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The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
cheerleader, murder investigation, murderer, investigation, kidnapping, murder, killings, suspense, crime investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, serial killer, sexuality, lifetime, mystery
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, disturbing and suspenseful films with plots about murder, suspense, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, murderer and uncover truth mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Cheerleader Murders: The Black Widow Killer (2018), Forbidden Lust (2002), Time of Death (2013), 911 Nightmare (2016), I'm Not a Killer (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A single mother fears for her life and that of her daughter when they become targets of a serial killer.
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tense, captivating
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, school teacher, crime solving, teacher, criminal, investigation, private investigation, crime investigation, evidence, murder, murderer ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Rebecca is a gorgeous and sensitive woman who's looking for love ... or is she? Unfortunately, her affluent husbands die prematurely. The police start to suspect she's a killer marrying rich men only to murder them for their money. ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Supermodels compete for a coveted centerfold spread as a merciless killer stalks the glamorous women. Meanwhile, two detectives attempt to unravel the mystery before the body count mounts.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, captivating, tense, hot
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60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of CEO Robert Loring at precisely 10:44 pm, the FBI sends in Jordan Price, one of their best and brightest to solve the case. As other key executives are murdered at exactly the same time, Jordan finds herself investigating the ...
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captivating, disturbing
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investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, fbi investigation, female fbi agent, suspense, murder, uncover truth, homicide detective, sleuth, crime investigation, fbi ...
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60%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Officer Chris McCullers was gravely injured in a shootout and now works on 911-dispatch. Resentful that her career has ended up here, Chris receives a call from a scared kid and dismisses it as a prank. The next day, she learns that the call was all ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
911, cold case, murder, fighting crime, guilty conscience, crime solving, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder mystery, race against time, sleuth, dropout ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One livid dawn, a cold and damp wind blows as a man walks alone through the darkness. Deputy Police Superintendent Francesco Prencipe is on his way to meet his best friend, Judge Giovanni Mastropaolo whom he hasn't seen for almost two years. ...
Style:
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58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the mayor of a crime-ridden city and his opponent are both assassinated while seeking election, two FBI agents, John Archer and Mila Driver, reluctantly join forces to investigate the murder only to discover that City Hall holds more secrets ...
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, uncover truth, blackmail, crime investigation, moral dilemma, murder investigation, murderer, investigation, criminal, suspense
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An amazing murder mystery taking place in a setting that no one would expect the coast of Mississippi. A young woman tried to live a normal life despite a horrible upbringing. But she will learn her past will haunt her once more.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic
Plot:
murderer, murder, female protagonist, tragic past, haunted by the past, murder investigation, murder mystery, suspense, dark secret, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
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48%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, neo noir
Plot:
ritual murder, killings, murder investigation, investigation, unsolved crime, murderer, urban legend, crime investigation, uncover truth, killing spree, murder mystery, cold case ...
Place:
poland
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48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
What if a man with a mental condition, living in a fantasy world and detached from all emotional responsibility, is in real life the prime suspect for a series of murders targeting young women? Bill Thompson awakens to reality when forced to ...
Style:
tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder of a woman, uncover truth, false accusation, falsely accused, who done it, revenge, death, track down, investigation, suspense ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later came to be known as the 'Whitechapel murders' stretching from 3 April 1888 to 13 February 1891 included in the London Metropolitan Police ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
victorian era
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 52 min.
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Working on a series of harrowing cases, forensic pathologist, Sara Grau, finds the key to a case in which she has unwittingly become a prime target. Sophisticated Spanish crime thriller.
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jang-woo had only his sister to live for until she is brutally murdered. During a ritual to send her spirit to heaven, he comes across a suspicious man, who manages to escape from the scene. He begins to suspect a local pharmacist and keeps an eye ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
The temptation to have a one night stand leads a man to a distant town and a woman with a dark agenda. When he doesn't return, it falls upon his black sheep sister to uncover the truth of what happened.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Uday Dhirendra Thakur, is a rogue cop, known for his relentlessness in pursuing criminals, and bringing them to justice, failing which, killing them in false encounters. It is this reputation that gets him ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alison Peters has always done everything right but finds her life in turmoil as a lawyer stuck working at a grocery store job. Desperate for cash, she rents her basement on MiCasaSuCasa.com and gets a response from James Brewer who explains that he ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for a sexual killer when three women are brutally murdered.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Haley goes missing, Michelle must work quickly to find her daughter and discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths before Haley or anyone else gets hurt.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reporter and a prosecutor investigate the death of an actress, and in the process come into conflict with a group of very powerful people. Based on the true story of actress Jang Ja-yeon's suicide.
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Martha (Katie Boland), 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genuis whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routinewith her cousin Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
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39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Style:
neo noir, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Just the night before his retirement District Attorney Saracini is given a film showing the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. As the District Attorney takes on the case he along with his team finds more compelling and secretive evidences. Too many secrets ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Death-row inmate Sudo (Pierre Taki) sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii (Takayuki Yamada). In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura (Lily Franky), also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Georgia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A big Russian city- not necessarily Moscow, but the kind that is bustling with all types of life including criminal so the police are not without business. A young agent by the name of Nikolay, whose ancestors on his mother's side are Georgian, ...
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Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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