Movies like Breakout 2023
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Breakout (2023)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maniratnam, an aspiring filmmaker with monophobia, visits Hyderabad for a narration but fails. Unable to reach his friend for accommodation, he's offered shelter by Raju, a local mechanic.
Style:
indie film, tense, emotional, atmospheric, suspenseful, ambiguous ending
Plot:
anxiety, claustrophobia, isolation, urban, introspection, realism, character study, intimate, friendship, personal growth, trust, hiding place, social realism, slice of life, mistrust, slow burn, survival, mechanic, working class, identity, coming of age, psychological drama, dialogue driven, garage
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Most similar movies to Breakout
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and atmospheric films with plots about slow burn, isolation, claustrophobia, character study, obsession, moral ambiguity and psychological drama mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Breakout: Somewhere Quiet (2023), Martin (2017), Shenanigans (2012), Manu (2018), Alone (2023). 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 ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Movie MARTIN is a Suspense Thriller which is new experiment in the Konkani film industry. "It's a story about a person who comes to Goa after 8 years, and how his life turns upside down is the crux of the movie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tension, experimental, tense ...
Plot:
secrets, revenge, homecoming, conflict, slow burn, mature, identity, mistrust, betrayal, small town, moral ambiguity, loss ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A famous novelist invites five friends for dinner. He prepared everything: good wine, small presents for everyone, a good meal and... his suicide as dessert.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, dark, dark comedy ...
Plot:
suicide, murder investigation, police detective, murder, murder mystery, dinner party, police investigation, suspect, homicide detective, investigation, secret, crime investigation ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
90%
1K
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The relationship between a painter and his admirer unfolds as an abstract, twist-filled hide-and-seek game against the backdrop of murder and revenge.
Style:
suspense thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
painter, murder, artist, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, obsession, relationships, mind game, secrets, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the pandemic lock-down, A motivational speaker named Kalidas moves into the thirteenth floor of an apartment in Kochi. Soon Kalidas begins to observe supernatural elements around him and he decides to investigate.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, problem, social problems, loneliness, supernatural, supernatural horror, macabre, unsettling, claustrophobia, haunting, single ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of an isolated mining town, Lázaro discovers a dead body. He thinks he has a respiratory illness and doesn’t want to go back to the mine. Rumours, suspicion and desire surround him.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic
Plot:
mining town, character study, isolation, slow burn, social realism, moral ambiguity, secrets, male protagonist, inequality, claustrophobia, machismo, psychological drama
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A policeman investigates the apparent suicide of a man whose son has just returned to the town.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, small town, character study, whodunit, suspicion, family secret, slow burn, getting home, grief, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Strange events unfold in a monkey-inhabited village, driving a newlywed couple and forest officials to embark on a mission to uncover the root of the unusual disturbances.
Style:
intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
forest, investigation, newlyweds, folklore, moral ambiguity, isolation, supernatural, mythology, slow burn, malayalam, psychological drama
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Nina, a young and headstrong exotic dancer, finds herself stranded in the far North. She convinces her recent customers, five men on a bachelor hunting trip, to put her up for a few days. In this masculine microsociety, by turns hilarious and ...
Style:
tension, atmospheric, suspense, intense, surreal ...
Plot:
character study, isolation, wilderness, mysterious stranger, hunting, snow, stranded, alienation, intruder, identity, exotic dancer, loneliness ...
Similarity:
68%
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:
62%
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:
62%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense thriller, tense
Plot:
car accident, slow burn, family secret, car crash, grief, intimate, obsession, suicide, loss of sister, loss of daughter, death of sister, death of boyfriend ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist evaluating a self-confessed serial killer unravels a twisted web of trauma, deceit, and psychological manipulation—only to question if the killer is truly guilty or just another victim in a larger, darker game.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, trauma, serial killer, moral ambiguity, psychological manipulation, dark past, investigation, character study, obsession, mistrust, claustrophobia, psychoanalysis ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A lone front desk attendant in an isolated motel must battle his anxiety disorder, cleaning obsession and possible motel contamination while serving quarantined guests in the middle of a deadly global pandemic.
Style:
tense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
motel, isolation, pandemic, hotel, loneliness, mental health, quarantine, anxiety, coronavirus, problem, social isolation, social problems ...
