Movies Similar to The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia

The Third Lover(1962)

On a work assignment in Germany, failed journalist Albin crosses paths with Andreas, a successful writer, and his wife Hélène, who quickly becomes the apple of Albin’s eye. While Andreas is off on a business trip, Albin tries to seduce Hélèn and, eventually, take over Andreas’ life.

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Hard Guy(1941)

Investigators crack down on a gang of nightclub con artists that has been victimizing wealthy bachelors.

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Starring Jerry as Himself(2024)

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.

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The Other(1946)

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

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Nightmare in the Sun(1965)

A hitchhiker sleeps with a rancher's wife and is hunted by the sheriff for her murder.

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Eyes of the Underworld(1942)

Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.

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7 Hours of Violence(1973)

A former hitman is blackmailed into doing one more job. But the hit doesn't go as planned and he winds up with the police and a gang of Chinese hitmen hunting him down. A beautiful young woman helps to hide him until he can figure out a way to elude his pursuers.

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Drishyam(2015)

A simple street-smart man tries to protect his family from a cop looking for her missing son who was accidently killed by his daughter.

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Affairs of State(2018)

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail.

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Scobie Malone(1975)

Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.

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Unsubscribe(2020)

Five YouTubers join an online video call and find themselves haunted and hunted by a mysterious internet troll.

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Should a Girl Marry?(1939)

A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.

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Big Rose(1974)

Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a wealthy contractor.

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Open Windows(2014)

Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.

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Frauds(1993)

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

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Keys to Tulsa(1997)

Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.

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The Lady and the Monster(1944)

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.

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State Secret(1950)

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

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A Scandal in Paris(1946)

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

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The Amateur(2025)

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

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