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Compliance (2012)
40K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer’s orders to detain Becky, beginning a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience, prudence, legality and reason.
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, brutal, sexual, controversial, sensual, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call, confined, workplace situations, sex, obsession, mind game, manager, obedience, investigation, trapped, lawyer, impersonating a police officer, nudity, bare breasts ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, seattle, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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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Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
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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140K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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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39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
39%
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110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
35K
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Country: UK, Canada, USA
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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:
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44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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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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Place:
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103K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Movie in collections
240K
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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279K
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Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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518K
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Country: USA, Australia
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
313K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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