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Shadow of Fear (2004)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man's world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and ...murder.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, independent film, realistic, detective, freeze frame
Plot:
betrayal, murder, investigation, crime gone awry, protagonist as suspect, life is a bitch, intrigue, private detective, manipulation, danger, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, legal, blackmail, heroes, couples, infidelity, legal investigation, dishonesty, cons and scams, computers and web, dog, dancing, bank robbery ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, dishonesty, danger, investigation, law enforcement and protagonist as suspect mostly in Thriller, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Shadow of Fear: Tough Luck (2003), Love, Cheat & Steal (1993), Layover (2001), Purgatory Flats (2003), From the Inside (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, frame up, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, cons and scams ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The beautiful Lauren gets married with an older man. She is unexpectedly confronted with her ex, an escaped criminal.
Style:
sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
caribbean
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100%
510
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, airport ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Driving drunk, Thomas Reed causes a car crash, fatal for his wife, and gets jailed for 5 years. Yet he feels like punishing himself afterward by moving to Californian small town Purgatory Flats, where he works as a humble barman. Suddenly he ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
infidelity, murder, life is a bitch, investigation, betrayal, couples, cons and scams, femme fatale, dishonesty, uncover truth, drug dealing, dangerous attraction ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
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:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
initiation, conspiracy, lacrosse, murder, college, betrayal, brotherhood, uncover truth, leadership, life is a bitch, investigation, police corruption ...
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young female video editor loses her boyfriend in a car crash, she finds solace in watching video of him taken the night before he died. When he starts to communicate with her through that video, she must decide if he has broken through the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, obsession, haunted by the past, couples, danger, investigation, dangerous attraction, isolation, reincarnation, death in the family, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
st. louis missouri
Similarity:
29%
143
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
sexual, suspenseful, tense, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
law, murder, prostitute, rivalry, courtroom, false accusation, legal, army investigation, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, false accusation, murder, femme fatale, life turned upside down, dishonesty, on the run, protagonist as suspect, falsely accused, deception, fugitive, seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An ambitious magazine editor gets too caught up in a high-stakes sex scandal and is framed for murder.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious
Plot:
amateur detective, femme fatale, dishonesty, false accusation, political corruption, investigation, frame up, murder, haunted by the past, law enforcement, love affair, journalism ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A female parole officer unwittingly gets involved with a handsome photographer who might be a serial killer.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
strangulation, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, female masturbation, lust, erotica, policewoman, redheaded woman, promiscuous woman, naked woman, public nudity, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, independent film
Plot:
murder, twins, amateur detective, who done it, revenge, uncover truth, law enforcement, investigation, danger, psychopath, police corruption, mind game ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
casino, protagonist as suspect, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, single parent, murder, family relations, suspicion, lie, guilt, woman, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, sex scene, sexploitation, femme fatale, making love, investigation, sexual relations, who done it, murder, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
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493
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
prostitute, courtroom, call girl, murder, political corruption, sex scandal, bait, uncover truth, fighting the system, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Malibu detective Shannon (Renee Rea) goes undercover in a group house to discover who murdered one of the women living there. Shannon gets caught up in the sex and parties, not knowing that her every action is being secretly broadcast on satellite ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
voyeurism, murder, femme fatale, police, bondage, investigation, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, interracial lesbian sex, woman with a gun ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
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26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three entwined stories of love, lust, danger and revenge.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, independent film, sexy ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, vengeance, haunted by the past, danger, dishonesty, betrayal, destructive relationship, love and romance, stalking, sexual relations, who done it ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
sexy, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, obsession, manipulation, couple relations, friends, rivalry, couples, dishonesty, uninvited guest, danger, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The LA police are baffled: someone is killing people who have been found innocent of violent crimes. At the crime scenes, DNA evidence and clues linked to chess point to a suspect who's dead, recently executed for murders with a similar M.O. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, chess, amateur detective, murder, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kin Suk-hyun is Korea’s youngest appointed criminal court head judge, very famous for his rational rulings. It is before his court that the case of distinguished mathematics professor Sohn Ki-chul’s murder of his wife is presented. While ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deja vu, psychopath, vengeance, danger, law enforcement, haunted by the past, judge, husband wife relationship, murder, lawyer, threat to kill, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
When some of her buxom co-workers vanish, exotic dancer Julie Baxter believes their disappearances -- and subsequent deaths -- may be the work of a psychotic killer … and that she could be next. With no help from her abusive boyfriend or the cocky ...
Style:
erotic, suspenseful, serious, sexy, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, investigation, who done it, missing person, legal investigation, murder, couples, law enforcement, legal, exotic dancer, stripper ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws an explosive line connecting the kidnapper and the girl's mother -- and brings to light ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, riddles and clues, supernatural, race against time, danger, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
130
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story centers around Robert, with the help of Lawrence and Natalie, as he struggles to find out who has murdered his wife and child. Along the way, he must try to navigate through a web of political intrigue that involves a cop and a district ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, intense ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, intrigue, politics, dishonesty, investigation, murder mystery, family tragedy, grief, justice, loss, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Erika Eleniak as a woman who plans the murder of her husband ...
Style:
serious, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
erotica, murder, cons and scams, crime gone awry, dishonesty, money, nothing goes right, murder of husband, danger, female nudity, blonde, infidelity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, siblings relations, disorder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, college life, investigation, uncover truth, woman in danger, danger, dishonesty, youth, mind game, college, suspicion of murder, brotherhood ...
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