Movies like Blue Desert

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Blue Desert (1990)
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Blue Desert (1990)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After surviving rape, comic-book artist Lisa Roberts is moving from New York City to small town in Arizona. But there's danger in small towns too.
Style: independent film, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: desert, artist, motorcycle, stalker, psychopath, love triangle, stalking, life is a bitch, danger, urban, small town, city life, small town life, rape, police officer, police, female artist, drawing, female protagonist, ex convict, diner, peeping tom, rape victim, fossil, bingo ...
Time: 90s
Place: arizona, new york, usa
Keyword: new yorker

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about danger, deadly, psychopath, murder, rivalry, stalking and female nudity mostly in Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Blue Desert: Pacific Heights (1990), 4Closed (2013), Lady Beware (1987), Shadow of Fear (2012), Tripfall (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pacific Heights (1990)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style: neo noir, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, harassment, sociopath, yuppie, neighbor, home invasion, lawyer, deception, anger, tenant, landlord, identity theft ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, beverly hills ...
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4Closed (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: family in danger, psychopath, family problems, danger, stalking, family in crisis, deaf, murder, deception, stalker, basement, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Lady Beware (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, erotica, making love, sex scene, relationships, terror, killer, sexual content, phone terror, voyeur, store ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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27%
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Shadow of Fear (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a new boy is employed to work in a coffee shop, he turns out to be a schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication, and makes the life of the popular young waitress who works there a misery.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot: stalking, obsession, mental illness, danger, woman in danger, hunted, life turned upside down, psychopath, stalker, threat, possessed human, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Tripfall (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, daring rescue, rivalry, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
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Intimate Stranger (1991)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
Style: neo noir, erotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: phone sex, prostitute, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, woman in danger, who done it, sexual relations, serial killer, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Hear No Evil (1993)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking for a stolen coin, which he plans to keep for himself. A journalist briefly acquires the coin and hides it in Jillian's apartment, then his car ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot: deaf woman, deaf, murder, female protagonist, home invasion, cop, coin, tough heroes, corruption, hearing, disabled, museum ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
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Shelter Island (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ally Sheedy is a retired golfer turned motivational speaker. Patsy Kensit plays her lover and also works with her. There is another girl as well. There are some difficulties at work, a New York firm. So Ally decides she's going to go away for ...
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot: couples, island, mind game, lesbian sex, danger, dangerous attraction, obsession, woman in danger, stalking, mysterious character, isolation, betrayal ...
Place: usa, new york
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Killer Reality (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, uncover truth, media satire, fall in love, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Night Drive (1977)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him a murder a highway patrol officer.
Style: road movie, spooky, crime thriller, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stalker, stalking, murder, on the road, automobile, witness, explosions, obsession, terror, psychopath, housewife, car chase ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, colorado, arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Cursed (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: escaped mental patient, hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Seduction (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.
Style: slasher, sexy, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: stalker, female pubic hair, skinny dipping, obsession, female nudity, erotica, stalking, nudity, voyeur, model, gay, woman with a gun ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
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22%
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Dream Man (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Kris is a homicide cop with psychic abilities. She works to prove that the prime suspect in her latest case (the much younger husband of the millionaire victim) is innocent. But are her visions true, or planned by someone who knows what she can see?
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexual
Plot: a vision, police detective, couples, love and romance, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, supernatural ability, love affair, murder, psychic ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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22%
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Poker Run (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Robert (Bertie Higgins) and Allan (J.D. Rudometkin) decide to add some excitement to their lives by taking up Harley riding. But things go south when two psychopathic bikers (Robert Thorne and Jay Wisell) kidnap their wives (Debra Hopkins and ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: biker, desert, psychopath, gang, confined, mind game, couple relations, buddies, danger, motorcycle chase, family in crisis, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Devil Girl (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fay is a small town girl on a cross country road trip, trying to escape her own reality after the death of her father. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race she finds herself stranded along route 66 in an isolated desert town. Short on ...
Style: bleak, surreal, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: female protagonist, desert, small town, woman in danger, stripper, psychopath, road trip, escapades, survival, dealing with death, danger, killer clown ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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21%
Requiem for Murder (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A thriller starring Molly Ringwald
Style: independent film, mind bending, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, erotica, murder, media satire, who done it, psychopath, amateur detective, law enforcement, danger, unsupportive spouse, media, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
Place: philadelphia, usa
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Shadow of Doubt (1998)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An attorney (Melanie Griffith) uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.
Style: independent film, contemplative, tense, mind bending, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, erotica, women, law, nypd, courtroom, murder, politics, legal, rapist, campaign, power relations ...
Time: 90s
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Executive Power (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. Some time later, a few weeks before the elections, the disillusioned ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, die hard, torture, usa president, political corruption, conspiracy, extramarital affair, cover-up, secret agent, campaign, political intrigue, who done it ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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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21%
Kate's Addiction (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psychotic woman becomes dangerously jealous when her best friend begins dating a handsome man. She will stop at nothing to keep the two apart, even if it means destroying their relationship or even murdering one of them.
Style: erotic, sensual, independent film, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: lesbian sex, lesbian, lesbian relationship, woman seduces a man, erotica, college, murder, obsession, psychopath, couples, addiction, drug abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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21%
Distant Cousins (1993)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his fiancee Connie they are welcomed. But Kate senses her family is at risk when they start behaving suspiciously.
Style: independent film, mind bending, scary, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, psychopath, couples, hidden identity, stalking, danger, mental institution, family life, murder, missing person, kidnapping, captivity ...
Time: 90s
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The Devil's in the Details (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
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20%
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Drones (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: terrorism, moral dilemma, danger, desert, war on terror, u.s. military, us military, technology, drone, palestinian-israeli conflict, computer game, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, nevada
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20%
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Not Safe for Work (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, captivity, confined, workplace, workplace situations, conspiracy, corporate crime, isolation, office, trap, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
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Exit Speed (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: gang, murder, psychopath, survival, rivalry, danger, vengeance, escapades, chase, bus, die hard, biker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the ...
Style: bleak, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: gang, rivalry, danger, police, tunnel, secret place, murder, violence, found footage, homeless, imaginary, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Stray (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a drifter is struck by a car the driver offers to take him back from the hospital to her home in order to nurse him back to health...which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: danger, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, violence, male female relationship, murder, seduction, revenge, police detective, homeless, restaurant, chase ...
Time: 90s
Place: venice beach california
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19%
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Juncture (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, terminal illness, doctors and patients, injustice, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, female fight, strong female lead, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Payback (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he goes to get revenge, he gets sidetracked by ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: femme fatale, armed robbery, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, couple relations, love triangle, heist, prison, ex convict, adultery, erotica, making love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Footsteps (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Daisy Lowendahl (Bergen) is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan (Hall) who knows almost everything about her, and two men - one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, bleak, scenic, scary ...
Plot: murder, isolation, vengeance, couple relations, danger, stalking, woman, poison, police detective, beach house, fan, novelist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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