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The Murdered House (1988)
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Original name: La Maison assassinée
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one stormy night. Only Sébastien, then a four-month old baby, was spared. Whilst Sébastien is being seduced by Charmaine, Dupin is killed by someone else. Sébastien’s next victim, the miller Didon Pujol, is also murdered before he has a chance to take his revenge. Sébastien realises that someone is watching his every move and is going to extraordinary lengths to protect him. But who, and why..?
Style:
atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
female nudity, village, world war one, murder, vengeance, rivalry, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, revenge, witchcraft, blonde, soldier, unrequited love, seduction, house, abandoned house, brother sister relationship, war veteran, male female relationship, baker, murder of family, witness, magic spell, notary, countryside ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1890s, post world war one, 20s
Place:
south of france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, female nudity and dishonesty mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Murdered House: He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), Act of Aggression (1975), The Man from London (2007), The Murder Farm (2009), A Killing Affair (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a ...
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Duration: 101 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 139 min.
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Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The young Kathrin returns to the small village where she was born to bury her mother, whom she barely knew. Piece by piece she learns the details behind the gruesome murder of an entire family on a farm near the village. It has been two years since ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
bavaria, southern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
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Place:
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53%
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world - the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of ...
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 91 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
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Country: Sweden, Germany
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Story:
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Story:
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