Movies like The Mentor

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The Mentor (2014)
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The Mentor (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Elizabeth June tries to put the loss of her eight-year-old daughter behind her by going back to teaching. Under the stress of the tragedy her husband Brian has moved out while Elizabeth is desperate to save her marriage and return to a life of normalcy. In her new job she is assigned a mentor, Paul Allenham, who is hiding a deep dark violent past. Paul has an immediate and unsettling attraction to Elizabeth; he will do anything to secure her love. Jes Macallan, Aaron Douglas, and Nic Bishop star.
Style: psychological, tense, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot: stalker, mental illness, mental disorder, stalking, female teacher, mother daughter relationship, mentor, brother sister relationship, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, loss of daughter, marital problem, snow, teacher, tennis, fandom, separation, death of daughter, crying man, woman with glasses, lifetime

Most similar movies to The Mentor

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, tense, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about female protagonist, husband wife relationship, murder, family relations, mental illness, mother daughter relationship and investigation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like The Mentor: Abandoned (2022), The Last Client (2022), The Bachelor Next Door (2017), Out of Blue (2018), The Woman in the Window (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Abandoned (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: haunted house, house, family problems, mysticism, disturbed individual, family relations, marital crisis, psycho, marital problem, mental illness, mental disorder, female psychopath ...
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95%
The Last Client (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Renowned psychologist Susanne (Signe Egholm Olsen) is caught in a living nightmare when her new client (Anton Hjejle) turns out to be a wanted serial killer.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: stalker, mental patient, mentally unstable, psychology, psychological manipulation, murder mystery, murderer, mental disorder, psychopath, mental illness, psycho killer, female protagonist ...
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The Bachelor Next Door (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A newly engaged couple becomes intrigued by the young stranger who moves in next door. He's handsome, friendly and very helpful, but he's no stranger.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: nosy neighbor, couple relations, husband wife relationship, neighbor, relationship problems, stalking, new neighbor, family relations, neighbor neighbor relationship, male female relationship, obsession, stalker
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63%
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Out of Blue (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Style: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, danger, serial killer, deep south, mind meld, loss, grief, mysticism, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
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61%
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The Woman in the Window (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: agoraphobia, mental illness, mental disorder, murder, car accident, death, suicide, uncover truth, plot twist, deception, espionage, illness ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, new york
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58%
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In Her Skin (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, envy, murder, loss of daughter, obsession, family problems, family in crisis, female psychopath, death of daughter, parents and children, mental disorder, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 90s, year 1999
Place: australia
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55%
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Unlocked (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A woman’s life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological thriller
Plot: cell phone, stalker, hacking, problem, changing lives, stalking, secret, lifestyle change, danger, female protagonist, woman in danger, virus ...
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53%
Poppy Shakespeare (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: mental disorder, hospital, mental illness, public health, life is a bitch, mental institution, social problems, patient, mentally unstable, female protagonist, social work, recovery
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51%
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Hunger Point (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Meet the Hunters your typical all-American family: two committed parents and two lovely daughters. However, looks can be deceiving because this family is plagued by the nit-picking comments of an overzealous mother determined to keep her daughters ...
Style: psychological, serious, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: eating disorder, mental illness, dysfunctional family, family relations, anorexia, mental institution, obsession, family problems, life is a bitch, parents and children, physical appearance, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia
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47%
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Side Effects (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, clever ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: mental illness, psychiatrist, depression, murder, patient, sleepwalking, deception, twists and turns, mental institution, life turned upside down, psychiatry, doctor ...
Time: year 2013, future, 2010s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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46%
Stolen from the Womb (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A psychotic stalker gives a pregnant woman a labor-inducing drug, then kidnaps her newborn.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: babies and infants, stalking, pregnancy, kidnapping, female friendship, newborn baby, baby shower, pregnant woman, psychopath, uninvited guest, family relations, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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46%
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The Bygone (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
Style: tense, touching, unusual plot structure, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, girl, kidnapped woman, uncover truth, heroes, abduction, chase, who done it, evidence, love, love and romance, youth ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Deadly Honeymoon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Handsome silver spoon Texan Trevor Forrest can't always control his tendencies to flirt and gamble, even on honeymoon cruise to Tahiti with Lindsey Ross Forrest, which may compromise their business ambitions. The ship captain asks FBI agent ...
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: wedding, cruise, mind game, betrayal, honeymoon, husband wife relationship, fight, infidelity, marriage, ship, gambling, cruise ship ...
Place: hawaii
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45%
Stalked By My Neighbor (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A girl and her mother escape to suburban safety after a home invasion scares them out of the city, but they're soon menaced by a sinister figure.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller
