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The Willowbrook (2022)
164
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A renowned wellness influencer invites one of her recently overdosed followers to seek recovery at her small-town manor. Once the follower arrives, she realizes the dark world existing within the manor is not what she–nor millions of others–perceived from the internet.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, gothic
Plot:
deception, isolation, manipulation, psychological manipulation, dark secret, abuse of power, obsession, betrayal, claustrophobia, brainwashing, paranoia, suspicion, moral ambiguity, cult leader, mistrust, trauma, survival, escape, small town, overdose, surveillance, manor, revenge, investigation, ritual ...
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Most similar movies to The Willowbrook
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful and dark films with plots about isolation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, betrayal, cat and mouse and paranoia mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Willowbrook: Strings (2011), Secrets in the Marriage (2023), 13th Summer (2024), Psycho Granny (2019), A Deadly Threat to My Family (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
325
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strings is a 2011 American dramatic thriller film about a musician who discovers his therapist manipulates patients into committing crimes.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
redemption, love, new identity, father daughter reunion, therapy, pianist, violence, daughter, vigilante, surgery, manipulation, psychological manipulation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Framed for murder by her cheating husband, a newlywed must find a way to absolve herself of a crime she didn't commit while exposing her spouse before it's too late.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
deception, manipulation, betrayal, infidelity, wrongful accusation, domestic drama, psychological manipulation, male female relationship, falsely accused, problem, false accusation of murder, framed for a crime ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During their annual vacation at an isolated beach, Ben and Vee unexpectedly encounter a mysterious backpacker who draws them into a twisted web of lies, deceit and ultimately, revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, twist ending
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, isolation, psychological manipulation, mind game, mysterious stranger, beach, paranoia, moral ambiguity, summer vacation, tourist, confrontation ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, family problems, pregnant woman, pregnancy, family relations, female ghost, ghost, dysfunctional family, psychological manipulation, survival, deception, secret identity ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Marielle becomes suspicious when her sister-in-law escapes from a cult and seeks refuge at her home. When another cult member shows up on her doorstep, she fears her daughter is their next target.
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
danger, female protagonist, protective mother, family drama, stalking, escape, manipulation, secret past, paranoia, family secret, home invasion, escapee ...
Similarity:
25%
216
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
The movie stars Judd Nelson as a wealthy but unstable hermit who is convinced he will soon become insane much as his father did; his father actually did go insane and murdered Nelson's character's mother. He hires a private investigator ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
paranoia, deception, private investigator, manipulation, obsession, suspicion, investigation, isolation, secret past, trophy wife, character study, guilt ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows a young woman whose idyllic life with her hedge funder boyfriend turns it into a deadly triangle of lust, obsession and murder after meeting a local cowboy handyman.
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir, tense, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, love triangle, fatal attraction, infidelity, female protagonist, sexual tension, betrayal, seduction, jealousy, manipulation, suspicion ...
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24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Accused of the ritualistic murder of his best friend, a vice detective bent on finding the truth is plunged into Hell when he goes undercover and discovers that demons might be real.
Style:
detective, dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
demon, undercover, insanity, guilt, trauma, investigation, paranoia, supernatural, obsession, ritual, mental institution, occult ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After fleeing her abusive boyfriend, Ava, a pregnant woman, is rescued from a car accident by a friendly married couple. While recovering at their home, she begins to fear the couple may have a sinister plan for her and her unborn baby
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, bleak, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, pregnancy, married couple, car, fear, woman, accident, woman in danger, pregnant woman, couples, survival, manipulation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, revenge, aspiring actress, trap, actress, social media, obsession, price of fame, social network, life is a bitch, rising to stardom, problem ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
car accident, family problems, family drama, missing person, secret past, suspicion, family secret, deception, family relations, getting home, accident, mysterious disappearance ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film is, ironically, about the breakdown of a marriage that began with love. Although the skillful blending of the mystery and relationship drama revolves around the couple, a motley bunch of characters keep cropping up, saying and doing bizarre ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, twist ending, intense, dark ...
Plot:
betrayal, obsession, paranoia, manipulation, intimate, escalation, slow burn, emotional manipulation, suspicion, claustrophobia, gaslight
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A busy working mother hires a nurse to care for her wealthy father who has early onset dementia. Soon a bizarre deception creeps into play when the seductive nurse makes a play for the family fortune.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, nurse, manipulation, greed, inheritance, betrayal, suspicion, seduction, house, dementia, female villain, family drama ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An enterprising Sugar Baby is offered $30,000 to move in with her Sugar Daddy for the week, but soon discovers the sinister secrets trapped within his home.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, noir
Plot:
female protagonist, manipulation, psychological abuse, seduction, betrayal, isolation, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, slow burn, surveillance, urban ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
deception, estranged daughter, jealousy, manipulation, house, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, estrangement ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A remote helpline volunteer is targeted by a stranger who lures women from their homes with a recording of a crying baby.
