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Room for Rent (2017)
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Room for Rent (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a reclusive man-child convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Style: psychological, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, crying, dark comedy, gaming
Plot: awkward situation, social outcast, loneliness, sociopath, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, isolation, father son relationship, manipulation, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, prank, manipulative behavior, unemployment, humiliation, delusion, travel, revenge, game, money, psychopath, police officer, investigation, party, millionaire ...
Keyword: bill, visit, outburst

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, dark comedy, humorous and suspense films with plots about blood, telephone call, bare chested male, murder, knocking on a door, screaming woman and friend mostly in Thriller, Comedy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Room for Rent: Extracurricular Activities (2019), Freehold (2017), Common Wealth (2000), The Kid Detective (2020), Mindhorn (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, sociopathy, teenager, criminal as protagonist, stalking, voyeurism, cheerleader, death, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style: non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, first sexual experience, female rapist, zoophilia, family relations, split personality, train travel, pedophilia, soldier, child abuse, false identity, mental institution ...
Time: 90s
Place: kosovo, madrid, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 5.5
 1K
Freehold (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revenge.
Style: scary, psychological, psychotronic, humorous, suspense ...
Plot: sociopathy, revenge, peeping tom, psychopath as protagonist, sociopath, psychopath, conflict between friends, settler, sociopath as protagonist, selfish man, evil man, traumatized man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 7.2
 13K
Common Wealth (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: real estate agent, greed, neighbor, murder, fish out of water, dishonesty, conflict, dark humor, conspiracy, female protagonist, violence, money ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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The Kid Detective (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Style: neo noir, detective, suspense, dark, funny ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: private detective, small town, private investigator, investigation, murder mystery, kidnapping, murder investigation, evidence, murder, who done it, chase, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.3
 14K
Mindhorn (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A washed up actor who played Mindhorn, a secret agent with a bionic eye, returns to the Isle of Man, the area where his most famous role was set, to help catch a killer.
Style: parody, captivating, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Plot: murderer, conspiracy, amateur detective, husband wife relationship, betrayal, mental illness, paranoia, revenge, deception, corruption, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, year 1989, 80s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Apartment Zero (1988)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The owner of a failing cinema and his mysterious boarder are caught up in the political intrigue of Argentina.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: homosexual subtext, neighbor, dark humor, serial killer, homoerotic friendship, loneliness, mental illness, murder, twists and turns, gay, lgbt, gender ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place: buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to ...
Style: humorous, atmospheric, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: strong female character, family relations, husband wife relationship, midlife crisis, suspicion, dark humor, actress, unfulfillment, nothing goes right, desire for fame, suspicion of murder, romantic rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. ...
Style: suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, school, teachers and students, high school, teacher, malice, youth, teenage life, female psychopath, false accusation, fight, blackmail ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.0
 20K
Come to Daddy (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
Style: suspense, horror comedy, funny, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: father son reunion, father son relationship, sea, male nudity, criminal, secret, violence, terror, life is a bitch, estranged father, father son estrangement, twists and turns ...
Time: 2010s
Place: oregon, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.6
 21K
The Package (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a group of teenagers goes on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race to save their friend’s most prized possession.
Style: ironic, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: spring break, twerking, friendship, camping trip, teenager, teenage boy, travel, forest, car trip, friends, teamwork, prank ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 4.6
 2K
Sneekweek (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic, humorous, slasher ...
Plot: psychopath, murder, revenge, nightmare, party, blood, masked killer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, betrayal, police, chase, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.7
 46K
Summer of 84 (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style: suspense, disturbing, slasher, psychological, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, group of friends, friendship, psychopath, murder, neighbor, murder suspect, private investigation, basement, murder mystery, child killer, cop ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 2010s
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.1
 2K
The Bunker (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.
Style: surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, horror comedy, underground film ...
Plot: isolation, father son relationship, teacher student relationship, dark humor, abused child, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, female sexual predator, parents and children, prodigy, bunker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Office Killer (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder ...
Style: psychological, slasher, black comedy, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: asthma, workplace, office, asthmatic, manipulation, serial killer, psychopath, workplace romance, obsession, goofy hero, protagonist as suspect, evil woman ...