Audience: chick flick
Plot: home invasion, murder, stalker, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, death, photographer, single mother, danger, new neighbor, obsession, age difference ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: While Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business - real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows. When a second body ...
Style: light, feel good, humorous, tense, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: amateur detective, escapades, life philosophy, storytelling, rivalry, investigation, happy ending, murder mystery, theft, library, murder victim, smuggling ...
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42%
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Trophy Wife (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Follows Toni, who has a complete breakdown and ends up in a mental facility after the unexpected news that his husband was murdered, and even her was a suspect. She must now fight to clear her name and figure out who betrayed her husband.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: murder mystery, murderer, who done it, undercover, life is a bitch, secret, problem, mental disorder, murder, murder investigation, female protagonist, investigation ...
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42%
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Stolen (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: loss of child, life is a bitch, dead child, missing child, haunted by the past, police detective, dealing with death, police investigation, interrogation, loss of son, uncover truth, children ...
Time: year 2009, 1950s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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42%
We Don't Belong Here (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: family relations, mental illness, tragic event, family problems, dysfunctional family, matriarchy, female protagonist, mysterious disappearance, mother son relationship, disappearance, family tragedy, gay ...
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40%
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Deceived (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the supposed death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. After his supposed death, strange developments begin to be discovered by Adrienne regarding Jack's past. Developments ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot: bigamy, betrayal, stolen identity, investigation, murder, faked death, woman in jeopardy, deception, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, love, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Wasteland (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot: police investigator, investigation, dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, community, husband wife relationship, strong female character, loss of daughter, missing person, criminal, countryside, mine ...
Place: central europe
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Blink (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, blindness, murder, psychopath, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago
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38%
Nightmare Nurse (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After Brooke and her boyfriend Lance have a car accident, Lance’s leg injury requires him to be bedridden with at-home care. When an attractive nurse, Chloe, is recommended to them, she seems perfect for the task. However, when her troubled past ...
Style: psychological, psychotronic, tense, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: stalker, car accident, woman seduces a man, frame up, betrayal, obsession, power relations, lifestyle, youth, danger, manipulation, mental illness ...
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Golden Exits (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Style: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, art house ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, family relations, loneliness, therapy, multiple storylines, sibling relationship, slim, foreigner, yankee, pretty girl, girl, marital problem ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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37%
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Nightlife (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The lives of a wealthy married couple radically change in an instant. While the husband is in critical condition after an accident that occurred under strange circumstances, the wife tries to understand the situation and to salvage what she can… ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense, rough ...
Plot: lawyer, husband wife relationship, hospital, tragic event, death threat, family problems, family tragedy, male female relationship, nightlife, destroying evidence, ambulance, police inspector ...
Time: 2010s
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37%
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After (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A haunting and powerful psychological thriller. Set in icy upstate New York in the winter of 2002, "After" is about the Valentinos, a middle class clan facing financial hardship--their family stone cutting business is slowly failing--and ...
Style: psychological, realistic, sentimental, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, family in crisis, family problems, haunted by the past, secret, working class, love, bankruptcy, confusion, mugging, bitterness, catatonic state ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Broken (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A policewoman returns with her young daughter to her hometown to care for her dying mother. The murder of a young girl will keep her there longer than expected. She will try to solve a case that no one seems to care about, risking everything on the ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: mother daughter relationship, police detective, female protagonist, murder, policewoman, police, police investigation, murderer, police officer, murder investigation, life is a bitch, murder mystery ...
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Innocent (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, father son relationship, uncover truth, law, couple relations, judge, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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34%
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Winter's Bone (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style: depressing, atmospheric, harsh, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: poverty, missing person, small town, family in crisis, female protagonist, bail, dysfunctional family, down on your luck, mental illness, rural setting, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride ...
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, psychological, tense
Plot: nurse, courtroom drama, investigation, legal investigation, riddles and clues, uncover truth, employee employee relationship, murder mystery, murder, police detective, crime scene, partner ...
Place: california
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33%
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Biology 101 (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A College professor finds his life unraveling when a new student joins his class, a student who may or may not be the very subject of his darkest secret. His obsession could kill him and his family.
Style: erotic, sexy
Plot: college professor, stalking, neglected wife, obsession, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, new student, stalker, married, teacher, bare breasts, college ...
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