Movies like Seven Deaths by Prescription

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Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
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Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
Original name: Sept morts sur ordonnance
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
Plot: basement, gambling, poker, doctor, hospital, suicide, surgeon, psychiatrist, surgery, desperation, husband wife relationship, medical clinic, death of wife, doctor patient relationship, dirty old man, heart attack, heart surgery, emotional blackmail, business competition, eccentric man, harassment, crime investigation, couples, funeral, defamation ...
Time: 70s
Place: france
Keyword: operation, doctors

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Most similar movies to Seven Deaths by Prescription

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about husband wife relationship, murder, couples, deadly, hospital, police and doctor mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Seven Deaths by Prescription: The Lazarus Syndrome (1978), Wedding in Blood (1973), Inspector Bellamy (2009), Awake (2007), Diabolically Yours (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Lazarus Syndrome (1978)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a black doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.
Style: crying
Plot: doctor, hospital, medical, medicine, newspaper reporter, marital problem, patient, tennis, adulterer, mistress, x ray, coffee ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Wedding in Blood (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is ...
Style: neo noir, slasher, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: affair, european, manipulation, wedding, dull life, disorder, couples, obsession, couple relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Inspector Bellamy (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: police detective, investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, family relations, couples, couple relations, murder, who done it, husband wife relationship, half brother half brother relationship, death of brother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Awake (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions ...
Style: twist ending, psychological, suspense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot: hospital, betrayal, uncover truth, surgery, twists and turns, doctors and patients, health situation, fiance fiancee relationship, surgical operation, dishonesty, parents and children, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Diabolically Yours (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alain Delon stars as Pierre, an amnesiac recovering from a car accident. He can't remember any details about the accident or about his past life as a wealthy businessman based in the orient. He is currently being nursed back to health on his ...
Style: ambiguous ending, psychotronic, neo noir, french noir
Plot: amnesia, mental disorder, boat, cycling, card playing, assassination plot, man hits a woman, pills, excavation, bad dream, manipulative behavior, jealous boyfriend ...
Place: france, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 114 min.
Story: At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the Franco-Belgian Psychoanalytic Society, known for odd ...
Style: non-linear, mind bending, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: evil child, surrealism, women, murder, psychopath, dark humor, family relations, power relations, haunted by the past, woman in danger, family life, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
A Pure Formality (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Onoff (Depardieu,) is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski,) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to ...
Style: psychological, talky, atmospheric, surprise ending, serious ...
Plot: investigation, memory loss, afterlife, suicide, murder, uncover truth, mind game, murder mystery, death, all male cast, writers, prison escape ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Deadly Intentions (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Katherine married Dr. Charles Raynor. She later discovers that Raynor is a sadist who torments her physically and mentally. She divorces him and take their child away. He then decides to kill her but when his plot is discovered he is charged with ...
Style: spooky
Plot: based on real people, domestic abuse, woman in danger, serial killer, psychopath, doctor, husband wife relationship, domineering mother, murder
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Anything for Her (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his ...
Style: exciting, serious, sentimental, suspenseful, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, false accusation, chase, police, murder, daring rescue, life turned upside down, judge, life is a bitch, investigation, danger, escapades ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, europe, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Black Angel (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stephane, the wife of an older, prominent magistrate, coldbloodedly shoots a male visitor in her upscale home, then claims she was defending herself against a rapist. Victim turns out to be Wadek Aslanian, a gangster who's viewed as a ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: lesbian love, prostitute, murder investigation, romantic rivalry, femme fatale, robin hood, lesbianism, gangster, dedicated lawyer, fall in love, love and romance, folk hero ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 4.2
 2K
Teen Patti (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Perci Trachtenberg, widely regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician, meets Venkat, a reclusive math genius from India, at a high rolling casino in London. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense
Plot: gambling, student, mathematics, poker player, gambler, mathematician, escapades, poker, casino, card playing, cricket, suicide ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Last Woman (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.
Style: disturbing, erotic, controversial
Audience: toddlers
Plot: male female relationship, female pubic hair, female nudity, self mutilation, single father, trippy, gender, boy, feminism, cheating girlfriend, working class, marital separation ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 2K
