Movies like Birthday Girl 2023
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Birthday Girl (2023)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a cruise ship bound for the Caribbean, 42 year old Nanna has invited her daughter Cille and her best friend on a cruise to celebrate Cille's 18th birthday. The expectations are high, and they have big plans set for the three days aboard the cruise. But on the first evening, the dream vacation descends a nightmare, and Nanna realizes that in order to get justice, she must take matters into her own hands.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, emotional, intense, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, cruise ship, survival, birthday, teenage girl, cruise, family relations, problem, struggle for survival, revenge, female protagonist, family drama, protective parent, vigilante justice, betrayal, mature, moral dilemma, suspicion, betrayal of trust, investigation, journey, claustrophobia, coming of age, nightclub, melancholy ...
Place:
caribbean
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Most similar movies to Birthday Girl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspenseful and thrilling films with plots about revenge, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, investigation, problem, cat and mouse and family drama mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Birthday Girl: My Daughter's Disgrace (2016), Udal (2022), Gray Matter (2023), Labor, Lies and Murder (2022), From the Ashes (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A high school senior’s life is turned upside down when photos of her naked body are distributed to a revenge porn website. Frustrated by police inaction, her mother takes the investigation into her own hands.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, revenge, investigation, bullying, sexual humiliation, privacy invasion, female protagonist, problem, life is a bitch, private investigation, sexploitation, cyberbullying ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
All her life, Aurora has been taught by her mother that the superhuman abilities they possess, the abilities that make them unique, also make them dangerous. Now, on one fateful and deadly night, Aurora will find out if her mother was telling the ...
Style:
psychological, supernatural thriller, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, supernatural, supernatural power, super powers, supernatural ability, problem, changing lives, family secret, mother daughter relationship, moral dilemma, secrets, survival ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bermuda
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Hailey’s final stage of pregnancy is threatened by the arrival of a new doula, she must stay one step ahead for the sake of her unborn child.
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
pregnancy, pregnant woman, protective mother, problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, paranoia, deception, home birth, family drama, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At a strict girls’ school, a mysterious fire blazes out of control. Now everyone's questioning whether it was an accident — or arson.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
student, school, chaos, basement, fire, girls' school, investigation, campus, panic, schoolgirl, house fire, problem ...
Place:
saudi arabia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When their mother announces her plans to remarry and sell the family estate, twin sisters Juliana and Deb have different reactions to the news. Juliana feels her mother will continue to support her, while Deb begins to threaten her mother's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
twin sister, mother daughter relationship, threat, female protagonist, mother daughter conflict, evil twin, family conflict, sisters, dysfunctional family, family problems, sibling rivalry, family drama ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A desperate woman kidnaps and enforces rehab on her violent brother in a last-ditch effort to save their lives.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
addiction, kidnapping, family conflict, sibling relationship, dysfunctional family, social problems, problem, family problems, life is a bitch, abuse, hostage situation, desperation ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Widowed mother Mo's daughter Krissy begins chatting online with a closet predator who kidnaps and exploits her in sexually abusive live streams on the dark web.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
widow, dark web, predator, sexploitation, relationships, family problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, mother child relationship, family life, single mother, motherhood ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ashley suspects her father's partner was behind a brutal home invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, home invasion, family relations, problem, undercover, father daughter relationship, suspect, business partner, crooked businessman, suspicion, businessman, secret ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A father, immersed in a difficult divorce process, embarks on a dangerous mission when his children disappear from their isolated country house.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
country house, investigation, divorce, isolated place, missing child, family drama, secret, disappearance, vanished man, mysterious disappearance, private investigation, puzzle ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
pregnancy, adoption, deception, scam, family drama, married couple, male female relationship, family problems, secret, problem, pregnant woman, family relations ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the job, top FBI hostage negotiator Theresa Foley (Gail O'Grady) is a tough, no-nonsense professional...calm and cool in the face of risky, potentially deadly situations. At home, she's a loving mother, with two kids and a devoted ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
