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The Employer (2013)
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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 drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. Soon the true nature of their situation is revealed when they receive a phone call from the mysterious CEO of Carcharias, known only as The Employer. He informs them that they are about to experience the final interview, but it's not at all what they were expecting.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing, psychological, realistic, independent film
Plot:
trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, death, new job, secret identity, rivals, game of death, confined space, corporate crime, night, hopes, claustrophobia, confined, locked in a room, survival, one location, mystery, corporate crimes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, confined, rivalry, murder, deadly, kidnapping and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Action and Horror genres. Some movies like The Employer: Teenage Bank Heist (2012), For Elise (2012), Fatal Justice (2012), From the Inside (2010), The Devil's Dominoes (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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843
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, survival, isolation, danger, puzzle, doll, puppet, toys, babysitting, violent content, chases and races, mentally challenged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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100%
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:
42%
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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, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
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:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case - only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer's deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal psychologist, mind game, murder, serial killer, special agent, rivalry, youth, police investigation, investigation, violent content, confined, one last case ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Robert Saunters, a mechanic is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked up inside the restaurant's freezer. Knowing nothing of why he's there, he realizes he has been mistaken as someone else.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
freezer, kidnapping, danger, confined, hostage, twists and turns, struggle for survival, claustrophobia, prisoner, gang, isolation, cold ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
37%
839
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the surface, Kate and Jack, late 20's, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither of them is prepared to reveal. After their wedding, they wake from a deep, dark sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows, ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, independent film ...
Plot:
captivity, couples, psychological torture, danger, isolation, marriage, cell, trust, mind game, hidden truth, secret, sleep deprivation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, rivalry, danger, police, tunnel, secret place, murder, violence, found footage, homeless, imaginary, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Impressive debut feature from writer director Inon Shampanier. A man needs to convince his kidknappers that they have got the wrong person before they deliver him to his death.
Style:
tense, twisted, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, danger, disorder, rivalry, twists and turns, cons and scams, taxi, deception, threat, hostage, manipulation, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, monster, killer, house, barber, son, barbershop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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usa
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352
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Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
couples, danger, tunnel, hotel, conspiracy, deception, cultural difference, tourist, love story, twists and turns, best friend, mountain ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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270
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, sex trafficking, serial killer, paranoia, trauma, human trafficking, kidnapping, female protagonist, struggle for survival, trap, trapped, murderer ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, wilderness, estrangement, danger, stalking, married couple, hitchhiker, violent content, mountain, sexual content, voyeurism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
on the run, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, rivalry, fugitives, chase, gang, doctor, halloween, home invasion, master criminal ...
Time:
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570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave and Emma have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroine and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
stash, couples, danger, new house, trapped, rivalry, gangster, smuggling, escapades, showdown, drug, swat team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, confined, isolation, law enforcement, danger, ghost, woman in danger, youth, violent content, mountain, haunted house, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
33%
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