Similarity:
59%
583
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Love leads to madness when an unstable man falls for an unsuspecting woman in this thriller from Greece. Iasonas (Giorgos Kakanakis) is throwing a party one evening when a friend introduces him to Penelope (Serafita Grigoriadou); the two quickly hit ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, dramatic, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
obsession, toxic relationship, domestic violence, paranoia, character study, jealousy, suspicion, mental illness, power struggle, moral ambiguity, tragic romance, slow burn ...
Place:
greece
Similarity:
59%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Some unexpected events on a street catch everybody present there by surprise. The movie is about how the characters there, react to the incidents taking place.
Style:
tension, tense, independent film, suspense, tragicomedy
Plot:
urban, human nature, character study, social commentary, realism, single, empathy, slice of life, conflict, moral dilemma, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
It's birthday time and it's celebration time. Based on true incidents.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, tense, tension ...
Plot:
friendship, birthday, coming of age, celebration, tragedy, college life, youth, trauma, loss, realism, loyalty, remorse ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After suffering a terrible injury while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Irving must find a way to escape the woods alive and confront her inner demons with the help of a stranger.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, contemplative, surreal
Plot:
isolation, wilderness, survival, hiking, man versus nature, stranded, loneliness, character study, danger, self discovery, female protagonist, empathy ...
Similarity:
52%
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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:
51%
147
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman seeks independence from her protective mother, only to be questioning her own sanity when newfound friends die, and her mother suggests she is the cause of their death.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, claustrophobia, isolation, mental illness, accusation, self doubt, paranoia, unsettling, dysfunctional family, identity, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Having spent his entire life in a dark cell, never seeing the light of day or another human being, the "Captive" is released into society and must learn how to live for the first time as an adult.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
isolation, experiment, social experiment, society, life is a bitch, social isolation, captivity, confined, underground, changing lives, problem, social problems ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
'Sorry' is a story of 'Sorry' (Sourabh), who is college going guy struggling to become writer. Its a journey to find himself.
Style:
reflective, indie film, melancholic, ambiguous ending, social
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, self doubt, aspiring writer, introspection, college life, personal growth, young adult, creative block, college campus, slice of life, identity ...
Similarity:
49%
2K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Apoorva, a 24-year-old in Bengaluru, conceals his failed MA from his mother. Juggling part-time jobs, he relies on his love interest, Swapna, for support. Apoorva's unique ability to control blinking becomes a curse when a mysterious old man ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, romantic drama, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
urban, young adult, coming of age, family drama, personal growth, mysterious stranger, identity crisis, family secret, love interest, moral dilemma, intimate, realism ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Green is a gripping psychological thriller set against the backdrop of a mysterious, terrifying forest. As the protagonist descends deeper into isolation and fear, the forest grows darker, blurring the line between reality and delusion. Intense and ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, mind bending, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, paranoid schizophrenia, hallucination, trauma, recovery, forest, character study, isolation, resilience, therapy, claustrophobia, slow burn ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Yeonmo Island is a small and serene island. Eun-ji enters the island for some peace, with a guitar and some scuba gear. The men in the fishing village start stirring, as a beautiful woman appears. Especially Yong-tae, the president of the island, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, harsh, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, violence, graphic violence, woman in danger, crime investigation, investigation, secret, woman, suspicion, harassment, patriarchy ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman attempting to restore an abandoned mill in a remote area soon discovers the place harbors a dangerous creature.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
secret past, secret, confronting the past, abandoned building, abandoned house, mysterious past, female protagonist, isolation, macabre, creature feature, family secret, folk horror ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Even though crime branch officer David Abraham is on suspension, he engages himself in the investigation of a case which is not yet recorded in the crime records.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, mind game, urban, cat and mouse, male protagonist, police procedural, group of friends, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, paranoia, macabre, slow burn ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a young woman's car breaks down in back country Oregon, she finds herself at the mercy of a paranoid conspiracy theorist, who assumes she's a government agent.
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
conspiracy, danger, isolation, paranoid, conspiracy theory, paranoia, suspicion, paranoid schizophrenia, fear, suspicious man, remote village, mistaken identity ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Pupils go on a trip to St. Petersburg. The next morning they wake up in the middle of an unknown terrain. The pupils try to find a way out.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
danger, parallel world, teenager, monster, computer game, saving a life, murder, lost, school trip, student, survival, uncertainty ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
48%
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:
47%
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