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Bitter Vengeance (1994)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to be no longer interested in Annie and has an affair with another bank employee. Among his duties is delivering old money for disposal. He comes up with a plan to steal the money and run away. Part of his plan is to fake his death and frame Annie. While the police suspect that she killed Jack and knows where the money is, there's also an insurance investigator on her back.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, dark, twisted, noir
Plot:
frame up, faked death, revenge, infidelity, investigation, betrayal, deception, false accusation, conspiracy, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, marital strife, revenge motive, domestic drama, bank robbery, heist, cat and mouse, police procedural, insurance investigator, forensics, urban, small town, money, police officer, murder ...
Time:
year 1994
Place:
mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark and noir films with plots about cat and mouse, investigation, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, deception and urban mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Bitter Vengeance: Out of Annie's Past (1995), Compelling Evidence (1995), A Kiss Goodnight (1994), Secret Life of the Dean's Wife (2025), Boyfriend's Deceit (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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219
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tension, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Plot:
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625
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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