Movies like Stranger Within

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Stranger Within (2013)
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Stranger Within (2013)
Original name: The Stranger Within
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a traumatic ordeal, acclaimed actress Emily Moore and her psychiatrist husband, Robert, escape on a relaxing vacation to a gorgeous remote Mediterranean island. But on the first night at the house, a young girl arrives, blood on her hands and hysterical from the death of her boyfriend in a hiking accident. Robert offers to take in and help the young girl, but her suggestive behavior makes Emily wonder if she might be a threat to their marriage... or her life.
Style: scary, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense
Audience: adult
Plot: mind game, infidelity, couples, uninvited guest, couple relations, twists and turns, danger, sexual content, confined, woman in danger, dishonesty, destructive relationship, suicide, psychiatrist, woman seduces a man, hallucination, abortion, kidnapping, murder, stranger, haunting, profanity, rivalry, manipulation, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, deadly, dishonesty, murder, couples, female nudity and violent content mostly in Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Stranger Within: Playing House (2011), One in the Gun (2010), Games (1967), Love Sick Love (2012), Telling Lies (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Playing House (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, slasher ...
Plot: infidelity, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, manipulation, obsession, dishonesty, danger, power relations, friends, uninvited guest, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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One in the Gun (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style: neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, greed, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, murder, wealth, nudity ...
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The Truth Is Always Complicated (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: hostage, couples, heist, betrayal, confined, danger, vengeance, dishonesty, older man younger woman relationship, kidnapping, villain, kidnapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Games (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers (James Caan, Katharine Ross) and helps one trick the other.
Style: suspense, mind bending, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mind game, woman in danger, hagsploitation, plot twist, virus, gambler, game, twists and turns, murder, cons and scams, infidelity, rivalry ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Love Sick Love (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and New Year. Except with psychopath Dori, it all needs to take ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: isolation, dangerous attraction, couples, psychopath, confined, danger, held captive, kidnapping, weekend, country house, obsession, halloween ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Telling Lies (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, couples, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, who done it, investigation, life turned upside down, twists and turns, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Art of Murder (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An abused wife (Joanna Pacula) turns to another man and becomes the victim of a blackmailer.
Style: independent film, serious, erotic, realistic, tense ...
Plot: murder, sexual content, violent content, betrayal, danger, couple relations, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, love and romance, protagonist as suspect, couples, love affair ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Layover (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
Style: suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense, tense ...
Plot: dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, murder ...
Place: san francisco
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46%
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Sicarivs: The Night and the Silence (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A hit man receives the assignment to kill a woman. But what seems as another job complicates when he is about to execute her, but does not. He will have to go after those who gave him the contract, for, in his profession, those who do not comply ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, on the run, woman in danger, murder, murder of a nude woman, gang, hitman, male nudity, violent content, chases and races, nudity, dead body ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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45%
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Twist of Fate (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
Style: erotic, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: making love, lawyer, sex scene, serial killer, strong violent content, profanity, legal, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, mind game, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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44%
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Betrayed (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, couples, pregnancy, couple relations, dishonesty, blackmail, abduction, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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From the Inside (2010)
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, rivalry, murderous pair, danger, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, kidnapping, graphic violence, violent content, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Friend of the Family II (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Alex decides to have an affair with a woman named Linda while he is on business in New Orleans. When he returns home to his wife and child, he is surprised to find that his wife has hired the off-kilter homewrecker as a nanny to their baby. Alex ...
Style: erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: nanny, infidelity, danger, family problems, extramarital affair, seduction, sex scene, manipulation, betrayal, femme fatale, dishonesty, psychopath ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new orleans, san francisco
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42%
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The Contract (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot: murder, vengeance, danger, mysterious character, contract killing, brutality, violence, fight, contract killer, violent content, nudity, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Net Games (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
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Poker Run (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Robert (Bertie Higgins) and Allan (J.D. Rudometkin) decide to add some excitement to their lives by taking up Harley riding. But things go south when two psychopathic bikers (Robert Thorne and Jay Wisell) kidnap their wives (Debra Hopkins and ...
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Do No Harm (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Emily Edmunds has a great job and a great guy, Mark. But when Mark is killed in a plane crash, a distraught Emily attempts suicide.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: obsession, danger, doctors and patients, woman in danger, suicide attempt, plane crash, psychiatrist, murder, loss of husband, life turned upside down, power relations, kidnapping ...
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Dark Hearts (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.
Style: serious, surreal, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending ...
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Favor (2013)
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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 ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
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