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California Scheming (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual content, best friend, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, teenage life, danger, disorder, boy girl relationship, profanity, teenager, youth, friends, manipulation, moral dilemma, life turned upside down, beach, nightclub, seagull, bare chested male, swimming pool, drugs/alcohol, best friends, manipulations
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, danger, murder, deadly, violent content, graphic violence and profanity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like California Scheming: Proof of Lies (2006), Accused at 17 (2009), Resilience (2006), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000), Playing House (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 33 year old woman takes on a teenage identity and goes back to high school. Inspired by True Events.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, absurd
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, surprise ending
Plot:
betrayal, woman in danger, danger, couple relations, infidelity, conspiracy, couples, inventions and discoveries, college dropout, university, miscarriage, sex scene ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.
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realistic, tense, serious, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
temptation, adultery, black, family problems, couples, couple relations, moral dilemma, life turned upside down, dysfunctional family, disorder, obsession, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, disorder, prank, dishonesty, youth, crime gone awry, murder, friends, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, human nature, life turned upside down, feud, murder, violent content, nudity, sexual content, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, frame up, dishonesty, mind game, psychopath, false accusation, murder, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, danger, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
sexy, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, obsession, manipulation, couple relations, friends, rivalry, couples, dishonesty, uninvited guest, danger, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Catherine Gaits, married, has an affair with Peter Thornton and has made it very clear that this one time will stay one time. But Thornton is obsessive and doesn't give up. He blackmails her to try to renew their relationship.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, realistic
Plot:
sexual blackmail, dangerous attraction, obsession, dishonesty, couple relations, danger, stalking, infidelity, secret past, couples, sexual content, bare breasts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, suburbs, youth, investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth, danger, teenage life, blind ambition, suburban life, teenager, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, fbi, teenager, teenage boy, investigation, death, fbi agent, high school, killer, fbi investigation, covert operation, cold war era ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san diego california, soviet union ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
sex scene, stalking, obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, parents and children, single parent, couples, love triangle, forbidden love, cheating wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, false accusation, murder, frame up, legal investigation, witnessing a crime, college, dishonesty, teenage love, danger, woman with a gun, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Jarrod is horrified to learn that a faceless killer is celebrating his birthday by filling his mansion with the corpses of his closest friends.
Style:
scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, serial killer, youth, danger, teenage life, homosexual, serial murder, camp, murderer, conspiracy, voyeur, birthday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, malibu california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
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23%
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:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, louisiana
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23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
danger, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, couple relations, uncover truth, maniac, murder, best friend, violent content, profanity, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexual, tense ...
Plot:
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21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
religions or cults, missing person, rescue, uncover truth, woman in danger, clergy, danger, religion, religious fanaticism, brainwashing, anti christianity, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
skinny dipping, destructive relationship, family problems, on the road, jail, life is a bitch, teenage life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, brother, marital problem ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, montana, wyoming
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Paul and Georgia are lovers, soul mates...and partners in crime. But when this duplicitous duo tries to dupe the wrong man, they are ensnared in a world more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. Seduced into working for him on dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, talky, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, nightlife, love and romance, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, forgery, dangerous attraction, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rise to the top, murderous pair ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, danger, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexual, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roommate, abuse, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, haunted by the past, lesbian sex, manipulation, friendship, gain trust, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Victor Sandeman is a senior partner with Brunel Global Securities. He is experiencing major financial problems, ones that can be solved if the planned $100 million merger of the company takes place. However, the company's owner, Raymond Brunel, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, disorder, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, cop witness relations, danger, workplace, manipulation, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, wrong place wrong time ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Cherry Bomb follows teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle as they embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, love triangle, youth, buddies, dangerous attraction, wild ride, teenage life, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, menage a trois, accidental killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, northern ireland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
manipulation, rivalry, high school, friendship, social relations, jealousy, uninhibited rivalry, bullying, police investigation, youth, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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