Movies like The Dinner
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The Dinner (2017)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
Style:
ambiguous ending, enigmatic, rough, suspenseful, cynical, psychological, dark, psychological thriller
Plot:
restaurant, father son relationship, teenager, violence, politician, anger, husband wife relationship, flashback, brother brother relationship, arson, food, suspense, second wife, stepmother stepson relationship, basketball, money, loneliness, police officer, bodyguard, party, snow, nanny, politics, murder, cancer ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and psychological films with plots about murder, telephone call, drinking alcohol, suspense, cigarette smoking, flashback and drink mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Dinner: White Boy Rick (2018), The Mule (2018), The Card Counter (2021), Detroit (2017), Let Him Go (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
disturbing, rough, sad, retro
Plot:
fbi, informant, suspense, drug traffic, father son relationship, gangsters, juvenile delinquent, drugs, buddies, culture clash, teenager, gang ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1985, year 1987, year 1986 ...
Place:
las vegas, michigan, ohio, detroit
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, police officer, old man, drugs, dea, driver, gangsters, drug smuggling, police, drug traffic, organized crime, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, 2010s, year 2005, year 1958
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, illinois, new mexico ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, poker game, murder, gambler, vengeance, casino, haunted by the past, criminal, suspense, confronting the past, partners in crime ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2003
Place:
iraq, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
surprise ending, rough, tense, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, murder, african american, police, police brutality, motel, riot, suspense, racial tension, corruption, justice ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, year 1943, year 1969
Place:
detroit, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
Style:
rough, emotional, tense, brutal, controversial ...
Plot:
suspense, family relations, grandson, grief, brutality, husband wife relationship, retired, death, sheriff, horse, father in law daughter in law relationship, fight ...
Time:
60s, year 1952
Place:
north dakota, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
suspicion, friendship, paranoia, promise, professor, chase, violence, lecture, money, husband wife relationship, lie, psychiatrist ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, stripper, suspense, murder, murder of family, farm, private investigator, psychiatry, justice, brutality, police investigation ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1968, year 1999, 80s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, texas, ireland, missouri, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
29K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, suspense, haunted by the past, investigation, murder investigation, australian, small town, violence, police, death, evidence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
bank robbery, memory loss, heist, suspense, amnesia, casual sex, seduction, female nudity, violence, young man, robbery, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kansas, california, kansas city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two ...
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
missing child, teenage girl, suspect, police detective, manipulation, interrogation, child murder, uncover truth, suspense, life is a bitch, murder mystery, ex convict ...
Place:
baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a ...
Style:
inspirational, dramatic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, suspense, father, prisoner, american football, murder, investigation, father daughter estrangement, hopes, framed for murder, accused of murder, parents and children ...
Place:
france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style:
harsh, captivating, gloomy, psychological, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
motorcycle, bank robbery, haunted by the past, corruption, money problems, loner, death, destiny, criminal, heist, father son relationship, parenthood ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, undercover, family relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, special agents, law enforcement, marines, desert, family dinner, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1984
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, suspenseful, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, child abuse, childhood, vengeance, rape, courtroom drama, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, friendship, revenge, murder trial ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new york yankees, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, suspense, supernatural, runaway, carnival, alcoholic, death, female psychiatrist, lie, scam, deception ...
Time:
year 1939, 1940s, 1930s, year 1941
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.
Style:
captivating, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, mute, investigation, missing person, husband wife relationship, mental illness, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, deception, farmhouse, gangsters, scarecrow ...
Place:
indiana
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Style:
serious, surprise ending, exciting, neo noir, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, snowman, clue, snow, investigation, police investigation, police detective, winter, doctors, missing woman, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 2010s, year 1989, year 1945 ...
Place:
norway, oslo norway
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style:
psychological, serious, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, investigation, dual identity, missing person, love triangle, guilt, revenge, breakup, murder of wife, murder disguised as suicide, writers, missing wife ...
Place:
amsterdam, berlin germany, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, betrayal, cons and scams, police investigation, state affairs, criminal, protagonist as suspect, politics, dishonesty, crime gone awry, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, los angeles, usa, venezuela
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, testimony, prison, vengeance, manhunt, dishonesty, haunted by the past, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, parents and children, drug addiction, police corruption ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
radio, suspense, gay, listener, adaptation, mental illness, aids, amateur detective, mysterious character, twists and turns, lgbt, winter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, wisconsin
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30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Style:
rough, touching, captivating, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, alcoholic, coming of age, friendship, small town, ex convict, teenage boy, hopes, teenager, loneliness, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, california, new jersey, usa, mississippi
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30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough ...
Plot:
holocaust, suspense, concentration camp, husband wife relationship, captive, gypsy, war crime, vengeance, rape, revenge, murder, tragic past ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1959, year 1946
Place:
romania, bucharest, virginia, colorado, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, serious, rough ...
Plot:
blackmail, infidelity, adultery, dangerous attraction, police investigation, betrayal, couples, twists and turns, disorder, rape, suspense, crime gone awry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Style:
tense, bleak, exciting, bloody, neo noir ...
Plot:
heist, suspense, twists and turns, murder, girl gang, widow, premarital sex, criminal, gangsters, brutality, strong female lead, chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
xian, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Katja's life collapses after a senseless act impacts her life. After a time of mourning and injustice, she seeks revenge.
Style:
tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
lawyer, father in law daughter in law relationship, terrorist, revenge, racism, terrorist bombing, conspiracy, suspense, suspect, bomb, murder, drug use ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, greece, turkey
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
journalism, murder investigation, murder, suspect, filmmaking, innocence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, justice, delusion, forensics, writers, reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy, baltimore, florence ...
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
native american reservation, native american, brother brother relationship, arson, family relations, vandalism, life is a bitch, vigilantism, homecoming, american football, human nature, unemployment ...
Place:
nebraska, south dakota, usa, asia, vietnam
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, villain, suspense, mental disorder, social problems, loneliness, psychological trauma, psycho, revenge, character change, insanity, psychopath ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
revenge, suspense, vengeance, medical school, rape, rape and revenge, violence, lust, bachelor party, sexual predator, oral sex, women ...
Place:
ohio, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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