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The Barber (2014)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John to kill.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, monster, killer, suspense, house, hairdresser, undercover, buried alive, car wash, barbershop, empire, deadly, baseball bat, shovel, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, suspense, danger, serial killer, investigation and law enforcement mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Barber: The Lost Angel (2005), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), Postmortem (1998), Suspended Animation (2001), Favor (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
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scary, serious, realistic, psychological, rough ...
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
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tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, realistic ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, survival, mind game, rescue, isolation, woman in danger, psychopath, serial killer, suspense, older woman younger man relationship, filmmaking ...
Place:
los angeles, california, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees ...
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Plot:
murder, friends, life turned upside down, dishonesty, suspense, disposing of a dead body, death, twists and turns, buddies, disorder, graphic violence, deadly ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style:
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Plot:
murder, obsession, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, suspense, couples, dishonesty, corrupt officer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young women suffering memory loss and psychological issues after surviving a brutal attack, tries to piece together the clues surrounding her attack and its similarities to a series of recent murders. During the investigation, she struggles to ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, scenic
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological, scary
Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Salt Lake City homicide detective Caleb Barnes is under increasing pressure from all sides to crack a string of serial killings that have been terrorizing the city. At the same time, Barnes' home life is beginning to crumble in the wake of his ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1965, Rudy, a Midwestern high-school kid, moves to Albuquerque; lonely and friendless, he's attracted to Kit, slightly older, with a car, his own apartment, and spending money. Kit loves Elvis and loves the ladies; plus, he's a complete ...
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serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful
Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On New Year's eve in London, a provocative game spins out of control and ends in murder, the true killer elusive amidst conflicting testimony and hidden motives.
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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