Movies like Stranger at the Door
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Stranger at the Door (2004)
569
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home with his about 18-year old daughter Tara. When suddenly a charming young man, who Tara first saw lurking around in the garden, turns up on their doorstep claiming he must be Jamie, the baby son she once gave up for adoption as a teenage mother on her parents' orders, the couple is delighted to meet him. They even take him in as they hear his adoptive parents have died in car accident and he's looking for a place to stay during his business studies just like Greg, to pay for which he held various jobs, even in Rio. The only one who remains suspicious is Tara, who doesn't want to be the kid sister and starts looking for holes is Jamie's story, going trough his things and having a friend examine his past- there are, since he didn't tell the Norris family about his lover who helps him unconditionally with his sinister hidden agenda.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
family in danger, amateur detective, murderous pair, garden, family relations, parents and children, dishonesty, cons and scams, held captive, stalker, adopted son, parent child relationship, love and romance, couples, danger, partner, mother daughter relationship, adoption, deadly, tied to a chair, mystery, lifetime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Stranger at the Door
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about deadly, danger, dishonesty, murder, family relations, parents and children and couples mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Stranger at the Door: Found (2005), A Teacher's Crime (2008), Confined (2010), A Sister's Secret (2009), Love Thy Neighbor (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sixteen years after the Drakes' young daughter was kidnapped by her nanny, a woman appears claiming to be the long-lost child.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, danger, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, orphan, family relations, criminal heroes, parents and children, dishonesty, child abduction, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Carrie is an attractive high school history teacher who one day decides to help a troubled student, taking an special interest for him, unaware of the ruthless and perverse scheme masterminded for her.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
forbidden love, age difference, threat, family relations, high school, woman in danger, dishonesty, love and romance, danger, youth, dangerous attraction, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
864
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
captive, neighbor, captivity, woman in danger, couples, family relations, dishonesty, psychopath, basement, relocation, crazy neighbor, chamberplay ...
Time:
21st century
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40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
obsession, stalking, neighbor, mind game, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, mentally unstable, amateur detective ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
amateur detective, woman in danger, investigation, dishonesty, danger, murder, couples, who done it, estate, inheritance, adultery, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, twisted, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
farm, youth, family in danger, murder, danger, small town, religions or cults, family relations, redneck, child in peril, serial killer, boy ...
Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While driving in the road, Richard Wynn crashes his car and his beloved wife Carrie Wynn dies. Along two years, his sister-in-law Laci Collins moves to his house and helps Richard to raise his son Danny Wynn and his teenage daughter Molly Wynn. When ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder, vengeance, parents and children, mentally unstable, love and romance, rivalry, single parent, psychopath, family problems, death in the family, manipulation, jealousy ...
Place:
philadelphia, ohio
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A college student suspects that a nurse may harm her lonely, widowed mother.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, scary, serious, dark ...
Plot:
abuse, family problems, family relations, parents and children, college, isolation, death in the family, danger, couple relations, grief, poisoning, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman investigates when her teenage son is arrested for his married lover's murder.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, investigation, false accusation, amateur detective, legal, law enforcement, dishonesty, parents and children, jail, model, alibi ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rambabu, a cable operator, lives with his beloved wife Jyothi and two daughters. One day, his family inadvertently gets involved in a grave crime and he must go to great lengths to protect them.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, telegu ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, police investigation, hidden truth, law enforcement, family in crisis, manipulation, unlikely criminals, danger, family in danger, parents and children, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
child, gangster, pregnancy, computers and web, love and romance, parents and children, domestic disturbance, teenage life, dishonesty, serial killer, danger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, nova scotia, pittsburgh
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, murder, danger, store, sabotage, murder mystery, whodunit, female protagonist, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her new husband's former lover.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, enigmatic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, sea, boat, gambling, love affair, cons and scams, ship, infidelity, betrayal, femme fatale, lovers on the run, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
cuba, bahamas, latin america
Similarity:
24%
124
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A lonely widow hires a young woman as her companion. What she doesn't know is that the woman and her boyfriend are extortionists, who are planning on making her their next victim, then killing her when they get her money.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
betrayal, con artists, murderous pair, friendship, danger, dishonesty, cons and scams, woman in danger, woman in jeopardy, widow, extortion, breaking and entering ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sophie Fyne, an environmentally friendly fashion designer and advocate for women around the world is about to launch her highly anticipated line of clothing and open her first flagship store when one of her employees is found murdered. As a series ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, realistic
Plot:
amateur detective, fashion, murder, who done it, danger, workplace, investigation, family relations, store, lifestyle, uncover truth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom lives and now works in the sheriff's department, and ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
family relations, psychopath, danger, small town, male female relationship, murder, serial killer, love, death of father, doctor, running, ex lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
469
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, psychopath, cons and scams, suburbs, suburban life, youth, family relations, computers and web, black market, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Brad Sterling arrives by yacht as a handsome dream prince, and the discrete favorite nephew and brilliant investor of his tycoon uncle Wade. Charles Colton's ingrate heiress Laura eagerly dates him and puts him in the guest-house, partially as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
sex scene, manipulative person, danger, couples, stalking, jealousy, intrigue, hit and run, strong female presence, manipulation, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tim and Cheryl Broadbent are excited to finally adopt Mona, a beautiful baby girl. But when the baby's biological father starts stalking them, their world turns upside down: through intimidation, manipulation, and violence, he is determined to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense ...
Plot:
stalking, murder, adoption, family in danger, family problems, danger, parents and children, husband wife relationship, adopted daughter, parents, dilemma, child ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
woman in danger, dangerous attraction, obsession, parents and children, family relations, couples, sociopath, murder, store, danger, woman, art exhibition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
uncover truth, life is a bitch, redemption, social relations, siblings relations, countryside, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, small town, down on your luck, small town life ...
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
22%
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