Movies like Ferocious
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Ferocious (2013)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda Crew stars as Leigh Parrish, a successful actress on a trip home to visit her small town roots. While dodging the careful eye of her manager (Dustin Milligan), Leigh, steps out from the lights and cameras and into the shadows of her old life, confronting her unsavory past and ex-employer, Maurice (Kim Coates).
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, intense, psychological thriller, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
violence, haunted by the past, small town life, actor's life, social relations, obnoxious boss, small town, celebrity, female protagonist, society, secrets, dark past, revenge, betrayal, getting home, manipulation, moral ambiguity, character study, obsession, power struggle, guilt, identity crisis, exploitation, mistrust, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to Ferocious
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and psychological thriller films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, murder, obsession, cat and mouse, betrayal and small town mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Ferocious: Mommy's Little Girl (2016), Water Damage (1999), Secrets of Eden (2012), Killer Reality (2013), One Small Indiscretion (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.
Style:
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Plot:
memory loss, dead body, secrets, obsession, amnesia, cat and mouse, suspicion, guilt, moral ambiguity, burial, excavation, revenge ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
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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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Under the guise as a math tutor, Tamara finds a way to reconnect with her abducted daughter but her father will do anything, even kill, to keep the truth hidden.
Style:
tension, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered wife, Veronique. Convinced of her evil intent and determined to unmask her, he forces himself to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
23%
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:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 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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Similarity:
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614
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
andalusia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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15
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A perfect wife, mother, and business owner battles a deep dark obsession that pushes her over the edge in this deadly recipe for murder
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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