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Shelter Island (2003)
868
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ally Sheedy is a retired golfer turned motivational speaker. Patsy Kensit plays her lover and also works with her. There is another girl as well. There are some difficulties at work, a New York firm. So Ally decides she's going to go away for the weekend to some property she owns at Shelter Island. Her lover goes with her. A big storm is coming to the island and the mansion is very isolated from the rest of the island's people. The storm is a perfect set-up for the visitor who just happens to show up, supposedly "stranded" by the storm. This is the Stephen Baldwin character. It seems at first, he is who he says he is. But then he keeps finding excuses to delay leaving, and then finally he attacks Ally Sheedy. He tosses her in a marsh thinking she is dead.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic
Plot:
couples, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, island, mind game, danger, obsession, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, stalking, isolation, mysterious character, betrayal, lgbtq, lesbian, murder, psychopath, missing person, gays and lesbians, rivalry, confined, mentally unstable, police officer, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about danger, psychopath, deadly, murder, obsession, woman in danger and dangerous attraction mostly in Thriller, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Shelter Island: The Stray (2000), Quiet Kill (2004), Crimes of Passion (2011), Blood Trails (2006), The Perfect Guy (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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268
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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513
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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