Movies like Pretty When You Cry
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Pretty When You Cry (2001)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, independent film, gloomy, sexual
Plot:
murder, investigation, femme fatale, woman in danger, serial killer, obsession, betrayal, couples, legal, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, who done it, making love, abusive husband, erotica, women, sex scene, prostitute, sexual relations, manipulation, danger, legal investigation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Pretty When You Cry
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and sexy films with plots about murder, couples, dishonesty, deadly, female nudity, danger and dangerous attraction mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Pretty When You Cry: Traces of Red (1992), Dead On (1994), Out of Season (2004), Bare Witness (2002), Body Language (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, detective, independent film ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, reluctant partners, serial killer, whore, private investigator, sexual relations, dangerous attraction, voice over narration, adultery, anonymous letter, child molestation, lust ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, key west florida
Similarity:
100%
433
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
erotica, strong sexual content, murder, unfaithful wife, femme fatale, dishonesty, betrayal, love and romance, dangerous attraction, danger, couples, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
contract killing, hitman, dangerous attraction, murder, manipulation, crime gone awry, hidden identity, femme fatale, couples, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, sex scene, sexploitation, femme fatale, making love, investigation, sexual relations, who done it, murder, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.
Style:
erotic, sexual, rough, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot:
voyeur, woman with a gun, femme fatale, woman on top, lust, sex scene, blonde, seduction, female nudity, striptease, sexual attraction, stripper ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
phone sex, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, who done it, woman in danger, sexual relations, rivalry, danger, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A murdered hotel millionaire's son finds himself tangled up in a game of seduction and murder after a raunchy night with three beautiful women.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual relations, orgy, bisexuality, threesome, murder, dishonesty, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, high school student, death, womanizer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
861
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Lila a college student discovers a latent ability to see into the past. When a professor hires her for some psychological tests she becomes the target of the killer of the woman she sees in her dreams.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, mind bending ...
Plot:
psychic, female nudity, erotica, strangulation, sex, voyeur, serial killer, murder, power relations, couples, college, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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716
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, danger, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A homicide detective (Michael Madsen) falls for a resort owner (Laura Johnson) suspected of slaying a playboy developer.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, strong sexual content, porn actress, serial killer, murder, violent content, profanity, power relations, sexual relations, obsession, police detective, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexual relations, nude girl, murder, crime gone awry, kidnapping, debauchery, betrayal, who done it, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas style.
Style:
independent film, sexy, mind bending, tense, serious ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, couples, righting the wronged, power relations, family problems, hip hop, love affair, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, danger ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth, seeking revenge on her for abandoning him.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, dangerous attraction, rough sex, murder, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, woman in danger, family problems, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Malibu detective Shannon (Renee Rea) goes undercover in a group house to discover who murdered one of the women living there. Shannon gets caught up in the sex and parties, not knowing that her every action is being secretly broadcast on satellite ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
voyeurism, murder, femme fatale, police, bondage, investigation, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, interracial lesbian sex, woman with a gun ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, sex scene, seduction, murder, lawyer, infidelity, courtroom drama, fatal attraction, strong sexual content, extramarital affair, videotaped sex, dying during sex ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
Style:
sexy, sexual, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
male female relationship, sex, sex scene, lesbianism, topless woman, sexuality, nudity, female nudity, seduction, femme fatale, couples, female masturbation ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A female parole officer unwittingly gets involved with a handsome photographer who might be a serial killer.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
strangulation, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, female masturbation, lust, erotica, policewoman, redheaded woman, promiscuous woman, naked woman, public nudity, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, adultery, voyeur, dangerous attraction, male pubic hair, divorce, murder, who done it, betrayal, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, year 1957, year 1960, year 1959 ...
Place:
england, europe, brighton
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A therapist turns an unhappy wife on to a deadly fantasy game with her husband.
Style:
psychosexual thriller, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
erotica, bondage, serial killer, obsession, strong sexual content, sexual relations, woman in danger, danger, couple relations, bdsm, policewoman, sex club ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, mind bending, realistic
Plot:
missing person, obsession, attorney, missing woman, murder, mysterious man, dangerous attraction, love affair, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
delaware
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man desperate to be connected to the people close to him resorts to devious measures to achieve that desire
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
obsession, family in danger, relationship problems, murder, investigation, uncover truth, love affair, couples, dishonesty, sociopath, desire, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
making love, male nudity, investigation, sex scene, murder, voyeur, serial killer, cop, couples, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, dancer's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, police, police investigation, police detective, investigation, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sexual content, murder, passionate sex, erotic scene ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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332
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A business executive gets mixed up with a killer female and her lesbian roommate, who plot to take over his fashion business.
Style:
erotic, sexual, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
sadistic woman, female killer, woman fights a man, fashion, femme fatale, one woman army, woman seduces a man, villain, sadist, murder, dangerous attraction, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, woman strangled to death, murder, manipulation, who done it, uncover truth, police investigation, danger, couples, love affair, law enforcement, obsession ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Similarity:
100%
389
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, dangerous attraction, who done it, lesbianism, politician, life is a bitch, investigation, uncover truth, police corruption, protagonist as suspect, partners against crime ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Style:
erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, femme fatale, love triangle, frame up, betrayal, investigation, obsession, infidelity, power relations, couples, manipulation, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
966
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Style:
sexy, erotic, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, lap dance, outdoor sex, erotica, murder of a nude woman, oral sex, voyeurism, making love, prostitute ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
967
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on ...
Style:
erotic, rough, tense, sexy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, betrayal, sex, power relations, couples, lesbian, female nudity, home invasion, private investigator, blackmail, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four American babes on vacation in the Middle East run into trouble when they are imprisoned by corrupt army officials and that's where the fun begins.
Style:
sexy, erotic, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
women's prison, women in prison, depravity, sexual relations, female prisoner, rape victim, rape, lesbian rape, lust, female nudity, false accusation, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
100%
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