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The Captive Nanny (2020)
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The Captive Nanny (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Chloe (Karynn Moore) is a nanny who desperately wants to adopt but needs to get her life together first. She finds the perfect live-in nanny position with the Brown family - Emily (Austin Highsmith), Michael (Michael Aaron Milligan) and their son - that will help get her life back on track. She quickly learns they're oddly strict about security, with coded locks on all doors. Emily explains it's due to her famous musician ex named Baz (Jason Skeen), who stalks her. Horrified, Chloe agrees to help Emily and Michael keep their son safe. But when Chloe notices things seem a bit off with the Browns, Emily and Michael turn on Chloe and accuse her of being a spy for Baz. They lock her up to force a false confession out of her, but Chloe soon learns that it's not Baz that's making bad things happen - it's Emily, who is determined to win back Baz by any means necessary.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: hostage, wanting a baby, nanny, family problems, husband wife relationship, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, male female relationship, social problems, female protagonist, relationship problems, locked in, marital problem, singer, mental illness, breakup, friend, babysitter, tied feet
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, psychological and suspense films with plots about male female relationship, family problems, relationship problems, family relations, relationships, husband wife relationship and female protagonist mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Captive Nanny: InstaPsycho (2020), The Boathouse (2021), The Shattering (2021), Murder In-Law (2019), Deadly Shores (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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InstaPsycho (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An unhinged social media super fan frames her best friend for murder.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: social media, betrayal by friend, murderer, traitor, frame up, deception, murder, betrayal, social problems, life is a bitch, friend
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The Boathouse (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When an emotionally-fragile young woman takes a job as nanny to two troubled children at a remote summer cottage, she falls in love with the children's father, while becoming enmeshed in the mystery of their estranged mother - with whom, it ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot: family secret, nanny, family relations, in love, musician's life, uncover truth, male female relationship, fall in love, relationships, relationship problems, musician, student ...
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The Shattering (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, family problems, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, relationships, infidelity, relationship problems, changing lives, female protagonist, life is a bitch, lifestyle change ...
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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: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: mother in law daughter in law relationship, overprotective mother, dysfunctional family, overprotective parent, family problems, life is a bitch, murderer, mother son relationship, murder, husband wife relationship, family relations, relationship problems ...
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56%
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Deadly Shores (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: This gripping thriller follows Anna who moves to a remote island as the new bride of a famous mystery writer. Once there, she uncovers secrets about her new husband's dead former wife and fears she may be the next victim.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: husband wife relationship, relationship problems, murder mystery, island, female protagonist, threat, secret, widower, uncover truth, writers, relationships, problem ...
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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: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, sexy
Plot: woman seduces a man, affair, relationships, male female relationship, family relations, revenge, family problems, husband wife relationship, illicit affair, relationship problems, female protagonist, femme fatale ...
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56%
Nanny Nightmare (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Between working full-time, raising a young son, and trying to maintain a relationship with her detached husband, James, Lauren Bell desperately needs some help in watching her newborn, Riley. Thinking she's found the perfect solution, she hires ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: nanny, unhappy marriage, stalker, neighbor, couple relations, husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, relationships, love interest, dysfunctional marriage, family problems, marital problem ...
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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: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: relationship problems, life is a bitch, male female relationship, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, psycho terror, stalker, terror, relationships, terrorizing, couple relations ...
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Below the Surface (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Cameron thought she had the perfect life with a perfect job and a perfect fiancé until he becomes a suspect in a murder case.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: murder, female protagonist, murder mystery, marital problem, framed for murder, accusation, relationship problems, framed for a crime, relationships, life is a bitch, guilty verdict, accused of murder ...
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Evil Intent (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A private nurse hired to care for a sick boy sets her sights on becoming his mother instead.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: nurse, femme fatale, couples, relationships, family problems, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, male female relationship, child illness, illness, life is a bitch, family life ...
