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The Tie That Binds (1995)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie and they want her back.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bad ending, intense, rough, serious, suspense, enigmatic, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adoption, children, family relations, parents and children, custody, haunted by the past, wanted, rivalry, criminal heroes, obsession, criminal, little girl, husband wife relationship, violence, adopted daughter, pregnancy, child hero, home invasion, blind ambition, fugitives, police officer, police, hostage, murder, doll ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to The Tie That Binds
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about murder, deadly, rivalry, vengeance, violence, family relations and nude mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Tie That Binds: Hide and Seek (2000), Below Utopia (1997), Blood and Wine (1996), Dead Connection (1994), Playing God (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, pregnancy, captivity, missing person, kidnapping, female psychopath, psychopath, mentally unstable, family problems, woman in danger, danger, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Style:
neo noir, noir, melancholic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, heist, greed, chase, mistress, twists and turns, nothing goes right, robbery, murder, crime gone awry, wine, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
miami
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%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a ...
Style:
psychological, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fbi, gangster, undercover, drug addiction, betrayal, murder, haunted by the past, heist, mind game, dishonesty, drug dealing, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of the blue (he left home 10 years ago when he was 18 and was ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
home invasion, brother, criminal, family relations, juvenile delinquency, youth, gays and lesbians, family life, siblings relations, heist, college, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, robbery, bank robbery, femme fatale, hostage, police, manipulation, rivalry, confined, runaway, murder, bank ...
Time:
year 2002, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, new york, san francisco
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%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, home invasion, vengeance, suburbs, police officer, voyeurism, psychopath, violence, police investigation, hostage, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, bank robbery, heist, wedding planning, crime gone awry, marriage, friendship, tragedy, revenge, chase, swat team, spy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Vietnam, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, fbi, murder, killer, psychopath, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, terror ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, glendale california, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
neo noir, intense, harsh, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
plastic surgery, prison, murder, vengeance, betrayal, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, disfigured, revenge, money, doctor ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, clever, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, fbi, mind game, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac, torment, torture ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, italy, europe, washington d.c., venice ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, tough heroes, manhunt, violence spree, gang, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, murder, heroes, revenge, fugitives, prison escape ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
killer, female killer, hitman, female assassin, pregnancy, older woman younger man sex, professional killer, assassin, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, partner ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, cuba
Similarity:
100%
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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: 102 min.
Story:
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
nightmare, sex scene, accountant, criminal heroes, vengeance, eye, mental disorder, desert, kidnapping, murder, violence, painter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, home invasion, twists and turns, hostage negotiator, organized crime, police investigation, fbi, family in danger, kidnapped, rescue, family problems ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, iran, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt, Andrea McBride applies for the position of nanny for a handsome, wealthy surgeon, Dr. James Lewis, a widower with two children. Another applicant is hired, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
nanny, obsession, murder, under the surface, parents and children, danger, family relations, femme fatale, self harm, strong female lead, woman with a gun, woman seduces a man ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thriller about a man who, along with his family, moves from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, they soon discover that life in The Colony is much more sinister than ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, tension, crime thriller ...
Plot:
authoritarianism, manipulation, claustrophobia, surveillance, mistrust, moral ambiguity, family drama, suspicion, coercion, conspiracy, paranoia, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Ordinary young couple Gemma and Richard have just bought their first home and are expecting a baby. It's all very exciting, and the couple settles in nicely to their new pad. Except for the screaming and shouting they hear at all times of the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, mockumentary
Plot:
young couple, child abuse, noisy neighbor, husband wife relationship, found footage, suspicion, neighbor, trespassing, new house, police, obsession, investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A female doctor is shot by police who think she pulled a gun on them. A reporter looks into the case and discovers links to the deaths of several black children.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
investigation, murder, police, conspiracy, female doctor, conspiracy theory, doctor, violence, african american, cop, children, writers ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
20%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, on the run, pregnancy, haunted by the past, rivalry, drug dealing, vigilantism, revenge, murder, death of father, danger, urban ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
puerto rico, usa, south america, latin america, new york ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin (Ed Harris) tries to protect his empire.
Style:
clever, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
shakespeare, law enforcement, family relations, gang, uninhibited rivalry, infidelity, master criminal, police corruption, betrayal, parents and children, rivalry, biker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
19%
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%
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