Movies like Ties That Bind 2010

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Ties That Bind (2010)
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Ties That Bind (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hope finds herself leaving the comfort of her suburban life for New York City in order to settle the affairs of her best friend Rachel who has just been murdered. Little does she know that she is being sucked into a vortex of intrigue, where nothing is what it appears to be - including what happened to Rachel - a vortex that ultimately becomes a fight for Hope's life.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime drama, realistic
Plot: murder, investigation, twists and turns, intrigue, danger, rivalry, amateur detective, criminal, woman with a gun, strong female presence, woman in danger, dishonesty, attorney, strong female lead, fight, sex scene, escort, birthday, crime boss, office, fbi agent, best friend, boss, debt, funeral ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, investigation, dishonesty, strong female presence and uncover truth mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Ties That Bind: Cheaters' Club (2006), I Know What I Saw (2007), Cries in the Dark (2006), A Crime of Passion (2003), The Killing Game (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cheaters' Club (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A controversial therapist assembles a group of discontented wives and prescribes using adultery to save their failing marriages, only to have her patients killed off one by one.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: murder, infidelity, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, wife, therapy, strong female presence, marital infidelity, cheating wife, extramarital affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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I Know What I Saw (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, danger, losing-it hero, serial killer, uncover truth, rivalry, dishonesty, twists and turns, suspicion, youth, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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66%
Cries in the Dark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot: murder, law enforcement, police investigation, missing person, police detective, vengeance, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, missing child, infidelity, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
A Crime of Passion (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, woman in danger, who done it, couples, murder, dishonesty, danger, estate, murder investigation, adultery, inheritance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Killing Game (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, murder, danger, death, mind game, strong female presence, riddles and clues, foster home, child abduction, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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48%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
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42%
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Dark Desire (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man desperate to be connected to the people close to him resorts to devious measures to achieve that desire
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, family in danger, investigation, murder, uncover truth, dishonesty, love affair, couples, sociopath, relationship problems, criminal, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Living with the Enemy (2005)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Smart, sexy Allison can't help but fall in love with Philip, a dashing software billionaire, and they quickly marry. But soon this new bride begins to think her hubby was involved in the mysterious death of his first wife. This suspicious ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: investigation, woman in danger, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, love, suspicious wife, runner, older man younger woman relationship, helicopter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Odds (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poker, murder, gambling, investigation, uncover truth, youth, amateur detective, dishonesty, suburbs, rivalry, danger, handgun ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Killing Daddy (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, vengeance, danger, murder, winter, retribution, tragic past, family tragedy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Look Again (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Just as her life is coming together, a young woman experiences a terrible tragedy when her boyfriend is murdered by an intruder from whom the woman herself barely escapes. The police capture a man they believe to be the killer, but the young woman, ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder, woman in danger, twists and turns, life turned upside down, police, suspect, police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, victim, police officer, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Good Mistress (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A woman's one-night stand turns out to be her friend's husband, and a local political candidate.
Style: serious, psychological, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, addiction, legal, alcohol abuse, political candidate, investigation, suspicion of murder, danger, rivalry, family problems, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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35%
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Magic Man (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, independent film
Plot: serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, danger, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, wizard, mythical creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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35%
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Deepwater (2005)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drifter comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, mindfuck, tense ...
Plot: criminal's revenge, disorder, haunted by the past, crime gone awry, sexually dissatisfied wife, farm, dishonesty, investigation, dangerous attraction, danger, murder, farm hand ...
Place: wyoming, usa
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33%
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The Caller (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jimmy Stevens, a senior VP at an international energy firm, blows the whistle on his company's deadly and corrupt practices in Latin America. Knowing he will be assassinated for his betrayal, he places an anonymous call securing the services of ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: whistleblower, private detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, survival, dishonesty, amateur detective, danger, journalism, workplace, deadline ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, new york, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Before I Say Goodbye (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, private detective, woman in danger, life is a bitch, architect, politician, murder, grandfather granddaughter relationship, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot: investigation, murder, amateur detective, love affair, family relations, nordic, danger, couples, swedish, writers, strong female presence, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story: A sleuthing garage sale maven suspects foul play when her friend dies in an old house with a cursed reputation. Even though police evidence - and even webcam footage of the death – point to natural causes – this mysterious death in a cursed” ...
Style: serious, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, couples, strong female presence, couple relations, supportive spouse, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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30%
The Perfect Student (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A criminology professor becomes a target herself when she tries to establish the innocence of her star student in a murder.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: college life, murder, deception, courtroom, police, seduction, investigation, danger, amateur detective, fight club, wrestling, college ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Nightwaves (2003)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Recently widowed Shelby Naylor (Sherilyn Fenn) listening to her husbands police scanner overhears a husband and wife arguing on the phone. The wife ends up dead and Widow Naylor points the finger endangering herself.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, woman in danger, false accusation, haunted by the past, couple relations, family problems, hitman, couples, infidelity, who done it, danger ...
Place: boston, usa
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30%
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Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, obsessive quest, police investigation, danger, psychopath, law enforcement, haunted by the past ...
Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
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30%
Fatal Acquittal (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, danger, who done it, acquittal, legal action, suspect, guilty, husband, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Layover (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the heiress of a luxury hotel chain is kidnapped at her dingy motel outside Detroit by a band of ruthless sex traffickers, her downtrodden assistant must figure out a way to rescue her.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, michigan, new york
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29%
The Reckoning (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
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Ricochet (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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28%
The Hazing Secret (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Megan loses her long term memory in an accident she had five years ago as a sorority girl. Every night, she has the same dream of a party and the death of a sister. When she's invited to a Greek reunion, she realizes it wasn't just a dream.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Seduced by Lies (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Brad Sterling arrives by yacht as a handsome dream prince, and the discrete favorite nephew and brilliant investor of his tycoon uncle Wade. Charles Colton's ingrate heiress Laura eagerly dates him and puts him in the guest-house, partially as ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: sex scene, danger, couples, manipulative person, stalking, jealousy, intrigue, hit and run, strong female presence, manipulation, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
6th Commandment Cross (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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First Degree (1995)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When prominent businessman Andrew Pyne is found shot in a New York alley, one of the NYPD's best, Rick Mallory, suspects a Galeno Mob hit. When he and his partner, Amos Turzo try to question Pyne's widow, Hadley, they are quickly ushered ...
Style: independent film, tense, mind bending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: murder, righting the wronged, power relations, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, witnessing a crime, fighting crime, police investigation, couple relations, femme fatale, amateur detective, serial killer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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