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Candlestick (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A social gathering is rocked to its core when Jack accuses his best friend's wife of infidelity. But as the allegations start flying, it soon emerges that a far more sinister game may be at play...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, sinister, minimal cast, intellectual
Plot:
infidelity, board game, psychopath, clue, rivalry, resentment, perfect crime, romantic rivalry, troubled marriage, evil plot, psychology, lie, ambition, husband wife relationship, femme fatale, friend, guilt, suspect, scheme, secret, woman in danger, game, police, inspector, cover up ...
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Most similar movies to Candlestick
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, serious and suspense films with plots about dishonesty, infidelity, obsession, murder, husband wife relationship, investigation and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Candlestick: Deceiver (1997), Fatal Reunion (2005), The Unseen (2017), Gone Girl (2014), The Stepson (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, justice, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, dishonesty, rivalry, secret ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jessica is a housewife, unhappy in her marriage, who decides to "spice it up" a little bit. But she gets more than she bargained for when she contacts an old high school classmate she once had a crush on.
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suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, danger, couple relations, stalking, twists and turns, classmate, jealousy, murder, rivalry, violence, stalker, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Gemma and Will are shattered when their son dies in an accident. Gemma blames herself and starts to have panic attacks that affect her eyesight - and the audience's point of view. Will, tormented, believes he is hearing his son's voice ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, friend, missing person, secret, deception, husband wife relationship, disappearance, tragedy, isolation, mind game, suspicion, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
70%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Donna May is a grief counselor who suddenly finds herself grieving and alone after the hit-and-run death of her husband, Robert. Soon after Robert's death, Donna's estranged adopted son, Kevin, appears at her house, claiming he has cleaned ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, escape attempt, adopted son, psychopath, secret, mother son conflict, grief, rescue, manipulation, woman in danger, family relations, family drama ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her new husband's former lover.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, family problems, couples, stalking, husband wife relationship, home invasion, abusive husband ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, obsession, psychology, investigation, power relations, uncover truth, domestic violence, memory, psychiatrist, life turned upside down, amnesiac ...
Time:
90s, year 2014, year 2007, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A full-time carer plots a daring heist from the Houses of Parliament, in a bid to thwart devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit.
Style:
political thriller, independent film, suspense, political drama
Plot:
welfare, parliament, disability, heist, social issues, female protagonist, scandal, political scandal, bureaucracy, british politics, public health, car ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, big ben london, london, england, britain
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Harold Pelham, a partner in a large electronics firm, finds himself in bewildering circumstances after recovering from a near-fatal car accident. What causes him to renounce his high business principles? Why do friends and colleagues repeatedly ...
Style:
surreal, psychotronic, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
doppelganger, twins, accident, extramarital affair, alter ego, business, mental disorder, nightmare, 007, mental breakdown, disorder, psychopath ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake, she reveals in her journal that the killing actually occurred the day before and that Sal, dead, ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental health, murder, nightmare, actress, drug dealer, ex boyfriend, nightmare comes true, guilt, police detective, classmate, disposing of a dead body, corpse ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
ransom, marriage, kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, fbi, marital problem, family life, haunted by the past, danger, wilderness, kidnapped ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
pittsburgh, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, mind game, murder, uncover truth, obsession, danger, investigation, riddles and clues, college, campus, nemesis ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
49%
52K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
Style:
suspense, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder mystery, twists and turns, maze, writers, extramarital affair, revenge, mind game, adultery, frame up, rivalry, insurance, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972, future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, persia, london
Similarity:
46%
864
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
captive, neighbor, captivity, woman in danger, couples, family relations, dishonesty, psychopath, basement, relocation, crazy neighbor, chamberplay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Monica Barrett, a successful Federal judge, learns she is on the President's shortlist to fill the new vacant spot on the Supreme Court. When her lover turns out to be a male prostitute, Monica's life is shattered by blackmail and sexual ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, political intrigue, danger, blackmail, scandal, senator, rivalry, strong female presence, state affairs, dishonesty, holiday, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
45%
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:
female killer, revenge, murder, psychopath, femme fatale, serial killer, family problems, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their ...
Style:
erotic drama, erotic, disturbing, sexual, non-linear ...
Plot:
female nudity, erotica, rape victim, voyeurism, rape, public sex, extramarital affair, perversion, obsession, infidelity, wedding ring, sexual promiscuity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
vienna, britain, austria, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
38%
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, talky, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
manipulation, riddles and clues, brutality, divorce, greed, dialogue, twists and turns, verbal byplay, infidelity, dishonesty, mistaken identity, fear ...
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, deception, evidence, death, secret, house, lie, estate, strong female character, uncover truth, grief, family secret ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, disappearance, infidelity, missing person, couples, social isolation, jealousy, police detective, musician, missing woman, plot twist, surveillance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, south america, spain
Similarity:
36%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A horrid crime was committed at a wedding reception and bridesmaid Chi Ching was the lone eyewitness. At the police station, she recognised the suspect, Suen Ling, in a line up. She also discovered the affair between this stranger and her lover. All ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
love triangle, serial killer, murder, black market, obsession, woman in danger, psychopath, couples, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, vengeance ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
36%
339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, visually stunning ...
Plot:
investigation, sea, murder, guilt, secret, suspect, police brutality, lie, moral dilemma, law enforcement, haunted by the past, island ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying lengths to prove his paternity.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, stalking, obsession, danger, infidelity, couples, small town, husband wife relationship, suspicion, stalker, male female relationship, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
35%
464
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
lie, infidelity, marriage, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, corpse, problem, male female relationship, love affair ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, talky, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
marital infidelity, love triangle, betrayal, unfulfillment, dishonesty, illicit affair, adultery, danger, infidelity, autobiography, friends, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
england, europe, venice, london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison (Willa Ford), enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, sexual fantasy, stalking, femme fatale, love affair, danger, anal rape, sex, woman in danger, infidelity, dishonesty, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A lawyer begins a sordid fling with an attractive young woman whom he slowly begins to suspect to be a serial killer of men.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
femme fatale, investigation, murder, fall in love, psychopath, murder mystery, seduction, serial killer, danger, deception, psychological manipulation, female antagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala. Confronting Victor, Charles tries to adopt an air of indifference, but the conversation ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, cynical ...
Plot:
infidelity, unfaithful wife, husband wife relationship, cheating wife, investigation, adultery, murder, marriage, dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, family problems, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, versailles
Similarity:
34%
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