Movies like Ambition 1991

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Ambition (1991)
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Ambition (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mitchell Osgood dreams of being a famous writer, but the book he has written constantly is rejected by the editors. When the psychopathic killer Albert Merrik is released from prison after 15 years, Osgood believes that writing down the history of his crimes could be his breakthrough. Although he refuses to talk to him at first, Osgood follows him around and offers him a job in his book shop. To get the right impressions for his book, he feels that he has to experience Merrik psychopathic again.
Style: dark, independent film
Plot: serial killer, prison, psychopath, investigation, obsession, journalist, murder, mass murder, media, manipulation, ambition, diary, bookstore, cynicism, parole officer, warden, writing
Time: year 1991

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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 serial killer, murder, psychopath, deadly, investigation, obsession and danger mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Ambition: Face of Evil (1996), Crónicas (2004), Murder at My Door (1996), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), Live! From Death Row (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Face of Evil (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On her wedding night, twenty-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up ...
Style: sexy, psychological thriller, surprise ending
Plot: bad girl, woman seduces a man, serial killer, murder, stolen identity, college roommate, manipulation, sociopath, teenage girl, artist, psychopath, college student ...
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.8
 4K
Crónicas (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, journalism, psychopath, media, obsession, insanity, greed, uncover truth, ambition, journalist, reporter ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: ecuador, latin america, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Murder at My Door (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.
Style: detective
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, fire, mother, son, murder, girlfriend, investigation
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
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 ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Live! From Death Row (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and unrepentant, he seems almost mild at first. But Dvorak's real intention is revealed when he ...
Plot: serial killer, found footage, execution, death row, death sentence, psychopath, television, hostage, prison, social commentary
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Past Midnight (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man gets out of prison after 15 years for stabbing his wife to death, and his social worker becomes convinced he was innocent. As she researches his case, and interviews other people who were involved, she begins to fall in love with him, as her ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: erotica, prison, home invasion, police officer killed, murder, sex scene, starting over, obsession, danger, going straight, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, year 1975
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Perfect Prey (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, psychologist, texas ranger, serial murder, psychopath, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Sketches of a Strangler (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An art student living with his sister is actually a maniac strangling dancers and prostitutes. One victim's sister starts looking for him...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, art student, strangler, murder, obsession, prostitute, investigation, mental illness, psychopath, student, strangulation, brother ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Gone in the Night (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
Story: A couple is unjustly accused of the murder of their daughter. Based on a true story and book of the same title.
Style: dark
Plot: serial killer, false accusation, kidnapping, murder, parent child relationship, news reporter, intruder, daughter, child murder, private investigator, trial, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Fate (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. This thriller follows the travails of two detectives who are on the trail of a ...
Style: captivating, detective, psychological, thrilling, tense
Plot: serial killer, murder, sleuth, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, murderer, killings, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 598
Twist of Fate (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Troubled police detective Jack Lucas is falsely accused of a series of murders and must prove his innocence by catching the real serial killer.
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, false accusation, murder, psychopath, frame up, investigation, car chase, race against time, mind game, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.3
 4K
The Temp (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, stylized, neo noir, serious
Plot: femme fatale, serial killer, psycho, obsession, office, business, seduction, food, psychopath, investigation, murder, workplace romance ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Night Stalker (2016)
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, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police, murder, psychopath, rape, death, true crime, murderer, rapist, serial murder, violence, killing spree ...
Time: year 1980
Place: california
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61%
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Heart of Stone (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!
Style: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, seduction, manipulation, love affair, who done it, obsession, couples, power relations, infidelity, murder, danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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 356
Last Screening (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, danger, psychopath, theater, small town, murder, violence, mentally unstable, solitary, woman in danger, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.5
 3K
Tangled (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dangerous attraction, couples, missing person, obsession, investigation, love triangle, uncover truth, police investigation, psychopath, mysterious character, teenage life, police detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, abuse, activist, girlfriend, disappearance, manipulation, liberal, psychopath, poet, investigation, fighting the system ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe
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56%
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 7K
The Zodiac (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style: rough, psychological, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 2005
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Without Evidence (1995)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style: spectacular, independent film, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, prison, conspiracy, murder, law enforcement, political conspiracy, rivalry, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Along Came a Spider (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, profiler, psychopath, twists and turns, secret service, psychologist, manipulation, conspiracy theory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, priest, poison, marriage, investigation, trial, true crime, black widow
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Nightcrawler (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style: neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: character study, journalism, sociopath, obsession, journalist, cynicism, psychopath, morality, violence, manipulation, capitalism, employer employee relationship ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, persia, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.8
 234K
Misery (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: insanity, obsession, psychopath, hostage, stephen king, loneliness, snow, kidnapping, isolation, torture, writers, obsessed fan ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Prophet's Game (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, investigation, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, death of daughter, uncover truth, ex cop, judiciary, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.8
 599
Bound by Lies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, police investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Resurrection Man (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence, anglo irish relations ...
Time: 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Night of the Hunter (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: serial killer, police, preacher, murder, treasure, child in peril, family crisis, tickling
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.5
 12K
The Collector (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, suspense, dark ...
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, dangerous attraction, collector, confined, loneliness, woman in danger, danger, missing person, mentally unstable, serial killer ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Grief Tourist (2012)
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, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, childhood trauma, murder, obsession, twists and turns, friendship, anti hero, violence, killing spree, child abuse, prostitute, transsexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.3
 11K
Bad Influence (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, entertaining, psychological, clever ...
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, obsession, friendship, betrayal, murder, manipulation, sociopath, frame up, home invasion, fatal attraction, infidelity ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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