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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, suspense, grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, monster, killer, house, barber, undercover, buried alive, son, car wash, barbershop, obsession, empire, hairdresser, deadly, charades, baseball bat, shovel, crimes, chicago illinois
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago
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Most similar movies to The Barber
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, deadly, serial killer, danger, investigation, law enforcement and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Barber: Twin Sisters (1992), The Head Hunter (2016), Profile of a Killer (2012), Postmortem (1998), The Lost Angel (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
twins, serial killer, murder, estrangement, disorder, amateur detective, prostitute, switching roles, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, montreal, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, small town, investigation, murder, killing, serial murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, fear, female victim, mature ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case - only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer's deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal psychologist, mind game, murder, serial killer, special agent, rivalry, youth, police investigation, investigation, violent content, confined, one last case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
serial murder, police detective, law enforcement, psychopath, writer's life, mind game, manhunt, profiler, serial killer, murder, female nudity, mortician ...
Time:
90s
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland
Similarity:
100%
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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.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
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 ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, mind game, law enforcement, danger, teenage life, family life, murder, journalism, home invasion, police investigation, rivalry ...
Similarity:
26%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The tragic real life story of a serial killer who stalked his victims in the early 1970's in small town America. A weaving trail of twists and turns that left people unsettled for two generations until investigative persistence aided by modern ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, police investigation, serial killer, riddles and clues, legal investigation, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
25%
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 ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
family in danger, psychopath, family problems, danger, stalking, family in crisis, deaf, murder, stalker, villain, extreme, terror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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, suspenseful, rough, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, danger, murder, survival, mind game, rescue, psychopath, woman in danger, isolation, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles, michigan, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective (Facinelli), on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays the man's disbelieving ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
good versus evil, demon, danger, curses spells and rituals, murder, rivalry, supernatural, small town, ghost, law enforcement, showdown, investigation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Andrew Cunanan started his murderous spree in Minnesota, continued through Chicago, and despite being the subject of an intense manhunt, was able to kill fashion great Gianni Versace, in Miami, before killing himself.
Style:
sincere, captivating, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, fashion designer, fbi, manhunt, lgbt, on the run, violence spree, murder, gay interest, gay, glbt, fashion ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
268
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, lovers on the run, murderous pair, killing spree, killer, desert, who done it, murder, teenage life, elevator, couples, coming of age ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the only homicide committed on the famed San Francisco Military base. A military Criminal Investigations Officer goes beyond his orders to get to the facts behind what appears to be a robbery-motivated killing. What he ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
mind game, military, uncover truth, investigation, military life, law enforcement, against the rules, military base, who done it, haunted by the past, murder, reluctant partners ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, dangerous attraction, voyeur, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, psychopath, obsession, mind game, woman in danger ...
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
22%
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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, suspense
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, killing, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, dealing with death, rivalry, mind game, investigation, law enforcement, life is a bitch, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
1K
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 ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, disposing of a dead body, friends, life turned upside down, dishonesty, danger, death, dark humor, cover up, accidental death, anti hero, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
459
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, terror, revenge, taxi, driver, vigilante, hitchhiking, gambling, addiction, police corruption, down on your luck ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, childhood trauma, killing spree, murder, obsession, friendship, twists and turns, violence, nudity, transgender, tourist, tourism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
456
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rachel is a sweet girl with a troubled soul, caused by a unique gift - she can see evil spirits within others. After witnessing the brutal killing of her mother, Rachel and her father look for a fresh start by moving to a new town. After befriending ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, spooky, suspense, tense
Plot:
supernatural ability, investigation, danger, murder, supernatural, small town, riddles and clues, small town life, hostage, ghost, dealing with death, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a small house flipping group discovers that their Hotel project may contain millions of cash hidden somewhere within, the project turns deadly.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
danger, murder, treasure hunt, hotel, serial killer, money, greed, home renovation, betrayal, deception, paranoia, confrontation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, michigan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, secret identity, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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