Movies like Room for Murder

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Room for Murder (2018)
 5.0
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Room for Murder (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen discovers not only are Jake and Moira sleeping together, but Jake has a secret, dangerous past.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, dark, intense, crime drama, psychological horror, noir, twist ending
Plot: mother daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, secret, secret identity, dark past, betrayal, deception, claustrophobia, manipulation, female protagonist, secrets, family drama, mother daughter conflict, psychological manipulation, sexual tension, moral ambiguity, obsession, single mother, cat and mouse, psychopath, revenge ...

Most similar movies to Room for Murder

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and psychological thriller films with plots about cat and mouse, revenge, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, betrayal and obsession mostly in Thriller, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Room for Murder: Remember Me, Mommy? (2020), Almost Perfect (2018), Twin Betrayal (2018), Psycho Party Planner (2020), Mommy Be Mine (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Remember Me, Mommy? (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Rebecca, a respected teacher at a private girls school, has her life turned upside down when a new scholarship student arrives who might be the daughter she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: family secret, family drama, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, relationship problems, girls' school, teenage girl, girls' boarding school, youth, teenager, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Similarity:
100%
 5.2
 279
Almost Perfect (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When popular mother/daughter-bonding vlogger Stella Marshall finds herself on the outs with her own rebellious daughter Shay, she soon attracts the attention of a dangerous teen fan girl named Peyton who will stop at nothing to make Stella the ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: mother daughter relationship, vlogger, obsession, motherhood, fanatic, mother and daughter, obsessed fan, family problems, relationships, relationship problems, family relations, mentally unstable ...
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 5.3
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Twin Betrayal (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A struggling single mother, in the midst of a fierce custody battle, is framed for the murder of her wealthy father by her ambitious identical twin
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: female protagonist, blackmail, female blackmailer, psychological manipulation, twin sister, sister, sibling rivalry, deception, betrayal, framed for murder, blackmailer, sister sister relationship ...
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Psycho Party Planner (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When young art gallery owner and mother Kayla Anderson finds herself drowning in work and in need of help planning her daughter Kerry's big upcoming Sweet Sixteen bash, she hires pretty, spirited party planner Lindy Shores to help out, having ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot: murder, murderer, problem, women, relationships, family relations, murder mystery, family problems, threat, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, manipulation ...
Similarity:
34%
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 4.6
 361
Mommy Be Mine (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psycho killer teenage girl will stop at nothing to replace her dead mother's love.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, missing child, psychological manipulation, troubled past, relationship problems, family relations, mysterious disappearance, parents and children, female protagonist, family problems, dysfunctional family, deception ...
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One Small Indiscretion (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Years ago, heartbroken and officially separated from her husband, Caroline briefly turned to the arms of another man. It was only one small indiscretion - a brief affair, forgotten after she and her husband reunited. But beautiful Elle, daughter of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot: revenge, affair, woman seduces a man, adultery, infidelity, relationship problems, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, family relations, male female relationship, family problems, relationships ...
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32%
 5.7
 290
Murder In-Law (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: murder, family problems, overprotective mother, overprotective parent, dysfunctional family, mother in law daughter in law relationship, domestic drama, murderer, life is a bitch, family relations, husband wife relationship, relationship problems ...
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Fear Bay (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman being terrorized by a stalker hires and develops a relationship with a handsome private detective, not realizing he'd become her deadly avenging angel.
Style: suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stalker, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, relationships, stalking, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, terror, problem, psycho terror ...
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Am I a Serial Killer? (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenage girl visits her mom on death row and gets lured into a dangerous trap to take the fall for her mother's crimes.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, guilt, false accusation, manipulation, death row, murder, trap, family problems, trapped, murderer, parents and children, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
31%
Mommy Would Never Hurt You (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: child murderess, mother daughter relationship, murder, psychopath, female antagonist, violence, emotional manipulation, psychological abuse, control, family drama, motherhood, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
31%
 4.8
 416
Deadly Inn (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A single mother restores a Victorian home and opens a bed-and-breakfast, but the arrival of a guest with a hidden agenda shatters the peace.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot: female protagonist, single mother, intruder, home invasion, problem, life is a bitch, secret, single parent, house, undercover, secrets, deception ...
Similarity:
30%
A Daughter's Plan to Kill (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style: tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: deception, estranged daughter, jealousy, manipulation, house, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, estrangement ...
Similarity:
29%
A Perfect Life (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: (Long Synopsis) "In this sexy, urban psychological-thriller, handsome Andrew Walters (Johan Earl) leads A Perfect Life, with a high-powered career as a corporate executive and his adoring, beautiful, blonde wife, Helen (Heidi Houghting), by his ...
Style: tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
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Similarity:
28%
 4.5
 273
Lies For Rent (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Diane is not ready to date but also does not want to attend a work event alone. Her sister suggests a rent-a-date where she can hire a fake boyfriend. Soon, it becomes evident that she has rented a liar with a disturbing past.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
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Similarity:
28%
Secret Life of the Dean's Wife (2025)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A woman gets thrust into a web of lies, betrayal and danger when she discovers her husband's secret life. As his hidden world threatens to unravel everything, she must take matters into her own hands to protect herself and her daughter.
Style: tense, intense, suspense, twisted, crime drama ...
Plot: betrayal, danger, deception, female protagonist, family drama, university, determination, infidelity, revenge, mother daughter relationship, female empowerment, protective mother ...
Similarity:
28%
Twisted House Sitter (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Alicia, a destitute young woman crosses paths with Morgan; a beautiful, affluent, entrepreneur, she realizes she'd rather live Morgan's luxurious life. So she takes it, by any means necessary.
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27%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jill strives to connect with her new teenage stepdaughter, Casey, who is struggling with a dark past that leads her down a path of destruction.
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
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27%
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The Wrong Son (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Lethal Seduction (2015)
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Country: USA
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Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
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Similarity:
100%
 4.8
 255
Pretty Poison (1996)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
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Place: new england
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100%
Naane Varuvean (2022)
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, captivating ...
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Place: india
Similarity:
100%
Mommy's Little Girl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
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100%
Dying for the Crown (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: adult
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The Au Pair Nightmare (2020)
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: family secret, female protagonist, secret, dark secret, family problems, family relations, housewife, dysfunctional family, dark past, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, claustrophobia ...
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25%
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 894
Hard Home (2024)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style: psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
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25%
Unwritten Obsession (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
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Similarity:
23%
 4.8
 558
Killer Grandma (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Melissa, a happily married woman with an eight-year-old daughter, invites her husband's mother to live with them, only to realize that Grandma is unhinged and wants to kidnap Melissa's daughter to replace her own dead child.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, dark, dark comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: child abduction, mother in law daughter in law relationship, parents and children, dysfunctional family, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family relations, kidnapping, abduction, mother daughter relationship, kids and family, manipulation, family drama ...
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23%
The Wrong Wedding Planner (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: revenge, home invasion, female stalker, wedding planning, jealousy, obsession, stalker, manipulation, wedding preparations and rituals, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ceremony ...
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 5.3
 289
Evil Doctor (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Matt and Aubrey, a young and successful show business couple, are having their first child. Based on a friend’s recommendation, they go to the best OBGYN in Los Angeles, Dr. Natalie Barnes. She is gorgeous, fit, and intelligent… but Natalie is ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: attempted seduction, manipulation, deception, medical, evil doctor, wanting a baby, relationships, male female relationship, family relations, doctor, husband wife relationship, midwife ...
Place: los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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 2K
Follow Her (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, revenge, aspiring actress, trap, actress, social media, obsession, price of fame, social network, life is a bitch, rising to stardom, problem ...
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22%