Movies like The Secret 1974

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The Secret (1974)
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The Secret (1974)
Original name: Le Secret
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: mysterious, gloomy, tense, poliziottesco, eurospy
Plot: secret, escape, conspiracy theory, unhappy ending, killer, prison escape, prisoner, torture, isolation, hitchhiking, escaped prisoner, on the run, uncertainty, seaside, paranoia, escape attempt, farmhouse, roadblock, hiding, strangled to death, isolated house, doubt, murder disguised as suicide, pistol, persecution ...
Time: 70s
Place: south of france, france, southern france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, blood, paranoia, husband wife relationship and death mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Secret: The Passengers (1977), Death and the Maiden (1994), I Am What I Am (1967), Heads or Tails (1980), Mad Enough to Kill (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Passengers (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.
Style: road movie, suspenseful, serious, tense, scary ...
Plot: murder, stalking, truck, obsession, stepfather stepson relationship, fear, car chase, road trip, boy, killer, school, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france, rome italy, italy, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Style: psychological, suspense, minimal cast, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot: revenge, torture, politics, doctor, rape, lawyer, dictatorship, justice, brutality, storytelling, haunted by the past, attempted murder ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: latin america, chile, eastern europe, south america, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.6
 874
I Am What I Am (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but Jane thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his second wife, Jane's mother in law. In the same Night ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Plot: serial killer, couples, love story, blackmailer, fall in love, voyeurism, murder, psycho, adulterer, blackmail, murder investigation, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 6.6
 650
Heads or Tails (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the ...
Style: detective
Plot: murder, police, death, suspect, false accusation, sex, suspicion, police inspector, police officer
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A girl from an asylum is engaged as nurse to a small, spoiled orphan boy, whose uncle has evil designs on him, and who hopes to kill him and cast the blame on the girl.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Plot: family relations, kidnapping, frame up, woman in danger, confined, nanny, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, child in peril, wealth, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Rider on the Rain (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: rape and revenge, sexual abuse, roadblock, self defense, machismo, american abroad, mind game, danger, twists and turns, life is a bitch, woman in danger, military officer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: europe, south of france, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Last Known Address (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura), a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. ...
Style: neo noir, detective, crime drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, judiciary, organized crime, police detective, investigation, police station, policewoman, criminal underworld, french police, vice squad, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Someone Is Bleeding (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who ...
Style: neo noir, mind bending, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: love, mental illness, murder, police detective, mentally unstable, femme fatale, unrequited love, villa, drug abuse, addiction, resort, false accusation ...
Time: 70s
Place: nice france, france, south of france, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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 3.6
 1K
The Mourning (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 20 years after going MIA in Desert Storm, Aaron returns home under mysterious conditions, not having aged since his disappearance, and must reestablish relationships with loved ones before an imminent return to an ambiguous other-worldly existence.
Style: mystical, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: presumed dead, conspiracy theory, mysticism, paranormal, soldier, secret, conspiracy, public nudity, male nudity, bare chested male, naked man
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Ten Days Wonder (1971)
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor (Michel Piccoli) to the Gatsby-like provincial manor presided over by his powerful ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, murder, stepmother, mental disorder, hotel, motel, professor, forbidden love, unlikely criminals, amateur detective, love and romance, love triangle ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Domino Killings (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, vietnam war, prison, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, prison escape, murder, conspiracy theory, paranoid, communism, assassination ...
Time: 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, europe, spain, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style: clever, confusing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, investigation, british intelligence, mole, double agent, kgb, conspiracy, surveillance, intelligence ...
Time: 70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london, somalia, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.2
 48K
The Hole (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style: psychological, scary, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: claustrophobia, obsession, survival, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, twists and turns, danger, youth, trapped, male nudity ...
Time: year 2001
Place: wales, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Without Apparent Motive (1971)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A serie of murders is comitted in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.
Style: detective, poliziottesco
Plot: serial killer, rape and revenge, police officer, traumatic experience, zodiac, astrologer, rape, bare breasts, revenge, death of husband, murder investigation, notebook ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: nice france, french riviera, south of france, cote d'azur, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style: surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murderous pair, psychopath, honeymoon, wilderness, danger, island, paranoia, vacation gone wrong, murder, survival horror ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style: tense, suspense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: conspiracy, cia, political conspiracy, paranoia, conspiracy theory, murder, mind control, surveillance, chase, spy, obsession, amnesia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 4.8
 185
In Turmoil (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Dans la région de Marseille, un patron prépare à l’insu de ses ouvriers la délocalisation de son usine, couplée d’un détournement de 2 millions d’euros. Franck, l’un de ses salariés l’apprend et, sans en parler à sa femme Hélène, ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: working class, crime gone awry, society, social decay, workplace, injustice, factory, factory worker, rivalry, danger, friendship, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 8.1
 347K
Chinatown (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style: neo noir, detective, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, police, murder, conspiracy, domestic violence, father daughter incest, incest, investigator ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1974, year 1937
Place: los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 6.9
 3K
Flic Story (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, gangster, robbery, prison, law enforcement, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, psychopath, police station ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 1950s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.7
 7K
Irresistible (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Style: scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: stalking, stalker, paranoia, fear, secret, sex, love and romance, adultery, unfaithful husband, family problems, couples, mental illness ...
Time: 2000s
Place: kosovo, australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.5
 906
The Sentinel (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to ...
Style: controversial, anthology, suspenseful, gloomy, tense ...
Plot: memory, spy, train, trauma, medicine, friendship, obsession, espionage, murder, haunted by the past, missing child, amateur detective ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: paris france, europe, france, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Innocent Lies (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the members of English aristocratic family with plenty of skeletons in the closet. This is a loose ...
Style: realistic, tense, mind bending, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: brother sister incest, incestuous desire, brother sister sex, mother daughter relationship, incest, investigation, murder, manipulation, wealth, betrayal, jealousy, secret ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.9
 2K
The Unknown (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Gumnaam is a 1965 Indian suspense thriller film directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is ...
Style: suspense, detective, retro, psychological thriller, suspense thriller ...
Plot: murder, woman in jeopardy, paranoia, undercover, villain, heroine, disguise, deception, secret, conspiracy, serial killer, faked death ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Escape to Nowhere (1973)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, espionage, heroes, state affairs, escapades, rebellion, manhunt, undercover, chases and races, dishonesty, danger, hospital ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, london, england, russia, alps ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.8
 316K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Lazarus Project (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot: lethal injection, death penalty, mental institution, death sentence, chainsaw, uncover truth, crime gone awry, rehabilitation, psychiatrist, desperation, husband wife relationship, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, dallas texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Very Happy Alexander (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive. Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to ...
Style: anthology, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot: farm, countryside, death of wife, husband wife relationship, dog, farce, widower, farmer, happiness, laziness, car crash, rural setting ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.9
 147K
The Firm (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the ...
Style: suspense, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, corruption, law firm, murder, conspiracy, surveillance, investigation, legal, chase, seduction, blackmail, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: memphis, boston, tennessee, usa, harvard university ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: French filmmaker Claude Miller's This Sweet Sickness is based on a suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, of Strangers on a Train fame. In the original, the murder-protagonist was a psychotic, pure and simple (if such words are appropriate ...
Style: noir, realistic, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: love, insanity, love of one's life, castle, renovation, jealousy, destructive relationship, love and romance, unfulfillment, misfit, obsession, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.5
 5K
The Old Gun (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One ...
Style: anthology, sincere, disturbing, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, revenge, vengeance, french resistance, war, nazi, world war, survival, children, sex crime, trippy, rape ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1939, year 1944
Place: france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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