Movies like The Passengers 1977

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The Passengers (1977)
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The Passengers (1977)
Original name: Les Passagers
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.
Style: road movie, scary, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, corny
Plot: murder, stalking, truck, obsession, car chase, boy, fear, road trip, stepfather stepson relationship, killer, school, psychopath, investigation, terrorism, on the road, parents and children, chases and races, danger, on the run, obsessive quest, murderer, police officer, female nudity, death, stepfather ...
Time: 70s
Place: rome italy, italy, paris france, france

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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 deadly, murder, danger, psychopath, dishonesty, female nudity and investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Passengers: Last Screening (2011), A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003), The Cold Light of Day (1996), Mother's Boys (1993), Clean Break (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Last Screening (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, danger, psychopath, theater, small town, murder, violence, mentally unstable, solitary, woman in danger, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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100%
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic
Plot: dangerous attraction, obsession, woman in danger, family relations, couples, parents and children, murder, sociopath, store, danger, ambulance, suffocated to death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Cold Light of Day (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
Style: psychological, noir, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, children, spy, killer, home invasion, coming of age, witness, con artists, child abuse, violent content, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Clean Break (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, obsession, twists and turns, danger, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, crumbling marriage, corrupt officer, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Few Days in September (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Portugal
Duration: 116 min.
Story: 1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller, tense
Plot: 9/11, secret agent, state affairs, undercover, dishonesty, parents and children, terrorism, sniper, intelligence agency, law enforcement, killer, political intrigue ...
Time: september 11 2001, future, 21st century
Place: paris france, venice, italy, france, europe ...
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24%
Out of the Darkness (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style: detective, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, murder, killer, parent child relationship, couple relations, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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23%
The Stone Merchant (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense
Plot: obsessive quest, danger, manipulation, politics, race against time, state affairs, against the rules, terrorism, terrorist attack, special agent, religions or cults, fall in love ...
Place: middle east, afghanistan, europe, turkey, rome italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains ...
Style: neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot: telephone call, death, kidnapping, violent content, confined, mind game, criminal heroes, dishonesty, investigation, on the run, false accusation, injustice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, barcelona, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
American Perfect (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick ...
Style: road movie, neo noir, tense, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, on the road, murder, desert, psychiatrist, woman in danger, cons and scams, siblings relations, danger, chases and races, chase ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
My Daughter's Keeper (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An American writer in England takes his children and a newly hired nanny on a trip to South Africa while his wife, a reporter, is on assignment. He has an affair with the nanny, but when he refuses to leave his wife for her, the nanny gets her ...
Style: independent film, tense, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Plot: woman seduces a man, infidelity, nanny, obsession, kidnapping, investigation, murder, psychopath, violent content, profanity, sexual content, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
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21%
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Love Her Madly (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three men are dangerously obsessed with the same woman.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: murder, obsession, investigation, erotica, femme fatale, college life, college, who done it, school, artists and showbiz, music band, performer's life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Cyberstalker (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, stalker, woman in danger, psychopath, stalking, danger, computers and web, woman in peril, deadly, off the grid, young
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, abuse, activist, girlfriend, disappearance, manipulation, liberal, psychopath, poet, investigation, fighting the system ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Playback (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A detective must uncover the truth behind the death of his daughter. But the truth hits close to home.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, riddles and clues, family relations, estrangement, danger, murder, parents and children, death in the family, father daughter relationship, police detective, murder investigation, porn industry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Empire of the Wolves (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot: uncover truth, memory loss, murder, serial killer, life is a bitch, master criminal, danger, terrorism, police detective, police officer, spy, female fighter ...
Time: 2000s
Place: france, paris france, istanbul turkey, europe, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Man of Her Dreams (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After suspecting her husband is playing the field, a nervous woman finds a sympathetic ear in the form of a strange man. The drawback is that her sensitive new-found friend is an obsessive psychopath.
Style: independent film, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: stalking, psychopath, infidelity, danger, obsession, couples, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, couple relations, husband, friend, woman ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Road Rage (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The highway to hell runs straight through a college campus in this compelling thriller about a killer truck. After helping a pretty co-ed out of a nasty domestic situation, Jim Travis gives the girl a lift home. But once on the road, the situation ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot: chase, psychopath, danger, college life, on the road, serial killer, automobile, stalking, rivalry, chases and races, college, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Beautiful (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Searing and luscious, "Beautiful" tells the story of Daniel, a shy and introverted 14 year old boy residing in Sunshine Hills, a suburb living in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. Daniel's two ...
Style: suspense, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: suburbs, youth, investigation, teenage life, obsession, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, suburban life, blind ambition, teenager, rapist ...
Time: 21st century
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I Am What I Am (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but Jane thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his second wife, Jane's mother in law. In the same Night ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Plot: serial killer, couples, love story, blackmailer, fall in love, voyeurism, murder, psycho, adulterer, blackmail, murder investigation, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: london, england, europe
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20%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Prophet's Game (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, investigation, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, death of daughter, uncover truth, ex cop, judiciary, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Dead Cert (1974)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York ...
Style: realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: murder, horse race, jockey, investigation, dishonesty, danger, gang, rivalry, bookies, destiny, gambling, animal life ...
Time: 70s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A girl from an asylum is engaged as nurse to a small, spoiled orphan boy, whose uncle has evil designs on him, and who hopes to kill him and cast the blame on the girl.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Plot: family relations, kidnapping, frame up, woman in danger, confined, nanny, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, child in peril, wealth, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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20%
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Angel of Death (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets of the Old Town in time-honored ritual. But for one celebrant this Holy Week is different. For him Semana Santa is a time to ...
Style: slasher, psychological, serious, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, sexual abuse, fascism, danger, mind game, investigation, psychopath, clergy, rivalry, woman in danger, who done it, murder ...
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Fighter (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style: neo noir, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, ex convict, female pubic hair, diamond, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, vengeance, chase, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
A Place in the Sun (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot: journalism, murder, media, danger, journalist, swedish, reporter, mysticism, european, investigative journalism, writers, hockey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, morocco, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Blacktop (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After a fight with her boyfriend (Lochlyn Munro), a woman (Kristin Davis) unknowingly accepts a ride from a psychopath (Meat Loaf Aday).
Style: psychological, slasher, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, road trip, missing person, mind game, woman in danger, on the run, rescue, riddles and clues, murder, truck, trucker ...
Time: 90s
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19%
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