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The Shadow Within (1970)
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Original name: 影の車
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, sinister, ambiguous ending, art house, psychological horror, noir
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, domestic drama, betrayal, infidelity, moral ambiguity, symbolism, character study, jealousy, midlife crisis, mature, manipulation, male protagonist, guilt, youth, adultery, chance meeting, suspicion, small town, fishing, murder, widow, paranoid, insurance agent, childhood memory ...
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Most similar movies to The Shadow Within
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about obsession, moral ambiguity, character study, betrayal, infidelity, guilt and jealousy mostly in Drama, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like The Shadow Within: S&M (2010), Inferno (2001), Trust (2024), Betray (2023), Deadly Assistant (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Makoto Toda was an earnest man who had lived an ordinary life, working as an ordinary company employee. He had built himself an average, but happy home along with his wife and his daughter. Things change however, when a new female recruit named Saya ...
Style:
tense, realistic, melancholic, dark, psychological thriller
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, extramarital affair, obsession, jealousy, seduction, sexual obsession, office romance, sexual tension, domestic drama, secret relationship, loss of control ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
"Inferno" is a story about classmates from school: Anka, Inga and Xena. During the prom, two girls murder a third - considered the most beautiful of them. The film is based on real events. The creators are trying to find answers to the ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
murder, school, female friendship, jealousy, prom, envy, character study, identity crisis, coming of age, alienation, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
91%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Pietro is a revered teacher, Teresa his brilliant and precocious student. Their affair is both illicit and tempestuous. After one fight, Teresa suggests that each tell the other a secret, one so shameful or shocking that were it to be made public, ...
Style:
romantic drama, art house, melancholic, tense, ambiguous ending
Plot:
teacher student relationship, forbidden love, moral ambiguity, guilt, reputation, infidelity, betrayal, character study, literary, shame, obsession, emotional manipulation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
88%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bored within her marriage, an unhappy wife falls to temptation which quickly spirals toward a fatal encounter.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, marriage, adultery, relationships, male female relationship, adulteress, love affair, seduction, marital problem, family relations, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Amanda Birch, after years of estrangement, returns to reconnect with her sister Lauren. Things only get worse when her sister mysteriously dies days later. The entire family is suspected in a murder investigation as it becomes clear that Lauren’s ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
murder mystery, suspicion, murder investigation, family secret, domestic drama, investigation, motive, whodunit, guilt, female protagonist, betrayal, grief ...
Similarity:
87%
175
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, detective, independent film
Plot:
love triangle, character study, midlife crisis, forbidden romance, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, unrequited love, bittersweet, loneliness, mature, obsession ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Who is the mysterious stranger Cecilia met on the street? Why is he suspicious of everyone? She is happily married, has a lovely child and an interesting job: she has no motive to be troubled, but she decides to join him and to become his lover. She ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, tense, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
mysterious stranger, years of lead, female protagonist, infidelity, adultery, marriage crisis, secret lover, betrayal, obsession, tragic romance, moral ambiguity, fate ...
Place:
naples italy, sicily
Similarity:
86%
95
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A wife leaves her husband to work abroad. But when her husband meets an enigmatic woman who seduces her every time their marriage is put to the test.
Style:
sexy
Plot:
extramarital affair, infidelity, betrayal, seduction, domestic drama, temptation, sexual tension, jealousy, guilt, female protagonist, manipulation, intimacy ...
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
85%
281
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A sexually frustrated policeman starts investigating the doings of his wife.
Style:
psychological, bleak, tense, sexual, realistic ...
