Movies like The Suspect 2006

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The Suspect (2006)
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The Suspect (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fenton, California is shocked when local lawyer Paul James, a model citizen and house-father considering to stand in municipal elections, is shot in his instantly torched car in front of his home. His second wife Beth is arrested and charged after cash and the murder weapon, Paul's own gun, are found. Insurance investigator Jerry Calhoun, a former cop, on the case because Paul had a life insurance since three weeks, realizes lazy police detective Rhodes's utter incompetence. When Beth escapes, even step-daughter Robin still reports her to the police. Calhoun however makes sure the truth is discovered starting from blackmail and embezzlement Paul was involved in.
Plot: prison, fire, blackmail, false identity, embezzlement, explosion

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, suspenseful, realistic and captivating films with plots about blackmail, murder, female nudity, fire, erotic thriller, false identity and stalker mostly in Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Suspect: Striking Poses (1998), The Giraffe (1998), The Last Ride (1991), Undercurrent (1998), The Wrong Woman (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Striking Poses (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy.
Style: surprise ending, independent film, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: stalking, kidnapping, profanity, family in danger, gory, woman in danger, haunted by the past, celebrity culture, genocide, femme fatale, hidden identity, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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The Giraffe (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured ...
Plot: judaism, love, mother daughter relationship, male nudity, female nudity, murder, false identity, fire, assault, attempted kidnapping, identity theft, nazi ...
Place: new york
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The Last Ride (1991)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Micheal Smith is released from prison after serving four long years for a crime that he claims he did not commit. Within a few hours of his release, a man offers Michael a ride in his truck. From that moment on, the madness begins and the past slaps ...
Style: independent film
Plot: prison, ex convict, carsploitation, falsely accused, crazy, killing spree, killer, hitchhiker, psychiatrist, shootout, sheriff, chase
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Undercurrent (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A nightclub manager with financial problems accepts an offer to seduce another man's wife for money, and soon finds himself entwined in a web of double-crossing con artists.
Style: independent film, neo noir
Plot: strip club, framed for murder, blackmail, crime boss, adultery, gangster
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Wrong Woman (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A temporary secretary is wrongly accused of killing her boss.
Style: independent film
Plot: love, falsely accused, false accusation, murder, private detective, blackmail, villainess
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Birthmother's Betrayal (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman becomes suspicious when her adopted daughter's birth mother reenters her life and starts to display increasingly erratic behavior.
Style: captivating, suspense
Plot: birth mother, bad influence, suspicious wife, suspicion, mother daughter relationship, adopted daughter, family in danger, foster child, mistreatment, life, adoptive mother, family relations ...
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Dynamite (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, family in danger, criminal's revenge, confined, crime gone awry, isolation, teenage girl, kidnapped, woman in jeopardy, mother daughter relationship, fire ...
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The Walls Have Eyes (1969)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: The True Vue Motel is a rendezvous for couples looking for a few hours of "playtime." Unbeknownst to them, the motel's manager has hidden cameras in the rooms and films all of the encounters, then blackmails the victims.
Style: independent film
Plot: hidden camera, nudity, motel, voyeurism, masturbation, lesbian sex, voyeur, exploitation, blackmail, film within a film, simulated sex
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Hard Drive (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Film from James Merendino
Style: slasher, independent film
Plot: erotica, woman with a gun, insanity, dominatrix, blackmail, criminal, erotic thriller
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Boyfriend's Deceit (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Annie is pulled over by police for a traffic violation while she is driving her boyfriend's car. When the police discover a bloody knife in the back of the car, she has to find what is really going on before she is wrongly accused of a murder.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: framed for murder, false identity, false accusation of murder, accused of murder, murder investigation, falsely accused, false accusation, criminal, crime investigation, investigation, uncover truth, accusation ...
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Expose (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An enterprising Senator's daughter realizes she can make money by venturing into the seedy side of politics. With the help of two sexy friends, she sets up a thriving blackmail business videotaping her father's political colleages in ...
Plot: senator, sex scene, blackmail, sex tape, extortion, lobbyist, voyeurism, female nudity, bound and gagged, tape over mouth, ball gag, shower ...
Place: washington d.c.
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50%
The Deadly Secret (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A real estate tycoon suddenly finds himself the victim of a blackmailer, who knows about his participation in the murder of a girl when he was a college student.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: suspicion, college student, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, haunted by the past, sex scene, blackmail, flashback, murder, blackmailer, dark secret, lover lover relationship, past coming back to haunt ...
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49%
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Burning Lies (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman falls for a handsome firefighter after he rescues her from a suspicious car crash. But her life spins into tragedy after his seemingly overprotective behavior burns through her life.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: fire, star crossed lovers, relationships, fall in love, problem, firefighter, female protagonist, burn victim, male female relationship, in love, changing lives, trapped in a car ...
