Movies like Hometown Killer
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Hometown Killer (2018)
258
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman finds her life in danger when an emotionally disturbed police officer she bullied in high school targets her in a twisted plan of revenge.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, creepy, dark, crime drama, noir
Plot:
revenge, bullying, woman in danger, police officer, life is a bitch, mockery, vengeance, social problems, relationship problems, police inspector, peril, obsession, stalker, fear, danger, small town, cat and mouse, psychological manipulation, unsettling, survival, female protagonist, law enforcement, vendetta, police corruption, suspicion ...
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Most similar movies to Hometown Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, psychological thriller and suspense films with plots about cat and mouse, revenge, moral ambiguity, stalker, female protagonist, obsession and isolation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Hometown Killer: 3 Lives (2019), Echoes of Violence (2021), Fatal Justice (2023), Killer Single Dad (2018), Fear Bay (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
320
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A woman on the run from ruthless kidnappers discovers her savior is the man jailed for attacking her 15 years earlier.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, female protagonist, violent, kidnapper, woman, abduction, kidnapped woman, kidnapped, violence against women, violence, confrontation, survival ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An immigrant travels from Sedona to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, immigrant, lawyer, attorney, vengeance, revenge motive, immigration, life is a bitch, social problems, criminal, threat to kill, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
When the law fails, family justice is the only way
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
justice, revenge, retribution, protective parent, family tragedy, vigilante, social justice, avenge, fight for justice, legislation, injustice, law and order ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An expectant mother befriends a Good Samaritan who saved her life, but is unaware that he is the father of her unborn baby and is "collecting" all of the children he sired as an anonymous sperm donor years before.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
parenthood, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, family life, sperm donor, secret, expectant father, fatherhood, motherhood ...
Similarity:
32%
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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:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mariela arrives from Venezuela to the United States to care for the Collins' young daughter, Abbey. But behind this family's seemingly perfect facade hides a sinister secret.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, twisted ...
Plot:
au pair, nanny, deception, family secret, danger, psychological manipulation, manipulation, isolation, paranoia, intimate, moral ambiguity, mistrust ...
Place:
usa, venezuela
Similarity:
100%
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:
28%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Everyone's favorite doctor is back! Dr. Albert Beck seems to get what he wished for as the jury finds him not guilty for the kidnapping and attempted murder of a former patient , so he then lands a teaching job at a prestigious Arizona medical ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, teacher student relationship, stalker, teacher student romance, life is a bitch, relationship problems, tragic love, doctor, love interest, evil doctor, revenge, cat and mouse ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman moves to a new town and opens her own gourmet restaurant after escaping from an abusive relationship. However, she soon finds herself in a deadly game of cat and mouse when she becomes the target of constant harassment from a jealous man.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
stalker, female protagonist, chef, female chef, restaurant, problem, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, jealousy, jealous man, threat ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, revenge, aspiring actress, trap, actress, social media, obsession, price of fame, social network, life is a bitch, rising to stardom, problem ...
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26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A single mother restores a Victorian home and opens a bed-and-breakfast, but the arrival of a guest with a hidden agenda shatters the peace.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, single mother, intruder, home invasion, problem, life is a bitch, secret, single parent, house, undercover, secrets, deception ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Jones arrives at the house of a young couple, Ashley and Brad, blissfully engaged and preparing for their upcoming marriage. They had a mysterious break in at their home. While Det. Jones discovers nothing at the scene, we later find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, home invasion, female stalker, wedding planning, jealousy, obsession, stalker, manipulation, wedding preparations and rituals, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ceremony ...
Similarity:
24%
133
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A well-known Hollywood actress is suddenly tormented by a stalker. Her sister and high school boyfriend try to figure out who is tormenting her.
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Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalker, actress, life is a bitch, problem, celebrity, female protagonist, obsession, danger, psychological manipulation, investigation, cat and mouse, anxiety ...
Similarity:
24%
272
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A serial killer, whose victims are men with similar pasts, is tracked by a policewoman.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, revenge motive, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, female investigator, retribution, police procedural, mature, cat and mouse, stalker ...
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, dark past, secret, male female relationship, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, secret identity, female protagonist, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
deception, estranged daughter, jealousy, manipulation, house, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, estrangement ...
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23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Having escaped a sadistic cult as a child, Owen must confront his past as his tormentors enter his new life. This time there's no escaping for anyone.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense thriller, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
abused child, religious cult, escape, sadism, satanic cult, confronting the past, tragic past, dark past, occult, sadistic horror, sadistic psychopath, revenge ...
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22%
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894
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, trap, murder, cat versus mouse, killing, deathtrap, avenge, problem, murderer, intrigue, mind game ...
Similarity:
22%
375
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When a single mom hires a tutor to help her daughter graduate high school, the tutor becomes dangerously obsessed.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, sinister ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher student romance, teacher student relationship, tutor, single mother, obsession, relationships, forbidden love, love interest, love affair, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
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22%
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:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, problem, manipulation, revenge, high school reunion, female rivalry, lifestyle change, couple relations, relationships, changing lives, male female relationship, reunited friends ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A high school girl must try to keep her past life of killing her best friend a secret from a guy who likes her.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalker, high school, obsession, troubled past, secrets, tragic past, hunted, confronting the past, haunted by the past, school, life is a bitch, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Alicia, a destitute young woman crosses paths with Morgan; a beautiful, affluent, entrepreneur, she realizes she'd rather live Morgan's luxurious life. So she takes it, by any means necessary.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, woman, woman in danger, sex, envy, women, sex scene, rich and poor, rich woman, rich, wealth, rich man ...
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22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie, a local reporter investigating a series of killings targeting similar looking women is caught off guard when her younger sister Olivia, is attacked in her own home. Urging on the side of caution, Maddie suggests they take a self-defense ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, sister, murder, boyfriend, reporter, obsession, relationships, killing spree, serial murder, sister sister relationship, fall in love, murderer ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, secret, dark secret, family problems, family relations, housewife, dysfunctional family, dark past, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
21%
356
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Ever since her father was murdered, Taylor has had to take care of her agoraphobic mother, Ann Marie, and tend to the family farm. Ready to start her own life, she prepares to tell her mother that she is going to move away with her boyfriend Blake ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hidden money, burglar, intrigue, jailed, robbery, stolen money, prisoner, escaped prisoner, money, criminal, home invasion, survival ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Anna has a difficult time getting close to people, her sister creates a dating profile for her online. Anna starts to message a handsome man until she starts getting disturbing messages that a match is close by.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
online dating, sister sister relationship, threat, problem, social network, sister, threatening telephone call, relationship problems, mysterious stranger, sisters, cell phone, stalker ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a tragedy reunites Nicole with her childhood friends, they each find themselves in danger, targets of a deranged stalker. Nicole knows this can't be a coincidence. The secrets of their past are coming back to haunt them.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
stalker, friends, haunted by the past, confronting the past, black, threat, mysterious past, old friend, group of friends, hunted, danger, secrets ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Micheal Smith is released from prison after serving four long years for a crime that he claims he did not commit. Within a few hours of his release, a man offers Michael a ride in his truck. From that moment on, the madness begins and the past slaps ...
Style:
tension, tense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
prison, chase, pursuit, wrongful conviction, danger, survival, escape, death, murder, psychopath, cat and mouse, stalker ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
McKenzie is a few months away from getting married when her three best friends from college surprise her with a bachelorette party.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, rape, survival, violence, bachelorette party, trauma, woman in danger, tragic past, haunted by the past, struggle for survival, women ...
Similarity:
20%
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