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Luster (2011)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
insomnia, law enforcement, murder, alter ego, rivalry, danger, violence, bare chested male, serial killer, trippy, businessman, neighbor, insanity, resistance, arrest, uncontrollable, madness, gangster, split personality, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and tense films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, serial killer, violence, psychopath and law enforcement mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Luster: Visible Scars (2012), Blood River (2009), XII (2008), Jagged Mind (2023), Chill (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller following a successful young married couple on their way to visit family. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in Nevada, they head to the next town only to discover it long abandoned. Here they meet a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
young couple, survival, isolation, danger, couple relations, confined, pursuit, murder, ghost town, remote location, psycho terror, mysterious stranger ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
Similarity:
81%
648
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, masked killer, danger, murder, violence, xmas, comeback, pursuit, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Billie finds herself reliving different versions of the same first date, she must break out of a series of loops created by her manipulative ex-girlfriend.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, dread, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
terror, time warp, stranger, time loop, young girl, consciousness, young woman, time, a vision, abusive relationship, murder, crystal ...
Similarity:
100%
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574
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this classic retro horror thriller, Sam, an aspiring writer, takes a job as a clerk in an L.A. inner city grocery market owned by the sinister Dr. Munoz, a former scientist who claims to have a rare skin condition.
Style:
suspenseful, lovecraft, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ancient mystery, captivity, danger, store, escapades, struggle for survival, murder, violence, rivalry, love triangle, writer's life, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A psychotic man likes to hunt down young women, then kill them and sell their organs. Detective Nick Stevens has been chasing this killer for years and has to overcome this personal demons in order to conquer this serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, psychopath, supernatural, law enforcement, showdown, violence, killer, supernatural ability, violent content, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
54%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, best friend, losing-it hero, serial killer, danger, violence, black bra, female nudity, killer, violent content, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
538
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The television crew of the "Scary Antics" hidden camera show sets up a disturbed young man for a practical joke, but the joke is on them when heads roll.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, who done it, gory, danger, psychopath, stalking, journalism, murderer, killer, maniac, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine enlistee named Jim and his friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a vacationing couple. They're suddenly taken hostage by a deeply disturbed war veteran on a sadistic ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, danger, mentally unstable, partner, woods, serial killer, manhunt, survival, violence, gory, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A metropolitan city is in the grip of fear when rolling blackouts bring out a serial killer dubbed The Picasso Killer. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office building as the killer hunts for Christie ...
Style:
christmas horror, suspenseful, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, violence, danger, psychopath, suburbs, christmas, murder witness, xmas, isolation, murder, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a property in the Sonoran Desert, AZ, fell into default foreclosure and went up for public auction, an eager young newlywed couple jumped at the opportunity to purchase. Little did they know it used to be a torture ground owned by the serial ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, desert, terrorism, struggle for survival, murder, violence, relocation, pursuit, body horror, wedding, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, slasher, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, friends, youth, revenge, survival, psychopath, violence, rivalry, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. An unconditional friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside await two brutal murderers, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
torture, violence, danger, held captive, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, psychopath, maniac, save the day, uncover truth, body horror, underground ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One seedy, middle-of-nowhere hotel room -- viewed at three different points in time -- is the scene of most of the action in this film noir that revolves around the mystery of a young woman's abduction and her father's quest to solve it. ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, tense, sexual, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an ...
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
vengeance, danger, trapped, room, teenager, survival, isolation, violence, murder, teenage life, confined, mysterious character ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico
Similarity:
49%
544
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI profiler, now a sheriff of a small town and a single parent of a high school aged daughter, begins to profile a series of unexplained murders only to learn that the monster he's profiling may be himself.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, mind game, law enforcement, danger, teenage life, family life, murder, journalism, home invasion, police investigation, rivalry ...
Similarity:
48%
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781
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sick Boy stars Skye McCole Bartusiak as Lucy, a young woman who steps in for a friend to take a job babysitting a young boy confined to his room due to a mysterious illness. Lucy begins to suspect the child’s mother, played by horror legend Debbie ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, demonic ...
Plot:
danger, child illness, zombie, parents and children, family problems, virus, violence, murder, feral man, evil child, killer child, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, psychic power, danger, serial killer, talking to the dead, new neighbor, death, fugitive, sex, train, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
643
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
Style:
realistic, serious, slasher, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, killing spree, blood ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
47%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, investigation, psychopath, rivalry, mind game, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Movie in collections
336
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
On the brink of madness, a director's only recourse is to make a movie of the savage murders he believes he committed. The morning after a wild party, a young film student awakens in the arms of a mysterious actress. Unsure where they are, the ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, danger, unfulfillment, gory, strong violent content, twists and turns, sexual content, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, profanity, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, college, mind game, amateur detective, investigation, rivalry, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, danger, psychopath ...
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
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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:
47%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A bus full of strangers find themselves fighting for their lives when one of them reads from an ancient Gothic tome, bringing six dead serial killers back to life, who proceed to hunt them down one by one.
Style:
slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, killer clown, survival, reincarnation, violence, marital abuse, abusive relationship, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
725
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Ancient Romans believed that the soul escaped one's body with the last breath. It was believed that last breath held the power to cure disease and prolong life. In 1930's, Dr. Robert Kaminsky devoted his life to finding out how to ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural, danger, terminal illness, legends and myths, store, cure, rivalry, soul, society, occult, desperation, sacrifice ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Similarity:
46%
5K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The lines between reality and fiction, and good and bad blur when both a nihilistic detective and a serial killer's affairs with a mysterious girl overlap.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, graphic violence, partner, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, murderer, society, death, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle "Dixie" Canning, pool their cash to buy a "ghost" in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
danger, college, afterlife, supernatural, buddies, genie, ghost, best friend, murder, paranormal, devil, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
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