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Number 37 (2018)
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Original name: Nommer 37
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Entrapped in his apartment, Randal, a recent paraplegic, is given a gift of binoculars by his devoted girlfriend, Pam. But Randal is in financial debt to a sadistic loan shark, and when he witnesses a powerful criminal commit a murder while observing his neighbours through binoculars, he initiates a treacherous blackmail scheme.
Style:
suspense, dark, tension, crime drama, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, noir ...
Plot:
blackmail, investigation, murder, danger, surveillance, loan shark, criminal, murder investigation, crime investigation, isolation, problem, murder witness, witness, blackmailer, threat, police investigation, witnessing a crime, testimony, paralysis, quadriplegic, violence, betrayal, corruption, desperation, greed ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, dark, tense and noir films with plots about cat and mouse, investigation, urban, moral ambiguity, revenge, murder and obsession mostly in Thriller, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like Number 37: Sight Unseen (2009), Erida (2021), Star Struck (2000), Persecuted (2019), The Last Bid (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, deception, femme fatale, intrigue, police investigation, police detective, secret, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A femme fatale and her much older husband have a windfall at a game of poker. But the gambling doesn't end at the cards table.
Style:
crime thriller, psychological thriller, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, poker, greed, deception, betrayal, manipulation, femme fatale, revenge, moral ambiguity, bet, luxury, fatal attraction ...
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78%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man thinks he's found a cheap thrill, but discovers it's thrown him into a world of danger in this steamy drama. A filmmaker (Nero Campbell) who has moved into a new home discovers to his pleasant surprise that his next door neighbor is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, twisted, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
deception, suspect, murder mystery, voyeurism, evidence, investigation, suspicion, murder witness, innocent man, false accusation, obsession, alibi ...
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75%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After witnessing the murder of a little girl's parents, a young woman becomes the child's protector and is forced to flee from the killers while trying to discover their motive.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, fear, danger, witnessing a crime, manhunt, witness, murder witness, killing, saving a life, runaway, struggle for survival, on the run ...
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When two female friends decide to try their hand at a storage locker auction, they unwittingly inherit a locker belonging to a dangerous serial killer. They soon find themselves in a desperate race to uncover the truth about the locker before the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
evidence, threat, stalker, murder, female protagonist, locker, stalking, danger, problem, women, criminal, secrets ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tension, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, police procedural, corruption, conspiracy, homicide detective, police investigation, murder investigation, policewoman, police detective, crime investigation, forensics ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Bill Sullivan spends the last night of Mr. Phil's Bar hanging out with his friends, drinking, sex and murder ensue. Last call takes on a whole new meaning.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, bar fight, drinking, nightclub, murderer, problem, escapades, danger, night, violence, nightlife, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Abhi and Cyril have been best buddies from childhood.Being an orphan abhi's favorite place is Cyril's home.He helps Cyril to get married to his love of his life aaradhya against her parents will. Suddenly both newly married couple ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, friendship, danger, confrontation, loyalty, obsession, revenge, cat and mouse, betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Annie is pulled over by police for a traffic violation while she is driving her boyfriend's car. When the police discover a bloody knife in the back of the car, she has to find what is really going on before she is wrongly accused of a murder.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, false identity, framed for murder, deception, wrongful accusation, accused of murder, false accusation of murder, falsely accused, murder investigation, accusation, criminal, false accusation ...
Similarity:
64%
274
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the police try to unravel the truth behind a series of mysterious crimes in a locality, they face an unexpected situation.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, police, crime solving, secret, crime investigation, police detective, police officer, police investigation, police station, sleuth, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
64%
625
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:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalker, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, relationships, stalking, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, terror, problem, psycho terror ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, tension, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
blackmail, danger, escalation, intrigue, corruption, greed, moral ambiguity, betrayal, betrayal of trust, cat and mouse, revenge, obsession ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A woman agrees to help her husband pay off an extortionist, but when the blackmailer is murdered she becomes the prime suspect, and discovers that the man she married has been leading a deadly double life.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
blackmail, deception, frame up, murder mystery, female protagonist, framed for murder, murder, betrayal, marriage, secrets, writers, problem ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Africa
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Story:
Based on a novel written by Angela Makholwa, when publicist and ex-journalist Lucy Khambule receives an unexpected call from a convicted serial killer, her life takes a dramatic turn.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, dark, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, conspiracy, journalist, publicist, danger, problem, murder mystery, threat, murderer, assassination plot, female writer, murder ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To pay for college, Business major Trina goes live with her unique dating website Let's Date. Let's Date becomes a huge success, though Trina soon learns that her site is being misused as a prostitution hub and shuts it down. When one of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, college, online dating, dating show, murderer, secret, murder investigation, murder mystery, danger, college campus, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
INDRA is a serial killer investigation film about an ex-cop who lost his eyesight and sets out to find the killer terrorizing the town. What follows is a gripping chase full of twists and turns — but what if the hunter ends up ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, revenge, obsession, cat and mouse, ex cop, justice, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, chase, survival ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two cops must contend with the uncooperative tenants of an apartment complex as they try to solve a murder before the crime scene is wiped clean.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, homicide detective, police, crime investigation, police officer, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
nigeria
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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339
Genre: Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Story:
A PTSD stricken former American Marine on vacation in the Philippines becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders of his romantic partners.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
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Place:
the philippines, manila philippines, southeast asia
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44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
teacher, privacy invasion, teacher student relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, life is a bitch, secret, relationship problems, relationships, problem, blackmail, suspicion ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
To live a luxury life hero and his friend Kidnap 40 Innocent Children,Will they succeed in leading a wealthy life or not is the content
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, greed, desperation, moral dilemma, suspicion, violent, urban, cruelty, anti hero, investigation, social commentary ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Chilling serial kidnappings and murders of eight-year-old girls in the city of Warrangal terrorise its citizens, particularly parents; first, CI Keshawa, and later CI Mohammad Khayyam are tasked with solving the mystery and finding the perpetrators. ...
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, forensics, murder investigation, serial killer, police investigation, crime solving, sleuth, police, child abduction, who done it, police detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A real estate tycoon suddenly finds himself the victim of a blackmailer, who knows about his participation in the murder of a girl when he was a college student.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, noir, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, blackmail, guilt, secrets, dark past, paranoia, cover up, psychological torment, moral ambiguity, flashback, revenge, betrayal ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, false accusation, murder, femme fatale, life turned upside down, dishonesty, on the run, protagonist as suspect, falsely accused, deception, fugitive, seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A police inspector suspects a serial killer is afoot in the university city of Bologna, luring in his victims through online video chats before murdering them and assuming their identity.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, blind man, unsolved crime, murder mystery, murder, serial murder, murder investigation, murderer, blindness, blind character ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
39%
402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
child abuse, protective mother, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, domestic violence, relationship problems, trauma, confrontation ...
Similarity:
38%
386
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mr. Machi is a businessman fond of luxuries, easy money and women. A despicable person who abuses his power and position, but suddenly finds himself in an extreme situation: one morning, in broad daylight, he punctures a tire. But his surprise comes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
cover up, murder, ambition, power, greed, moral ambiguity, corruption, deception, revenge, urban, guilt, paranoia ...
Place:
latin america, chile
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
suspense, intense, tense, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tension, neo noir, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
night, police, female protagonist, criminal, problem, women, chase, escape, danger, nightlife, survival, violent ...
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