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Side Show (1981)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A teenage boy runs away from home. He joins the circus but finds out that it's not all what it's cracked up to be. But then the boy becomes a witness to a murder, and he must try to stay out of the killer's way.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, crime thriller, noir, surreal, period drama
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
circus, sideshow, carnival, runaway, outsider, freakshow, danger, murder witness, coming of age, survival, prejudice, identity, behind the scenes, betrayal, isolation, forbidden romance, exploitation, tiger, train, murder, dwarf, freak, loss of innocence, racist, puppeteer ...
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Most similar movies to Side Show
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, noir, suspenseful and dark films with plots about survival, revenge, betrayal, murder, moral ambiguity, urban and isolation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Side Show: Furthest Witness (2017), ECCO (2019), Runaway Dreams (1989), Maternal Instinct (2017), Running Home (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kyle Braddock has spent the last decade moving witnesses over the border to Mexico and has always avoided confrontation or suspicion until now. Not only has he been framed for kidnapping but there's a malevolent and unrelenting figure on his ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, witness, killer, car chase, gunfight, murderer, problem, in love, criminal, fall in love, runaway, pursuit ...
Similarity:
95%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A former covert assassin seeks redemption by hunting the people responsible for his sinful past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, secret identity, professional killer, redemption, revenge, problem, husband wife relationship, hidden identity, secret, threat, murder ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young girl runs away and is forced to become a prostitute.
Style:
dark, bleak, emotional, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
runaway, abuse, survival, prostitute, exploitation, female protagonist, loss of innocence, escape, social commentary, desperation, human trafficking, victimization ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who sees her mother shot goes into hiding with a police detective who grows attached to her as she protects her from the killer who is hunting the girl. Laura Mennell, Karin Konoval, Marcus Rosner star.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, intense, tense ...
Plot:
witness protection, teenager, cop witness relations, murder witness, witnessing a crime, teenage girl, fighting crime, witness, murder, child custody, fear, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Thanks to a tip from teenager Matt, who survives on the streets as a graffiti artist, policeman Ray is able to arrest Sergei, a diamond smuggler. In return, Matt gets Jules Daniels's file, his biological mother.
Style:
suspense, emotional, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
runaway teen, urban, survival, mother son reunion, family secret, graffiti, street art, informant, adoption, motherhood, redemption, social issues ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, noir, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, bandit, heist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, betrayal, isolation, escape, survival, violence, anti hero, chase ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
62%
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:
suspense, crime drama, dark, detective, tense ...
Plot:
murder, insurance fraud, heart transplant, organ donation, investigation, conspiracy, corruption, ethical dilemma, life & death, danger, survival, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An immigrant travels from Sedona to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, immigrant, lawyer, attorney, vengeance, revenge motive, immigration, life is a bitch, social problems, criminal, threat to kill, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In a timeless México where women are disappearing, a girl helps her dad, a tormented addict, to take care of an abandoned baseball camp where the narcos gather to play.
Style:
crime drama, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, identity, gender disguise, female empowerment, protective parent, gender roles, addiction, gang violence, drug lord, friendship, desert ...
Time:
future
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A reluctant assassin must protect his pregnant wife after he becomes entangled in a rogue customs agent's drug ring.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, crime drama, tense, tension ...
Plot:
murder, assassin, corruption, grief, drug cartel, protective father, revenge, betrayal, rogue agent, male protagonist, trauma, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Yvette Marcel (Melissa Anderson) asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, emotional, noir ...
Plot:
kidnapping, spy, rescue, organized crime, danger, secrets, investigation, criminal underworld, revenge, betrayal, corruption, missing person ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, danger, underworld, stripper, pursuit, survival, nightlife, debt, cat and mouse, betrayal, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Soon after he's assigned to defend an officer who shot a young Hispanic boy crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, attorney Eduardo Martinez learns that his own family is planning to enter the country illegally. But when his client offers to help ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, tension, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
murder, immigration, corruption, family drama, conflict of interest, border patrol, racial tension, moral dilemma, ethics, defense attorney, human trafficking, crime investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south america, mexico, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, con artists, threat, escaped prisoner, death threat, risk, murderer, criminal, suspicion, home invasion, survival, showdown ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
50%
687
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Las Vegas go-go dancer moves to Los Angeles to escape the psycho who has killed her partners.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, noir, retro ...
