Movies like White Knuckles
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White Knuckles (2010)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sweet housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't bear another day. She starts to poison his food just to see if he might change. When he falls ill, both are awakened to the raw reality of life and death.
Style:
suspense, serious, touching, realistic, independent film, psychological, tragicomedy, dark, tension, dark comedy ...
Plot:
couples, couple relations, housewife, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, family relations, family in crisis, thirtysomething life, moral dilemma, poisoning, moral ambiguity, domestic drama, mature, aging, everyday life, irony, elderly couple, character study, intimate, satire, introspection, crimes of passion, regret, empathy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to White Knuckles
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspense and psychological films with plots about couples, family relations, couple relations, intimate, moral ambiguity, life is a bitch and small town mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like White Knuckles: Not Without My Daughter (1991), Roulette (2012), Your Family or Your Life (2019), Love (2020), All Mistakes Buried (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, tense, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
islam, culture clash, female protagonist, domestic violence, violent husband, confined, propaganda, family problems, life is a bitch, society, isolation, hopes ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
iran, middle east, michigan, persia, israel
Similarity:
100%
273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
russian roulette, game of death, suicide, life is a bitch, mind game, destiny, down on your luck, danger, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A doctors life is turned upside down when her lawyer husband is found dead.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
family relations, suicide, murder, marital problem, family problems, tragic romance, uncover truth, changing lives, life is a bitch, character change, lifestyle change, tragic event ...
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a family and the various situations navigated by a husband and wife.
Style:
captivating, suspense, emotional, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, relationships, marriage, love, family relations, domestic drama, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, house, everyday life ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Vaalvi is a dark comedy that explores the profound human nature involving selfishness, apathy and self-preservation.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, dark, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, murder, dark humor, selfishness, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, couple relations, family problems, troubled marriage, relationships, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
864
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, hopes, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, family relations, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, everyday life, family drama, society, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
37%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adapting a Dutch bestseller inspired by a shocking real-life crime, Menno Meyjes (screenwriter of The Color Purple and Lionheart) directs this excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
couple relations, restaurant, family relations, life is a bitch, under the surface, family problems, couples, haunted by the past, parents and children, juvenile delinquency, family in crisis, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
36%
364
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style:
suspenseful, serious, touching, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
youth, juvenile delinquency, society, parents and children, family relations, urban, working class, coming of age, moral ambiguity, survival, desperation, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
36%
18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
On a Sunday afternoon in July, eight people's lives become connected and forever changed by the choices one man makes. As these characters' lives intertwine within the film we discover one of them is HIV positive and how their individual ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, tension, suspense, tragic
Plot:
hiv, branding iron, responsibility, moral ambiguity, secrets, character study, guilt, regret, loss, intimate, mature, empathy ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anchor Baby is a tale of an illegal immigrant couple from Nigeria on a quest to create a better life for their unborn child. Their dream is to have their baby in the United States in order for the baby to become a US citizen.
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
couple relations, immigrant, couples, friendship, follow your dream, family relations, deportation, hopes, life is a bitch, pregnancy, society, migration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nigeria
Similarity:
34%
335
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A ride-share driver finds himself transporting the man who is secretly sleeping with his wife.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
infidelity, driver, lovers, betrayal, marital problem, family problems, learning the truth, secrets, jealousy, domestic drama, confrontation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
mental institution, small town life, isolation, family problems, small town, mute, suspect, society, danger, autism, mental illness, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story follows several couples who return to the hotel where they celebrated their wedding years ago at the invitation of the owner of the accommodation. Some live happily married, others on the contrary are on the verge of divorce. They all have ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic comedy, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, hotel, troubled marriage, relationships, couple relations, family relations, problem, couples, love affair, murder investigation, relationship problems, multiple storylines ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
police, family life, family problems, couples, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, introspection, couple relations, redemption, youth, teenage life ...
Place:
usa, midwest
Similarity:
31%
342
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A couple hiking Mount Whitney runs into a group of mountain men who develop a dark obsession with the young woman.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
couple relations, relationships, problem, male female relationship, mountain, relationship problems, secret, marital problem, couples, obsession, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
30%
18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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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:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
small town, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity, sexual assault, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
28%
147
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a domestic counselor's ex-wife attempts to move to the other side of the country with their son and new boyfriend, he decides to do whatever is necessary to keep it from happening.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, dark ...
Plot:
family conflict, custody battle, family relations, relationship problems, father son relationship, ex couple relations, marital problem, ex husband ex wife relationship, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, social problems, family problems ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, couples, family in danger, redemption, estrangement, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, hopes, mentally unstable, family problems, disorder ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
missouri, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three lives are intricately linked during a New Years Eve “Key Party” for Swingers: A young newlywed is forced into an open relationship by her star-athlete husband and best friend an ill-fated club owner reunites with old friends to realize the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sexy, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
betrayal, infidelity, parents and children, sexual relations, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, father, swingers, jealousy, love triangle, open relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a suicide of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this incident, it causes the perception of her life and her family to change. Something inside of her has been set in ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, family relations, couples, strong female presence, under the surface, female protagonist, midlife crisis, tragic event, character study, grief, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
infidelity, couples, looking for love, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, redemption, haunted by the past, bittersweet, heartbreak, troubled marriage, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
469
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, psychopath, cons and scams, suburbs, suburban life, youth, family relations, computers and web, black market, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
transplant, male pubic hair, doctor, moral dilemma, child illness, parents and children, family problems, society, escapades, couple relations, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
loneliness, homelessness, homeless, empathy, loss, grief, life is a bitch, male female relationship, relationship problems, character study, introspection, intimate ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are finishing school. Both can look back at a fulfilling past, but their lives are still rich and vibrant. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
terminal illness, couples, love and romance, family relations, unfulfillment, suicide, cancer, elderly, elderly couple, love story, aging, companionship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, tense ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, couples, family life, family in crisis, midlife crisis, family problems, parents and children, society, crumbling marriage, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
24%
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