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Untraceable (2008)
55K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
Style:
intense, twisted, rough, scary, psychological, disturbing, erotic, mysterious, serious, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, internet, investigation, psychopath, fbi, kidnapping, sadism, website, hacker, suicide, technology, cyberspace, violence, torture, murder mystery, danger, fbi agent, computer hacker, police investigation, secret service, vengeance, terrorist, computer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, suspenseful and psychological thriller films with plots about murder, serial killer, police investigation, mentor, storytelling, twists and turns and dialogue mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Untraceable: Murder by Numbers (2002), Copycat (1995), Fallen (1998), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Mr. Brooks (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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46K
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Country: Spain
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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100%
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Place:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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312K
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Story:
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Style:
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