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Beyond Obsession (1994)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Traci Di Carlo who was accused of plotting the murder of her obsessively domineering mother. Traci's boyfriend was arrested for the killing.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, intense, twist ending, tragic
Plot:
obsession, murder, manipulation, psychological manipulation, betrayal, deception, emotional abuse, false accusation, domineering mother, courtroom drama, mother daughter conflict, trial, lawyer, investigation, jealousy, fear, mature, family secret, flashback, suspicion, moral ambiguity, revenge, romantic relationship, evidence, prison ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Beyond Obsession
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, dark and tense films with plots about moral ambiguity, manipulation, revenge, obsession, murder, betrayal and deception mostly in Thriller, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Beyond Obsession: The Lost Woman (2009), Strings (2011), Best Friend's Betrayal (2019), Twice Bitten (2021), A Face to Kill for (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a camping trip, Dora disappears. While friends search for her, Dora's husband Spencer and best friend Lydia discover they are attracted to each other. Their friends notice and become suspicious. The detective, Michelle Tierney is convinced ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
suspicion, love triangle, betrayal, jealousy, deception, moral ambiguity, infidelity, manipulation, psychological manipulation, female rivalry, female detective, forensic evidence ...
Place:
san francisco, los angeles, california
Similarity:
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325
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strings is a 2011 American dramatic thriller film about a musician who discovers his therapist manipulates patients into committing crimes.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Best friends Katie and Jess are inseparable and have always had each other's backs. When Jess begins a new serious relationship, Katie is unsure of the new perfect man and famous crime writer, Nick. She wants to support her friend's ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, jealousy, murder, betrayal, couple relations, relationships, friends, best friend, love affair, unfaithful girlfriend, possessed woman, girlfriend ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unmitigated and sexy conman targets his next mark, the widowed Monique, for his latest swindle. But his routine scam hits a snag when suspicion mounts and his scheme quickly escalate into desperation, betrayal and murder.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Accomplished horse trainer is deceived by her husband, unfairly sent to prison, and she re-makes herself and eventually gains revenge.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, atmospheric, moody
Plot:
deception, betrayal, revenge, horse race, prison, gambling, manipulation, horse trainer, female vigilante, false accusation, murder, jealous husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, black comedy
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, family conflict, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, manipulation, betrayal, deception, mature, family secret, protective parent ...
Similarity:
28%
245
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Twin brothers are separated at birth after their parents are killed in a car accident. One grows up to have a good and successful life, and the other to be a disturbed young man who now plans to achieve the perfect life by stealing his ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
twins, dual role, identical twins, jealousy, body swapping, identity crisis, deception, betrayal, obsession, family secret, identity theft, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A lawyer is riding high after putting a notorious swindler behind bars, but has to look over her shoulder when a woman she meets in a traffic accident is not all she appears to be.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
stalker, obsession, woman, obsessive love, psychological manipulation, danger, deception, legal action, attorney, lawyer, female lawyer, pursuit ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman tries to move on past her divorce, she goes to a singles retreat, but begins to see that things aren't what they seem.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
retreat, secrets, manipulation, danger, deception, domestic drama, single woman, obsession, betrayal, paranoia, isolation, relationships ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two women jokingly agree to kill each others' husbands. Then one really does and blackmails the other into killing her own.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, blackmail, conspiracy, female assassin, murder mystery, threat to kill, killing, murderer, emotional blackmail, relationships, women, blackmailer ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An unhinged social media super fan frames her best friend for murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
social media, betrayal by friend, obsession, traitor, frame up, betrayal, murderer, deception, murder, social problems, life is a bitch, psychological manipulation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
23%
193
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lani McCall is a successful social media chef on the verge of getting her own TV show. Needing someone to help care for her young son, she hires a handsome male nanny named Morgan Washington. Lani starts catching feelings for Morgan, but little does ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, creepy ...
Plot:
manipulation, obsession, family drama, single mother, betrayal, secret past, stalker, deception, escalation, unsettling, dangerous attraction, protective mother ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Since the death of his colleague, which was partly his fault, Lieutenant Nick Gentry lives a lonesome life. Reporter Joan wants to write a story about him, and seems to be interested in other ways too, but he rejects. Instead he falls in love with ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, neo noir, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, shooting, moral ambiguity, cover up, wrongful accusation, isolation, investigation, suspicion, murder mystery, female reporter, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A concerned mother tries to protect her teenage daughter when she starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts. When the messages become more threatening, she starts to wonder if the tormentor is someone closer than she ever could have imagined.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
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15
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A perfect wife, mother, and business owner battles a deep dark obsession that pushes her over the edge in this deadly recipe for murder
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, intense, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
domestic drama, obsession, murder, motherhood, female protagonist, mental breakdown, character study, betrayal, guilt, betrayal of trust, moral ambiguity, suspicion ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On her wedding night, twenty-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, woman seduces a man, psychopath, college, identity theft, female serial killer, deception, double life, poisoning, college campus, cat and mouse, female rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new england, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
blackmail, courtroom, scandal, corruption, politician, danger, investigation, intrigue, conspiracy, judiciary, suspicion, power struggle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A lawyer begins a sordid fling with an attractive young woman whom he slowly begins to suspect to be a serial killer of men.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
As they file into the deliberation room, 11 jurors are ready to convict the defendant of 14 counts of murder, but one holdout forces the others to reevaluate the evidence -- and their own motives -- in this tense courtroom drama. As the jurors sift ...
Style:
intense, psychological thriller, suspense, tension, crime drama ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom, trial, murder, serial killer, evidence, manipulation, justice, deception, suspicion, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Katherine married Dr. Charles Raynor. She later discovers that Raynor is a sadist who torments her physically and mentally. She divorces him and take their child away. He then decides to kill her but when his plot is discovered he is charged with ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
brother in law, hostage, murder, psychological manipulation, manipulation, brother brother relationship, vengeance, brothers, family relations, danger, youth, psycho ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
322
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mitchell Osgood dreams of being a famous writer, but the book he has written constantly is rejected by the editors. When the psychopathic killer Albert Merrik is released from prison after 15 years, Osgood believes that writing down the history of ...
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, manipulation, ambition, psychopath, darkness, psychological manipulation, character study, bookstore, paranoia, moral ambiguity, crime investigation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When their mother announces her plans to remarry and sell the family estate, twin sisters Juliana and Deb have different reactions to the news. Juliana feels her mother will continue to support her, while Deb begins to threaten her mother's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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259
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate for the real girl who'd been murdered.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, crime drama ...
Plot:
electroshock therapy, mental institution, confined, claustrophobia, manipulation, murder mystery, female protagonist, paranoia, deception, body swapping, impostor, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jeremy Northam portrays a real estate tycoon, while Fionnula Flanagan plays the matriarch of the Lazarov family, in this psychological thriller.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, manipulation, revenge, family drama, unsettling, obsession, betrayal, moral ambiguity, slow burn, power struggle, matriarchy, mistrust ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is convicted of raping and murdering a child and sent to prison. He is shortly afterwards beaten to death by other inmates. His daughter blames the jurors who convicted him for his death, and she hatches a scheme to murder each of the jury ...
Style:
suspense, dark, tension, psychological thriller, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, rape, vengeance, child murder, jury, seduction, female protagonist, vigilante justice, psychological manipulation, manipulation, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
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