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Mother (2018)
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Original name: 마더
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother, Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides to become her mother.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama, tense, emotional, dark, suspenseful, intense, psychological, dorama ...
Plot:
child abuse, motherhood, kidnapping, domestic violence, trauma, moral ambiguity, empathy, character study, ethical dilemma, revenge, loneliness, obsession, elementary school, redemption, guilt, intimate, female friendship, single mother, small town, identity, investigation, adoption, mother daughter relationship, single parent, school ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, noir and suspense films and TV series with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, revenge, obsession, grief, secrets and guilt mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Mother: Wonderful World (2024), Naomi & Kanako (2016), Silent Truth (2026), Bellevue (2017), Tower of Babel (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Mother is a Japanese television drama that aired on Nippon TV between 14 April and 23 June 2010, starring Matsuyuki Yasuko.
Style:
suspense, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
motherhood, child abuse, journey, kidnapping, bad mother, adoption, parents and children, custody, family relations, family problems, child custody, domestic violence ...
Place:
tokyo, hokkaido
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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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 ...
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49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Naomi Oda (Ryoko Hirosue) aspired to become a curator at an art gallery, but she currently works in a department store. Her job is to cater to VIP customers. She is not happy with her current position. One day, her friend since their college days, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, domestic violence, lookalikes, doppelganger, female friendship, murder mystery, suspicion of murder, family problems, violent, life is a bitch, hidden truth, suspicion ...
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story:
A detective must investigate his first love, who is the suspect in a murder committed with a gun that they and their friends secretly buried 23 years ago.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, cold case, police procedural, whodunit, regret, cover up, first love, small town, guilt, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
When a transgender teen goes missing, Annie Ryder—a cop at odds with her hometown—dives in to unravel the disappearance that suggests foul play, despite finding herself in a difficult position as she must cast suspicion on people she has known ...
Style:
mysterious, tense, suspense, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
missing person, small town, criminal psychology, female detective, investigation, female protagonist, police detective, danger, psychopath, death, suspicion, identity ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
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A prosecutor who started his career as a newspaper reporter faces a life-changing event when his father dies in an unexplained accident, and his mother takes her own life. With his life shattered in pieces, he will stop at nothing to discover what ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
prosecutor, investigation, corporate crime, murder mystery, revenge, conspiracy, corruption, corporate conspiracy, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, private investigation ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
Story of a mysterious surrogate mother who enters the home of a woman holding the secret behind her child's death.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
motherhood, psychological manipulation, secrets, family tragedy, mother son relationship, overprotective parent, overprotective mother, family relations, relationships, family secret, parents and children, relationship problems ...
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36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, problem, homicide detective, police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, crime solving, secret, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, paris france
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
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To avenge their daughters who fell victim to fraud, two mothers make a desperate bid: resurrecting the dead ringleader of a phishing scam.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, emotional, mysterious ...
Plot:
revenge, motherhood, resurrection, family drama, cybercrime, kidnapping, justice, retribution, scam, desperation, loss, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, false accusation, identity, investigation, moral ambiguity, single mother, betrayal, motherhood, escape, identity crisis, domestic drama ...
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 270 min.
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Story:
Nelson "Nelly" Rowe's life is turned upside down when he is arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his thirteen-year-old daughter Jody, whom he hasn't seen in ten years. After convincing the police of his innocence, and frustrated ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
missing child, amateur detective, estranged father, uncover truth, false accusation, family drama, investigation, kidnapping, family secret, obsession, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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A desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets which could destroy his family for good.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, intense, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
drug addiction, family drama, investigation, murder, runaway teen, missing person, violence, secrets, obsession, loss, desperation, corruption ...
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31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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This drama is about a husband, Kim Do Hyung who desperately searches for his wife, Yoon Joo Young who suddenly disappears. Meanwhile, Cha Yoon Mi is the detective on the case who helps him along the way.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tension, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, fight, missing person, criminal underworld, uncover truth, fighting crime, battles, fiance fiancee relationship, mysterious past, intrigue, pursuit, rescue ...
Place:
seoul, korea
Similarity:
30%
490
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Singel mother, Elin, experiences her worst nightmare when her son dies in a drowning accident. She tries to get her life back on track after the tragedy together with her daughter Storm (10), but there are rumours around school that somebody saw ...
