
 461K
Crash (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, sexy, gloomy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, police, redemption, prejudice, plot twist, racial tension, racist, multiple storylines, sexual harassment, social injustice, class differences, interracial relations ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, persia, puerto rico ...
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Pride and Glory (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style: intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police, police corruption, police investigation, corruption, organized crime, murder, investigation, conspiracy, cop, moral dilemma, american football, nypd ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style: factual, tense, suspense, clever, cerebral ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: journalism, investigative journalism, conspiracy, newspaper, lawyer, investigation, sexual abuse, catholic church, cover up, child abuse, journalist, expose ...
Time: year 2001, year 2015, year 2016, 70s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new england, nova scotia, florida
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Changing Lanes (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two ...
Style: psychological, clever, harsh, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: revenge, lawyer, vengeance, feud, court, drug addict, brutality, destiny, justice, courtroom, coincidence, vigilante ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Red (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style: suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot: revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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The People Next Door (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Ordinary young couple Gemma and Richard have just bought their first home and are expecting a baby. It's all very exciting, and the couple settles in nicely to their new pad. Except for the screaming and shouting they hear at all times of the ...
Style: captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, mockumentary
Plot: young couple, child abuse, noisy neighbor, husband wife relationship, found footage, suspicion, neighbor, trespassing, new house, police, obsession, investigation ...
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This Man Must Die (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then ...
Style: neo noir, anthology, twisted, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: revenge, driver, death of son, dealing with death, hate, actress, swing, justice, time travel, serial killer, beach, seaside ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: france, europe, brittany, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
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Time: 90s
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life's simple pleasures are brutally torn from him when he witnesses his mother gunned down by a ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, disturbing, independent film ...
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Time: 90s
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 920K
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
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Style: twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
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Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
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100%
 7.4
 757
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
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 86K
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21%
 6.4
 24K
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Style: emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
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Time: year 2000, 2000s, 90s
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Audience: boys' night
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: suspense, neo noir, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
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