Movies like Ambition 1991
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Ambition (1991)
322
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, psychological thriller, suspenseful, crime drama, crime thriller, noir, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, manipulation, ambition, darkness, psychological manipulation, character study, bookstore, crime investigation, cat and mouse, paranoia, suspicion, moral ambiguity, criminal psychology, isolation, urban, prison, investigation, journalist, murder, mass murder, media, diary, cynicism ...
Time:
year 1991
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Most similar movies to Ambition
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, dark, tense and suspenseful films with plots about obsession, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, serial killer, investigation, urban and murder mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Ambition: Strings (2011), Artiste (2025), The Ghoul (2016), Nurse Jill (2016), Dark Figure of Crime (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, twisted, crime drama, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea, busan, seoul
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
revenge, murder, rape, vengeance, child murder, jury, seduction, female protagonist, vigilante justice, psychological manipulation, manipulation, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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190
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, who done it, uncover truth, crime solving, murderer, sleuth, killing ...
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160
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
25%
15
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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22%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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567
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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576
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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