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Dark Desire (2012)
498
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man desperate to be connected to the people close to him resorts to devious measures to achieve that desire
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, sexy, realistic
Plot:
obsession, family in danger, relationship problems, investigation, murder, couples, love affair, dishonesty, uncover truth, sociopath, criminal, desire, family problems, pursuit, age difference, sex with friend's mother, infidelity, danger, strong female presence, dangerous attraction, dealing with death, murderer, cheating wife, grieving father, death of son ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about murder, investigation, danger, deadly, dishonesty, couples and obsession mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Dark Desire: Ricochet (2011), N-Secure (2010), Murder Rap (1988), The Contractor (2013), Killer by Nature (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
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atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
716
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style:
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Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, danger, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas style.
Style:
independent film, sexy, mind bending, tense, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her lawyer husband, Paul and daughter, McKenzie. To make sure it's finished before a charity event they're hosting, the couple hire a contractor, Javier, to help. However Elizabeth ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stalking, family in danger, obsession, danger, dishonesty, violent content, strong female presence, couples, vengeance, chases and races, woman in danger, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, nightmare comes true, nightmare, who done it, doctors and patients, sleepwalking, dream, danger, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, stalking, family in danger, danger, couples, betrayal, psychopath, deception, female protagonist, protective parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, investigation, murder, dishonesty, race against time, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
older man younger woman romance, small town life, infidelity, extramarital affair, investigation, couples, who done it, family problems, couple relations, obsession, dangerous attraction, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, riddles and clues, investigation, ex cop, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, uncover truth, death of daughter, serial murder, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, seduction, dangerous attraction, manipulation, who done it, love affair, obsession, couples, power relations, infidelity, murder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, murder, uncover truth, police investigation, dangerous attraction, reluctant partners, bodyguard, dishonesty, life is a bitch, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When her husband is framed and imprisoned for serial murders, a doting wife must perform a copycat murder, to prove her husband's innocence.
Style:
sexy, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, female serial killer, love affair, vengeance, violence, frame up, family problems, psychopath, love and romance, relationship problems, society ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, femme fatale, woman in danger, legal, betrayal, serial killer, law enforcement, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, obsession, couples ...
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100%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
mysterious character, investigation, unhappy marriage, infidelity, murder, danger, couple relations, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, rivalry, obsession, serial killer ...
Time:
future, 1920s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, investigator, investigation, uncover truth, gunfight, social relations, small town, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Catherine Gaits, married, has an affair with Peter Thornton and has made it very clear that this one time will stay one time. But Thornton is obsessive and doesn't give up. He blackmails her to try to renew their relationship.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, realistic
Plot:
sexual blackmail, dangerous attraction, obsession, dishonesty, couple relations, danger, stalking, infidelity, secret past, couples, sexual content, bare breasts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Samantha and daughter Blake invite Chloe, a foreign exchange student from Britain, into their California home. The two girls become close friends but Samantha's uneasiness begins with the suspicious death of Blake's boyfriend. Samantha ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
ruse, girl, problem, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, life is a bitch, female protagonist, relationship problems, plan, murder, stalker, killing ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hitchhiker gets a ride with an oddball woman who has her husband's body in the trunk of the car.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
small town, investigation, destructive relationship, dangerous attraction, love affair, uncover truth, murder, dishonesty, couples, homecoming, love and romance, femme fatale ...
Place:
new orleans, mississippi, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, murder, danger, store, sabotage, murder mystery, whodunit, female protagonist, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
256
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blowtorch is the Brooklyn story of Ann Willis, a recently widowed and financially struggling, mother of three. When her oldest son is murdered, she inexorably takes the investigation into her own hands.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, single mother, homicide detective, amateur sleuth, private investigation, murder, criminal, murder mystery, family problems, murderer, crime solving ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, amateur detective, love affair, family relations, nordic, danger, couples, whodunit, suspect, small town, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, woman strangled to death, murder, manipulation, who done it, uncover truth, police investigation, danger, couples, love affair, law enforcement, obsession ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
border, missing person, u.s. mexico border, woman in danger, illegal immigration, investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty, journalism, danger, siblings, woman in jeopardy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, arizona, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Newlywed Jennifer is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell , is just thankful she’s alive and eager to get her home. As he ...
Style:
suspense, intense, captivating, psychological thriller, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, violence, memory loss, pursuit, stalker, memory lapse, murder, deception, memories, crime investigation, family secret, threat ...
Similarity:
100%
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