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Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, mind game, haunted by the past, mysterious character, uncover truth, psychopath, life is a bitch, who done it, law enforcement, small town, protagonist as suspect, father son relationship, suspicion, nypd, alcohol abuse, police investigation, small town life, incest, fire, memory, single parent, deadly, mystery ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, new england
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Most similar movies to Skeletons in the Closet
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, serial killer and investigation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Skeletons in the Closet: Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), Pavement (2002), American Crime (2004), Pendulum (2001), Murder in Greenwich (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
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100%
389
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, dangerous attraction, who done it, lesbianism, politician, life is a bitch, investigation, uncover truth, police corruption, protagonist as suspect, partners against crime ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder suspect, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, who done it, false accusation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, price of justice, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
983
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, gang, fall in love, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
husband murders wife, amateur detective, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, infidelity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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149
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mind game, danger, rivalry, who done it, riddles and clues, time travel, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, jesse stone, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, die hard, secret service, cop, chief of police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, moral dilemma, police investigation, rivalry, introspection, mind game, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, friendship, who done it, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, village life, police detective, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, mind game ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
mind game, who done it, murder, partners against crime, master criminal, serial killer, murder investigation, honeymoon, wedding, partner, psychopath, terminal illness ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
25%
565
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An elderly woman turns the tables on her kidnapper.
Style:
rough, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, frame up, dishonesty, undercover, love affair, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, city life, unlikely criminals, witnessing a crime, working undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, woman in danger, who done it, danger, haunted by the past, dishonesty, homecoming, murder, twists and turns, family secret, murder investigation, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Overdomineering female police detective Jamie McDowell still tries to run her 19-year old only son Peter's life although he is a builder who lives alone. She strongly opposes his engagement to Kelly Shaw, who he doesn't know very long, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
domineering mother, burned alive, uncover truth, police detective, police investigation, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, single parent, murder, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, crime scene, police procedural, evidence, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, nightmare comes true, nightmare, who done it, doctors and patients, sleepwalking, dream, danger, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, woman strangled to death, murder, manipulation, who done it, uncover truth, police investigation, danger, couples, love affair, law enforcement, obsession ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, serial killer, murder, prostitute, investigation, conspiracy, nazi occupation, nazi, nazi occupied poland, homosexual subtext, male male relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942, year 1944, year 1967 ...
Place:
paris france, france, poland, hamburg germany, warsaw poland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. Richard Dreyfuss as a controversial therapist, seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film, action drama ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
autism, murder, attempted seduction, psychopath, murder mystery, halloween, secrets, investigation, disability, hipster, revenge, plot twist ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, rivalry, murder, neighbor, mysterious girl, babysitter, woman seduces a man, criminal ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, supernatural ability, riddles and clues, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, murder, killer, haunted house ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The tragic real life story of a serial killer who stalked his victims in the early 1970's in small town America. A weaving trail of twists and turns that left people unsettled for two generations until investigative persistence aided by modern ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, police investigation, serial killer, riddles and clues, legal investigation, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
22%
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