Time: 90s
Place: virginia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.0
 1K
Dismissal (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A successful Spanish executive from a telecommunications company working in Argentina is about to face the most important week of his life, but all his plans will be sabotaged by an eccentric character who will make his week a living hell…
Style: humorous, feel good, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: rivalry, co worker co worker relationship, father son relationship, greedy man, malice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, manipulation, adultery, failed expectations, comedy of manners, coworker relationship ...
Place: buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Feeding Mr. Baldwin (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A house sitter bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he's watching.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot: gangster, psychological manipulation, friendship between men, violent behavior, dog, gory, estate, trauma, shakespeare, cycling, house, television reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant ...
Style: psychotronic, noir, independent film, psychological thriller, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, female psychopath, castle, dog, woman in danger, psychopath, nudity, murder of a nude woman, female nudity, kidnapping, pregnancy ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Room for Rent (2019)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: loneliness, widow, age difference, rape, socially awkward, sexual abuse, mental illness, obsession, sociopath, violence, woman rapes man, female psychopath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.4
 20K
The Occupant (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An unemployed executive is forced to sell his apartment. When he discovers that he still has the keys, he becomes obsessed with the family that now lives there and decides to recover the life he has lost, at any price.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: stalker, intruder, delivery, sociopath, blackmail, unemployed, suspicion, jealousy, couples, advertising, betrayal, money ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.6
 59K
Ma (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her ...
Style: suspense, slasher, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: underage drinking, basement, revenge, mental health, psychopath, teenager, torture, twists and turns, teenage girl, female psychopath, teen drinking, social network ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.6
 3K
Storm (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story: DD is a smug fellow, almost 30 years of age, who can manage all by himself. At least that's what he thinks. However, a strange woman - Lova - enters his life, hunted by evil men who want to hurt her. Against his will, DD is forced into a series ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, freeze frame ...
Plot: on the run, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, heroes, escapades, journalism, investigation, delusion, obsession, love affair, time travel ...
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Murder 101 (1991)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Charles Lattimore, an author of a book about a famous murder trial, arranges to meet with one of his students one night. When the student is found murdered and Lattimore has no alibi, he suspects he is being framed by the subject of his book.
Style: realistic, psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth, frame up, who done it, police corruption, protagonist as suspect, mind game, law enforcement, amateur detective, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Weekend Murders (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A large family meet at the family estate for the reading of their father's will. Each expects to be the recipient of a tidy sum, but apart from the local constable and a few other small awards to the help, the entire estate goes to the favorite ...
Style: suspense, slasher, detective, dark comedy, spoof ...
Plot: golf, english countryside, heiress, telescope, whodunit, police investigation, murder mystery, butler, hysterical outburst, sexual frustration, serial killer, jealousy ...
Place: scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Killer is One of Thirteen (1973)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The attractive widow of a wealthy lawyer invites to her luxurious house the thirteen best friends of her late husband, with the purpose of finding out if her husband's killer is one of them. But, over the next few days, a series of mysterious ...
Style: suspense, freeze frame, neo noir, crying
Plot: sex with a maid, murder, masked killer, whodunit, guest, house, stalker, playboy, drug dealer, jealous man, strangled to death, death of mother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.7
 39K
Marrowbone (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, scary, tense, slasher ...
Plot: ghost, mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, sibling relationship, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, split personality, schizophrenic, loss of mother, attic ...
Time: 60s, year 2017, year 1969
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as possible. Greedy camp owner Frank and junior partner Ronnie do their best to keep everyone in ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, murder, psychopath, gory, burned alive, who done it, serial killer, investigation, teenage life, danger, mind game, obsession ...
Time: 2000s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.1
 13K
Ferpect Crime (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman in this black comedy from Spain.
Style: humorous, dark comedy, surreal, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: murder, store, satire, rivalry, character study, salesman, dangerous attraction, couples, blackmail, job promotion, department store, revenge ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
If I Were Rich Man (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man which wife is filing to divorce him wins 25 million EUR in the lotto, hiding her to prevent sharing the half of the prize.
Style: light, sentimental, entertaining, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot: sex scene, keeping a secret, prize, winning, divorce, love affair, jealous husband, lottery ticket, town, bare chested male, female nudity, little boy ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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