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Snatched from Mommy (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Elizabeth and her husband are basking in the glow of being new parents. When Elizabeth starts a mommy blog to document the experience, her baby Evan is kidnapped and she realizes danger lies much closer than she thought.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense
Plot: kidnapping, blogger, husband wife relationship, child abduction, male female relationship, family relations, couple relations, relationships, life is a bitch, social problems, family problems, abduction ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Home Is Where the Killer Is (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: What if Dee Dee Blanchard was a rich lady doctor who preyed on her roommates and also loved to watch Downton Abbey?
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, social problems, relationships, friends, life is a bitch, obsession, relationship problems, girlfriend, friendship, female protagonist, mysterious death, mysterious event ...
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53%
The Au Pair Nightmare (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: secret, family relations, family problems, housewife, dark past, dysfunctional family, family secret, female protagonist, babysitter, couples, tied feet
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House of Good and Evil (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: starting over, family in danger, family tragedy, family problems, crumbling marriage, isolation, unhappy marriage, family relations, marriage crisis, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
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52%
His Secret Marriage (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A woman awakens after an accident to discover she has amnesia. Recent events have been wiped from her brain, including just marrying the handsome man at her side.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: amnesia, memory loss, memory lapse, relationships, female protagonist, family relations, amnesiac, memory, male female relationship, problem, secret, husband wife relationship ...
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Dying for the Crown (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Isabelle Wagner takes the plunge to attend her twenty-year high school reunion with her daughter, Sierra, she comes face to face with her past when she is reunited with her former classmate rival, Andrea Turner. When a seemingly changed Andrea ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot: problem, lifestyle change, male female relationship, relationships, changing lives, couple relations, relationship problems, reunited friends, old friends reunited, female protagonist, school, villainess
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My Husband's Secret Wife (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A married woman's life turns upside down when she learns her husband is married to another woman.
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: marital problem, husband wife relationship, second wife, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, family relations, love triangle, mistress, wife, adulterer, adultery ...
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Calm Before (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Evil Doctor (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, sexy
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Deadly Excursion (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
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Psycho Granny (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
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My Husband's Worst Mistake (2023)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Amy’s controlling husband Brad learns she had an affair with work colleague Kirk, Brad kills her. Then he turns his attention to Kirk, specifically Kirk’s wife, with a plan to ruin the marriage of the man who “ruined” his.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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Mommy Be Mine (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot: mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, parents and children, female protagonist, relationship problems, family problems, troubled past, mysterious disappearance, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, abduction, disappearance ...
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49%
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Country: Canada, Malta
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49%
Killing Your Daughter (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a DNA test helps Candace connect with her birth parents, she realizes some family histories are better left untold.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: family relations, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, family problems, family secret, male female relationship, parents and children, biological father, female protagonist, family in danger, secret, birth mother ...
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Chehere: A Modern Day Classic (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Chehere is a period drama set in the 1950s that revolves around the life of a retired silent era actor. The actress in the film has a bitter relationship with her sister, a poetess. It revolves around clash of ideas and perspectives and an ensuing ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
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Time: 1950s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young woman takes in her estranged father after he suffers a stroke, but his home-care nurse's attentive dedication may be masking a dark and dangerous secret.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, erotic
Plot: father daughter estrangement, family problems, father daughter relationship, estrangement, secret, life is a bitch, female protagonist, family secret, family relations, woman
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Obsession (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Before meeting George Good (Brad Dourif), Sonny Jordan (Mekhi Pfeiffer) was just a lost drifter with a troubled past floating from town to town, looking for work. As fate would have it, Sonny ends up saving George's life from a murderous ...
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Cradle of Lies (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following a whirlwind romance, a woman begins to unravel the dark secrets of her husband's past when his obsession to produce a male heir turns deadly.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot: adultery, inheritance, pregnancy, family problems, male female relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, pregnant wife, infidelity, unwanted pregnancy, adulterer, female protagonist ...
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Shattered (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shattered is a story based on true events about family betrayal, love lost, and a dark destructive secret that swirls around a high powered political family in the Deep South. Kate Stenson dreams of an enviable life as the quintessential Southern ...
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, disturbed individual, secret past, investigation, male female relationship, family relations, dark past, dysfunctional family, mental illness, family secret, eccentric family ...
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48%
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