Plot:
murder, dancer, exploitation, psychopath, danger, female protagonist, obsession, chase, violence, paranoia, nightlife, cat and mouse ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
las vegas, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
63
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of Tv, beginning on the night he agrees to run away from his affluent suburb in Quebec City to save his best friend Samu. The two 15-year-olds' escape quickly turns into a desperate flight from the police and adults. Their encounter ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dramatic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, family conflict, teenager, runaway, coming of age, youth, friendship, problem, life is a bitch, grownups, teenage life, police chase ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Two long-separated brothers end up in life-threatening situations. How do their lives intersect and what happens next?
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brothers, caste system, problem, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, intrigue, threat, family drama, confrontation, identity crisis, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young man, down on his luck, learns about his father's killer's parole, it sets off a cat and mouse chase through the hostile desert, searching for a hidden family inheritance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
down on your luck, cat and mouse, revenge, desperation, isolation, manhunt, violent, moral ambiguity, suspicion, parole, survival, law enforcement ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A tough-as-nails burglary crew from the streets, a Cuban cartel, heavy into voodoo, ruthless Albanian gangsters, and a blood diamond deal that erupts into all out violence. This throws the criminal underworld into chaos. Double-crosses and brazen ...
Style:
crime thriller, brutal, dark, tense, rough ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, organized crime, urban, voodoo, gangster, gang violence, violence, city, heist, betrayal, drug cartel, revenge ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, jealousy, ski resort, paranoia, danger, snow, betrayal, resort, moral ambiguity, mountain, isolation ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
46%
305
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
friendship, love, betrayal, murder, danger, gangster, friends, couple relations, couples, criminal underworld, vengeance, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A violent night sends cycling champ Rick Van Pelt into a neon-drenched fever dream. Fuelled by scotch and paranoia, he confronts Isaac about an affair with his fiancé. A shocking turn of events unveils their scheme to rip off a reclusive art ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, cycling, night, champion, help, nightmare, sleeping, murderer, bad dream, bicycle, paranoia, violence ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Six unrelated people must push through their past and the mob underworld to discover what has controlled each of them all these years. Sex, Drugs, Guns and God have created a series of events which will leave each of them changed forever.
Style:
tense, intense, crime thriller, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, redemption, danger, moral ambiguity, illegal drugs, corruption, guilt, betrayal, revenge, violent, urban, survival ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three women from different walks of life are mysteriously taken. Detectives struggle to find a connection, as the women seemingly vanished into thin air. Over time, the women form an unlikely bond that becomes the key to their survival.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, twisted, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mysterious disappearance, abduction, investigation, survival, female friendship, bonding, urban, cat and mouse, slow burn, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, missing person ...
Similarity:
42%
105
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Friends become enemies after one of them is accused of committing a hate crime against a gay teenager during a weekend camping trip.
Style:
intense, emotional, tension, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
gay slur, loyalty, hate crime, bullying, friendship, guilt, prejudice, conflict, accusation, moral dilemma, betrayal, confrontation ...
Similarity:
41%
149
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
To escape her overprotective drug-dealing stepfather, an introvert flees to NYC with her pet flying squirrel. After successfully reinventing herself through the help of some "found family," she realizes she must return home and confront ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, realistic, psychological, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
coming of age, escape, self discovery, personal growth, trauma, identity, dark past, resilience, family drama, confrontation, family conflict, redemption ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
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:
realistic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, stalking, family in danger, danger, couples, betrayal, psychopath, deception, female protagonist, protective parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the opportunity arises to bump him off without getting her hands dirty, she takes a chance she may never get ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, atmospheric, tension, dark ...
Plot:
bootlegging, organized crime, revenge, prohibition, female protagonist, murder, depression era, betrayal, survival, investigation, housewife, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
39%
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