Movies and TV shows like El maleficio
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El maleficio (2023)
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Original name: El Maleficio
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Single mother Beatriz marries powerful millionaire Enrique de Martino. Shortly after their union, Beatriz is horrified to find that her beloved new husband is a sorcerer who worships a diabolical entity and owes his fortune to black magic.
Style:
psychological, exciting, tense, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling, soap opera ...
Plot:
magic, relationships, supernatural, undercover, black magic, couples, male female relationship, female protagonist, problem, husband wife relationship, secret, secret life, secret past, dark secret, couple relations, wizard, love, demon, satanism, demonic possession, good versus evil
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Most similar movies to El maleficio
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, thrilling, psychological and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, love affair, couples, female protagonist and love mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like El maleficio: Red Rose (2022), The Jetty (2024), Passion and Power (2015), The Frog (2024), Sullivan's Crossing (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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When one of a group of friends downloads the mysterious Red Rose app, plans change. What starts innocently as a game of admiration rapidly descends into something much darker.
Style:
thrilling, disturbing, bleak, dramatic, scary ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Beneath the tranquillity of her home town, a detective uncovers dark secrets that threaten everything she thought she knew about consent – and her own life.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, bleak, captivating ...
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71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 44 min.
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Pasión y poder revolves around family dramas and corporate powers of two rival families.The rivalry that originated many years ago, when Arturo Montenegro and Eladio Gómez Luna both fell in love with the beautiful Julia Vallado. Eladio ultimately ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, soap opera, telenovela
Plot:
romantic rivalry, love triangle, rivalry, business competition, couple relations, love and romance, competitor, relationship problems, love affair, romantic triangle, rivals, businessman ...
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60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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One tranquil summer, a mysterious woman checks into a vacation rental — triggering events that disrupt the lives of the owner and those around him.
Style:
suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
pension, motel, unsolved mystery, undercover, secret past, dark secret, women, female protagonist, secret identity, woman, uninvited guest
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting the painful past she has ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, father daughter relationship, domestic drama, family relations, female protagonist, life is a bitch, couples, relationships, couple relations, problem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends ...
Place:
boston
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51%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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An ordinary housewife's life goes in an unexpected direction after noticing a strange smell in her backyard.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
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50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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When Ruby unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at Maxton Hall private school, the arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student for better or worse: He is determined to silence Ruby. Their ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rich man poor woman, millionaire, female protagonist, male female relationship, relationships, dark secret, love, rich man, couple relations, danger, rich, fall in love ...
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49%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
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After becoming a doctor, Büşra returns to her hometown. There, she meets a teacher named Selim. Büşra and Selim, both carrying the scars of the past, set out on a journey with no return.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
small village, haunted by the past, tragic past, secret past, confronting the past, male female relationship, dark past, secret, getting home, past coming back to haunt, couple relations, dark secret ...
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45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
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A big-time social media influencer plunges headfirst into the lives of four women fueled by a thirst for the truth about her birth — and revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
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Lorena, Frida, Lisset and Montse, four friends who are in prison serving a sentence. One of them is accused unjustly. In the prison where they are held there is a massive escape and they escape. After their escape, the fugitives take refuge in a bar ...
Style:
soap opera, exciting, realistic, dramatic, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, prison sentence, fight, imprisoned, love affair, jail cell, women in prison, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, relationships, jail ...
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41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Follows Rick Grimes from the departure of his final season in the TV series.
Style:
captivating, exciting, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
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Spy drama set in the social and political chaos of 1968, inspired by a true story. Pursued into Canada by the FBI, the matriarch of an American activist family helps smuggle Vietnam war deserters and draft dodgers across the border. What she ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 44 min.
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
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35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
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A pair of lovers having an extramarital affair plot a new life together after discovering a phone that can erase other people from existence.
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
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secret, mobile phone, nature, love, life, cheating, betrayal, infidelity, extramarital affair, secrets, moral dilemma, mature ...
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
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Marcelo, falsely accused of murdering his fiancée Luisa's father, returns after seven years to clear his name, rekindle his romance with Luisa, and meet the daughter he never knew he had.
Style:
soap opera, emotional, exciting, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wrongful accusation, love, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love and romance, couples, female protagonist, love affair, friendship, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, thrilling, detective
Plot:
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
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Style:
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Plot:
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30%
343
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 13 year old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in jail, while in jail she gives birth to a baby girl who is taken from her by her older sister Milagros. 15 years later she escapes jail and ...
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Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, anthology, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
terror, haunting, ghost, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, supernatural being, paranormal phenomena, super powers, precognition, supernatural power ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 20 min.
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Style:
emotional, romantic drama, dramatic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family drama, male female relationship, problem, relationships, in love, couple relations, couples, love and romance, love interest, relationship problems, unrequited love, love affair ...
Place:
india
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28%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Australia
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Style:
rough, bleak, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, home alone, male female relationship, friends, relationships, filmmaker, panic, supernatural, fear, wilderness, urban legend, paranormal activity ...
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
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Style:
emotional, thrilling, romantic drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
secrets, resilience, betrayal, relationships, couple relations, love interest, love and romance, love, male female relationship, romantic relationship, couples, love story ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological, soap opera ...
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Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
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psychological, thrilling, captivating, epic
Plot:
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense
Plot:
jealousy, jealous friend, ceo, influencer, businesswoman, relationships, male female relationship, problem, social climber, career, business, marital problem ...
Place:
korea
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Style:
tense, medical drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teamwork, doctor, private investigation, crime solving, female protagonist, female doctor, medicine, secret, puzzle, medical, physician, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
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Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense
Plot:
murder, relationships, relationship problems, tragic love, star crossed lovers, problem, social problems, love story, male female relationship, couples, couple relations, attempted murder ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
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An ex-actress who is now the wife of a famous politician is suddenly caught in a murder case. After a party goes haywire, the wife wakes up to the dead body of the stripper her friends hired. The same day she's being questioned, a man turns ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, exciting, thrilling ...
Plot:
male female relationship, love triangle, love affair, love story, relationships, friends, frame up, rivalry, love and romance, society, love, male protagonist ...
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26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
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Two teenagers secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
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