Movies like Burning Shadow

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Burning Shadow (2018)
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Burning Shadow (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Charlie, a down-on-his-luck loner, crosses paths with a blind homeless man who is his exact double. Perplexed and intrigued by the discovery, Charlie invites the man into his life.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: striptease, doppelganger, misfit, lookalikes, couple relations, prostitute, murder, blind man, drug dealer, bartender, waiter, veteran, war veteran, hooker, homeless man, bar

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspenseful, suspense and psychological films with plots about murder, couple relations, relationships, life is a bitch, female protagonist, couples and prostitute mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Burning Shadow: The Gabby Petito Story (2022), Change My Life (2001), Hollow (2011), Dark Night (2016), Skipping Stones (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: mental health, relationship problems, couple relations, family problems, problem, murder mystery, life is a bitch, murderer, male female relationship, murder
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95%
 6.2
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Change My Life (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Nina is an unemployed actress who has just taken a lethal overdose of tranquilizers. Stumbling though the streets of Paris in a deathly haze, Nina collapses into unconsciousness. Fortunately for Nina, lonely Algerian Sami happened to jog by at just ...
Style: psychological, suspense, sincere, captivating
Plot: actress, prostitute, sex, male female relationship, male prostitute, couple relations, relationships, lgbt, mad love, street prostitution, street walker, hooker ...
Place: paris france
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90%
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Hollow (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club ...
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: drug addiction, criminal, murder, gangster, drug, police officer, robbery, policewoman, drug dealer, junkie, diner, female police officer ...
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81%
 4.3
 1K
Dark Night (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Dark Night enigmatically unfolds over the course of a lazy summer day, as it traces the events leading up to a mass shooting in a suburban multiplex. Abandoning the narrative confines of the true crime genre, the story is told through fragmented ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: massacre, mystery killer, group of strangers, murder mystery, night, stranger, mass death, mass murder, killings, murder, parallel story
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Skipping Stones (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: tragic event, relationships, life is a bitch, loss of brother, family relations, changing lives, friendship
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74%
The Wrong Woman (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: legal action, murder, law enforcement, love affair, couple relations, couples, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, stopped by police ...
Time: 21st century
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74%
 7.1
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Lost Girl (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: relationship problems, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, marital problem, family problems, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, uncover truth, female nudity
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72%
 5.8
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Village (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
Style: suspense, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting
Plot: environmental issue, village, murder, yakuza, corruption, small village, villager, village life, rural setting, countryside
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69%
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The Egoists (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, troubled past, couple relations, gambler, confronting the past, lifestyle change, changing lives, love affair, prostitute, mysterious past, relationships, yakuza ...
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.6
 141
Deceit (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending
Plot: infidelity, murder, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, who done it, couples, alcohol abuse, father figure, debt ...
Time: 21st century
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54%
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Domestic Life (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: suburbs, murder, family life, relationship vs career, couple relations, couples, social relations, friends, family relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.2
 41
Chestnut (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A recent graduate becomes entangled in a relationship with a man and a woman during the summer after college.
Style: dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: lgbt, young woman, couples, male female relationship, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young girl, youth, couple relations, relationships, female protagonist, woman
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52%
 3.5
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Glamour Girls (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Their life as luxury escorts offered these women glamour, money and a chance to reinvent themselves…until a murder and a robbery ruined everything.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: women, prostitute, female protagonist, prostitution, risk, social problems, threat, murder, seductress, escort, problem, big booty ...
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49%
 5.7
 214
Last Man Club (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last remaining members of his B-17 bomber crew with the help of a beautiful accomplice.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: friendship, veteran, young woman, elderly man, woman in danger, escapades, old friends reunited, world war two veteran, runaway, elderly, friends, reunited friends ...
Time: 1940s
Place: texas
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49%
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Paris Prestige (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot, his probation officer, urges him to work at LE PRESTIGE, his brother's bar located right next to the Moulin Rouge, in the heart of Pigalle - ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: brother brother relationship, criminal, con artists, brother brother conflict, bar owner, ex convict, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, ambitious man, life is a bitch, brothers, black ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france
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42%
 4.2
 192
Born Wild (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After being released from prison for the murder of a fellow biker; CJ returns to his hometown to confront his former gang. However; he arrives to find that the past is not forgotten easily; and now they are out for blood.
