Movies like The Parallel Corpses
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The Parallel Corpses (1982)
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Original name: Det parallelle lig
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
blackmail, death, lolita, hidden corpse, murder, male nudity, stepfather, sex, female nudity
Most similar movies to The Parallel Corpses
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about murder, death, blackmail, investigation, serial killer, police and male nudity mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Parallel Corpses: Jigsaw (1968), The Squeaker (1963), Heads or Tails (1980), The Preacher (2007), The Two Lives of Daniel Shore (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 86 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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