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The Scarlet Dove (1961)
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The Scarlet Dove (1961)
Original name: Tulipunainen kyyhkynen
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Doctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Style: psychological thriller, black and white, cult film
Plot: escape, murder, murder investigation, summer, lovers, age difference, doctor, jealousy, adultery, dream, surgeon, dating, midlife crisis, high society, city, male female relationship, guilty conscience, letter, older man younger woman relationship, husband wife relationship, femme fatale, guilt, police investigation, older man younger woman marriage, marriage ...
Time: 60s, 1960s
Place: finland, helsinki finland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological and psychological thriller films with plots about murder, police investigation, police detective, husband wife relationship, murder investigation, investigation and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Scarlet Dove: Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961), Gone Girl (2014), I'm a Killer (2016), Grey Lady (2017), Spinning Man (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The prequel, Komisario Palmun erehdys (1960), was a huge success, but its producer T.J. Särkkä forgot to reserve the filming rights of Mika Waltari's other Palmu-novel "Kuka murhasi rouva Skrofin". Mauno Mäkelä bought the rights ...
Style: detective, black and white
Plot: love letter, whodunit, inspector, police interrogation, preacher, drunk, arrest, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, postman, murder investigation ...
Place: finland, helsinki finland
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95%
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Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 6.9
 3K
I'm a Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, investigation, husband wife relationship, trial, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion, dead body ...
Time: 70s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 4.3
 1K
Grey Lady (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, male female relationship, murder, police detective, island, police investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, serial killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Spinning Man (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A 'happily married' professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman is found murdered.
Style: bleak, captivating, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: university professor, teenage girl, missing person, lawyer, police detective, evidence, murder suspect, danger, character study, cheerleader, high school student, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Insomnia (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style: neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, detective, psychological thriller ...
Plot: small town, police investigation, murder, investigator, investigation, character study, police, police corruption, insomnia, guilt, psychopath, snow ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son ...
Style: black and white
Plot: car journey, bare butt, missing person, love triangle, female nudity, cover up, bare breasts, death, business manager, seaside, hidden corpse, summer ...
Time: 60s
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
A Passion to Kill (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A psychiatrist gets involved with his best friend's wife who may be a murderer.
Style: soap opera, independent film, slasher, psychological thriller
Plot: abusive husband, guru, sex, extramarital affair, flash forward, obsession, adultery, lust, husband wife relationship, fatal attraction, mad woman, best friend ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Murder Once Removed (1971)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
Style: suspense, surprise ending
Plot: wife plots to kill husband, infidelity, assassination plot, frame up, junkie, police detective, doctor, dog, adultery, murder
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.3
 77K
Chloe (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.
Style: psychological, sexy, psychological thriller, sexual, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lesbian, infidelity, obsession, couples, older woman younger woman relationship, couple relations, seduction, lesbian sex, adultery, lesbian love, lesbian romance, first lesbian experience ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, somalia, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.2
 2K
Swept Under (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Meet Morgan. At first glance, she's just your average cleaning lady. She has no problem getting her hands dirty, which is a good thing considering it's not fancy houses she cleans for a living - it's gruesome crime scenes. It's ...
Style: enigmatic, clever, cynical, suspenseful
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, crime scene, crime investigation, amateur detective, hidden identity, female protagonist, disorder, partners against crime, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.5
 20
Shenanigans (2012)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A famous novelist invites five friends for dinner. He prepared everything: good wine, small presents for everyone, a good meal and... his suicide as dessert.
Style: captivating, suspenseful
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, suicide, police investigation, crime investigation, murder disguised as suicide, secret, homicide detective, justice, human nature ...
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.5
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Deceiver (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, lie ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style: detective, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: racism, small town, prejudice, police, murder, racial tension, african american, civil rights, racial slur, deep south, murder mystery, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 822
Escape Clause (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man finds out that his wife has paid $10,000 to have him killed. Then both the would-be killer and the wife turn up dead ...
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: kids
Plot: investigation, insurance, escape, christmas, hitman, murder, sex, female nudity, husband wife relationship, hooker, nudity, voyeur ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
I Dream of Murder (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Johanna is a therapist on the verge of a midlife crisis. When one of her patients is found brutally murdered, she takes it upon herself to solve the mystery. But why is this stressed-out shrink willing to risk her marriage, her career and her entire ...
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
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39%
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Basic Instinct (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, nudity, seduction, murder, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, hot and sexy, strong sexual content ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, persia, california, oakland california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Reptile (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Style: detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, police investigation, criminal, police psychologist, murder investigation, real estate agent, crime investigation, investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, secret, crime solving ...
Place: new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Prescription: Murder (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Style: detective, slasher, talky, serious, realistic ...
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Place: usa, los angeles, acapulco mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Every Breath You Take (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, teen ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Fair Play (2023)
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lemming (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot: cuckold, infidelity, suicide, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, dishonesty, couples, housewife, suburban life, estranged couple, murder ...
Place: south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Copycat (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style: suspense, detective, psychological thriller, psychological, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, psychology, psychopath, agoraphobia, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, maniac, violence, paranoia, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: san francisco, persia, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
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Rage (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, psychological thriller ...
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Place: japan, okinawa, tokyo, okinawa japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Kiss of Evil (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Body (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, investigation, uncover truth, missing person, adulterous husband, car accident, mistress, morgue, vengeance, adultery, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.5
 17K
Jagged Edge (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, murder, twists and turns, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.5
 57K
Deep Water (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers ...
Style: suspense, psychological, dark, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, cheating wife, sex scene, unfaithful wife, cuckold, dysfunctional marriage, oral sex, female masturbation, relationships, marriage, erotica ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.5
 634
Willed to Kill (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, exciting
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, murder investigation, youth, career, partners against crime, murder, forensics, law enforcer, policewoman, suspicion, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
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