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Beaten (2004)
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Original name: Soba
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Justina is a fifteen years old girl who lives with her mother and stepfather in Mexico City. In her sexual-awakening, she starts flirting with the only man in her life, her stepfather, causing the accidental murder of her mother and stepfather. Shocked, she runs away from home, crazy, just dressed with her nightgown. Ivan, a police detective who practices torture as daily routine and is reduced to the rank of street cop, looks for her all night long.
Style:
psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
stepfather stepdaughter relationship, stepfather, teenager, police, murder, flirting, sexual awakening, rape, police officer, death, torture, parents, jail, exhibitionism, femme fatale, police corruption, shock, catholic schoolgirl, true crime, nudity, transgender, group, wrestler, gang rape, stockholm syndrome ...
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Most similar movies to Beaten
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, psychological and tense films with plots about murder, true crime, police, investigation, death, violence and revenge mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Beaten: The Night Stalker (2016), Waters Rising (2006), The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003), Jack (2015), Bolero (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, murderer, psychopath, death, true crime, murder, serial murder, rapist, killing spree, brutality, maniac ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot:
hurricane katrina, criminal, flood, disaster, drug, money, robbery, murder, sex scene, apocalypse, narration, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, new orleans
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
true crime, child abuse, kidnapped, missing child, religious cult, child rape, hostage, false identity, teenage girl, survival, captivity, hostage situation ...
Place:
utah, nova scotia, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
92%
158
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Delving deep into the soul of one of Austria’s most infamous real-life convicts, Jack is a fascinating, unprejudiced look at the path to redemption and the obstacles that bar the way.
Style:
psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murderer, murder, serial murder, society, going straight, prisoner, danger, ex convict, dishonesty, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
Similarity:
91%
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290
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new possibilities, exposes new ideas and facts. It's possible to understand the film on more levels. ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, suspense, non-linear ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, true crime, gang rape, courtroom, rape, violence, female lawyer, party, father daughter relationship, investigator, old woman ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
student, drug dealing, marijuana, love, prison, jealousy, teenager, high school, drug dealer, cocaine, murder, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, usa
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Multimillionaire Steven Beard, a retired broadcasting executive, who fell hard for Celeste , an attractive waitress who served him his nightly cocktail at the local country club in Austin, Texas.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
seduction, assassination plot, femme fatale, caper, husband wife relationship, money, society, murder, love and romance, stolen money, rivalry, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, abduction, kidnapped, true crime, rape, child abduction, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicide detective, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
The plot of the movie unfolds through the testimonials of three young sisters: Uring, Luray, and Elya, who recount the grisly sexual molestation they experienced from their adoptive father Timo. The title was taken from the sisters' work as ...
Style:
touching, psychological, suspenseful, sentimental
Plot:
rape, abusive father, police interrogation, sister sister relationship, countryside, drinking, child abuse, drinking alcohol, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, river, menstruation, news reporter ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
66%
233
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Darren Huenemann, a spoiled 18-year old plots to have two classmates murder his mother and grandmother so he can inherit their fortunes. His worship of Caligula leads him to treat all like those in the Roman Imperial Court, manipulating, threatening ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
murder, matricide, teenage boy, assassination plot, wealth, high school, grandmother grandson relationship, gay interest, psychological manipulation, mother son relationship, inheritance, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
65%
20
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
nfl, violence, crime boss, meth lab, society, chase, drug dealer, murder, revenge, rivalry, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and fictional events.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
sexual perversion, sex scene, gang rape, true crime, spy, violence, police investigation, sadism, sexual abuse, cruelty, violence against women, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Similarity:
65%
503
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Finland, Spain, UK, Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
true crime, murder trial, trial, murder investigation, friendship, murder, double murder, jail, prison, friend, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
stalking, teenage life, friendship, couples, love and romance, youth, bullying, seduction, rape, revenge, mentally unstable, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, murder investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, suspect, assassination attempt, woman, whodunit, nypd, murder, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, bleak, mindfuck ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
punk, subculture, punk rock, graffiti, friends, life is a bitch, murder, fistfight, ghetto, rock and roll, trial, drug ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, amarillo texas, texas
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
59%
170
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Potosi, a rural town in Latin America, is the crossfire of the ravaging that has devastated the north of the country. An accident along a deserted road connects three stories, an 82 year old goat herder that has not shot his gun in 40 years, a woman ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense
Plot:
family relations, family business, violence, youth, betrayal, gang war, chase, mafia, crime family, death, revenge, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers
Plot:
true crime, murder, family relations, drowning, grief, killer, false friend, lie, investigation, rivalry, conflict, rivals ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, noir, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, intrigue, rivalry, lifestyle, dishonesty, nightlife, betrayal, friendship, gay club, female detective, police, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, nordic, european, immigrant, racism, murder, investigation, society, law enforcement, urban, city life, job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
51%
122
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Peter: A Study for a Portrait of a Serial Killer is a feature film that delivers uncompromising performances and rare, shocking archive to reveal for the first time ever the astonishing true story of The Yorkshire Ripper. Exploring his childhood, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, manhunt, murderer, british, murder, serial murder, killer, police officer, clue, murder mystery, who done it ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A friendship between two young mothers results in murder when one develops an attraction to the other's boyfriend.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot:
true crime, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, mysterious man, who done it, heroes, murderer, friends, escapades, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, dishonesty, vengeance, danger, obsession, life philosophy, vigilantism, betrayal, law enforcement, murder, death, police ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult, teen drama
Plot:
manipulation, investigation, murder, fugitive, mind game, true crime, femme fatale, double murder, convict, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, murder mystery ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Style:
emotional, sad, neo noir, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death row, death penalty, teenage prostitute, murder, revenge, attorney, teenage prostitution, lawyer, teenager, teenage girl, prison, death sentence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oklahoma
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
dismemberment, murder, gory violence, justice, moral ambiguity, trial, courtroom, patricide, courtroom drama, true crime, murderer, problem ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
47%
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