Movies like The Darkside

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The Darkside (1987)
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The Darkside (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cab driver gets mixed up with a fare he picks up who turns out to be a porno star, and she claims she has proof that the people she is working for are producing snuff films. Her claims seem to be validated when the cabbie notices suspicious looking people following them.
Style: surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
Plot: serial killer, murder, cocaine, porn actress, video store, junkie, drug addict, female nudity, taxi driver, producer, videotaping, elvis impersonator, nude, vcr, male underwear, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, suspenseful, serious and realistic films with plots about murder, serial killer, female nudity, deadly, investigation, police investigation and law enforcement mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Darkside: Laser Moon (1993), Freak Out (2003), Ladies Night (2005), Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001), American Dreamer (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Laser Moon (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A radio DJ helps two police detectives hunt down a serial killer who kills women using a surgical laser instrument during every full moon and whom makes taunting phone calls the radio station.
Style: slasher, independent film, surprise ending
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, stripper, radio station, woman with a gun, full moon, taunting, psycho killer, radio dj, female nudity, sex ...
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95%
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 103
Freak Out (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: In 1977, teenager Wayne (Nick Foster) gathers his two friends, female runaway Rhonda (Sarah Ogg) and disco club hopper Tim (David Gobble), for a drug party located in the suburban home of quiet recluse Dean (Brad Jones). But unknown to Tim and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: serial killer, disco, cocaine, homosexual, cigarette smoking, dancing, kidnapping, party, violence, murder, father daughter relationship, female nudity
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92%
 5.4
 201
Ladies Night (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Insurance investigators track a serial killer who seduces women with access to big bucks, convinces them to embezzle, then kills them.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, cynical, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, danger, psychopath, dangerous attraction, police investigation, father son relationship, female nudity, voyeurism, false identity, male nudity, insurance investigator ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling
Plot: murder, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, murder investigation, investigation, problem, who done it, uncover truth, serial killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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American Dreamer (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A down on his luck driver making extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer's child.
Style: suspense, brutal, non-linear, dark, neo noir ...
Plot: drug, taxi driver, nothing goes right, murder, weapons, kidnapping, money, depression, gang
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 3.7
 314
Hard Vice (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.
Style: independent film
Plot: woman with a gun, serial killer, cop, shootout, call girl, investigation, prostitution, partner, murder, sex scene, female nudity, breasts ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 161
Midnight Heat (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A story of cops, hookers, killers, and pimps; all centered around one sleazy night in the late 1980's. A cocaine addicted homicide detective (Jake Norvell) is brought out of suspension in order to trail a local prostitute (Bianca Queen) who may ...
Style: independent film
Plot: prostitute, pimp, emotional breakdown, hooker, narcotics, nightlife, murder, police, criminal, sleazy, sex scene, serial killer ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, priest, poison, marriage, investigation, trial, true crime, black widow
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 505
Entangled (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A struggling writer on the verge of success finds his love for the woman of his wildest dreams drawing him deeper into the depths of passion and jealousy, until he realizes he has been framed for murder.
Style: independent film, surprise ending
Plot: 007, homosexual, fashion model, betrayal, murder, accident, revenge, hospital, photography, car crash, accidental killing, suicide ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
And Then You Die (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat
Style: neo noir, independent film, detective
Plot: biker, bike, murder, death, drug, police officer, family relations, suburbs, crime boss, organized crime, husband wife relationship, pursuit ...
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.1
 163
Muse (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a series of murders throughout the state, single-mother, Amanda, discovers that she is the muse of the infamous serial killer known as, the "Infinity Killer." Every woman killed looks like her and with every death she is sent a photo ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, social problems, criminal, homicidal maniac, murder mystery, murder, murderer, psycho killer, murder investigation, muse, killing spree
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Sweet Savior (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sandra Barlow is a 70's girl looking for kicks in the form of sex and drugs. One day, she decides to have an orgy drug party and invite some "freaks" led by Moon to entertain her and her rich friends. Moon has other things in mind as ...
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: murder, folk horror, lsd, serial killer, hippie, freak, cult leader, nudity, lesbian, female nudity, sex, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Dead Connection (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style: detective, independent film, tense, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, interracial, police, psychopath, murder, phone sex, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Perfect Sisters (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, murder, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, family relations, youth, rumor, investigation, girl, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.5
 528
Papertrail (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A burnt out detective follows the trail of a serial killer who sends him messages about the murders.
Style: independent film, slasher, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, nypd, murder, twins, psychopath, fbi, special agent, law enforcement, chases and races, danger, obsession, investigation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 7K
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a video tape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, suspenseful, erotic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, sex party, blackmail, cannon, crime gone awry, betrayal, serial killer, sex scene, killer, false accusation, making love, teenager ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.8
 177
Death Benefit (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a ...
Style: psychological, independent film
Plot: serial killer, lawyer, love, true crime, investigation, murder, justice
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
American Perfect (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick ...
Style: road movie, neo noir, tense, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, on the road, murder, desert, psychiatrist, woman in danger, cons and scams, siblings relations, danger, chases and races, chase ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Pretty When You Cry (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Style: erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: murder, investigation, femme fatale, woman in danger, serial killer, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, obsession, dangerous attraction, legal, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 4.7
 643
Innocents (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, criminal heroes, dangerous attraction, false accusation, danger, mentally unstable, police investigation, violence spree, parents and children, on the road ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Disappearance (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
Style: independent film, neo noir, surprise ending
Plot: missing person, missing wife, professional, assassin, killer, hitman, exploitation, wife, murder, betrayal, female nudity, disappearance ...
Place: montreal, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Happy Face Killer (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: serial killer, murder, homicidal maniac, murderer, serial murder, taunting, killings, murder investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, killing spree, criminal ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Tainted (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last assignment to escape the Russian mob and earn his freedom.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: murder, gangster, mafia, danger, escapades, rivalry, society, gang war, power relations, betrayal, chase, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Element of Crime (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the ...
Style: surreal, bleak, neo noir, art house, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, hypnosis, police investigation, surrealism, mentor, dystopia, society, memory loss, distopia, dialogue, psychoanalysis ...
Time: future
Place: middle east, cairo egypt, europe, egypt, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Her Husband's Betrayal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: false accusation, danger, betrayal, couples, psychopath, murder, frame up, stalking, family in danger, woman in danger, on the run, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
May God Save Us (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, police inspector, murder, pope, church, priest, who done it, whodunit, police officer, partner ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dead End (1999)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Deja-vu, as an ex-detective turned best selling true crime author is confronted by the copycat unsolved serial killings he investigated as a cop ten years ago. And now, all fingers are pointed in his direction. This, compounded by Todd's ...
Style: neo noir, slasher, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot: female nudity, serial killer, wannabe, serial murder, stalker, life turned upside down, parents and children, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, heroes, police investigation, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the ...
Style: disturbing, tense, psychological, surreal, serious ...
Plot: small town, police investigation, mother daughter conflict, murder, redemption, haunted by the past, police detective, social relations, rape and murder, ex lover, suspect, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 688
One Way Out (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, tense
Plot: police corruption, addiction, police investigation, murder, gambling, law enforcement, dishonesty, gambling debt, sex, winter, snow, gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: rape and revenge, serial killer, revenge, rape, female nudity, murder, rape victim, beating
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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