hostage situation, female protagonist, hostage negotiator, negotiation, taken hostage, hostage rescue, career, hostage, fbi agent, agent, husband wife relationship, troubled marriage ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Sana Haitani (Kasumi Yamaya) is a member of an idol group. She's following the dreams of her now deceased older sister who always wanted to become a top idol. Unfortunately, Sana's idol group is disbanded. She is then kidnapped and taken ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, game of death, idol, ambition, dark humor, murder, card playing, survival, death match, kidnapped, abduction, fight ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hurricane, storm, survival, struggle for survival, hostage, family relations, trap, trapped, mother daughter relationship, home invasion, danger, convict ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
23%
894
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, trap, murder, cat versus mouse, killing, deathtrap, avenge, problem, murderer, intrigue, mind game ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Anna looks for revenge against a pimp for her young sister death's while working out a complicated relationship with her lover.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
pimp, female protagonist, revenge, suicide, problem, avenge, undercover, vengeance, loss of sister, prostitution, murder, intrigue ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Coming off a lengthy prison sentence, Mike White is coming home to a world changed drastically by technology and a mindset of just trying to live a normal life running his Gentlemen's club and taking care of his family.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, prison, organized crime, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, lifestyle change, family drama, getting home, gangster, mafia, urban ...
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22%
31
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
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Story:
Laura (Vanessa Aleksander) returns to her hometown after many years in connection with the death of her mother - Maria (Malgorzata Foremniak). This unplanned meeting awakens demons from the past and sheds new light on family secrets, while Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, mother daughter relationship, family secret, secrets, family drama, problem, tragic past, crime solving, family problems, confronting the past, secret, uncover truth ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A concerned mother tries to protect her teenage daughter when she starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts. When the messages become more threatening, she starts to wonder if the tormentor is someone closer than she ever could have imagined.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, dark, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, mother daughter relationship, domestic drama, revenge, family secret, stalker, protective parent, isolation, female protagonist, paranoia, confrontation, privacy invasion ...
Similarity:
22%
402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
child abuse, protective mother, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, domestic violence, relationship problems, trauma, confrontation ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
28-year-old medicine student Malina wakes up disoriented in a locked trunk and realizes, to her horror, that she is missing more than just her memory of what happened. With her phone as the only link to the outside world, the intelligent young woman ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, survival, female protagonist, memory loss, claustrophobia, car trunk, medical student, confined space, race against time, threat, abduction, amnesia ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A stand-up comedian confesses to a murder on-stage at an open mic night to a shocked audience - his crime the result of a deadly triangle formed between his older sister, just released from prison after a 20-year stay for the murder of their ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
murder, murder trial, surprise party, brother sister relationship, family drama, moral dilemma, guilt, dysfunctional family, secret revealed, murder confession, released from prison, manipulation ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Two long-separated brothers end up in life-threatening situations. How do their lives intersect and what happens next?
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brothers, caste system, problem, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, intrigue, threat, family drama, confrontation, identity crisis, revenge, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, female protagonist, boss, problem, murder mystery, puzzle, suspicion, secret, suspect, conspiracy, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story:
A mother who unfairly lost her young son, takes revenge against the perpetrator who has been forgiven by the law and heals her wounds.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, loss, motherhood, female protagonist, grief, vigilante justice, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, investigation, obsession, empathy, secrets ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
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:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Denise, loses her husband, she is determined to find who did it, which leads her to tracking down Stephanie and her "mother."
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, revenge, widow, scheming, deception, con artists, loss of husband, bereavement, scam, fraud, manipulation, impostor ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. When Easwaran gets to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her, after coming to terms with the ghastly reality of being him being wrongly accused ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
child abduction, child abuse, missing child, missing person, rescue mission, uncle niece relationship, family drama, disappearance, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, family problems, problem ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rebecca, a respected teacher at a private girls school, has her life turned upside down when a new scholarship student arrives who might be the daughter she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, relationship problems, girls' school, teenage girl, girls' boarding school, youth, teenager, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
life, desperation, suicide attempt, problem, game, escapades, threat, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, suicide, fatalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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