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A Deadly Affair (2017)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mary (Austin Highsmith) and Charlie's (Alan Powell) marriage had become a little rocky, he forgot their anniversary whilst she almost slept with their friend Trevor (Luke Edwards) whose partner, Susan (Valerie Azlynn), is always working as she is a lawyer. But Mary is becoming suspicious of Charlie when he says he is working late on a property he is renovating and decides to show up there unannounced only to find him dead. With Charlie's sister, Crystal (Lorna Street Dopson), suspecting that Mary might have done it and with police investigating she turns to Susan for legal help.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, male female relationship, problem, secret, murder suspect, suspicion, crime solving, suspicion of adultery, uncover truth, strong female lead, lawyer, death, unfaithful husband, affair, cheating wife, kiss, knife, gun, stabbing, kissing ...
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Most similar movies to A Deadly Affair
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, murderer and female protagonist mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like A Deadly Affair: Ritual (2022), Deadly Dispatch (2019), Tracking a Killer (2021), Cheer Squad Secrets (2020), Twenty8K (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The discovery of a chopped-off hand in a Brussels canal forces Belgian police diver Kiki to face deep guilt from the past, her own and her country’s. Based on the book ‘Ritual’ by Mo Hayder.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, murder investigation, murder, police investigation, tragic past, frogman, dark past, sleuth, murder mystery, secret, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
After her best friend is tragically murdered in an apparent robbery gone wrong, Tiffany Jackson takes justice in her own hands to find his killer.
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, investigation, murder investigation, bereavement, problem, woman, private investigation, husband wife relationship, murder mystery, uncover truth, crime solving ...
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Haley goes missing, Michelle must work quickly to find her daughter and discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths before Haley or anyone else gets hurt.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
murder, framed for murder, investigation, accused of murder, teenager, mother daughter relationship, murder investigation, female protagonist, athlete, framed for a crime, mother and daughter, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A mother helps her daughter become captain of the cheerleading squad only to discover that someone is giving the daughter steroids and will do anything, including murder, to cover it up.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, thrilling, tension ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, steroids, murder, mother daughter relationship, high school, secrets, doping, problem, teenage life, athlete and trainer, teenager, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
100%
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661
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, multicultural
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, killing, problem, family problems, assassination plot, uncover truth, murderer, murder investigation, secret, crime solving, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When an expert in spousal murder is accused of killing her husband, she must use her investigation skills to prove her innocence.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, investigation, private investigation, murder mystery, suspect, suspicion, uncover truth, female protagonist, murder suspect, marital problem, crime solving ...
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32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Missy discovers the coveted role she's scored as head coach of her daughter's cheer squad comes with a deadly price.
Style:
suspense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, high school, jealousy, cheerleader, female protagonist, single mother, investigation, high school athlete, teenager, murder, sabotage, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up next to a dead body and proceeds to try to figure out what happened the previous night.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
remorse, murder, murderer, crime solving, who done it, investigation, problem, crime investigation, uncover truth, secret, corpse, female protagonist ...
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30%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wisper, a successful bar owner, comes home to find his wife and children murdered. As the only black man in a white neighborhood, the police consider him a prime suspect, and Wisper is forced to try to solve the crime on his own.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, crime drama
Plot:
found footage, private investigation, murder mystery, bereavement, murderer, who done it, businessman, loss of child, investigation, loss of wife, uncover truth, crime solving ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The murder of a girl unexpectedly turns the life of two people topsy-turvy. Even as they run for their lives, they try to find the real culprit behind the assassination
Style:
detective, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
murder investigation, businessman, police investigation, problem, family problems, family relations, uncover truth, rich man, who done it, crime solving, sleuth, money problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles narcotics detective clashes with a small-town Utah Sheriff while investigating his girlfriend's mysterious abduction thirty miles outside Kanab, Utah.
