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The Accidental Witness (2006)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Victor Sandeman is a senior partner with Brunel Global Securities. He is experiencing major financial problems, ones that can be solved if the planned $100 million merger of the company takes place. However, the company's owner, Raymond Brunel, is against the merger. Thinking that he can overpower the ineffective David Brunel, Raymond's grandson and the company's heir apparent, Victor murders the elderly Raymond (trying to make it look like a death by natural causes) so that he can go ahead with the planned merger. The one glitch in the murder is a possible witness, Christine Sternwald. A paralegal and aspiring lawyer, Christine is just putting her life back together following a sexual assault three years earlier. When Victor and Christine meet shortly after the murder in a fender bender with Victor driving the deceased Raymond's car, Victor is forced to identify himself to her as Raymond Brunel.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting
Plot:
murder, disorder, crime gone awry, danger, workplace intrigue, workplace, dishonesty, cop witness relations, manipulation, witnessing a crime, woman in danger, wrong place wrong time, lawyer, violence, impersonation, knowledge, grief, financial problem, strangulation, car, roommate, being followed, breaking and entering, plastic bag over head, roommate roommate relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, seattle, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder and woman in danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Accidental Witness: In the Shadows (2001), Good Chemistry (2008), Rushlights (2013), Ready 2 Die (2014), Kill for Me (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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77%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexual, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roommate, abuse, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, haunted by the past, lesbian sex, manipulation, friendship, gain trust, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, crime drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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265
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, frame up, dishonesty, mind game, psychopath, false accusation, murder, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, danger, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
contract killing, hitman, dangerous attraction, murder, manipulation, crime gone awry, hidden identity, femme fatale, couples, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
62%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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428
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, non-linear, neo noir
Plot:
hitman, hotel, woman in danger, rescue, murder, law enforcement, danger, redemption, terrorism, hostage, gangster, immigrant ...
Place:
new york, former yugoslavia, usa, europe
Similarity:
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456
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, spooky, suspense, tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
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