Movies like Wild Things
If Wild Things's mix of sailboat, florida and rape stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Wild Things's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Chinatown
1974 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 130 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: rape, conspiracy · Also mystery and thriller
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a…
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Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 161 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: rape, court case · Also drama and mystery
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her.
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Bully
2001 · Directed by Larry Clark · 113 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: florida, rape · Also drama and thriller
A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.
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Double Jeopardy
1999 · Directed by Bruce Beresford · 105 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: sailboat, court case · Also thriller and mystery · From the same decade (1990s)
Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that…
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Trust
2010 · Directed by David Schwimmer · 104 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: rape, sexual abuse · Also drama and thriller
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be.
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Cape Fear
1991 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 128 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: rape · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
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Spotlight
2015 · Directed by Tom McCarthy · 129 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: florida, conspiracy
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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Harper
1966 · Directed by Jack Smight · 121 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Robert Wagner · Also mystery and thriller
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an…