Faked death movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant faked death movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological and neo noir films and TV shows about / with faked death, murder, death, police, dishonesty, chase, flashback, deception, cigarette smoking and deadly plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as faked death: My Husband's Double Life (2001), Saving Silverman (2001), Double Jeopardy (1999), Ben X (2007), Out of Time (2003), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Confidence (2003), Lord of Illusions (1995), xXx (2002).

List of faked death movies

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My Husband's Double Life (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.
Style: suspenseful, emotional, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: faked death, uncover truth, starting over, family in crisis, life is a bitch, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, family problems, leadership, redemption, society ...
Time: 21st century
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Saving Silverman (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, absurd, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: kidnapping, fiance fiancee relationship, friendship, tough girl, stupidity, faked death, dark humor, nun, farce, friendship between men, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, thailand
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot: vengeance, false accusation, twists and turns, wrongful conviction, prison, courtroom, murder, revenge, manipulation, lawyer, wrongful arrest, buried alive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, seattle, southern usa, georgia, san francisco
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 7.3
 19K
Ben X (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: autism, bullying, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, mental illness, computer, suicide, computer game, antisocial behavior, imaginary friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels belgium
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 6.5
 65K
Out of Time (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, murder, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, betrayal, conspiracy, police, frame up, investigation, double murder, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, psychopath, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, revenge, abusive relationship, obsessive love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: africa, iowa, usa
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style: suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, serial killer, kidnapping, drug dealer, secrets, murder of wife, investigation, violence, faked death, home invasion, hostage ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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 6.6
 35K
Confidence (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any ...
Style: tense, clever, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cons and scams, con men, con artists, crime gone awry, organized crime, deception, caper, justice, heroin, faked death, heist, police corruption ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, canada
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Style: dark, neo noir, scary, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, magic, investigation, occult, private detective, fanatic, violence, good versus evil, desert, murder, telekinesis, demon ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 80s
Place: los angeles, new york, mojave desert, usa, california
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 5.8
 186K
xXx (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just ...
Style: suspense, action packed, rough, predictable, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot: secret agent, undercover, tough heroes, chase, spy, mission, escapades, espionage, gunfight, heroic mission, extreme sport, spy hero ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: prague, california, washington d.c., europe, czech republic ...
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 6.1
 8K
Deceived (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the supposed death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. After his supposed death, strange developments begin to be discovered by Adrienne regarding Jack's past. Developments ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot: bigamy, betrayal, stolen identity, investigation, murder, faked death, woman in jeopardy, deception, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, love, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.0
 106K
Cop Land (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, talky, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, nypd, dirty cop, mafia, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, corrupt cop, investigation, small town ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.7
 16K
Mankatha (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Vinayak and his 4 team members rob a booty of 500 crores INR. Trouble starts when two of the team betrays them.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, gambling, betrayal, faked death, law enforcement, bookies, dishonesty, gang, chases and races, tough law enforcer, bad cop, pretense ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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 6.8
 12K
Romance (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Harbans Rai and Ranjit Rai are two wealthy businessmen who absolutely *loathe* poverty and poor people . As fate would have it , Harbans Rai's daughter Madhu falls for a poor mechanic Raja while Ranjit Rai's son Ajay romances a poor girl ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, tense, melancholic ...
Plot: faked death, family relations, friends, social differences, against the odds, love and romance, manipulation, impossible love, rich and poor, parents and children, rich man poor woman, fake identity ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, india
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 8.3
 116K
Orphan Black (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, mind bending, exciting, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, strong female character, female protagonist, shooting, family relations, uncover truth, lesbianism, danger, heroine, suicide, supernatural, killings ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, new york
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 6.9
 2K
The Unknown (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Gumnaam is a 1965 Indian suspense thriller film directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is ...
Style: suspense, detective, retro, psychological thriller, suspense thriller ...
Plot: murder, woman in jeopardy, paranoia, undercover, villain, heroine, disguise, deception, secret, conspiracy, serial killer, faked death ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
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 5.4
 2K
Cookie (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost ...
Style: humorous, independent film, semi serious, realistic, weeping ...
Plot: gangster, illegitimate daughter, teen angst, mother daughter relationship, mistress, husband wife relationship, car bomb, chauffeur, prison visit, mob hit, dog, flashback ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new jersey, new york
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Ten Little Indians (1965)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style: suspenseful, talky, psychological, tense, black comedy ...
Plot: murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, murder, mind game, private detective, investigation, whodunit, characters killed one by one, guilt, false accusation, weekend ...
Time: 60s
Place: alps, austria
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 7.8
 497K
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Style: touching, feel good, entertaining, exciting, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, teenage life, androids and robots, boy genius, young heroes, good versus evil, friends, imaginary, child prodigy ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, tokyo, california
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 7.7
 455K
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph ...
Style: humorous, 3d animation, sweet, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary, obsessive quest, friendship, prejudice, disguise, hacker, master of disguise, medal, heroes, chases and races, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 5.8
 32K
Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the ...
Style: slasher, scary, teen, creepy, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, monster, school, high school, holiday horror, masked killer, faked death, serial teen killer, halloween party, van, killer ...
Time: 90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1998
Place: california, usa
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The Days I Lost (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's about a man that gets tired of his meaningless life and finds a way to escape from it pretending to be dead.
Style: sincere, psychological, captivating
Plot: faked death, father daughter reunion, family relations, relationships, lifestyle change, presumed dead, father daughter relationship, kids and family, changing lives, parents and children, family reunited, family life ...
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No Man's Land (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The film starts with a story about how two monkeys band together and cooperate to survive in the wild, which is used to illustrate how human society is formed. By casting its characters in a desolate, uninhabited no man's land, the film ...
Style: road movie, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, lawyer, escapades, on the road, murder, twists and turns, disorder, faked death, law enforcer killer, buddhism, travel, car journey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style: romantic, sweet, colorful, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, medieval, unfulfillment, true love, love, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 1968, 1900s
Place: italy, europe
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The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, demon, police detective, whodunit, twists and turns, police officer, murder mystery, ritual, faked death ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: europe, france, alps
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
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 4.8
 521
Hidden Away (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A woman and young daughter escape her abusive husband by faking their deaths. Eight years later she is happily living in the upscale Palm Springs with her now-17-year-old daughter. When her husband discovers they are still alive, he tracks them down ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: abusive husband, faked death, teenager, mother daughter relationship, revenge, mother and daughter, threat, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, confronting the past, private investigator, kidnapping ...
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 6.5
 7K
Deceiver (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, lie ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa
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The Burial Society (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha (the Jewish society that prepares bodies for burial according to ancient ritual) in order to steal ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, twisted, biting ...
Plot: unlikely criminals, survival, gangster, disorder, cons and scams, crime gone awry, dishonesty, bank, down on your luck, secret society, faked death, embezzlement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east
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