Movies like Borrego

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Borrego (2022)
 5.2
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Borrego (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young botanist relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. While out on research, she comes to the aid of a downed plane only to find herself taken captive by an inexperienced drug mule who forces her to lead a trek across the sweltering desert to his drop. A local sheriff is drawn into the hunt as his rebellious daughter sets out to find the missing botanist, all the while being pursued by a local drug receiver.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cliffhanger, entertaining, dark
Plot: desert, problem, survival, bandit, hostage, drug dealer, drug traffic, drug dealing, female protagonist, drug smuggling, struggle for survival, mental health, drug, young

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Most similar movies to Borrego

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, tense and suspense films with plots about female protagonist, problem, survival, threat, struggle for survival, drug and relationship problems mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Borrego: Green Rush (2020), Marine Boy (2009), Captors (2020), Stranded (2006), Shut In (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Green Rush (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A cannabis farmer and his pregnant lover fight for their lives when ruthless criminals invade their property.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: marijuana, cannabis, fight, home invasion, gang, survival, struggle for survival, bandit, criminal, drug, pregnant wife
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95%
 5.7
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Marine Boy (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: drug dealer, swimmer, drug, drug smuggling, illegal drugs, drug traffic, drug dealing, bandit, money problems, criminal gang, swimming, gangster
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89%
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Captors (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapped, survival, threat, kidnapped woman, deathtrap, murderer, trapped, trap, kidnapping, struggle for survival, paranoid ...
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67%
 4.2
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Stranded (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: fiancee, female protagonist, problem, threat, girlfriend, mysterious disappearance, women, remote island, bridesmaid, survival, bachelorette, boat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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 5.8
 11K
Shut In (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot: locked in, home invasion, locked in a room, problem, locked door, relationship problems, jealousy, struggle for survival, female protagonist, jealous man, escape plan, virus ...
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63%
 5.9
 105K
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Style: dark comedy, suspenseful, captivating, disgusting, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: bear, animal attack, cocaine, bear attack, wild animal, rage, forest, park ranger, hiking, father son relationship, nurse, skateboard ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: georgia, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Stalker in the House (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jen is single and looking to find her match with online dating. She connects with Mike, who appears handsome and charming. But some things are too good to be true, and all is not what it seems. When he becomes aggressive Jen pushes away and tries to ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: online dating, obsession, survival horror, couple relations, male female relationship, problem, threat, stalker, woman in danger, romantic obsession, relationship problems, struggle for survival ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 4.0
 225
Swallow (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: drug dealing, drug, society, criminal, money problems, bandit, smuggling, drug traffic, drug dealer, drug smuggling, illegal drugs, social problems ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Dying for a Baby (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Amber and Kyle are ready to move on after a car accident two years ago. But their world turns upside down when Jessica, the other driver who lost her unborn baby in the accident, moves in next door and gets a job with Amber's doctor -- all in a ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological
Plot: life is a bitch, bereavement, family problems, female protagonist, girl next door, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, problem, accident, revenge, child
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Blacklight (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Despite trying to leave behind his life of crime, Danny reluctantly teams with naĂ¯ve rich kid Liam and wildcard drug dealer Kit Viper. A botched robbery leaves them in possession of a mysterious supernatural artifact with immense potential.
Style: mystical, tense, disturbing, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, drug dealer, artifact, mysticism, criminal, drug, supernatural power, drug lord, organized crime, magical object, escapades, drug dealing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Honeymoon (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story: In this intense thriller, a young couple is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse after they trek deep into the wilderness on a honeymoon canoe trip. After setting up camp and trespassing near a house on an isolated lake, they become targets of ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: camping, honeymoon, couples, revenge, survival, wilderness, wildlife, cat versus mouse, couple relations, struggle for survival, travel, drug ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Midwife's Deception (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jina, a midwife, is a dream come true for seven-month pregnant Sara until secrets unfold and Jina may want more than only delivering the baby.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: pregnancy and birth, pregnancy, midwife, problem, wanting a baby, female protagonist, secret, pregnant girlfriend, pregnant woman, woman seduces a man, relocation, lawyer ...
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49%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.0
 449
