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Terrible Angels (2012)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to question, leaving Ben to decide whether to go on with the investigation or leave Linda to the fate of the prison system.
Style:
tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, detective, psychological thriller, dark, intense ...
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, danger, law enforcement, captivity, isolation, abduction, police detective, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, sanity, trauma, prostitution, drug dealer, memory, city, mature, interrogation, urban, ethics, corruption, redemption, life is a bitch, confined, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Terrible Angels
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and dark films with plots about investigation, danger, urban, moral ambiguity, murder, uncover truth and cat and mouse mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Terrible Angels: Hide (2011), Chase (2022), Ricochet (2011), Teenage Bank Heist (2012), Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, crime scene, police procedural, evidence, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Visually-impaired former cop Nidhi finds herself being part of an unexpected accident scene. She goes to report it to the cops, where CCB officer Avinash takes charge of the case. This case brings unexpected closure for both the complainant and the ...
Style:
emotional, tense, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, resilience, redemption, investigation, guilt, moral dilemma, police procedural, social issues, healing, urban, mature, isolation ...
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547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heist, investigation, danger, confined, race against time, on the run, parents and children, friendship, abduction, woman with a gun, wrestling, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, overprotective mother, abduction, uncover truth, parents and children, twists and turns, family problems, child abduction, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.
Style:
neo noir, captivating, psychological, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
murder, private detective, stripper, strip club, uncover truth, danger, couples, violence, exotic dancer, female nudity, stoner, war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A controversial therapist assembles a group of discontented wives and prescribes using adultery to save their failing marriages, only to have her patients killed off one by one.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, housewife, therapy, wife, strong female presence, husband wife relationship, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Smart, sexy Allison can't help but fall in love with Philip, a dashing software billionaire, and they quickly marry. But soon this new bride begins to think her hubby was involved in the mysterious death of his first wife. This suspicious ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
woman in danger, investigation, dangerous attraction, uncover truth, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, horse ranch, love, helicopter, billionaire, runner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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5K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, riddles and clues, danger, media, young adult, criminal, religion, investigative journalism, young heroes, youth, missing brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Under hypnosis, a mental patient admits to several recent murders. He also offers a strange defense when he claims that he is the reincarnation of a 19th century man who was wrongly executed.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reincarnation, serial killer, police detective, woman in danger, law enforcement, murder, investigation, revenge, psychosis, hypnosis, trauma, mental institution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
200
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an ex-cop arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his missing daughter, it slowly becomes clear he has his own personal agenda to finding the truth.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, crime drama, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, ex cop, missing person, murder, crime solving, disappearance, secret, small town life, police, eccentric family, police officer ...
Similarity:
25%
668
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, police investigation, police detective, uncover truth, partner, workplace, law enforcement, murder, murder investigation, conspiracy, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
25%
698
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman gets kidnapped in the middle of the day and is tortured in a psychiatric hospital. A Journalist gets on the trace of the case and tries to find out the truth.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
nurse patient relationship, investigation, abduction, escape, diary, mental institution, murder, psychiatric hospital, kidnapping, house fire, violence, brutality ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, dark, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, supernatural, schizophrenia, occult, revenge, psychiatric hospital, kidnapping, supernatural horror, mental patient, child abduction, mentally unstable, female psychopath ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While searching for his missing brother, Max Kovak stumbles upon a secret society that seems to be preparing for a catastrophic event.
Style:
dark, suspense, detective, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, conspiracy, secret society, investigation, night, paranoid, underground, obsession, catastrophe, urban, moral ambiguity, private detective ...
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23%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist evaluating a self-confessed serial killer unravels a twisted web of trauma, deceit, and psychological manipulation—only to question if the killer is truly guilty or just another victim in a larger, darker game.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, deception, femme fatale, intrigue, police investigation, police detective, secret, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When society turns their back on reformed felons, the town of Graves End welcomes them but when the ex-cons disappear, FBI agent Paul Rickman comes looking for them and discovers more than he expected.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, creepy, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Olga discovers the unfinished diary of a notorious killer and becomes captivated by its dark secrets. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a mysterious connection between them, putting her life—and the lives of those around her—in grave danger.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, crime drama ...
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, danger, investigation, paranoia, cat and mouse, flashback, stalker, moral ambiguity, isolation, foreshadowing, betrayal ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
Style:
emotional, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adoption, rescue, danger, parents and children, life turned upside down, family relations, woman in danger, abduction, runaway teen, mother daughter conflict, search and rescue, family reunited ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
22%
274
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the police try to unravel the truth behind a series of mysterious crimes in a locality, they face an unexpected situation.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, police, crime solving, secret, crime investigation, police detective, police officer, police investigation, police station, sleuth, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Place:
india
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625
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman being terrorized by a stalker hires and develops a relationship with a handsome private detective, not realizing he'd become her deadly avenging angel.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalker, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, relationships, stalking, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, terror, problem, psycho terror ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, suspicion, murder, danger, losing-it hero, hallucination, serial killer, uncover truth, youth, rivalry, dishonesty, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, stalker, deception, danger, male female relationship, relationships, murder mystery, forensics, murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Chilling serial kidnappings and murders of eight-year-old girls in the city of Warrangal terrorise its citizens, particularly parents; first, CI Keshawa, and later CI Mohammad Khayyam are tasked with solving the mystery and finding the perpetrators. ...
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, forensics, murder investigation, serial killer, police investigation, crime solving, sleuth, police, child abduction, who done it, police detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Varg Veum is going to be a father. In a way he could never imagine, life takes on a new direction while he is searching for a missing pair of siblings in the prostitution circles in Bergen. Varg realizes that life will never be the same when he has ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private investigator, killing, uncover truth, police detective, forensics, family in danger, homicide detective, murder investigation, sleuth, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mysterious character, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, lawyer, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, cuba
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, law enforcement, legal investigation, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, twists and turns, legal, parents and children, rivalry, investigation, family secret, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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