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Painless (2017)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, medical drama, psychological thriller, thought provoking, dark, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cure, patient, illness, disease, pain, doctors and patients, hospital, male protagonist, character study, obsession, laboratory, disability, scientific research, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, isolation, self discovery, alienation, haunting, slow burn, urban, body horror, mystery
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, tense, suspense and dark films with plots about isolation, moral ambiguity, obsession, character study, urban, claustrophobia and slow burn mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Painless: Apotheosis (2018), Addiction (2003), Forgetting the Girl (2012), Intellectual Property (2006), Franklin: A Symphony of Pain (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An average, happy, hard-working man's life takes a turn for the horrific after he kills a mugger and discovers he's now addicted to killing.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
violence, murder, obsession, addiction, guilt, loss of control, anti hero, character study, moral ambiguity, coercion, isolation, crime spree ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
relationships, lonely, photographer, memory, trauma, obsession, male female relationship, dealing with the past, troubled past, life is a bitch, confronting the past, isolation ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, bleak, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranoia, betrayal, isolation, conspiracy, obsession, character study, espionage, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The mind is a terrible thing to waste
Style:
bleak, psychedelic, dark, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
cult leader, betrayal, psychotic, symbolism, self mutilation, mental breakdown, trauma, hallucination, isolation, paranoia, captivity, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Police sketch artist, Jack, helps blind rape victim Emmy describe her attacker.. a serial rapist and murderer who is now out to get her.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, serial killer, blindness, danger, investigation, cat and mouse, threat, rape, justice, obsession, paranoia, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Georgia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As his condition worsens, he questions his life and career choices, and his relationship to his frustrated wife becomes more strained.
Style:
psychological, surreal, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, architect, truth, identity, identity crisis, love story, relationships, male female relationship, problem, mysterious girl, in love, love affair ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, alcoholic, obsession, alcoholism, death threat, plan, murderer, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, espionage, criminal, character study ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, isolation, locked in, elevator, trap, mind game, captivity, danger, social problems, trapped, psychopath, social relations ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Creature of habit, Jon Smith, spends his days mindlessly working as a barista in New York City. When night falls, this seeming everyman savagely kills "filthy women" as his social outlet. A chance encounter with Delia, a young prostitute ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, disturbing, indie film, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, character study, violence, loneliness, isolation, psychopath, moral ambiguity, anti hero, alienation, urban, nightlife, social outcast ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Caleb Loomis is an agoraphobic twenty-something. In his spare time he makes UFO videos with miniature cities and takes an unhealthy amount of LSD. One afternoon he hears Beatrice, the lady next door, being abused. After striking an odd friendship ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological thriller, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence, revenge, agoraphobia, loneliness, isolation, domestic abuse, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, obsession, character study, male protagonist, urban ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, family drama, character study, overbearing parent, male protagonist, advertising agency, claustrophobia, identity crisis, obsession, moral ambiguity, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drifter searching for answers to a mystery from her past takes on a job looking after a sick teen who is undergoing a mysterious transformation her family will do anything to stop.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
transformation, body horror, drifter, female protagonist, family secret, identity crisis, claustrophobia, slow burn, small town, paranoia, isolation, outsider ...
Similarity:
49%
352
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
John Whitmore wakes to find his wife, Anne, has disappeared from their bed overnight and a recorded ransom message now remains in her place.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, abduction, paranoia, claustrophobia, desperation, isolation, road trip, manipulation, hostage situation, betrayal, character study ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
paris france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
mind bending, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
romania
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114
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, stillbirth, motherhood, trauma, mental disorder, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, family relations, kids in trouble, domestic violence, loss of child, child abuse ...
Similarity:
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913
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Frank Pierce leads a seemingly normal life, but when a disturbing past reemerges & something precious is taken from him, his mask of sanity loosens & unearths the urge to be violent once again.
Style:
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Plot:
violence, revenge, vigilante, confronting the past, problem, troubled past, vigilante justice, anti hero, moral ambiguity, rage, retribution, character study ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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145
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1950s
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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123
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Peru
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
“Dog,” an ex-militiaman granted amnesty by the government, is now an assassin for hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he meets Milagros, an adolescent towards whom he feels a strange attraction. Among prayers, tears, ...
Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, dark
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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