Style:
creepy, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
killer, cold blooded killer, problem, secret, psychological manipulation, stalker, cat and mouse, paranoia, isolation, manipulation, female protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
New beginnings have disastrous consequences as a young woman starts college and quickly finds herself trapped inside a secret society that has sinister motives. As the society isolates her from her family with increasing intensity, she must decide ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, college, brainwashing, young girl, youth, murder investigation, daughter, mother and daughter, club, killing, mother daughter relationship, isolation ...
Similarity:
21%
134
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna Bell is a successful, wealthy but burnt out rock singer. After breaking up with her boyfriend Craig Cane, she retreats to the country property that she's owned for several years, but never had time to visit. She wants to relax and write ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, twist ending ...
Plot:
celebrity, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, murder mystery, manipulation, paranoia, isolation, pop star, intrigue, rock singer, betrayal, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Recent divorcee Alison is nervous about jumping back into the dating pool. When her best friend sets her up on a dating site, Alison is matched with Vincent, a mysterious man who appears to be too good to be true…because he is. Will Alison ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
online dating, manipulation, female protagonist, deception, mysterious man, betrayal, secrets, psychological manipulation, uncertainty, stalker, obsession, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the objection of his girlfriend, Ben agrees to take a job as the “live in” man servant to a wealthy businesswoman, Amanda, but quickly realizes he has made a deal with the devil, and has put himself and his girlfriend in mortal jeopardy
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
relationships, deal with the devil, manipulation, control, housekeeper, workplace, relationship problems, businesswoman, workplace situations, problem, male female relationship, deception ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Alicia, a destitute young woman crosses paths with Morgan; a beautiful, affluent, entrepreneur, she realizes she'd rather live Morgan's luxurious life. So she takes it, by any means necessary.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, woman, woman in danger, sex, envy, women, sex scene, rich and poor, rich woman, rich, wealth, rich man ...
Similarity:
21%
15
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A perfect wife, mother, and business owner battles a deep dark obsession that pushes her over the edge in this deadly recipe for murder
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, intense, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
domestic drama, obsession, murder, motherhood, female protagonist, mental breakdown, character study, betrayal, guilt, betrayal of trust, moral ambiguity, suspicion ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna and Mike are married. Paul is Celia's father. They all have secrets to hide. They all are contacted by a mysterious group with unclear intentions who knows the truth.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
secrets, family secret, intrigue, manipulation, suspicion, claustrophobia, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, betrayal, paranoia, blackmail, slow burn ...
Similarity:
21%
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356
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Ever since her father was murdered, Taylor has had to take care of her agoraphobic mother, Ann Marie, and tend to the family farm. Ready to start her own life, she prepares to tell her mother that she is going to move away with her boyfriend Blake ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hidden money, burglar, intrigue, jailed, robbery, stolen money, prisoner, escaped prisoner, money, criminal, home invasion, survival ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A promising novelist finds himself trapped in a terrifying reality as he reckons with the notion that a murderer is in his midst.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, psychological horror ...
Plot:
novelist, whodunit, murder investigation, suspicion, mature, claustrophobia, slow burn, isolation, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, obsession, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During a storm, a young couple reluctantly lets their estranged friend inside. He's soaked, bloodied, and insisting that someone is trying to kill him.?The night is soon sent off the rails, as all three must confront dark secrets in the face of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, twisted, minimal cast ...
Plot:
paranoia, character study, claustrophobia, suspicion, ambiguity, moral ambiguity, rainstorm, intimate, confined space, home invasion, mind game, threat ...
Similarity:
20%
294
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
At a secret government facility, behavioral scientist Rachel Moreno runs an experimental drug trial on a group of prison inmates to find out what caused their violent behavior.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, grim, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
human experiment, ethical dilemma, experimental drug, moral ambiguity, government conspiracy, character study, trauma, obsession, mind control, loss of loved one, manipulation, paranoia ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman, her new boyfriend and her single mother embark on a sailing adventure to Bermuda. However, when criminals suddenly attack their boat, the pleasure trip turns into a desperate fight for survival and a quest for vengeance.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
past, daughter, sailing, boat, survival, danger, sea, sea voyage, problem, sea disaster, sailboat, trap ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, dark past, secret, male female relationship, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, secret identity, female protagonist, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman falls for a handsome firefighter after he rescues her from a suspicious car crash. But her life spins into tragedy after his seemingly overprotective behavior burns through her life.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, fire, obsession, toxic relationship, obsessive love, star crossed lovers, fall in love, problem, relationships, burn victim, firefighter, in love ...
Similarity:
20%
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