Movies like Benefit of the Doubt

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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into Karen's life.
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder, chase, revenge, desert, female nudity, stripper, waitress, repressed memory, prison, psychopath, family relations, parents and children, family life, couples, vengeance, rivalry, manhunt, danger, false accusation, single parent, woman in danger, homecoming, dishonesty, death in the family, dealing with death ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century

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Most similar movies to Benefit of the Doubt

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Benefit of the Doubt: Two Shades of Blue (1999), The Perfect Tenant (2000), BitterSweet (1999), Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998), Facade (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Two Shades of Blue (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, realistic ...
Plot: murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, woman in danger, life turned upside down, protagonist as suspect, deaf, voyeurism, disabled, phone sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Perfect Tenant (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a ...
Style: psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot: psychopath, mind game, mysterious character, split personality, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural, intrigue, chase, mentally unstable, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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BitterSweet (1999)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In a world filled with love and deception, the truth is always bittersweet.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, prison, rivalry, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, betrayal, unlikely partners, frame up, wrongfully committed, woman, male female relationship ...
Time: 90s
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100%
Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: nanny, murder, infidelity, psycho, rivalry, danger, vengeance, criminal heroes, dishonesty, babies and infants, crumbling marriage, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Facade (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style: rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, hitman, vengeance, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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31%
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The Ex (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In order to get her husband back, an architect's psycho ex-wife kills everybody she can get her hands on.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, bleak, scary ...
Plot: obsession, psychopath, danger, family in danger, murder, obsessive love, family life, manipulation, wife, architecture, architect, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
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30%
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Chameleon (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, secret agent, special agent, violent content, drug dealing, criminal heroes, good versus evil, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners against crime, government agency, dealing with death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Art of Murder (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An abused wife (Joanna Pacula) turns to another man and becomes the victim of a blackmailer.
Style: independent film, serious, erotic, realistic, tense ...
Plot: murder, sexual content, violent content, betrayal, danger, couple relations, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, love and romance, protagonist as suspect, couples, love affair ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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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 ⇓
27%
From the Inside (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, rivalry, murderous pair, danger, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, kidnapping, graphic violence, violent content, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Natural Enemy (1996)
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, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, couples, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, obsession ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Bad Karma (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, revenge, murder, vengeance, criminal's revenge, going straight, criminal heroes, frame up, husband wife relationship, ex convict, robbery, drug use ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Zephyr Springs (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, scary ...
Plot: resort, woman in danger, single parent, witnessing a crime, kidnapping, danger, isolation, family relations, murder, parents and children, weekend, guru ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Devil's Dominoes (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: vengeance, gangster, partner, rivalry, dishonesty, murder, danger, car accident, son, friend, revenge, car ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Sweet Angel Mine (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community. He meets Rauchine, a young, ...
Style: erotic, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: isolation, sexual content, psychopath, family relations, love triangle, wilderness, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, danger, love and romance, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
No Through Road (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The serenity of another quiet evening is shattered for an amateur photographer when a desperate woman takes refuge in his humble suburban home. Reluctantly, he is pulled into a cat and mouse game with her pursuers. Only dawn will reveal the ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: chase, on the run, danger, mysterious character, rivalry, suburbs, revenge, murder, pursuit, vengeance, unlikely partners, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Crimes of Passion (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Arturo Bolaño is a mediocre insurance salesman who loves women, booze and any short cut he can find to Easy Street. He thinks he's found it with the beautiful Rebeca Solis, the wife of the owner of the hotel where he stays on business. ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: female nudity, hotel, sex scene, murder, danger, dangerous attraction, couple relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, blackmail, erotica ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Slipping Into Darkness (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: nudity, train, murder, violent content, college, mistaken identity, family life, mental illness, school, false accusation, family relations, disorder ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Perfect Wife (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot: revenge, murder, psychopath, femme fatale, serial killer, couples, family problems, dishonesty, couple relations, infidelity, female killer, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
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23%
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Choke (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, masturbation, serial killer, hit and run ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Splitting Image (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: murderer, violence, psychopath, couples, forensics, murder, blood, female nudity, deadly
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, love affair, family relations, danger, nanny, attempted murder, adultery, urban, couple relations, crime gone awry, captivity, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Break Up (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a ...
Style: mystical, neo noir, independent film, tense, psychological ...
Plot: abusive relationship, violence against women, domestic violence, deaf, psychopath, hospital, dysfunctional relationship, bad boy, disabled, false accusation, abusive husband, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s
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21%
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Fatal Justice (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: rivalry, vigilantism, heist, store, hospital, revenge, murder, abduction, investigation, paralysis, danger, twins ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Contract (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot: murder, vengeance, danger, mysterious character, contract killing, brutality, violence, fight, contract killer, violent content, nudity, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Interlocked: Thrilled to Death (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man's life gets wrecked by a woman with whom he had a casual "affair" over the Internet.
Style: erotic, sexual, sensual, sexy, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, woman seduces a man, erotica, fatal attraction, eroticism, violent content, nudity, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, danger, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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White Snow (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, vengeance, danger, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, mafia, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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