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Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, psycho sexual, psychosexual thriller
Plot:
vengeance, family relations, love affair, danger, nanny, attempted murder, adultery, urban, hitman, captivity, disorder, child in peril, crime gone awry, woman in danger, couple relations, mother, confined, deadly, indoor, lifetime, crimes, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Murder on the 13th Floor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, deadly, murder, rivalry, vengeance, violent content and chases and races mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Murder on the 13th Floor: The Devil's in the Details (2013), Teenage Bank Heist (2012), My Mother's Secret (2012), Proof of Lies (2006), Fatal Justice (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
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Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style:
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teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
uncover truth, parents and children, family relations, investigation, couples, danger, family secret, family problems, murder investigation, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, surprise ending
Plot:
betrayal, woman in danger, danger, couple relations, infidelity, conspiracy, couples, inventions and discoveries, college dropout, university, miscarriage, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
When the law fails, family justice is the only way
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
justice, revenge, retribution, protective parent, family tragedy, vigilante, social justice, avenge, fight for justice, legislation, injustice, law and order ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
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:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
contract killing, contract killer, murder, danger, vengeance, mysterious character, brutality, violence, fight, nudity, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
530
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
ghost, vengeance, danger, murder, supernatural, haunted by the past, a vision, death, investigation, childhood trauma, superpower, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, surreal, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
unlikely couple, crime gone awry, on the road, revenge, released from prison, danger, pursuit, redemption, violent content, profanity, couple relations, romancing a criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, danger, vengeance, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, skinny dipping, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
23%
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, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, danger, on the run, woman in danger, murder, murder of a nude woman, drug crime, gang, violent content, chases and races, hitman, dead body ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, captivity, on the road, danger, isolation, dangerous attraction, couples, under the surface, doomed love, tragic romance, nuclear testing, native american reservation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, utah
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, hunted, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, life turned upside down, stalker, threat, possessed human, mentally unstable, possessed ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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270
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, semi serious ...
Plot:
betrayal, couples, pregnancy, dishonesty, couple relations, blackmail, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance, cape cod massachusetts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
843
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, survival, isolation, danger, puzzle, doll, puppet, toys, babysitting, violent content, chases and races, mentally challenged ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, siblings relations, disorder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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384
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, dishonesty, looking for sex, criminal's revenge, partner, going straight, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, blind ambition, female masturbation, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends whose devotion to each other is tested when one of them is raped, and another one is murdered at a weekend party. Now they are forced to take the law into their own hands.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, moral dilemma, rivalry, murder, life is a bitch, buddies, lifestyle, vigilantism, nightlife, friends, vengeance, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, heroes, vengeance, profanity, shootout ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
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