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Killing Daddy (2014)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for years Cassie has been estranged from her family. When Cassie discovers that her father has had a debilitating stroke, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to return home and seek justice for her mother. Confiding in her mute and helpless father her plans to destroy her sister and stepmother and ultimately kill him, Cassie sets out on her path to destroy her broken family and take all of their riches. But Cassie's revenge won't come as easy as she thinks as hidden truths about her family may derail her entire plan.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot:
psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, vengeance, danger, homecoming, murder, winter, retribution, relationship problems, tragic past, family tragedy, revenge, strong female lead, snow, age difference, wife, father daughter relationship, murder of father, dead mother, stroke, father daughter conflict, twists and turns, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Killing Daddy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, family relations, rivalry, parents and children and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Killing Daddy: A Sister's Secret (2009), My Mother's Secret (2012), Saving Emily (2004), Duress (2009), Lethal Obsession (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
uncover truth, parents and children, family relations, investigation, couples, danger, family secret, family problems, murder investigation, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After learning that their young daughter, Emily, is suffering from leukemia, Cheryl and Greg have no choice but to seek out Cheryl's violent ex-husband, Kurt, to have him tested as a possible bone marrow donor. Cheryl is particularly disturbed ...
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, child illness, terminal illness, confined, family problems, chases and races, family relations, danger, family drama, leukemia, moral dilemma, protective parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, salvation, murder, mental illness, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a woman sneaks away to visit her dying grandmother across the country, she returns into the clutches of her troubled brother.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
spouse in danger, psychopath, family relations, siblings relations, family in danger, family problems, danger, couple relations, parents and children, dishonesty, couples, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, infidelity, woman in danger, missing child, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, mind bending
Plot:
femme fatale, murder, infidelity, hidden identity, love affair, haunted by the past, couples, dishonesty, starting over, danger, love and romance, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicholas Brendon is a grieving husband out to ruin a man (Vincent Ventresca) he blames for ruining his marriage by targeting his family.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, haunted by the past, obsession, murder, love affair, memory loss, race against time, neighbor, danger, who done it, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family in danger, rivalry, vengeance, homecoming, parents and children, gang, forced into action, small town, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hope finds herself leaving the comfort of her suburban life for New York City in order to settle the affairs of her best friend Rachel who has just been murdered. Little does she know that she is being sucked into a vortex of intrigue, where nothing ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, investigation, danger, intrigue, twists and turns, rivalry, criminal, woman with a gun, strong female presence, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
51%
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:
50%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, family problems, death in the family, teenage life, dysfunctional family, tragic hero, couple relations, couples, family relations, murder, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
danger, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, couples, rivalry, family drama, female protagonist, organized crime, underworld, getting home, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Abby Lord (Maria del Mar) is kidnapped and her husband Robert Lord (Joe Lando) has to pay off a million dollar ransom. Based on a True Life story.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
woman in danger, danger, rivalry, confined, family relations, false identity, abduction, revenge, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wife, wedding ring, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, police investigation, crime scene, partner, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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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:
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Similarity:
48%
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:
48%
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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:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, rise and fall, family business, family relations, unfulfillment, ambition, danger, organized crime, mafia, society, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Monica Barrett, a successful Federal judge, learns she is on the President's shortlist to fill the new vacant spot on the Supreme Court. When her lover turns out to be a male prostitute, Monica's life is shattered by blackmail and sexual ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, political intrigue, danger, blackmail, scandal, senator, rivalry, strong female presence, state affairs, dishonesty, holiday, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, wilderness, murder, parents and children, danger, rescue, siblings relations, family relations, death, youth, prison, killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Kathryn Vale (Lena Olin) is a reclusive ex-movie star with a dark secret and a daughter hoping to follow in her mother's movie-star footsteps. When Kathryn attempts to make a career comeback, she is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
blackmail, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, actor's life, rivalry, desire for fame, power relations, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, hospital, doctors and patients, investigation, childhood trauma, murder, killer, surgery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on Jodi Picoult's best-selling novel, "The Tenth Circle" tells the powerful story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rape, family relations, family problems, investigation, parents and children, couples, life is a bitch, college, teenage life, family life, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mysterious character, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, lawyer, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, cuba
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Criminal psychologist Cameron Grainger is Detroit’s go-to hostage negotiator. Blaming herself when a crisis she’s handling goes wrong and a young man is killed, she removes herself from service. But she is called back into sudden and terrifying ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
criminal psychologist, family relations, danger, siblings relations, forced into action, woman in danger, nypd, confined, strong female presence, hostage negotiator, two sisters, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, exciting
Plot:
investigation, murder, secret agent, law enforcement, assassination, hidden identity, undercover, dishonesty, danger, who done it, memory loss, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
110
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suicide, danger, euthanasia, mercy killing, lawyer, murder, rivalry, moral ambiguity, manipulation, psychopath, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
47%
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