Movies like Layla Fourie

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Layla Fourie (2013)
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Layla Fourie (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: casino, protagonist as suspect, life turned upside down, murder, family relations, life is a bitch, single parent, suspicion, lie, guilt, woman, police, single mother, job seeking, car accident, cell phone, lie detector, job interview, mobile phone, search for father, mother son relationship, deadly, hit by a car, crimes, female director
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa, south africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, danger, dishonesty, family relations, life is a bitch and protagonist as suspect mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Layla Fourie: Fatal Call (2012), Zoom Hunting (2010), Nexus (2010), White Snow (2010), Favor (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fatal Call (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, murder, false accusation, danger, life turned upside down, protagonist as suspect, on the run, dishonesty, disorder, power relations, chases and races, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Zoom Hunting (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Yang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple making madly passionately love. Few days later in a ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder, amateur detective, dishonesty, voyeurism, infidelity, family relations, couples, twists and turns, adultery, siblings relations, female photographer, peeping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, taiwan
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76%
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Nexus (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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71%
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White Snow (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, vengeance, danger, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, mafia, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, europe
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67%
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Favor (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, friends, disposing of a dead body, life turned upside down, dishonesty, danger, death, twists and turns, violent content, disorder, buddies, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Zephyr Springs (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, scary ...
Plot: resort, woman in danger, single parent, witnessing a crime, kidnapping, danger, isolation, family relations, murder, parents and children, weekend, guru ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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60%
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Fear of Water (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.
Style: serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot: army investigation, murder, family relations, military, life is a bitch, police investigation, law enforcement, parents and children, family problems, investigation, missing child, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Messages Deleted (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking it a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, vengeance, protagonist as suspect, writer's life, frame up, race against time, writers, technology, hacking, screenwriter, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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57%
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White Lie (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: uncover truth, injustice, betrayal, writer's life, dishonesty, life is a bitch, murder, artists and showbiz, writers, theft, stealing, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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56%
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Honour (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: hitman, danger, on the run, family relations, family problems, woman in danger, parents and children, aryan brotherhood, chases and races, woman, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Splitting Image (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: murderer, violence, psychopath, couples, forensics, murder, blood, female nudity, deadly
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53%
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Telling Lies (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, couples, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, who done it, investigation, life turned upside down, twists and turns, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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53%
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Killer Reality (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, uncover truth, media satire, fall in love, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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51%
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Secret (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A detective suspects that his wife murdered a gangster's brother. As he tries to misdirect the police and the bloodthirsty gangster while independently investigating his wife, terrible secrets slowly begin to surface.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: infidelity, state affairs, mentally unstable, dishonesty, unsupportive spouse, murder, police detective, suspicion of murder, dealing with death, protagonist as suspect, heroes, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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51%
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Sea of Lies (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: murder, false accusation, escape, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, confined, dishonesty, prison, disappearance, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, mexico
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48%
Shadow of Fear (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man's world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and ...murder.
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Plot: betrayal, murder, crime gone awry, protagonist as suspect, investigation, dangerous attraction, private detective, danger, intrigue, femme fatale, life is a bitch, haunted by the past ...
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Cover Story (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An ambitious magazine editor gets too caught up in a high-stakes sex scandal and is framed for murder.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: femme fatale, amateur detective, false accusation, dishonesty, frame up, political corruption, investigation, murder, law enforcement, haunted by the past, love affair, righting the wronged ...
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, investigation, moral dilemma, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, parents and children, single parent, reporter, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia
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46%
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Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, aging, abusive father, deadly
Time: 21st century
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45%
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Impunity (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Investigating the gruesome murder of a cabinet minister's daughter, a special investigator and a local police detective find themselves knee-deep in political corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling noir thriller set in post-apartheid South ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, police investigation, murder, danger, political conspiracy, dishonesty, political corruption, violent content, partner, partners against crime, murderous pair, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
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44%
Two Shades of Blue (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, realistic ...
Plot: murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, woman in danger, life turned upside down, protagonist as suspect, deaf, voyeurism, disabled, phone sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, love affair, family relations, danger, nanny, attempted murder, adultery, urban, couple relations, crime gone awry, captivity, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Tough Luck (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, murder, frame up, betrayal, crime gone awry, hitman, cons and scams, femme fatale, dishonesty, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, criminal heroes ...
Place: usa, new orleans, alabama
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42%
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The Collector (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Une policière, Maud Graham, suit un tueur en série qui agresse des femmes. En même temps, elle héberge un jeune prostitué et un fugueur de 12 ans. L'action se déroule dans la ville et capitale de la province du même nom, Québec.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir
Plot: police investigation, murder, kidnapping, mind game, police detective, riddles and clues, who done it, life is a bitch, law enforcement, serial killer, sex crime, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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4Closed (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: family in danger, psychopath, family problems, danger, stalking, family in crisis, deaf, murder, deception, stalker, basement, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
From the Inside (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, rivalry, murderous pair, danger, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, kidnapping, graphic violence, violent content, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Naked Lie (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style: erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: law, murder, prostitute, legal, power relations, who done it, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, courtroom, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into ...
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder, chase, revenge, desert, waitress, female nudity, stripper, repressed memory, violent content, parents and children, homecoming, family life ...
Time: year 1993, 20th century, 90s
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40%
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Child of Mine (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An Alberta small-town police chief officially finds no suspect in the bloody stabbing to death of 'working girl' Jane McGill. Her daughters are adopted two years later, trough his friend Alvin, by a London couple who don't qualify yet ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: adoption, murder, haunted by the past, uncover truth, domestic disturbance, family problems, family relations, parents and children, family in danger, sister sister relationship, suspicion, world war two ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Holding (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Style: serious, suspense, psychological, rough, realistic ...
Plot: farm, danger, murder, haunted by the past, parents and children, psychopath, violence, life is a bitch, love and romance, confined, family relations, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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