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Natural Enemies (1979)
451
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man hires hires five hookers to fulfill a final fantasy before killing himself and his family.
Style:
philosophical, depressing, cynical, independent film, f word
Plot:
prostitute, suicide, bipolar disorder, magazine editor, group sex, doctor, adultery, brothel, midlife crisis, lesbianism, wife, mother daughter relationship, two brothers, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, murder of family, male protagonist, ends with death, sex with prostitute, marriage, brother brother relationship, child murder, tragic event, adulterer ...
Time:
year 1979
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about husband wife relationship, murder, suicide, death, female nudity, violence and nude mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Natural Enemies: Edmond (2005), The Show (2017), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Bringing Out the Dead (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, philosophical, stylized ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, bipolar disorder, murder, sodomy, oral sex, redemption, starting over, prison, society, unlikely criminals, self control, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Duration: 104 min.
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suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
mindfuck, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
sexy, political, talky, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, gangster, roman empire, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, undercover, conspiracy, secret agent, debt ...
Time:
year 2001, y2k, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, cerebral, dark comedy ...
Plot:
medical, mental illness, ambulance, hospital, redemption, paramedic, insomnia, hallucination, character study, crime gone awry, rescue, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shannon Whirry stars as Carrie and Terrie, a pair of twins who were separated in youth when their father murdered their mother and was in turn killed by his own bad twin daughter. Now the sweet-natured "good" sister has grown up to marry ...
Style:
psycho sexual, detective, tension, independent film, suspense
Plot:
nymphomania, sex scene, erotica, unfaithful wife, sex in a hot tub, nymphomaniac, pleasure, passion, sister sister relationship, prostitute, sexual murder, lesbian sex ...
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43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A doctors life is turned upside down when her lawyer husband is found dead.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a ...
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, suspenseful, political thriller, independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, social commentary, human rights, female protagonist, trauma, social realism, courage, investigation, empathy, investigative journalism, ethical dilemma, friendship ...
Time:
year 1992
Place:
malaysia, australia
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, psychological thriller
Audience:
date night
Plot:
aspiring actor, male nudity, female nudity, identity, body horror, playwright, transformation, pity, self loathing, male protagonist, blood, violence ...
Similarity:
41%
268
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
mental institution, doctor, nurse, murder, mistaken identity, power relations, dishonesty, mentally unstable, misfit, patient, trap, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tracey Lawrence is assautled in her home and is so affected by the traumatic event she now finds all men totally repulsive, including her husband. Her attitude does not change with time, and to make matters worse her husband has got romantically ...
Style:
noir, detective, independent film
Plot:
secretary, extramarital affair, husband, miscarriage, rape, police, woman, married, marital infidelity, sex, unfaithfulness, marriage ...
Time:
year 1963
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, cynical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, female nudity, movie business, filmmaking, great depression, art, satire, showbiz, accountant, politics, actor, surrealism ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, couple relations, danger, couples, stranger, husband wife relationship, adultery, cuckolded husband, nudity, violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
zimbabwe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, lesbian, older man younger woman relationship, obsession, dangerous attraction, nymphet, teenage girl, adultery, teenage life, seduction, fatal attraction, high school ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Style:
talky, disturbing, emotional, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, lawyer, society, legal, injustice, rebellion, discrimination, children, courtroom, freedom, chess, social commentary ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
south africa, africa, poland, canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, glendale california, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A performance artist has an affair with a call girl and then starts having a crisis over the adultery.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
female masturbation, female nudity, erotica, lesbian sex, watching sex, attraction, desire, sex, cuckold, nudity, woman seduces a man, flashback ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
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269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After discovering that her three best friends and her husband are plotting to murder her and steal her family fortune, Gloria, an otherwise kind-hearted housewife and mother of two, unfolds and exacts a deadly revenge on all who betrayed her.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense
Plot:
revenge, assassination plot, killing, male female relationship, family relations, friends, relationships, family problems, relationship problems, infidelity, unfaithful husband, adulterer ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Described as an 'epic environmental horror' film. Plot TBA.
Style:
dark comedy, psychological horror, atmospheric, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
mental illness, postpartum depression, sexless marriage, car accident, emotional breakdown, hallucination, psychosis, isolation, desolation, character study, slow burn, claustrophobia ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Life for Sale is the story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, mumblecore, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage prostitution, lesbian, sex with teenager, lesbianism, exhibitionism, friendship between teens, lesbian teen, mental disorder, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, female protagonist, blackmail ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
35%
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467
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, campus, serial killer, suicide by gun, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A rich but lonely woman, Frances Austen, one day invites a boy from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him live there.
Style:
psycho sexual, psychological thriller, psychosexual thriller, intense, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, obsession, dangerous attraction, captivity, voyeurism, losing-it hero, female nudity, male nudity, jealousy, unrequited love, love triangle, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
vancouver, canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, adultery, husband wife relationship, sexual obsession, femme fatale, family in danger, crimes of passion, extramarital affair, fatal attraction, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
32%
115K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Style:
psychological, dark, ambiguous ending, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental illness, nightmare, schizophrenia, obsession, insanity, paranoia, nervous breakdown, dream, delusion, character study, premonition, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 1986, 21st century
Place:
ohio, columbus ohio, peru, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a clairvoyant who falls in love with a crime photographer. Soon, both become involved in the search for a pathological murderer.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, photographer, obsession, couples, disability, danger, mind game, who done it, mute or deaf, male female relationship, sign language ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
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