Style:
detective, thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, homicide detective, murder, crime solving, guilty verdict, police detective, police investigation, framed for murder, sleuth, false accusation of murder, crime investigation, murderer ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country:
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Obsessed with the disappearance of her best friend who became a victim of sex trafficking, a journalist plots an undercover operation in order to expose the criminal network. But as her accomplices draw closer to the boss, the situation gets out of ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
slave trade, journalism, trafficking, sex trafficking, crime solving, private investigation, investigative reporter, uncover truth, crime investigation, fighting crime, female journalist, journalist ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, Spain
TV show
Story:
Ana Tramel is a brilliant criminal lawyer in her lowest hours. She receives a call from her brother, who has been accused of murdering the director of a famous casino. With a small team, she will have to face a huge corporation.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
problem, suspicion, lawyer, murder mystery, female lawyer, life is a bitch, murderer, murder investigation, investigation, crime investigation, brother sister relationship, murder suspect ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
24%
1K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When high school teacher Tomás finds the bloodied, dying mayoress of his hometown high up on his local cliffs, he not only becomes obsessed with the case but turns into its first suspect. Though solving the case is local cop Maite's job, ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling
Plot:
investigation, secret, murder suspect, murder investigation, forensics, uncover truth, crime investigation, murderer, suspicion, problem, sleuth, crime solving ...
Place:
galicia, spain
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young woman suspects the new neighbor is a serial killer.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicidal maniac, suspicion of murder, killing, in love, murder, murderer, nobody believes, neighbor, male female relationship, investigation, fall in love ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
DySP Nanda Kishore is investigating a murder case soon after a death in his family. As he proceeds, he is surprised to see how certain connections emerge that hint the case is linked to his own life as well.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, killing, problem, murder investigation, forensics, police investigation, secret, who done it, crime solving, police, threat ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a teenage girl is found murdered in a California town, a young woman is forced to prove her brother is innocent of the crime, discovering a disturbing dark side to the community.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, society, female protagonist, crime investigation, who done it, crime solving, life is a bitch, hidden identity, brother sister relationship ...
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23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jackie hires a mistress hunter to come between her husband and his mistress. But when the mistress and her husband wind up dead, Jackie becomes the number one suspect.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
What if a man with a mental condition, living in a fantasy world and detached from all emotional responsibility, is in real life the prime suspect for a series of murders targeting young women? Bill Thompson awakens to reality when forced to ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder of a woman, uncover truth, falsely accused, false accusation, youth, murderer, murder mystery, suspicion, revenge, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To pay for college, Business major Trina goes live with her unique dating website Let's Date. Let's Date becomes a huge success, though Trina soon learns that her site is being misused as a prostitution hub and shuts it down. When one of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, college, online dating, dating show, murderer, secret, murder investigation, murder mystery, danger, college campus, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A dying policewoman hopes to solve her last case when a fly fisherman is killed in a small village, but the investigation takes a personal turn along the way.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
police officer, police inspector, private investigation, murder investigation, investigation, policewoman, police investigation, murder mystery, murder, sleuth, woman with a gun, murderer ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered dead of an apparent suicide, the police suspect some foul play, as David's death mimics ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
While investigating the disappearance of several high school girls, an undercover cop posing as a student finds herself fighting for her life.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot:
pretense, mysterious disappearance, sleuth, investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, survival, student, violence, crime solving, female student, undercover police officer ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The young female CEO of a new ridesharing app must stop a serial killer who's using the app to lure victims into his car.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, female protagonist, murder, investigation, crime investigation, amateur sleuth, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, workplace, murderer, private investigation ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A reporter finds her life in danger when the story she has published results in several murders that come closer to her.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
reporter, murder, murder investigation, serial murder, revenge, investigation, investigator, victim, death, partners against crime, chase, death threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Emma, the lucky recipient of a recent heart transplant, sets out to find the identity of her donor only to learn that it was her estranged cousin, who may have been murdered.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
heart transplant, cousin, murder investigation, female protagonist, murder, murderer, organ transplant, transplant, investigation, organ donation, murder mystery, crime solving ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two cops must contend with the uncooperative tenants of an apartment complex as they try to solve a murder before the crime scene is wiped clean.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, homicide detective, police, crime investigation, police officer, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nigeria
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Family dynamics take a messy turn when a woman learns she has a half sister at her mother's funeral. As her perfect life starts to unravel, she suspects her new sister is to blame for her Mom's death.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, dysfunctional family, half sister, family secret, murder mystery, murder, uncover truth, relationship problems, female protagonist, family problems, life is a bitch, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A stay-at-home mom and avid reader of crime stories discovers the deepest secrets of a small town's residents while investigating a woman's murder.
Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
amateur sleuth, housewife, murder investigation, female protagonist, private investigation, investigation, crime solving, murder, murder mystery, sleuth, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A guy goes on a date that he has been dying to go to for years.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
murder, female protagonist, divorce, single mother, single father, murder suspect, relationship problems, murder investigation, memory loss, murder mystery, memory lapse, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
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