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Dead Man Working (2016)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The senior investment banker Jochen Walther is at the peak of his career at the Deutche Bank. He just finished the deal of his life along with his personal assistant Tom Slezak, when during the celebrations he suddendly jumps from the roof of the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt. Was it suicide or even a murder?
Style:
social, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, visually appealing
Plot:
entity, finance, murder, prodigy, conspiracy, power, financier, banker, luxury, mentor, social status, mistrust, boss, wealth, suicide, bank, skyscraper, tower, widow, grief, plan, protege, luxury car, homicide, bullet ...
Place:
germany
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Most similar movies to Dead Man Working
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, tense and suspense films with plots about murder, conspiracy, investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, gun and intrigue mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Dead Man Working: Atlas (2018), Cairo Conspiracy (2022), The Collini Case (2019), Half a life (2009), Wired (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
658
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Walter is a 60-year-old removal man for forced evictions. He recognizes in one of the tenants about to be evicted his estranged son, Jan. In order to help Jan, Walter has to confront not only his crooked boss but also his own past.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot:
father son relationship, eviction, eviction notice, relationships, problem, family relations, tragic past, father and son, father, family problems, alienation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, interesting
Plot:
university, influence, muslim, conspiracy, politics, political intrigue, religious, religious faith, religion, rivalry, competitor, religious conversion ...
Place:
cairo egypt, middle east, maghreb
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, melancholic, sad ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, dead girl, loss of daughter, unsolved crime, father daughter relationship, rapist, police officer, uncover truth, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
89%
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381
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna (Charlie Brooks) she’s introduced to Anna’s slippery new boyfriend Phillip (Laurence ...
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
bank, fraud, bank clerk, female protagonist, banker, money problems, single parent, single mother, intrigue, money, conspiracy, investigation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problems. One day at the shooting range he meets the mysterious Renaud who promises him a solution to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
contract killing, parents and children, moral dilemma, conspiracy, couples, danger, family problems, family in crisis, contract killer, pig, money, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Just as David and Freja arrive at their newly bought country house close to the Cliffs of Møn the harmony is disturbed by an inexplicably suicide. When David realizes that their new craftsman Roar is linked to the person who fell of the cliff he ...
Style:
surprise ending, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot:
crime investigation, murder, conspiracy, forced suicide, mental illness, mental breakdown, couples, twists and turns, danger, gay, psychiatric hospital, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
journalism, friendship, neighbor, manslaughter, psychological manipulation, hit and run, guilt, obsession, manipulation, hidden truth, power relations, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Voyoucratie is FGKO’s new film project. It’s a dramatic fiction about a young gangster’s chaotic path into life crushed by a criminal universe that he can’t escape from. It’s also about a frozen portrait of a youth trapped by a system that ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
father son relationship, money, murder, police, heist, drug dealer, family relations, heroes, going straight, chase, violence, society ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Grieving mother suspects that her son's ex-girlfriend may have been involved in his death.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, male objectification, murder disguised as accident, murder suspect, woman, assassination plot, murder investigation, murder mystery, revenge plot, male female relationship, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
8 important executive members of some notable corporations of the country are kidnapped during a recent trial.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, intense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, guilt, power struggle, moral ambiguity, interrogation, corruption, isolation, morality, revenge, retribution, justice ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, alcoholic, obsession, alcoholism, death threat, plan, murderer, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, espionage, criminal, character study ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A struggling housewife decides to become a real estate agent and inadvertently puts her life in danger when she takes a job with a corrupt broker who will do anything to land a deal.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense
Plot:
psychopath, money, murder, real estate, betrayal, housewife, violence, working woman, broker, danger, dishonesty, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, female protagonist, boss, problem, murder mystery, puzzle, suspicion, secret, suspect, conspiracy, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
63%
404
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Preceding her death a young woman relives her life in a mirror world, giving her the chance to fight her killer.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
murderer, death, mirror, young woman, second chance, murder, danger, parallel world, killer, strangulation, mind control, attempted rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on the day of launch, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, artificial intelligence, finance, wall street, scientist, frame up, technology, financier, assassination plot, financial problem, doubt, murder ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
59%
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:
suspicion, suspicion of murder, black widow, murder suspect, killing, problem, relationships, prime suspect, who done it, female protagonist, intrigue, suspect ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
On the night before his retirement, police lieutenant Franco Amore is called to investigate the death of a long-time partner of his in a diamond heist in which he was involved.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
police officer, night, police lieutenant, police, murder investigation, murder, investigation, police detective, murderer, crime solving, police officer killed, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, aging, sexual tension, brothel, obsession, uncover truth, older man younger woman relationship, female pubic hair, fetish, infidelity, male female relationship, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A doctors life is turned upside down when her lawyer husband is found dead.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
family relations, suicide, murder, marital problem, family problems, tragic romance, uncover truth, changing lives, life is a bitch, character change, lifestyle change, tragic event ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, journalist, political corruption, investigation, politics, uncover truth, private investigation, secret, intrigue, political intrigue, crime solving, investigative reporter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, political thriller, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
corruption, family secret, family drama, senator, cover up, investigation, suspicion, grief, father son conflict, politics, small town, suicide ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
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:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1947, a magician, Seok-jin plans the most elaborate trick to find out hidden conspiracy in his fiance's death.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, twisted ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, deception, crime investigation, murder, secrets, mystery woman, problem, male female relationship, relationships, magic trick, secret ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.
Style:
suspense, captivating, touching, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
Plot:
drug addict, career woman, border, hearing voices, middle aged woman, businesswoman, desperation, nightmare, hallucination, wanting a baby, infertility, female nudity ...
Place:
germany, czech republic
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, abuse, social experiment, aggression, prison escape, disorder, degradation, warden, psychology, violence ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It’s been one year since Elizabeth’s husband, Bill, died in a tragic horseback riding accident and she is starting to move on. When she runs into Travis Brown, the cowboy she met the same weekend Bill died, the two immediately hit it off. Travis ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, money problems, murder, widow, male female relationship, intrigue, life is a bitch, couples, relationships, love interest, family relations, relationship problems ...
Place:
san francisco, california
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Anna looks for revenge against a pimp for her young sister death's while working out a complicated relationship with her lover.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
pimp, female protagonist, revenge, suicide, problem, avenge, undercover, vengeance, loss of sister, prostitution, murder, intrigue ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
trial, haunted by the past, undercover, family life, hidden truth, dishonesty, stasi, testimony, whodunit, lawyer, female protagonist, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 2012, year 1990, year 1969
Place:
germany, east germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Josie's ex-husband Michael walks back into her life to expand their flower business, his estranged wife Laura seems determined to make Josie's life a living hell. Tensions boil over when Laura breaks into Josie's house and ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating
Plot:
murder, ex girlfriend, jealousy, murderer, secret, ex couple relations, ex boyfriend, frame up, revenge, ex wife, cat, divorce ...
Similarity:
52%
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