Movies like The Man Next Door
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The Man Next Door (2009)
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Original name: El hombre de al lado
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When two neighbours clash, their argument becomes less about proposed building alterations and more about the wider battle between class and social status. The hugely impressive building in question is the only example of a Le Corbusier residential home in all of Latin America, adding to the poignancy of their argument. Winner of six Argentinean Academy Awards in 2010, including Best Film.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
voyeurism, obsession, mentally unstable, small town, dishonesty, conflict, rivalry, danger, lawyer, dark humor, forgiveness, secrets, rich and poor, social relations, small town life, thief, designer, neighbor, yoga, father daughter relationship, interview, husband wife relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, camera, chair ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Most similar movies to The Man Next Door
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about danger, rivalry, obsession, dishonesty, deadly, murder and voyeurism mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Man Next Door: The Bottom of the Sea (2003), Bad Faith (2010), The Devil's Dominoes (2008), Shadow of Fear (2012), Paris Under Watch (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An architect (Daniel Hendler) trails a man (Gustavo Garzón) who was hiding under his girlfriend's (Dolores Fonzi) bed.
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
true love, lovers, investigation, jealousy, obsession, danger, rivalry, couples, stalking, infidelity, unfaithful, violent content ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
100%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a new boy is employed to work in a coffee shop, he turns out to be a schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication, and makes the life of the popular young waitress who works there a misery.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, hunted, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, life turned upside down, stalker, threat, possessed human, mentally unstable, possessed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, computer hacker, politics, danger, rivalry, police, surveillance, mind game, state affairs, voyeurism, hacker, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
soldier, conspiracy, obsession, rivalry, haunted by the past, mission gone awry, breaking point, losing-it hero, dishonesty, isolation, military, locked in a room ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, producer, murder mystery, uncover truth, secrets, suspicion, scandal, whodunit, behind the scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
492
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda Crew stars as Leigh Parrish, a successful actress on a trip home to visit her small town roots. While dodging the careful eye of her manager (Dustin Milligan), Leigh, steps out from the lights and cameras and into the shadows of her old ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
violence, haunted by the past, small town life, actor's life, social relations, obnoxious boss, small town, celebrity, female protagonist, society, dark past, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
29%
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153
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For twenty-two years, Leo Huff has been working as a secretary in the same office. Living with the same wife in the same suburban bungalow, with the same old furniture and is the same old daily routine, his life is a monotonous statement. Things ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
infidelity, life turned upside down, danger, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, disorder, midlife crisis, dysfunctional marriage, intimate, love affair, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jeffrey has met the man of this dreams, hunky Frenchman René, he impulsively moves into the same building. The move backfires as Remé becomes cold and distant. Landlady Gladys lavishes attention on her new tenant.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
landlady, gay, kidnapping, lgbt, female psychopath, dangerous attraction, obsession, couples, danger, stalking, mentally unstable, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Three American expats living in Buenos Aires decide to steal a large sum of money so they don't have to return home. But what starts as a game soon turns violent and they find themselves on the verge of consequences none of them expected.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
betrayal, dishonesty, heist, caper, money, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, freedom, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, secret identity, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
sexy, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, obsession, manipulation, couple relations, friends, rivalry, couples, dishonesty, uninvited guest, danger, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, gang, downfall, family business, pirate, parents and children, immigrant, police corruption, dishonesty, haunted by the past, search for father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
24%
479
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, computers and web, extramarital affair, dangerous attraction, voyeurism, cyberspace, murder, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set in the vicious world of stand-up comedy, starring Stephen McCole and Malcolm Shields.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, manipulation, performer's life, life is a bitch, showbiz, artists and showbiz, kidnapping, rivalry, drug abuse, haunted by the past, dark humor, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
23%
412
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Park Ranger Pablo Silva remakes his life in his new destination, a forgotten and troubled place that few want to go to, the Pereyra Iraola Park. Soon, under an apparent tranquility, he discovers a network of poachers, traffc and hoaxes. His old ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
poaching, survival, park ranger, nature, hunter, peril, stranded, poacher, mysterious character, characters in danger, murder, criminal ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective (Facinelli), on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays the man's disbelieving ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
good versus evil, demon, danger, curses spells and rituals, murder, rivalry, supernatural, small town, ghost, law enforcement, showdown, investigation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying lengths to prove his paternity.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, stalking, obsession, danger, infidelity, couples, small town, husband wife relationship, suspicion, stalker, male female relationship, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
obsession, stalking, neighbor, mind game, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, mentally unstable, amateur detective ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The tragic real life story of a serial killer who stalked his victims in the early 1970's in small town America. A weaving trail of twists and turns that left people unsettled for two generations until investigative persistence aided by modern ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, police investigation, serial killer, riddles and clues, legal investigation, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, obsession, composer, danger, dangerous attraction, stalking, haunted by the past, character study, psychosis, paranoia, isolation, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An overprotective mother tries to stop her son's budding relationship with a flirtatious young divorce.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
mother son conflict, destructive relationship, family relations, parents and children, fall in love, obsession, mentally unstable, single mother, domineering mother, small town, performer's life, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
529
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When medical student Marty places an ad for a roommate, her ad is answered by handsome, clean-cut Alec. At first Alec seems to be a wonderful roommate; supportive, considerate and a real friend. However, Alec's affection turns to obsession as ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, dark ...
Plot:
obsessive love, woman in danger, murder, betrayal, investigation, mentally unstable, obsession, captivity, couples, prison life, kidnapping, maniac ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A romantic road trip to the Catskills for some much-needed time alone turns bumpy for Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs) in this indie film directed by Josh Apter and Peter Olsen. After picking up a hitchhiker, Lyle (Anthony Leslie), ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, wilderness, estrangement, danger, stalking, married couple, hitchhiker, violent content, mountain, sexual content, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.
Style:
serious, surreal, psychological, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
outdoor sex, danger, couples, love affair, dangerous attraction, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, gory, siblings relations, relationships, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
767
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, blackmail, legal, protection, camorra, child in peril, manipulation, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy
Similarity:
21%
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