Movies like The Lie

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The Lie (2018)
 5.8
 20K
The Lie (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, slasher, crime drama
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, parenthood, friend, female warrior, father daughter relationship, separated parents, teenager, twists and turns, women, evil child, mind game, terror, plot twist, girlfriend, teenage girl, parent child relationship, outcast, best friend, classmate, self harm, guilty conscience, rock singer, framed for murder, ex husband ex wife relationship, death threat ...

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Most similar movies to The Lie

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological and serious films with plots about murder, danger, dishonesty, deadly, couples, twists and turns and teenager mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Lie: Never Here (2017), Fatal Secrets (2009), Clean Break (2008), Fistpie (2010), Night Moves (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 4.3
 1K
Never Here (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: art, stalking, murder, fantasy becomes reality, female photographer, self discovery, female artist, murder mystery, introspection, secretly observing, performance art, identity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 3.9
 401
Fatal Secrets (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: "BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: danger, dishonesty, rivalry, secret, couple relations, uncover truth, maniac, murder, best friend, violent content, profanity, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 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 ⇓
76%
 4.5
 447
Fistpie (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot: murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, serial killer, suicide, suicide by gun, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 6.1
 17K
Night Moves (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, meditative, intense ...
Plot: environmental issue, terrorism, dam, rebellion, crime gone awry, character study, environmentalism, radical, bomb, gang, society, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.7
 129K
The Call (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, investigation, danger, woman in danger, 911, psycho, murder, youth, chase, child abduction, panic ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, female psychopath, psychopath, murder, mentally unstable, female assassin, psycho killer, murderer, female killer, seduction, serial killer, girlfriend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Human Capital (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, psychological thriller
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenager, teenage life, dishonesty, society, culture clash, love and romance, family relations, parents and children, betrayal, frame up, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Babysitter's Seduction (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The mother of the family for which Michelle baby-sits dies unexpectedly. Michelle is asked to take over looking after the children and is gradually "seduced" by the father.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: seduction, woman in jeopardy, teenage girl, murder, babysitter, danger, dangerous attraction, love affair, couples, dishonesty, age difference, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.7
 927
Shadow Hours (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy ...
Style: serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: illegal drugs, life is a bitch, addiction, murder, danger, dishonesty, drug dealing, mental disorder, mythical creature, psychology, nightlife, nightshift ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 4.4
 286
Best Friends (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Beth Ferrier is happy in her life - fulfilled as a wife and mother, living in a beautiful home in a safe and tranquil neighborhood. Claudia Hartnell lives across the street and seems to be the perfect best friend - kind, compassionate, and a good ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: blackmail, murder, mad woman, envy, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girl next door, psycho terror, terrorism, duplicity, secret, criminal, female terrorist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 4.6
 689
Alcoholist (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: alcoholic, murder, espionage, plan, criminal, neighbor neighbor relationship, death threat, neighbor, murderer, mind control, substance abuse, suicide attempt
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
High School Possession (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lauren must prevent fellow students from performing an exorcism on her best friend Chloe.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: ritual, exorcism, high school life, family problems, ritual murder, romantic obsession, teenage girl, cheating boyfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, schoolgirl, teenage life, classmate ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 5.6
 6K
The Show (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: tv host, suicide, game of death, life risking, television, most dangerous game, brother sister relationship, risk, death, mind game, murder, hacking ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.3
 147K
The Guilty (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: police, kidnapping, woman in jeopardy, abduction, police station, who done it, woman in danger, heroes, kidnapped woman, danger, escapades, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.2
 53K
Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, teenager, fatal attraction, obsessive love, stalker, danger, father daughter relationship, rape, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Invisible Witness (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A businessman must explain to his lawyers how he came to be found in a locked hotel room with his dead partner, whose body was covered in money.
Style: suspense, captivating, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, uncover truth, dark secret, murder suspect, lawyer, parents, couples, lovers, deception, dishonesty, accident ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Blood and Money (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
Style: serious, ambiguous ending, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: hunting, winter, wilderness, hunted, manhunt, bandit, danger, chase, burglar, stolen money, twists and turns, gang ...
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 3.8
 489
Fatwa (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, rivalry, state affairs, terrorism, dishonesty, murder, propaganda, heroes ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.3
 171K
Flightplan (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Style: surprise ending, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: airplane, twists and turns, kidnapping, missing child, conspiracy, female protagonist, family relations, flight attendant, little girl, mother daughter relationship, airplane accident, grief ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, persia, newfoundland, new york, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.5
 3K
Tangled (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dangerous attraction, couples, missing person, obsession, investigation, love triangle, uncover truth, police investigation, psychopath, mysterious character, teenage life, police detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 ⇓
57%
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Deadly Influencer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young woman commits murder to keep her classmates' social media careers under her thumb. After killing a popular friend, she turns her sights on a new girl, but the girl's mother suspects the truth and will fight to protect her daughter.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: murder, mother daughter relationship, secret identity, murderer, teenage life, teenager, social problems, death threat, killings, social media, social network, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 5.3
 676
Blood Crime (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, small town, mistaken identity, nypd, violent content, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.2
 412
Death Waltz (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story: From a policewoman broken leg seems completely slip out of the soil. Life-threatening love triangle mixed with her husband and their criminal friends.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: broken family, dark past, parent child relationship, love triangle, drug use, policewoman, crime boss, cheating on husband, female alcoholic, violence, murder, fatherhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.9
 17K
Gossip (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, intense, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: college, gossip, psychology, rumor, investigation, secrets, manipulation, adaptation, dishonesty, teenage life, false accusation, college life ...
Time: 90s, year 2000
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.9
 2K
Final Cut (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of friends gather for a wake, and are shown a video shot by Jude (Jude Law) and starring them before he dies. Things go rapidly downhill.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot: murder, friends, infidelity, dishonesty, violence, investigation, greed, woman peeing, danger, love and romance, mother daughter relationship, existentialism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Careful What You Wish For (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, adultery, infidelity, seduction, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, fatal attraction, murder, extramarital affair, greed, blonde, abusive husband ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.4
 20K
Poison Ivy (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style: sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: femme fatale, older man younger woman relationship, lesbian, dangerous attraction, teenage girl, infidelity, teenage life, adultery, obsession, high school, nymphet, seduction ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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