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Dune Dreams (2021)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the wake of his wife’s death, Simon tries to make a fresh start by moving with his son Camille to Dubai. In that extraordinary city, Camille manages to forget, let go, and begin a new life. But for Simon, it’s not so easy. He begins to feel an alarming presence in their home - someone quietly, patiently lurking in the shadows. Could it really be his double? Simon slowly succumbs to anxiety and thinks he is going mad. But he’s not the only one to feel threatened this way. It seems to be happening to all people in Dubai who refuse to cut off all ties to their past.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, atmospheric, surreal, ambiguous ending, existential, psychological horror ...
Plot:
father son relationship, widower, grief, loss, mourning, family relations, life is a bitch, loss of wife, confronting the past, troubled past, supernatural, mental illness, identity crisis, paranoia, unsettling, isolation, alienation, family drama, slow burn, surgeon, surgery
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
dubai, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, tense, psychological thriller and captivating films with plots about slow burn, isolation, grief, obsession, claustrophobia, life is a bitch and paranoia mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dune Dreams: Somewhere Quiet (2023), Bhoothakaalam (2022), The Reckoning (2021), Never Here (2017), Nix (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Meg is trying to readjust to normalcy after surviving a traumatic kidnapping — but her grounded sense of reality soon starts to deteriorate when she travels with her husband to his wealthy family’s isolated compound.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, post traumatic stress, life is a bitch, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, claustrophobia, slow burn, paranoia, introspection, macabre, identity crisis ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following the death of a family member, a mother and son experience mysterious events which distort their sense of reality and make them question their sanity.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, grief, family drama, loss of family member, psychoanalysis, problem, psychological manipulation, paranoia, isolation, mourning, supernatural horror, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
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83%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
82%
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:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalking, murder mystery, art, female protagonist, paranoia, obsession, photography, voyeurism, privacy invasion, female artist, fantasy becomes reality, secretly observing ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a mysterious entity manifests itself, a family finds themselves on a scary and dark journey into their own self-created madness.
Style:
tense, psychological horror, captivating, disturbing, gothic horror ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, madness, craziness, family in danger, trapped, crazy, life is a bitch, threat, trap, family tragedy, guilt, grief ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Haunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming obsession with a girl she believes is her reincarnated child.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, obsession, grief, motherhood, loss, lifestyle, mentally unstable, new neighbor, tragic past, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, supernatural ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, depression, mental illness, obsessed fan, possessed woman, female protagonist, problem, paranoia, character study, internet culture, identity crisis, stalking ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mental illness, uncover truth, false accusation, missing person, life is a bitch, vengeance, social relations, small town, grief, loss, revenge, family feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
63%
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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 ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, twist ending, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, room, life & death, confronting the past, tragic past, troubled past, mental disorder, murder witness, murder, life is a bitch, problem, moral dilemma ...
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58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, melancholic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, domestic drama, mourning, grief, loss, family problems, confronting the past, life is a bitch, tragic past, father and son, marital problem, loss of daughter ...
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57%
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, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
20 years after going MIA in Desert Storm, Aaron returns home under mysterious conditions, not having aged since his disappearance, and must reestablish relationships with loved ones before an imminent return to an ambiguous other-worldly existence.
Style:
suspense, mystical, tense, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled young man's father resurfaces fifteen years after his unexplained disappearance, forcing the son to piece together a disjointed past that could destroy what's left of his fragile sanity.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, father, memory loss, family drama, amnesiac, family problems, family relations, vanished man, memory lapse, mysterious disappearance, secret ...
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51%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns. His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation ...
Style:
surreal, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
hallucination, mental disorder, mosquito, surrealism, obsession, body horror, identity crisis, psychopath, mental illness, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, mental breakdown ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, deception, evidence, death, secret, house, lie, estate, strong female character, uncover truth, grief, family secret ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, gothic horror ...
Plot:
bereavement, mother son relationship, family tragedy, family drama, loss of spouse, grief, family relations, life is a bitch, survival horror, family problems, loss of father, loss of husband ...
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49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Lene seeks out her estranged husband in hope of reconciliation she finds him in bed with a new lover. Shocked, she flees the scene and embarks on a journey through the night that takes her on an existential rollercoaster ride of dreamlike ...
Style:
existential, dark, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, female protagonist, family drama, crush, marital infidelity, unfulfilled love, life is a bitch, family problems, tragic love, marital problem, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A film crew from Germany, filming in a remote village in northeastern Turkey, interviews an elderly Kurdish woman. She performs an ancient ritual to keep alive the memory of the son she lost years ago. The young woman, who helps the German crew with ...
Style:
sinister, mysterious, atmospheric, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
intimate, paranoia, grief, mourning, memory, haunting, ritual, remote village, slow burn, elderly woman, conspiracy, interview ...
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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 ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, life is a bitch, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, father and son, father, family relations, tragic past, relationships, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a suicide of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this incident, it causes the perception of her life and her family to change. Something inside of her has been set in ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, family relations, couples, strong female presence, under the surface, female protagonist, midlife crisis, tragic event, character study, grief, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, investigation, suicide, murder mystery, private investigation, sleuth, loss of child, life is a bitch, uncover truth, bereavement, family drama, grief ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Kuttan, an annoyingly disciplined and a bigoted upper-caste retired police officer, is living with his son Kichu. After Bharati, Kuttan’s younger sister, falls in love with lower caste Kuttappan and elopes with him against her family’s wish, the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family relations, father, class conflict, family drama, paranoia, bigotry, family problems, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, father and son ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"Limbus" is a surreal thriller set in the afterlife. It's the story of four cult members after a mass suicide. Stuck in purgatory, they must search for the secrets beyond their existence. They travel through their pasts to unravel the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
purgatory, afterlife, supernatural, surrealism, problem, mass suicide, guilt, sacrifice, redemption, moral dilemma, past life, identity crisis ...
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37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The storyline is a thought-provoking drama of two lost and troubled individuals who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Janis, a twenty-year-old woman who is struggling with depression, takes the blame for Peter, who works as a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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