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Cover Story (2002)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An ambitious magazine editor gets too caught up in a high-stakes sex scandal and is framed for murder.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
amateur detective, femme fatale, investigation, frame up, false accusation, political corruption, dishonesty, murder, love affair, law enforcement, haunted by the past, journalism, who done it, manipulation, legal investigation, state affairs, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, righting the wronged, ambition, scandal, framed for murder, magazine editor, sex scandal, boxing training ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, dishonesty, deadly, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth and protagonist as suspect mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Cover Story: Twin Sisters (1992), Tough Luck (2003), Two Shades of Blue (1999), Control Factor (2003), Nexus (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
twins, serial killer, murder, estrangement, disorder, amateur detective, prostitute, switching roles, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, montreal, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, frame up, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, cons and scams ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
voyeurism, murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, life turned upside down, woman in danger, protagonist as suspect, strong sexual content, deaf, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, manhunt, government agency, rivalry, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When prominent businessman Andrew Pyne is found shot in a New York alley, one of the NYPD's best, Rick Mallory, suspects a Galeno Mob hit. When he and his partner, Amos Turzo try to question Pyne's widow, Hadley, they are quickly ushered ...
Style:
independent film, mind bending, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, power relations, righting the wronged, witnessing a crime, serial killer, couple relations, amateur detective, law enforcement, private detective, dishonesty, police investigation, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
445
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The World Of Mass Communication Is About To Become Unplugged.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tech noir
Plot:
murder, journalism, uncover truth, investigation, politics, terrorism, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, danger, false accusation, political conspiracy, political corruption ...
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, independent film
Plot:
murder, twins, amateur detective, who done it, revenge, uncover truth, law enforcement, investigation, danger, psychopath, police corruption, mind game ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, college life, investigation, uncover truth, woman in danger, danger, dishonesty, youth, mind game, college, suspicion of murder, brotherhood ...
Similarity:
29%
143
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
sexual, suspenseful, tense, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
law, murder, prostitute, rivalry, courtroom, false accusation, legal, army investigation, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, frame up, investigation, twists and turns, uncover truth, cons and scams, law firm, false accusation, dishonesty, inadvertently, nordic, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, murder, conspiracy, secret agent, righting the wronged, whistleblower, disorder, snitch, political corruption, false accusation, frame up ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, journalism, photojournalist, dishonesty, uncover truth, fish out of water, false arrest, on the run, political conspiracy, protagonist as suspect, state affairs, heroes ...
Place:
europe, russia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman investigates when her teenage son is arrested for his married lover's murder.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, investigation, false accusation, amateur detective, legal, law enforcement, dishonesty, parents and children, jail, model, alibi ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dishonesty, obsession, love affair, when the parents are away, frame up, who done it, pregnancy, couples, family relations, female nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws an explosive line connecting the kidnapper and the girl's mother -- and brings to light ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, riddles and clues, supernatural, race against time, danger, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, murder, infidelity, investigation, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, police detective, false accusation, frame up, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, england, europe
Similarity:
25%
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510
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, airport ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey's latest case has her trying to figure out who killed her best friend Barbara after she was left out of her family's will and every one of the family members become suspects.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, law enforcement, who done it, legal, dishonesty, private detective, estate, father son relationship, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A deputy-district attorney, assigned to investigate the murder of the mayor's cousin, finds himself falling for the victim's wife.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, murder, political corruption, who done it, love affair, femme fatale, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, murder investigation, district attorney, trial ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, couples, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, who done it, investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
24%
493
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
prostitute, courtroom, call girl, murder, political corruption, sex scandal, bait, uncover truth, fighting the system, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a ...
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, uncover truth, righting the wronged, woman in danger, false accusation, partner, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, danger, frame up ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
initiation, conspiracy, lacrosse, murder, college, betrayal, brotherhood, uncover truth, leadership, life is a bitch, investigation, police corruption ...
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. Some time later, a few weeks before the elections, the disillusioned ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, die hard, torture, usa president, political corruption, conspiracy, extramarital affair, cover-up, secret agent, campaign, political intrigue, who done it ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An insomniac (Stephen Baldwin) who walks the streets at night witnesses a murder which triggers a strange chain of events.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
insomnia, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, uncover truth, investigation, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, lesbian, sleep disorder ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Driving drunk, Thomas Reed causes a car crash, fatal for his wife, and gets jailed for 5 years. Yet he feels like punishing himself afterward by moving to Californian small town Purgatory Flats, where he works as a humble barman. Suddenly he ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
infidelity, murder, life is a bitch, investigation, betrayal, couples, cons and scams, femme fatale, dishonesty, uncover truth, drug dealing, dangerous attraction ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
army investigation, murder, family relations, police investigation, life is a bitch, military, law enforcement, parents and children, family problems, investigation, who done it, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
22%
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