Style:
sad, emotional, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
family tragedy, mother daughter relationship, drowning, family drama, grief, single mother, trauma, guilt, intimate, protective mother, parenting, empathy ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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In 1994, at the age of sixteen, Clotilde Idrissi suffered a road accident. Clotilde is the only survivor, unlike her brother Nicolas and his parents, who died instantly. Twenty-five years later, she returns to the scene of the tragedy with her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
family secret, life is a bitch, troubled past, confronting the past, learning the truth, uncover truth, secret, changing lives, female protagonist, self discovery, introspection, haunting ...
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When a teen is kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring, a river pirate and a fierce mother embark on separate quests to find her — until their paths cross.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, dark, intense ...
Plot:
human trafficking, river, revenge, kidnapping, amazon, sex trafficking, gang, strong female lead, jungle, violence, investigation, survival ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
atmospheric, non-linear, detective, bleak, social ...
Plot:
missing child, family drama, police, investigation, treasure hunt, judge, hopes, parents and children, family secret, grief, dysfunctional family, family conflict ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
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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:
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Place:
poland
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 15 min.
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Story:
A therapist begins to suspect his clients after the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, serious ...
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
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Story:
Kuttram Purindhavan - The Guilty One, is a crime drama set against the backdrop of a small-town, unraveling the moral complexities of three central characters whose hidden truths and past guilt collide in a chain of events no one could foresee. When ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, guilt, village life, missing person, investigation, secrets, moral ambiguity, grief, justice, guilty conscience, loss, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
26%
630
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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A sudden tragedy brings the wife of an assemblyman out of her private life and forces her to confront family secrets and her own troubling past.
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
scandal, investigation, family secret, married life, married couple, politician, personal assistant, wife, grief, mourning, trauma, past ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who wishes to live with her daughter Moe in peace, witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who looks just like her. When she decides to steal the woman’s identity to run away from her problems, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
single mother, clone, cloning, doppelganger, stolen identity, identity, conspiracy, mother daughter relationship, secret identity, hidden identity, secret, dark secret ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, problem, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love interest, homicide detective, in love, life is a bitch, murder investigation, love affair ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story:
When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student was me. She left a last message to me, "when you graduate from college and become an adult, can you become my lover?," and then she ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suspicion, problem, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, serial killer, suspect, murder mystery, murder suspect, tragic love, unrequited love, murderer ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
When Yip Chi-Yan, Lau Chun-Hung, Sung Yee-Long, and Cheng Chun-Hin are brought together again by an accident, their lives change irreversibly. Chi-Yan is a radio host. She and the other three were members of the same band eighteen years ago. The ...
Style:
psychological, dark, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, music band, guilt, moral ambiguity, secrets, relationship problems, musician's life, life is a bitch, problem, musician, friends, group of friends ...
Place:
hong kong, japan, china
Similarity:
25%
130
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
The tragic death of Gabrielle and the acquittal of her killer plunges the Dessureaux family into a living hell.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, family tragedy, murderer, family relations, bereavement, loss of daughter, life is a bitch, criminal, bandit, murder investigation, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
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Story:
A year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. However, he soon finds that his old life is not done ...
Style:
medical drama, detective, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, friendship, investigation, mourning, grief, trauma, urban, deduction, legacy, clinic, resilience, slow burn ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
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Story:
After losing her status as queen bee to Kaia (Rachel Melvin), a new transfer student, Harper (Dreama Walker) battles her catty high school frenemies in a dangerous game involving sex, deception and revenge, which leads to a mysterious death and ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, parents and children, learning the truth, male female relationship, teenage girl, murder, suspect, murder investigation, family secret, female sheriff, complex characters ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A successful and renowned novelist — haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer — returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past.
Style:
dark, psychological, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, secrets, investigation, hometown, investigative journalism, journalism, small town, trauma, corruption, cold case, family drama, political corruption ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
child abuse, jail, dysfunctional family, murderer, tragic past, death, tragedy, domestic violence, foster home, masochism, childhood trauma, murder ...
Similarity:
24%
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