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
Plot: estranged father, biker, ex convict, outlaw gang, motorcycle, murder, father son relationship, death, drug traffic, bike, gangster, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
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My Gal Sunday (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: It was love at first sight for beautiful young lawyer Sandra "Sunday" O'Brien-Parker (Rachel Blanchard) and Henry Parker (Cameron Mathison), retiring White House Secretary of State, when Sunday's dad Danny (Jack Wagner), ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, rescue, fighting crime, danger, uncover truth, rivalry, hitman, couple relations, race against time, murder, confined, blackmail ...
Time: 21st century
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Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Style: serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: legal investigation, legal action, ex husband ex wife relationship, courtroom, ex husband, scandal, court, domestic violence, ex wife, showdown, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
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38%
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Heavy (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Drug-dealer Sev and his equally broken girlfriend Maddie accept a risky deal from an old childhood friend, setting off an irreversible chain of events.
Style: captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense
Plot: revenge, white trash, life is a bitch, junkie, social issues, royalty, lifestyle, drug, social decay, drug abuse, organized crime, social misfits ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
End of the Line (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: Andrew has been in hiding ever since his mob boss father, killed his mother. Once his father gains word of his whereabouts he must make a decision to run, or finally confront his father.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating
Plot: hiding, hitman, mafia, chase, murder, henchman, father son relationship, confronting the past, death of mother, girlfriend, flashback, mob ...
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38%
The Salamander (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live in the present.
Style: dramatic, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, female protagonist, love affair, woman, couples, couple relations, life is a bitch, relationships, love interest, life
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38%
Desolation Sound (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly conclusion.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, obsession, femme fatale, haunted by the past, couples, family problems, police detective, couple relations, betrayal, dishonesty, crumbling marriage ...
Place: canada
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38%
 6.9
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Oleg (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: butcher, immigrant, social problems, trap, slavery, criminal, male bondage, death threat, lgbt, mob
Time: 2010s
Place: brussels, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Summer of '62 (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young Algerian paperboy with friends and associates of all ages on both sides of the conflict experiences history leading up to the March 1962 independence of Algeria, witnesses ruthless violence perpetrated by French and Arabs, sees his French ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: coming of age, war for independence, friendship, algerian war, wartime life, war, life is a bitch, wartime, friends, patriotism, struggle for survival, friend ...
Time: 60s
Place: algeria
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35%
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Diamonds (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada, UK
Duration: 240 min.
Story: Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: investigation, senator, greed, campaign, intrigue, murder, politics, loss of daughter, diamond, chess, righteous rage, fashion industry ...
Place: africa, south africa, sierra leone, congo, russia ...
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35%
Dance with the One (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style: realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family problems, family relations, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, rivalry, mob boss, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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35%
Me Too - Hidden Truth (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Campus couple Tae-ho and Eun-seo join the same graudate school to sit in lectures for the most powerful person in Korean journalism, Lee Hee-hyun. On the first day of school, Lee Hee-hyun takes a liking to pretty and smart Eun-seo and uses his ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot: asian, relationships, couple relations, partner, couples, male female relationship, asian woman, asian man, sex, female protagonist, married couple
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35%
The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: middle aged woman, car accident, friendship, midlife crisis, prostitute, female protagonist, relationship problems, marriage crisis, family crisis, society, women, unlikely friendships ...
Place: lithuania
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Shanghai Belle (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The destinies of five young women from all over the world intertwine in Paris as they embark on a roller-coaster ride of extremes in their search for love, sex and money. Based upon true stories, Shanghai Belle tells the destiny of five young women ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: lesbian love, bdsm, prostitute, nightclub, women, social problems, prostitution, sexual relations, sexual content, life is a bitch, female protagonist, sex ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Author Nancy Crampton-Brophy often writes stories about female protagonists who fantasize about killing their own husbands. In a shocking and ironic turn of events, Brophy faces accusations of doing the same thing in real life.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling
Plot: murder of husband, murder mystery, faking one's own death, relationship problems, murderer, writers, secret, female writer, female protagonist, criminal, murder
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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