Movies like The Letter 1982
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The Letter (1982)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, period drama, eighties
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, infidelity, murder mystery, female protagonist, guilt, moral ambiguity, guilty conscience, courtroom drama, character study, investigation, betrayal, mistrust, domestic violence, plantation, social status, murder, blackmail, revenge, husband wife relationship, marriage, trial, court, psychological drama, dialogue driven, mystery
Place:
malaysia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about betrayal, moral ambiguity, investigation, revenge, female protagonist, murder and character study mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Letter: Deadly Assistant (2019), All About Araya (2022), Unnatural Causes (2008), Secret Access (1988), Marie Octobre (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california, san diego california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Author Nancy Crampton-Brophy often writes stories about female protagonists who fantasize about killing their own husbands. In a shocking and ironic turn of events, Brophy faces accusations of doing the same thing in real life.
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
With the odds already not in her favor, Araya tells her side of the story while being interrogated for possibly killing the man who was responsible for her father's death.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a sudden breakup, a woman uncovers her ex's unsent letters, revealing his true feelings and a secret. Betrayed, she plans revenge by exposing his hidden thoughts to his troubled son.
Style:
melancholic, tense, suspenseful, minimal cast
Plot:
betrayal, female protagonist, character study, secret revealed, revenge, deception, infidelity, privacy invasion, manipulation, father son conflict, obsession, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
suspicion, french resistance, loyalty, betrayal, mistrust, love triangle, couple relations, ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend, love affair, infidelity, love interest ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
Style:
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Plot:
murder trial, mother and daughter, courtroom drama, false accusation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, family secret, interrogation, defense attorney, investigation, evidence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, twisted, noir, tense ...
Plot:
private investigator, private detective, faked death, investigation, friendship, suspicion, moral ambiguity, suspicion of murder, deception, missing person, betrayal, slow burn ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
53%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bored within her marriage, an unhappy wife falls to temptation which quickly spirals toward a fatal encounter.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, marriage, adultery, relationships, male female relationship, adulteress, love affair, seduction, marital problem, family relations, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, woman, murder mystery, family secret, uncover truth, social problems, murder investigation, problem, crime solving, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shivan revolves around a couple who are very much in love but one day the woman is found dead and the man is found guilty and imprisoned. But once he is in jail he recollects certain memories that change everything.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
love, innocence, flashback, memory, murder, wrongful conviction, investigation, prison, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt, character study ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his ...
Style:
suspense
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tragic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jodi Arias befriends Donavan Bering and Tracy Brown in prison, and they became inseparable. Donavan is released from prison before Jodi's trial and becomes her mouthpiece, posting on social media and defending Jodi. When the details of the case ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
true crime, killing, murderer, secret, murder, crime spree, murder mystery, female protagonist, serial killer, deception, revenge, manipulation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amy Winslow (Alyssa Milano) wants to go to art college but can't get her financial aid approved. A help wanted ad leads to a couple that will let her move into their quiet guest home rent free, a dream come true except that Joan(Connie Selleca) ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A murder is committed in a small village of Andalusia.
Style:
tension, sinister, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A major turnaround of events takes place in the lives of Aravind and Poorni, a newly married intimate couple, when her sister visits for a job interview. Aravind mysteriously disappears, leading to revelations of his affair with a client. As ...
Style:
tense, suspense, twisted, psychological, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
1972 ABC Movie of the Week. Lady parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality, but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychotronic, period drama
Plot:
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