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The Tooth and the Nail (2017)
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Original name: 석조저택 살인사건
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1947, a magician, Seok-jin plans the most elaborate trick to find out hidden conspiracy in his fiance's death.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, twist ending, twisted, noir, intense, detective ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, murder, deception, crime investigation, secrets, mystery woman, relationships, stage magician, magic trick, intrigue, male female relationship, problem, mysterious girl, secret, magician's assistant, mysterious character, whodunit, betrayal, obsession, stage magic, revenge, justice, slow burn, jazz ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s
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Most similar movies to The Tooth and the Nail
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, revenge, secret, betrayal, slow burn, obsession and murder mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Tooth and the Nail: Sight Unseen (2009), MMOF (2021), Human Traces (2017), The Invisible Guest (2023), Seven Years of Night (2018). 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: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"MMOF" is unflinching and deals with the fury of a man pushed to the limits. Deepak (a mild-mannered, honest to the bone man) who tries to make ends meet by running a Cinema Theatre passed onto him by his father along with his family. A ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, killing, secret, murderer, crime solving, murder, murder investigation, theater, uncover truth, problem ...
Place:
india
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82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
remote island, relationships, couples, isolation, secret, relationship problems, island, job, male female relationship, problem, loneliness, secrets ...
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70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A greedy police chief learns that a wealthy businesswoman has been wrongly accused of murder and strikes a deal with her – her freedom for a large sum of money. As the case progresses, a revelation that a sadistic politician and the businesswoman ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, deception, murder, corruption, who done it, murder investigation, police investigation, crime solving, secret, police detective, problem ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Set against the haunting backdrop of a small lake town, this chilling thriller unravels a meticulous revenge set over a period of 7 years, all beginning with the accidental death of an innocent girl.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, problem, murder mystery, disposing of a dead body, secret, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, murderer ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Turkey, Italy, India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Matters turn violent after an ex-police detective (Richard Tyson) and psychiatrist (Kurt Sinclair) manipulate a grieving father (Matt Cinquanta) in pursuit of justice.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, manipulation, secret, justice, vigilante, grief, violence, problem, police detective, manipulative person, detective inspector ...
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67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bermuda
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Hailey’s final stage of pregnancy is threatened by the arrival of a new doula, she must stay one step ahead for the sake of her unborn child.
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
pregnancy, pregnant woman, protective mother, problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, paranoia, deception, home birth, family drama, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, relationships, private investigation, brother, religious faith, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, affair, faith, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anna gets released from a Polish prison on parole after fifteen years behind bars. Once free, Anna has but one goal - to find a woman whose name is Dorota.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, investigation, ex convict, revenge, obsession, confrontation, female rivalry, slow burn, isolation, identity, claustrophobia ...
Place:
iceland, poland
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story:
A mother who unfairly lost her young son, takes revenge against the perpetrator who has been forgiven by the law and heals her wounds.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, loss, motherhood, female protagonist, grief, vigilante justice, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, investigation, obsession, empathy, secrets ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder mystery, family secret, investigation, female victim, family drama, murderer, murder, guilt, loss, revenge, grief, tragedy ...
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53%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.
Style:
crime drama, detective, thrilling, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, female detective, forensics, private investigation, private detective, sleuth, criminal, homicide detective, secret ...
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51%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago, he uses her letters to solve the mystery of her disappearance and crimes she may have been a part of.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, private investigation, crime solving, mysterious girl, uncover truth, undercover, criminal, crime investigation, secret, puzzle, missing person ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Anna looks for revenge against a pimp for her young sister death's while working out a complicated relationship with her lover.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
pimp, female protagonist, revenge, suicide, problem, avenge, undercover, vengeance, loss of sister, prostitution, murder, intrigue ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Dave Kroupa is shocked when his new girlfriend, Cari Farver, starts sending him demanding texts. When Dave ends the relationship, he finds himself on the receiving end of an onslaught of twisted messages from Cari, who has abruptly disappeared. ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
missing woman, mysterious disappearance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, ex girlfriend, secret, blackmail, investigation, puzzle, obsession, mysterious girl, problem ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, family secret, trauma, murder mystery, character study, nightmare, domestic drama, violent outburst, guilt ...
Time:
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Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
'Neru' is an enthralling legal and emotional drama that delves into the life of Sara, a blind sculpture artist on a quest for justice following a harrowing incident. Against the backdrop of the Indian legal system, this gripping story ...
Style:
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Plot:
visual impairment, resilience, justice, trauma, life is a bitch, blindness and impaired vision, blind woman, blind man, blindness, moral dilemma, personal growth, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, female protagonist, murder mystery, online dating, internet dating, problem, crime solving, murderer, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Best friends Dong-sik and Seung-ho have a crush on the same girl at school. When she's found raped and murdered, the main fishy is someone the boys know very well, and it tears their friendship aside.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
murder mystery, love triangle, conflict, friends, puzzle, loss of friend, problem, relationships, murderer, relationship problems, love affair, tragic love ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A widow finds out from her late husband's mistress that his death was not an accident. Both women work together to unmask the truth behind the man they both loved.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, affair, women, betrayal, secrets, family problems, murder investigation, widow, secret, private investigation, intrigue ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
On an autumn night, in the deserted streets of a seaside town, Sara is fleeing from a party, convinced she has witnessed a murder. He finds refuge with Veronica, but does not know that the woman is the lawyer of an important industrialist, the ...
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
fear, secrets, woman, secret, undercover, deception, female protagonist, lie, intrigue, seaside town, character study, lawyer ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Sr Inspector Maruti Nagargoje is investigating a murder case which took place in the house of a couple.Who claim that they weren't in the house when the incident happened.Maruti has a different way of working as he doesn't consider ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, murder mystery, murderer, who done it, crime investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, police investigation, crime solving, interrogation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a professor of religious studies is forced to investigate why his students are being murdered, he discovers what ended his own life and is then reborn.
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
professor, occult, murder, satanism, mysticism, murderer, secret, undercover, puzzle, problem, supernatural, investigation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, female protagonist, boss, problem, murder mystery, puzzle, suspicion, secret, suspect, conspiracy, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, fight, vengeance, criminal underworld, problem, investigation, father son relationship, secrets, family tragedy, grief, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A wife accused of killing her businessman husband asks the young lawyer who defended her to help her find the real killer.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation, murder, who done it, problem, crime investigation, secret, undercover, attorney, secrets, advocate ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 130 min.
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Story:
The brutal murder of Hamdi Atilbay in the forest crosses the paths of young prosecutor Leyla, who wants to leave her messy past behind and now establish her new order, and Kenan, an ambitious journalist who has a regular and famous life. However, ...
Style:
psychological, crime drama, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, prosecutor, investigative journalism, secrets, investigative reporter, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, murder investigation, intrigue, murderer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When nanny Kim accidentally discovers that her employer, Steven, is having an affair with his kids’ Spanish tutor, she decides to keep it to herself so as not to risk splitting his family apart. But when Steven’s mistress is murdered and he ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
infidelity, lie, nanny, murder, betrayal, secrets, male female relationship, social problems, family relations, relationships, marital infidelity, intrigue ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Evading a scandal, a couple from Istanbul starts over in a town on the Aegean coast — but quickly discover the locals are determined to get rid of them.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outsider, scandal, conflict, countryside, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, problem, relationships, family relations, threat, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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