Movies like The Contractor 2013

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The Contractor (2013)
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The Contractor (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her lawyer husband, Paul and daughter, McKenzie. To make sure it's finished before a charity event they're hosting, the couple hire a contractor, Javier, to help. However Elizabeth starts to grow suspicious of Javier and learns that he'd targeted the family all along. Now, to save her family, Elizabeth will have to take matters into her own hands.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stalking, psychopath, obsession, family in danger, danger, dishonesty, chases and races, couples, vengeance, strong female presence, woman in danger, violent content, horse, revenge, fight, violence, family relations, father daughter relationship, happy ending, chase, hide and seek, telephone call, night, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa
Keyword: stable

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, deadly, murder, violent content, dishonesty, couples and woman in danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Contractor: Dark Desire (2012), Her Husband's Betrayal (2013), Clean Break (2008), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), Missionary (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dark Desire (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man desperate to be connected to the people close to him resorts to devious measures to achieve that desire
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, family in danger, investigation, murder, uncover truth, dishonesty, love affair, couples, sociopath, relationship problems, criminal, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Her Husband's Betrayal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: false accusation, danger, betrayal, couples, psychopath, murder, frame up, stalking, family in danger, woman in danger, on the run, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.2
 765
Clean Break (2008)
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, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, obsession, twists and turns, danger, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, crumbling marriage, corrupt officer, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, husband wife relationship, psychopath, investigation, rivalry, death, true crime, mother in law, strip club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 5.3
 767
Missionary (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, stalking, couples, parents and children, single parent, love triangle, sex scene, bad boy, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Modus Operandi (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain ...
Style: serious, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: betrayal, working undercover, vengeance, espionage, secret agent, undercover, rivalry, danger, revenge, investigation, murder, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Absolute Killers (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot: witness protection, on the run, chases and races, danger, gangster, murder, redemption, violence, woman in danger, violent content, u.s. marshal, district attorney ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.9
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Lila & Eve (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
Style: suspense, serious, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder, female protagonist, violent content, dishonesty, hidden identity, organized crime, conspiracy, police, witness, loss of daughter, manipulation, vigilante ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Man of Her Dreams (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After suspecting her husband is playing the field, a nervous woman finds a sympathetic ear in the form of a strange man. The drawback is that her sensitive new-found friend is an obsessive psychopath.
Style: independent film, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: stalking, psychopath, infidelity, danger, obsession, couples, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, couple relations, husband, friend, woman ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.3
 2K
Coffin Rock (2009)
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: boys' night, date night, teens
Plot: pregnancy, stalking, obsession, danger, infidelity, couples, small town, husband wife relationship, suspicion, stalker, age-gap relationship, house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Surrogacy Trap (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After losing hope of conceiving a child on their own, Christy and Mitch turn to surrogacy in hopes of creating the perfect family. However, their confidence is quickly shaken when they discover that the young woman might not be as perfect as they ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: surrogate mother, pregnancy, obsession, under the surface, family relations, psychopath, woman in danger, danger, mentally unstable, couples, stalking, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.5
 1K
Duress (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, murder, salvation, house, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.5
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Banshee (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, race against time, heist, danger, car chase, master criminal, criminal's revenge, car thief, witnessing a crime, hostage, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.1
 431
Stalkers (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Revolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Audience: girls' night
Plot: stalking, obsession, danger, legal, law enforcement, police investigation, stalker, wife, strong female presence, dedicated lawyer, female police officer, mad woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
12 Hours to Live (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Eighteen-year-old Amy is having a bad day. Not only has she been kidnapped by a deranged gunman, but as a diabetic without her insulin, her chances of survival are diminishing with each tick of the clock. FBI agent Megan Saunders isn't walking ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, diabetic, woman in danger, police investigation, danger, chase, kidnapped, terminal illness, kidnapping, salvation, weapons, captive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.0
 476
Surveillance (2006)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, psychopath, murder, rivalry, dishonesty, manipulation, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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N-Secure (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot: betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, danger, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.6
 2K
Tell (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: life turned upside down, rivalry, danger, on the run, going straight, dishonesty, violent content, sexual content, profanity, criminal heroes, chases and races, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Outlaw Country (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, gang, parents and children, love and romance, danger, society, violent content
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Down and Dangerous (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An inventive and resourceful cocaine smuggler defends his trade against violent rival traffickers, a monstrous and vengeful killer, and the DEA agents who want to lock him up – all while falling for a stunningly beautiful woman with a taste for ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug, rescue, danger, woman in danger, rivalry, smuggler, chase, smuggling, mexican american border, violent content, conundrum, henchman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Good Day for It (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family in danger, vengeance, rivalry, parents and children, forced into action, small town, homecoming, gang, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Prophet's Game (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, investigation, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, death of daughter, uncover truth, ex cop, judiciary, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 1K
The Cottage (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A romance novelist (David Arquette) moves into a "cottage" behind the home of a composer and his family. He seems sweet, but what do they really know about him?
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: tenant, psychopath, family in danger, couples, parents and children, twists and turns, suburbs, cabin in the woods, kidnapping, writers, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Unlawful Entry (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage, violence, police officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Ministers (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: vengeance, danger, rivalry, profanity, law enforcement, unlikely couple, murder, brainwashing, religious fanaticism, strong violent content, violent content, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.2
 725
Confined (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: neighbor, captivity, woman in danger, couples, family relations, dishonesty, psychopath, captive, basement, relocation, crazy neighbor, chamberplay ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Crime of Passion (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, woman in danger, who done it, couples, murder, dishonesty, danger, estate, murder investigation, adultery, inheritance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Wrong Side of Town (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, survival, dishonesty, danger, architect, nightclub owner, self defense, abduction, kidnapping, wrestler, partner, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 3.2
 445
Deer Crossing (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film centers around retired police detective Derrick Stanswood (Mann), who is called by a successful doctor about an unsolved case involving his wife Maggy (Cottrel) and their son, Cole (newcomer Kevin Fennell). Chasing after loose ends in a ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, captivity, danger, private detective, kidnapping, small town, farm, confined, abduction, violence, redneck, wrestling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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