Movies like Sparks: The Price of Passion

If you like "Sparks: The Price of Passion" you are looking for tense, epic and serious movies about / with serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, politics, fighting the system, isolation and rivalry themes of Drama and Thriller genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
 5.2
 115
Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A female mayor (Victoria Principal) of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic center. In the midst of this, she receives blackmail photos of an overnight fling she had with a stranger and threats of blackmail. On top of all this, the city is under siege by a serial killer who hunts powerful women. When the FBI moves in for the investigation, the chief officer (Ted Wass) turns out to be the stranger. Ralph Waite shows up as a friend of the mayor pressuring her for the development. Elaine Stritch plays her mother, Hector Elizondo is the city attorney, and William Lucking is the police chief
Style: tense, epic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, detective
Plot: serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, politics, fighting the system, isolation, rivalry, society, law enforcement, campaign, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs, mysterious character, special agent, dancing, native american, attorney, passion, police officer, hitman, hostage, fbi, death, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, denver colorado

Movie in categories

tense movies
16020
politics movies
4449
80s movies
80s
5694
realistic movies
29790
suspenseful movies
22874

Most similar movies to Sparks: The Price of Passion

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation, rivalry and danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sparks: The Price of Passion: Beauty's Revenge (1995), The Enemy Within (1994), Criminal Law (1988), Fistpie (2010), Safe House (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
Beauty's Revenge (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
Style: crying, sexy
Plot: nylons, obsession, woman seduces a man, death, murder, jealousy, harassment, cheating, stalking, woods, rural setting, rivals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Enemy Within (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, terrorism, coup d'etat, political corruption, betrayal, manhunt, government agency, state affairs, undercover, special agent, revolution ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.6
 5K
Criminal Law (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, courtroom, lawyer, investigation, psychopath, police investigation, chase, courtroom drama, blood, gang, criminal, law ...
Time: 80s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.5
 447
Fistpie (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot: murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, serial killer, suicide, suicide by gun, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 3K
Safe House (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret ...
Style: political, mind bending, exciting, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: spy, alzheimer's disease, political conspiracy, dementia, world war, home invasion, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, special agent, secret agent, uncover truth, race against time ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.2
 223
Blind Witness (1989)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Woman is trapped in her home with her husband's killers.
Style: spooky, realistic, slasher, serious, psychological ...
Plot: murder, danger, chases and races, stalking, dealing with death, law enforcement, criminal heroes, disability, psychopath, woman in danger, curses spells and rituals, caucasian ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.7
 468
Confess (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, undercover, prodigy, secret agent, campaign, society, vengeance, rivalry, politics, rebellion, dishonesty, fighting the system ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.4
 126
Naked Lie (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style: erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: law, murder, prostitute, legal, power relations, who done it, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, courtroom, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Movie in collections
 5.5
 687
Confession (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, catholic, courtroom drama, false accusation, investigation, moral dilemma, who done it, frame up, teenage life, life is a bitch, legal, clergy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The China Syndrome (1979)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, political, psychological ...
Plot: reporter, radiation, journalism, power plant, politics, investigation, disaster, nuclear, media, nuclear power, environmental, corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place: california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Job to Kill For (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The senior creative executive at a top advertising agency seems to have it all. But when he takes on a protégée to save a major account, he gets far more help than he bargained for.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, surprise ending ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, psychopath, criminal heroes, dishonesty, twists and turns, advertising executive, unstoppable, gays and lesbians, obsession, blind ambition, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
25%
 5.7
 5K
Last Dance (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep ...
Style: emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Plot: prison, death penalty, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, taj mahal
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Little Nikita (1988)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: fbi, cold war, teenager, investigation, death, teenage boy, killer, name calling, family relations, spy, youth, hidden identity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, san diego california, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.8
 489
Fatwa (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, rivalry, state affairs, terrorism, dishonesty, murder, propaganda, heroes ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.6
 1K
06/05 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
Style: tense, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, political conspiracy, dishonesty, assassination, life is a bitch, politics, state affairs, fighting the system, immigrant, conspiracy, animal life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any ...
Style: political, talky, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: politics, hippie, cowboy, murder, death, corruption, vietnam war, senator, heroes, campaign, injustice, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Movie in collections
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 ⇓
24%
The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, chaos, state affairs, danger, politics, society, fbi agent, 9/11, islam, torture ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, london, pakistan, israel, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.3
 676
Blood Crime (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, small town, mistaken identity, nypd, violent content, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Out of the Darkness (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style: detective, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, murder, killer, parent child relationship, couple relations, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.9
 420
Love (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Told through a looping, non-linear narrative from each of the characters' points of view, the film reconstructs the stories of a Yugoslav hit man, his former lover and her police officer boyfriend, as their paths cross in New York.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, non-linear, neo noir
Plot: hitman, hotel, woman in danger, rescue, murder, danger, redemption, terrorism, law enforcement, hostage, gangster, immigrant ...
Place: new york, former yugoslavia, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Movie in collections
A Show of Force (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, police corruption, media, legal, journalism, amateur detective, law enforcement, uncover truth, price of justice, working undercover ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.9
 1K
Jill Rips (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
Style: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic ...
Plot: dominatrix, tough heroes, serial killer, vengeance, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death of brother, violent, prostitute, undercover cop, stripper ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Nightmare in Columbia County (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, psychopath, small town, riddles and clues, small town life, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.2
 765
Clean Break (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, obsession, twists and turns, danger, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, crumbling marriage, corrupt officer, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.8
 905
Complicity (2000)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, journalism, murder, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, police detective, false accusation, frame up, legal, dishonesty, media ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
 5.7
 4K
Slow Burn (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
Style: tense, serious, psychological, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, murder, interracial relations, premarital sex, cons and scams, betrayal, law enforcement, gang, investigation, dishonesty, who to trust, self defense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie