Movies like Benefit of the Doubt
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
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, psychological thriller, 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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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and independent film films with plots about deadly, danger, rivalry, murder, vengeance, dishonesty and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Benefit of the Doubt: Two Shades of Blue (1999), Fatal Instinct (1992), The Perfect Tenant (2000), BitterSweet (1999), The Ex (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Plot:
voyeurism, murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, life turned upside down, woman in danger, protagonist as suspect, strong sexual content, deaf, sexual relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
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:
scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot:
psychopath, split personality, vengeance, mind game, mysterious character, haunted by the past, danger, intrigue, supernatural, mentally unstable, chase, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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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:
psychopath, obsession, vengeance, danger, family in danger, obsessive love, murder, family life, manipulation, female psychopath, wife, architecture ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
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:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
289
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, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, skinny dipping, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
30%
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:
sexual assault, murder, violent content, sexual content, protagonist as suspect, couple relations, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, love and romance, dangerous attraction, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
29%
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507
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, special agent, secret agent, violent content, law enforcement, master criminal, drug dealing, couple relations, partners against crime, dealing with death, chases and races, government agency ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
27%
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, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
25%
970
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, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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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, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
brother sister sex, brother sister incest, mother daughter relationship, isolation, sexual content, psychopath, family relations, fall in love, love triangle, twists and turns, murder, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
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, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
24%
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:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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494
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Australia
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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508
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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