Movies like Shadow Hours
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Shadow Hours (2000)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy stranger, Stuart, enters Michael's life, taking Michael through a tour of the seediest and slimiest parts of L.A. underbelly. Is Stuart leading Michael to hell, or salvation?
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, neo noir, rough, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
illegal drugs, addiction, murder, danger, drug dealing, dishonesty, psychology, mental disorder, mythical creature, pregnancy, nightlife, nightshift, devil, seduction, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, unsupportive spouse, lesbian, gambling, rich, female nudity, stripper, wealth, nightclub ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to Shadow Hours
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, danger, dishonesty, female nudity, rivalry and investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Shadow Hours: Below Utopia (1997), Mother's Boys (1993), Impulse (1990), Fatwa (2006), Jill Rips (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, danger, confined, sex scene, making love, gunfight, sensuality, mansion, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
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%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, drug abuse, gangster, district attorney, investigation, money, police, policewoman, female police officer, killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
tough heroes, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, dominatrix, death of brother, older brother, stripper, violent, prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style:
sexual, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone sex, police, interracial, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
female psychopath, obsession, female killer, female assassin, psycho killer, dominatrix, murder, mentally unstable, possessed woman, stalking, murderer, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, texas ranger, psychologist, serial murder, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, police detective, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
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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%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambling addiction, card playing, poker, gambler, pregnancy, gangster, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, obsession, danger, master criminal, rivalry, woman in danger, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, vengeance, nudity, estate, cons and scams, hollywood, rivalry, sexual content, violent content, falling from height, drowning ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.
Style:
sexual, psychotronic, independent film, tense, serious ...
Plot:
threesome, lesbianism, filmmaking, drug abuse, erotica, drug addiction, exotic dancer, rapper, mental disorder, menage a trois, deep south, nude women ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, new york, florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house across from him..
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
investigation, femme fatale, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction, love affair, isolation, disability, sex scene, depression, love interest, best friend, cancer patient ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth, seeking revenge on her for abandoning him.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, dangerous attraction, rough sex, murder, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, woman in danger, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s
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: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild his life on his own. While doing research, Whitman discovers a series of mysterious deaths that seem ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, on the run, danger, plague, journalism, death in the family, biohazard, infection, medicine, covert operation, pandemic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, los angeles, hungary
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, chemistry, kidnapping, on the run, drug dealing, danger, dishonesty, drug abuse, violent content, farm, confined, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts ...
Style:
neo noir, depressing, realistic, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, tennis, addiction, coach, violent content, nudity, bank, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, fall in love, who done it ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
making love, murder, betrayal, investigation, dishonesty, couples, family relations, dealing with death, parents and children, college, shakespeare, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In the idyllic suburban distopia of Orange, the affable but clueless Paul agrees to be a drug courier for Mr. Ball who's about to take delivery of a drug rumored to be "more addictive than air." Against the better judgment of his best ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film
Plot:
on the run, going straight, investigation, addiction, murder, gangster, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug dealing, best friend, desert, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, las vegas, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, frame up, dishonesty, mind game, psychopath, false accusation, murder, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, danger, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
290
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An armored car guard's elaborate plan for revenge is threatened by his relationship with an old friend -- a brilliant and unpredictable television preacher.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, vengeance, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, betrayal, life is a bitch, intrigue, dishonesty, rivalry, heist, infidelity, scapegoat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, riddles and clues, investigation, ex cop, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, uncover truth, death of daughter, serial murder, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychotic woman becomes dangerously jealous when her best friend begins dating a handsome man. She will stop at nothing to keep the two apart, even if it means destroying their relationship or even murdering one of them.
Style:
sensual, erotic, independent film, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, lesbian, lesbian relationship, erotica, woman seduces a man, murder, college, obsession, couples, psychopath, drug abuse, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brutality, drug, destructive relationship, degradation, addiction, friendship, life philosophy, suffering, chase, violence, drug traffic, drug abuse ...
Place:
usa, oklahoma city, los angeles, columbus ohio
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of friends gather for a wake, and are shown a video shot by Jude (Jude Law) and starring them before he dies. Things go rapidly downhill.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, cynical, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, friends, dishonesty, infidelity, violence, investigation, greed, woman peeing, woman urinating, danger, love and romance, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, human nature, life turned upside down, feud, murder, violent content, nudity, sexual content, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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