Cyber Case (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young woman uses geotagged pictures to help rescue her kidnapped brother.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: child abduction, investigation, family problems, crime solving, female protagonist, half brother, kidnapping, sleuth, cat versus mouse, crime investigation, kidnapped child, abduction ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Sinister Surrogate (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Josh and Danielle have found the perfect surrogate, Kailee, to bear their child. But when Kailee gives birth to a beautiful baby girl, the happy couple learns how deep and dark a mother's love can go. But is it really Kailee whom they need to ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: family problems, surrogate family, husband wife relationship, parents and children, surrogate mother, abduction, intrigue, married couple, family relations, male female relationship, couples, girl
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Survive the Game (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When cop David is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner Cal chases the two criminals who shot him. They all land at a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric, and as Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives - along with a ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: mafioso, drug dealing, drug bust, gang, gang war, mob hit, bandit, death threat, mafia, criminal, criminal gang, struggle for survival ...
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45%
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 570
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 ...
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Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: party, theft, heist, woman in danger, female protagonist, strong female lead, fighting crime, robbery, strong female character, survival, peril, affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 3.5
 538
Ladyworld (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a catastrophic event, eight girls find themselves stranded in a house without electricity. As they run out of food and water, their sanity begins to crumble, and soon they regress to their baser instincts.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense, weird
Plot: party, struggle for survival, mentally unstable, mentally unstable woman, fear, trap, earthquake, trapped, teenager, survival, teenage girl, women ...
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42%
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Junction (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Junction follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about a homeowner during a burglary, pitting them not only against the police but against each other.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: heist gone wrong, junkie, bandit, gang, burglary, criminal gang, heist, drug, robbery, escapades, attempted robbery, nightmare ...
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42%
Heart of the Storm (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: tornado, escaped prisoner, storm, hostage, hurricane, survival, trapped, trap, mother daughter relationship, struggle for survival, family relations, kidnapping
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42%
Lies and Deceit (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: A literature teacher suspects that a well-respected surgeon has drugged her and begins a legal case against him.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: teacher, drug, courtroom drama, crime solving, investigation, female protagonist, private investigation, court, problem, uncover truth, female teacher, mental health ...
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41%
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The Runner (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: gang, working undercover, undercover agent, drug dealer, bandit, organized crime, outlaw gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, criminal, drug, king ...
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40%
The Desperate Hour (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: school shooting, race against time, saving a life, child in peril, rescue, kids in trouble, threat, parents and children, child killer, save the day, problem, threat to kill ...
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39%
 4.4
 678
Broken Star (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Abandoned by her friends and family and with her career in jeopardy, starlet Markey Marlowe is sequestered in a duplex with a reclusive landlord who just may be more dangerous than she is.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: hidden camera, surveillance camera, girl next door, stalking, neighbor, female protagonist, maniac, threat, barefoot woman, tape over mouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 - ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: wanting a baby, hostage, family problems, husband wife relationship, nanny, locked in, marital problem, relationship problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, social problems, male female relationship ...
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38%
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Masquerade (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young girl struggles to survive after a group of home invaders break into her house to steal her family's priceless artwork.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark
Plot: survival horror, home invasion, theft, threat, struggle for survival, invasion, art theft, problem, female protagonist, survival, supernatural, blackout ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Stalked By My Patient (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A troubled patient mistakes a doctor's compassion for adoration and becomes obsessed, willing to do whatever it takes to keep her in his life.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot: romantic obsession, obsession, relationship problems, problem, doctor, female doctor, female protagonist, doctor patient relationship, doctors and patients, male female relationship, stalker
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38%
 4.4
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Dig (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A widower and his deaf daughter are held hostage and forced to dig under their house, revealing dark secrets from the past.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller
Plot: father daughter relationship, hostage, father, problem, father and daughter, single parent, threat, widower, hostage situation, single father, bare chested male, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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