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Twin Betrayal (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A struggling single mother, in the midst of a fierce custody battle, is framed for the murder of her wealthy father by her ambitious identical twin
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: psychological manipulation, sister, blackmailer, female protagonist, blackmail, women, family problems, sister sister relationship, female blackmailer, sisters, twins, twin sister ...
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Zoning (1986)
Genre: Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Thriller set in a Chicago skyscraper.
Plot: elevator, computer, blackmail, surveillance camera, revenge plot, skyscraper, security guard, architecture
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16 and Missing (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 16 year old girl goes missing after an online relationship with an older man.
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: kidnapping, false identity, con artists, teenager, mysterious disappearance, deception, disappearance, family problems, con trick, lie, secret, abduction ...
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Blind Injustice (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A blind woman finds herself the target of an attacker again after the person originally convicted of her rape is found to be innocent of the crime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot: blindness, prison life, life is a bitch, injustice, disability, prison, woman in danger, false accusation, criminal's revenge, woman with a gun, love, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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45%
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Hard Time (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A revenge movie about a thief, Michael (John Bradley) who escapes from prison to take a vengeance on the partner, Kelly (Christopher Mayer) who double-crossed and sent him to prison.
Style: sensual, erotic, independent film
Plot: lesbian sex, erotica, threesome, prison, sex, lesbianism, robbery, prison escape, striptease, nightmare, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
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Betrayed (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, couples, pregnancy, couple relations, dishonesty, blackmail, abduction, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Wrong Husband (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Melanie suspects her husband Derrick is not the man she married. Now she must embark on a quest to find out what's wrong--studying his odd behavior, following his every move, and probing into his past.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: false identity, brother brother relationship, evil twin, fraud, marital problem, twin brother, pretending to be someone else, pretense, con trick, deception, marriage, relationship problems ...
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Choke (2001)
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, danger, dishonesty, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, masturbation, serial killer, hit and run ...
Time: 21st century
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BlackMale (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, siblings relations, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, voyeurism, lesbian, female nudity, sex ...
Time: 90s
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Irresistible Impulse (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A desperate salesman reluctantly teams up with a beautiful femme fatale to close a big sale. After a hot love affair, she is murdered and her personal assistant blackmails the salesman into a major financial scam, and he falls deeper and deeper into ...
Style: erotic, sexy
Plot: erotica, older woman younger man, bad girl, older woman younger man relationship, woman seduces a man, male full rear nudity, one night stand, blackmail, female nudity, sex, murder, erotic thriller ...
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Fall Into Darkness (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In Deerview, Washington, Jerry Price dies in a suspicious accident shortly after a love triangle among local and Californian students there went sour. His flippant sister Ann Price decides to blame his last flirt, immature pianist Sharon McKay. Ann ...
Style: surprise ending
Audience: teens
Plot: interracial, girl in peril, brother sister relationship, rock climbing, hiking, fight, pianist, camping, suicide, brother brother relationship, revenge, party ...
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The Last Bid (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When two female friends decide to try their hand at a storage locker auction, they unwittingly inherit a locker belonging to a dangerous serial killer. They soon find themselves in a desperate race to uncover the truth about the locker before the ...
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: stalker, female protagonist, evidence, locker, criminal, women, threat, problem, cop, murderer, thief, murder ...
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40%
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The Animal (1968)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A voyeuristic, psychotic obscene telephone caller becomes obsessed with an attractive single mother.
Style: independent film, grindhouse
Plot: nudie cutie, bare breasts, lesbian sex, belt whipping, suffocated to death, loneliness, depression, stalking, lsd, telescope, blackmail, panic attack ...
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A Nightmare Come True (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eerie dreams that haunt a young nurse heighten the mystery surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance.
Style: psychological thriller
Plot: dream, missing person, parents, premonition, mother, husband wife relationship, police detective, nightmare, diary, murder, nurse, extramarital affair ...
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Crimes of Passion (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Arturo Bolaño is a mediocre insurance salesman who loves women, booze and any short cut he can find to Easy Street. He thinks he's found it with the beautiful Rebeca Solis, the wife of the owner of the hotel where he stays on business. ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: female nudity, hotel, sex scene, murder, danger, dangerous attraction, couple relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, blackmail, erotica ...
Time: 21st century
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Trapped (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A former porn star marries a wealthy criminal defense attorney who enjoys masochistic sex. When the two tire of each other, the husband becomes attracted to his wife's best friend and decides to murder his wife.
Style: surprise ending, independent film
Plot: murder, deception, porn actress, husband, criminal, sadomasochism, erotica, swimming pool, infidelity, female nudity, attorney, sex ...
Place: los angeles, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, espionage, secret agent, car chase, prison, betrayal, on the run, working undercover, cold war, rivalry, danger, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: ireland, russia, london, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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