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The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
209
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
Style:
medical drama, tense, suspense, intense, dark, realistic
Plot:
rape, doctor, hospital, female protagonist, revenge, life & death, moral ambiguity, trauma, ethical dilemma, justice, retribution, vengeance, character study, survival, betrayal, grief, guilt, intimate, love, medicine, abused woman, small town, moral dilemma, female doctor, psychological drama ...
Time:
90s, 1990s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Rape of Doctor Willis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, tense and intense films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, small town, trauma, guilt, grief and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Rape of Doctor Willis: Madame O (1967), She Woke Up Pregnant (1996), Maternal Instincts (1996), A Mother's Justice (1991), All About Araya (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
125
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
After being brutally gang-raped, a young girl grows into a woman with a double life: She's a well-to-do doctor by day and, by night, a revenge-driven streetwalker who uses sex as a weapon. That all changes when she finally falls in love and ...
Style:
intense, dark, medical drama, noir, grindhouse ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, gang rape, exploitation, pink film, vengeance, sexual abuse, female doctor, syphilis, trauma, murder, double life ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives after he performs dental surgery on them. One woman gets impregnated from such an incident and decides to fight back.
Style:
intense, serious, dark, realistic, suspense
Plot:
dentist, pregnant from rape, pregnancy, sexual abuse, survivor, abuse of power, sexual assault, trauma, revenge, coercion, justice, women's rights ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
doctor, revenge, pregnancy, medical, surgery, female protagonist, obsession, stalker, hospital, betrayal, anger, medical malpractice ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening and is blindfolded and raped. Her mother, Lila, who is consumed with guilt is determined to catch the rapist...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, revenge, mother daughter relationship, justice, vigilante, guilt, obsession, trauma, female protagonist, threat, retribution, determination ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
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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:
interrogation, investigation, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, suspect, character study, murder, revenge, accusation, claustrophobia, guilt, police procedural ...
Similarity:
27%
154
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age drama, sin, conscience and responsibility take center stage when 28-year-old protagonist confesses to his part in a rape ten years earlier. Wracked by guilt, his itemization of the choices that led to his crime are ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
redemption, rape, sexual abuse, revenge, attempted rape, sexualized violence, violence, rape and revenge, trauma, guilt, violent, criminal ...
Similarity:
27%
271
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
police brutality, racism, police corruption, corruption, interracial relations, racial injustice, racial tension, female protagonist, social commentary, investigation, vigilante justice, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an alternate present society where the state frees parents from the burden of raising children, a rule enforcer learns a shocking truth that sparks her rebellion.
Style:
tense, dark, bleak, political drama, tragic
Plot:
dystopia, rebellion, female protagonist, waking up, power struggle, ethical dilemma, conspiracy, identity crisis, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, slow burn, intimate ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
24%
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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:
24%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
gang rape, rape, small town, sexual abuse, rape accusation, female protagonist, danger, lawyer, justice, district attorney, threat, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
During a hectic shift in the neurological department, skilled doctor Alexandra takes on extra responsibility. But a misjudgment ends in tragedy.
Style:
medical drama, psychological, emotional, tension, intense ...
Plot:
guilt, doctor, hospital, trauma, neurology, ethical dilemma, death, confrontation, investigation, reputation, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Kelly's newborn baby is stolen from the hospital where she works, she teams up with Gloria, also a victim of baby abduction, to get her child back from a black market adoption ring.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, motherhood, protective mother, female protagonist, child abduction, problem, life is a bitch, abduction, rescue mission, danger, hospital, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family ...
Style:
intense, tense, bleak, realistic, period drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, trauma, female protagonist, family secret, character study, emotional abuse, guilt, social issues, realism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Four anthologies about revenge explore the need for vengeance, the effects of self-harm, and forgiveness through the lives of different people.
Style:
anthology, dark, intense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, revenge, vengeance, forgiveness, social commentary, trauma, self harm, quarantine, pandemic, violent, gangster ...