The Oath (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, UK, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, father daughter conflict, husband wife relationship, drug addict, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young woman, family in danger, police detective, blackmail, drug, murder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Poker Club (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, poker, disposing of a dead body, chase, buddies, betrayal, rivalry, vengeance, manslaughter, danger, basement, stripper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 298
Final Sale (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by the moral dilemma of being saved by it, she fights against her ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: transplant, hospital, moral dilemma, police investigation, couples, black market, law enforcement, terminal illness, police, danger, couple relations, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min.
Story: The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: painter, painting, art, artist, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, creative process, taxidermy, model, drawing, human nature ...
Time: year 1991
Place: provence, usa, france, los angeles, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Under Suspicion (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police inspector, serial child killer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, murder, pedophile, child murder, suspect, rape, false accusation, courtroom ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Air I Breathe (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a ...
Style: emotional, touching, stylized, intense, non-linear ...
Plot: gangster, love, dishonesty, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, hitman, power relations, philosophy, justice, true love, hospital, suicide ...
Time: year 2007, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Inside Suspicion (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alice lives a normal, happy life as a mom, until her whole world is turned upside down: Thomas, the man of her life and father of her child, is suspected of being Antoine Durieux-Jelosse, the infamous assassin who vanished fifteen years ago after ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: secret, murder mystery, hidden identity, uncover truth, criminal, family problems, changing lives, suspicion of murder, family relations, police investigation, suspect, lifestyle change ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Betrayal of the Dove (1993)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A divorced mother fears for her life after a friend gets her a blind date with a doctor.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: doctor, deception, betrayal, mother daughter relationship, woman in jeopardy, ex husband ex wife relationship, sex scene, attempted murder, fake doctor, conspiracy, blind date, friends ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Donor Unknown (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Type A insurance fraud investigator Nick Stillman has his life extended by a heart transplant, only to be dismayed to discover that his donor was murdered so Nick could live.
Style: independent film
Plot: evil doctor, murder, illegal immigrant, hospital, death, doctor, organ theft, insurance fraud, heart transplant, insurance investigator, insurance agent, heart surgery ...
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 18K
36th Precinct (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years ...
Style: rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, violence, dirty cop, twists and turns, police investigation, police, nudity, workplace intrigue ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.0
 6K
Hell (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife's infidelity...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller ...
Plot: obsession, adultery, jealousy, marriage, hotel, murder, madness, unfaithfulness, husband rapes wife, husband wife relationship, hearing voices, parallel universe ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: france, europe, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 10K
The Trap (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: desert, heart disease, sick child, hospital, terminal illness, mysterious character, health situation, wartime life, oppression, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, financial problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: serbia, eastern europe, balkan, europe, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.
Plot: father daughter incest, incest, depression, incestuous desire, jealousy, parent child relationship, romantic rivalry, infidelity, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, sex ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Dillinger Is Dead (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Back home, Glauco, an industrial designer, finds his wife in bed with a serious headache. She has left him dinner but it is cold and Glauco decides to prepare himself a gourmet meal...
Style: experimental, cult classic, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic ...
Plot: murder, cooking, husband wife relationship, absurd violence, female nudity, surrealism, alienation, bourgeoisie, honey, food, maid, bare chested male ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: italy, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Choice of Arms (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, gangster, on the run, basement, chase, escape, heist gone wrong, prison escape, violent behavior, prison break, murder, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.1
 143K
John Q (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage ...
Style: suspense, sincere, tear jerker, emotional, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hostage, injustice, hospital, kidnapping, twists and turns, organ donation, fighting the system, father son relationship, medical, society, parent child relationship, insurance ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.1
 345
Outrage (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
Plot: gang, vigilante, vandalism, police, revenge, explosions, anti hero, veterinarian, destruction, righteous rage, house, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, husband wife relationship, psychopath, investigation, rivalry, death, true crime, mother in law, strip club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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