Plot:
jealousy, sexual frustration, adultery, infidelity, humiliation, shame, character study, moral ambiguity, betrayal, chinese culture, machismo, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A therapist spirals into obsession as evidence points that a troubled teen could be her own child surrendered 17 years ago.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, adoption, regret, therapy, identity, motherhood, lifestyle, destiny, troubled past, pursuit, uncover truth, psychologist ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
island, mistrust, suspicion, unsettling, slow burn, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, irrational behavior, character study, paranoia, isolation, secrets ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
alcoholism, female protagonist, ex convict, tragic event, social problems, tragic past, problem, murder, dark past, recovering alcoholic, life is a bitch, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
jealousy, murder, frame up, wrongful imprisonment, false accusation, obsession, betrayal, blackmail, moral ambiguity, corruption, infidelity, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
soccer, infidelity, love triangle, character study, jealousy, small town, seduction, midlife crisis, sexual tension, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, love and romance, couple relations, couples, contests and competitions, chaos and mayhem, character study, adultery, betrayal, infidelity, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, suicide attempt, murder, sexual abuse, relationships, problem, male female relationship, investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
She's tantalizing. Spellbinding. Irresistible. And yet freelance photographer Uemura fights his attraction for the beautiful Mari with all his might. For not only is she the wife of the prominent head of a prestigious hospital, but all of those ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, sinister, noir ...
Plot:
bondage, adultery, femme fatale, seduction, lust, sexual abuse, manipulation, obsession, taboo, fatal attraction, suspicion, revenge ...
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
amputee, painting, desire, jealousy, love triangle, romantic triangle, obsession, seduction, danger, character study, moral ambiguity, adultery ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mimicry artist's perfect life shatters upon discovering his wife's secret affair and murderous intentions. His desperate plea for police protection leads to unexpected events.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, domestic drama, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, paranoia, claustrophobia, household, revenge, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.
Style:
erotic drama, period piece, art house, tension, suspense
Plot:
blackmail, adultery, infidelity, affair, nudity, love triangle, romantic obsession, marital crisis, jealousy, female protagonist, scandal, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In this Japanese drama, a young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. First she torches her parents' villa, and then slaughters all her lascivious mother's lovers. Because the girl is so ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, female killer, female protagonist, crime investigation, deception, cat and mouse, vigilante justice, moral ambiguity, obsession, dual identity, femme fatale, manipulation ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations ...
Style:
art house, tense, psychological thriller, dark, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, manipulation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, self discovery, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, performance art, urban ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, period drama, eighties
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, infidelity, guilt, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, murder mystery, courtroom drama, character study, guilty conscience, betrayal, mistrust, investigation ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Film director Jin Young walks out the door after presenting a screenplay that he hopes will be turned into a film. On his way to the parking lot, he meets an attractive woman named In Ae and spends the night with her. Next day, he receives a phone ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, romantic drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, stalking, black ops, producer, one night stand, disability, physical disability, wheelchair bound, cheating wife, suspicion of adultery, marital infidelity ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three troubled couples attend a two day marital retreat in hopes of saving their marriages. Unbeknownst to them, their psychiatrist is not who they think he is.
Style:
slasher, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
couples therapy, manipulation, betrayal, paranoia, group therapy, emotional manipulation, mind game, mature, suspicion, domestic drama, character study, slow burn ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man's marriage is threatened by an unknown admirer.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, tension, crime drama
Plot:
harassment, female stalker, secret admirer, obsession, obsessive love, mystery woman, psychological manipulation, emotional manipulation, female antagonist, escalation, cat and mouse, male protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
80%
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:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A math teacher from Bucharest and his lover go out for a picnic to relax. The film follows what happens after an accident occurs and the two characters argue about how to handle the situation. Things take a twist and as the victim becomes an part ...
Style:
tense, clever, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
prostitute, manipulation, infidelity, introspection, mysterious character, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, woods, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Franklin McDowell embarks on a journey to kill his estranged wife. But along the way, he receives resistance from a mysterious preacher-like stranger who appears to know more about Franklin than himself. Will the preacher's revelations make him ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, dark drama, tense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, guilt, confrontation, character study, redemption, revenge, murder, betrayal, obsession, male protagonist, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
80%
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