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The Distance (2006)
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The Distance (2006)
Original name: La distancia
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Daniel, a young boxer on the point of winning the title several times, is beaten yet again and commits a robbery that lands him in jail. Guillermo, a self-destructive policeman tormented by his latent homosexuality, blackmails Daniel into committing a murder behind bars. In exchange, Daniel gains his freedom and returns to the only thing he knows how to do: box. But this time the search for pain to relieve the guilt has made his conservative style more aggressive. He remembers the last conversation he had with the man he killed, when he talked about his wife, just another whore in the club he ran, and goes to meet her. Seeing danger in the relationship between the victim's murderer and his widow, Guillermo tries to stop it.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, neo noir, crime drama, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: prostitute, murder, rivalry, redemption, athlete's life, couples, contests and competitions, destructive relationship, athlete and trainer, hopes, gay, love, widow, boxing, sexual content, power relations, nudity, police officer, boxer, striptease, female nudity, sex scene, prisoner, beach, cemetery ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain, europe
Keyword: knock out

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Most similar movies to The Distance

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, female nudity, danger, dishonesty, couples and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Distance: Killer Reality (2013), Son of Cain (2013), The Laughing Woman (1969), Nobody Knows Anybody (1999), Scorpion in Love (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Killer Reality (2013)
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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, uncover truth, media satire, fall in love, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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95%
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Son of Cain (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nico Albert is a very peculiar character teenager, with exceptional intelligence and a single obsession: chess. His parents, concerned about the anomalous attitude of his son, child psychologist hired Julio Beltran. Through therapy and common hobby ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: chess, emotional manipulation, mentally unstable, parents and children, family relations, murder, psychologist, teenager, danger, dishonesty, mind game, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Laughing Woman (1969)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beautiful PR woman Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying and degradating sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after ...
Style: sexy, erotic, slasher, visual, grindhouse ...
Plot: existentialism, love, erotica, sexploitation, female psychopath, fetish, psychotic, macabre, bondage, pop art, sex game, power relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Nobody Knows Anybody (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Película española basada en la novela homónima escrita por Juan Bonilla. Simón, un aspirante a escritor frustrado que se dedica a escribir crucigramas para un periódico, recibe un misterioso encargo: debe incluir la palabra Adversario el ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot: psychopath, murder, danger, writer's life, rivalry, terrorism, riddles and clues, friendship between men, computer, sex scene, two worlds meeting, making love ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, andalusia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Scorpion in Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Julian (Álex González) and his friend Luis (Miguel Angel Silvestre) are two neighborhood boys who are part of a gang of violent neo-Nazis, led by Solis (Javier Bardem). After start training in a gym, Julian is transformed gradually thanks to the ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: racism, boxing, athlete and trainer, fall in love, gang, redemption, starting over, male nudity, society, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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The Confidant (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: gambling, best friend, betrayal, intrigue, rivalry, vengeance, murder, ambition, dishonesty, obsession, interracial, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 4.1
 484
Fatal Instinct (1992)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A homicide detective (Michael Madsen) falls for a resort owner (Laura Johnson) suspected of slaying a playboy developer.
Style: neo noir, independent film, sexy, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: strong sexual content, porn actress, serial killer, murder, violent content, profanity, couples, law enforcement, police detective, sexual relations, dangerous attraction, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Intimate Stranger (1991)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
Style: neo noir, erotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: phone sex, prostitute, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, woman in danger, who done it, sexual relations, serial killer, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, bleak, rough, mind bending ...
Plot: police officer, police investigation, murder, investigation, danger, dishonesty, murder witness, law enforcement, terrorism, dirty cop, violence, secret past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Sicarivs: The Night and the Silence (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A hit man receives the assignment to kill a woman. But what seems as another job complicates when he is about to execute her, but does not. He will have to go after those who gave him the contract, for, in his profession, those who do not comply ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, on the run, woman in danger, murder, murder of a nude woman, gang, hitman, male nudity, violent content, chases and races, nudity, dead body ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Bare Witness (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max ...
Style: sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dangerous attraction, sexploitation, sexual relations, femme fatale, murder, prostitute, investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, serial killer, witnessing a crime, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Snake (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, obsession, rivalry, psychopath, photograph, blackmail, photography, european, twists and turns, snow, tattoo ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Crimes of Passion (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Arturo Bolaño is a mediocre insurance salesman who loves women, booze and any short cut he can find to Easy Street. He thinks he's found it with the beautiful Rebeca Solis, the wife of the owner of the hotel where he stays on business. ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: female nudity, hotel, sex scene, murder, danger, dangerous attraction, couple relations, fall in love, couples, love and romance, blackmail, erotica ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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One in the Gun (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style: neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, greed, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, murder, wealth, nudity ...
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56%
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Telling Lies (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, couples, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, who done it, investigation, life turned upside down, twists and turns, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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56%
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Watchful Eye (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Malibu detective Shannon (Renee Rea) goes undercover in a group house to discover who murdered one of the women living there. Shannon gets caught up in the sex and parties, not knowing that her every action is being secretly broadcast on satellite ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, erotic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: murder, voyeurism, femme fatale, police, bondage, investigation, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, danger, dishonesty, erotica, woman with a gun ...
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Twist of Fate (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
Style: erotic, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: making love, lawyer, sex scene, serial killer, strong violent content, profanity, legal, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, mind game, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 1K
Lady Beware (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, erotica, making love, sex scene, relationships, terror, killer, sexual content, phone terror, voyeur, store ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
Style: sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, artists and showbiz, writer's life, sex scene, uncover truth, danger, missing person, writers, disappearance, wife, female nudity, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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53%
Oscura Seduccion (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Laura is a successful plastic surgeon who feels her life is somewhat empty. She meets a young nurse and falls in love and experiences sexuality to a extent not known to her. However, In this spiral of desire and seduction both play a dangerous game ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychological ...
Plot: big breasts, dangerous attraction, female nudity, sex scene, jealousy, love affair, violence, couples, woman in danger, older woman younger man relationship, love, murder ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
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53%
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Choke (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, masturbation, serial killer, hit and run ...
Time: 21st century
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52%
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Net Games (2003)
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: serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, sexy ...
Plot: computers and web, extramarital affair, voyeurism, femme fatale, murder, cyberspace, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, danger, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style: suspense, scary, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, murder, dealing with death, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, who done it, female pubic hair, church ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The List (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot: prostitute, courtroom, political corruption, murder, bait, fighting the system, uncover truth, courtroom drama, sex scandal, law enforcement, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Payback (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he goes to get revenge, he gets sidetracked by ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: femme fatale, armed robbery, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, couple relations, love triangle, heist, prison, ex convict, adultery, erotica, making love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Double Jeopardy (1992)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: femme fatale, investigation, murder, betrayal, legal investigation, love and romance, manipulation, power relations, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
From the Inside (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, rivalry, murderous pair, danger, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, kidnapping, graphic violence, violent content, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Naked Lie (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style: erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: law, murder, prostitute, legal, power relations, who done it, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, courtroom, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 4.2
 1K
Impact Point (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, scary
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, stalking, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, obsession, woman in danger, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Splitting Image (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: murderer, violence, psychopath, couples, forensics, murder, blood, female nudity, deadly
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