Similarity:
23%
124
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home one year after losing her hands in a savage attack. She cannot remember who her assailant was, but a trip to the local post office leads her towards the truth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
post office, trauma, female protagonist, physical disability, memory loss, survival, revenge, investigation, secret past, identity, amnesia, confrontation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a socially-awkward teen, Charlie, grapples with the guilt and judgement that ensues. He must confront the prison-like bondage of his fear when the perpetrator comes after him. In this tribute to contemporary ...
Style:
slow cinema, bleak, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, trauma, mother son relationship, slow burn, mental health, intimate, isolation, socially awkward, fear, family drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following the death of her mother, a thirty-something woman discovers she was conceived through rape and vows revenge.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, rape, revenge, female vigilante, vengeance, rape and revenge, child born of rape, threat, problem, threat to kill, dark secret, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A widower sends daily reminders to the petty criminal who killed his wife in a traffic accident that on the anniversary of her death, he will kill him.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
revenge, hit and run, showdown, car accident, grief, threat to kill, family tragedy, confrontation, moral ambiguity, loss, vengeance, obsession ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it difficult to adjust to life outside prison.
Style:
dark, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, social realism, loss, grief, guilt, haunting, character study, remorse, reckless driving, accident, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, intense, dark ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, mother and daughter, revenge, trauma, guilt, grief, moral ambiguity, teenage protagonist, ethical dilemma, loss, loss of innocence ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A family searches for the truth ,when their lives get turned upside down after some unforeseen circumstances happen.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, intense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lie, family drama, family secret, relationships, loss, revelation, trauma, suspicion, grief, empathy, house, investigation ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A story of a famous actor named Grahme who witnessed a director assault an actress two years ago. Now Grahme is working with Richard (the very same director), on a new film and this time with Malorie, a new leading lady. Grahme's manager Steve ...
Style:
dark, intense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
director, trauma, sexual assault, female victim, celebrity, guilt, film industry, actor, hollywood, ethical dilemma, character study, behind the scenes ...
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
Similarity:
22%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 12, Gabriel was sexually abused by Father Vincey, his headmaster. Fifteen years later, he is still traumatized. Constantly racked by this wrong that he has kept secret, Gabriel buys a gun and moves in near the boarding school where the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, sexual abuse, pedophile priest, rape victim, church, trauma, rape and revenge, problem, sexualized violence, violence, pedophile, rape ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
266
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Rogers looses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. She gets revenge when she is blacklisted and her son is threatened.
Style:
dark, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, retribution, payback, protective mother, female protagonist, mother son relationship, moral ambiguity, abuse, survival, streetwise, sex work, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Elle Spencer has devised a terrifying plan. Soon her friend, Anna Bellcroft will be released from jail, where she served time for a DUI. Anna has nothing. No family, no money, no job...BUT Elle is there for her. What Elle does not reveal, is that ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, revenge, vengeance, stepfather, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, dysfunctional family, intrigue, secret, women, plan, girlfriend, criminal's revenge ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Things appear to be looking up for a cash-strapped, regional hospital when it hires a reputedly brilliant cardiac surgeon to head up its pediatric cardiac surgery unit. But when increasing numbers of children begin dying on the operating table, the ...
Style:
medical drama, captivating, suspense, intense, tension ...
Plot:
medical malpractice, heart surgery, nurse, death of child, whistleblower, doctor, medical, fake doctor, problem, medicine, physician, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three brothers reunite at a remote cabin in the woods, when beckoned by their father. The brothers are left to deal with the dark secrets and demons that have haunted them their whole lives. The resulting truths they must face, end in an explosive ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, tense, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
trauma, family secret, dysfunctional family, dark past, brothers, sibling rivalry, guilt, family drama, grief, moral ambiguity, betrayal, haunting ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Aline never managed to get closure from the death of her 17-year-old son in a street fight. When she sees the assai- lant recently released from prison, she decides to cook up a plan to avenge her dead son. Things go unexpectedly as she gets to know ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, brutal, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
revenge, grief, prison, life is a bitch, murder, death of son, murder of family, vengeance, brutality, fighting the system, violence, character study ...
Similarity:
21%
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