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In the Blind Spot (2023)
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Original name: Im toten Winkel
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 the Kurdish translation, is also the caretaker of seven-year-old Melek. Melek's father is a member of a shadowy organization whose true purpose is unclear. The result of all these people coming together will be devastating.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, mysterious, sinister, psychological, melancholic, art house, grim, political
Plot:
memory, ritual, grief, paranoia, mourning, haunting, intimate, conspiracy, isolation, interview, language barrier, elderly woman, remote village, slow burn, caretaker, translation, psychological drama
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Most similar movies to In the Blind Spot
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out atmospheric, tense, psychological and melancholic films with plots about slow burn, isolation, grief, haunting, investigation, memory and loss mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like In the Blind Spot: The Mourning (2015), Arcadia (2024), Here Before (2021), The Reckoning (2021), The Letter (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
mourning, presumed dead, conspiracy theory, secret, mysticism, conspiracy, soldier, paranormal, veteran, homecoming, supernatural, alienation ...
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670
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, USA, UK, Netherlands, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Neurologist Katerina and former doctor Yannis are heading off to a deserted seaside resort. Silence descends on the car as they travel across dunes in a windy autumn, matching the less-than-pleasant occasion: Yannis has been called to identify the ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, art house, existential, suspenseful
Plot:
grief, loss, seaside, regret, haunting, mourning, acceptance, intimate, character study, isolation, small town, car accident ...
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81%
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:
74%
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:
62%
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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:
59%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Sometime in the near future within a place of rot and wasted dreams, four men come looking for the Hall of Wishes within the contaminated zone of post-apocalyptic earth.
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, grim, mysterious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, isolation, desolation, dystopian future, haunting, survival, moral ambiguity, radiation, slow burn, salvation, post soviet, desire ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Jen's old boyfriend Oscar returns to her small town in Ireland, she is forced to face the tragedy that marked them for life.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, realistic, atmospheric
Plot:
accident, guilt, character study, regret, loss, grief, relationships, forgiveness, intimate, introspection, memory, mourning ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
53%
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 ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father son relationship, widower, mourning, grief, loss, life is a bitch, troubled past, family relations, confronting the past, loss of wife, identity crisis, unsettling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
dubai, middle east
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be. But a child has disappeared. Their child. The police said it was a drowning accident. Yet the truth is that their little boy’s body was never found. Lucas, ten years old. How easy it ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
grief, bereavement, family tragedy, missing child, loss, relationship problems, family relations, disappearance, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, loss of child ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four interlinking stories about a benign native american legend that has been distorted throughout the years into something much darker.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, art house, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
folklore, urban legend, symbolism, haunting, memory, character study, moral ambiguity, folk horror, tragedy, identity, myth, native american ...
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
50%
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:
48%
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:
46%
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:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bahamas
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nadine and Lewis move to a small Bahamian island hoping to restore their relationship in the wake of a tragedy, only to find the picturesque island torn in two: on one side a dangerous human trafficker and on the other an aging patriarch, struggling ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
human trafficking, island, remote island, loss, grief, corrupt mayor, slave trade, character study, slow burn, mourning, isolation, intimate ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what she sees is actually remembering. A 30-year-old woman who works in a News Channel, living alone in the flat left by her musician parents who died in a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
nightmare, dream, trauma, memory, paranoia, female protagonist, isolation, obsession, haunting, grief, slow burn, claustrophobia ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
39%
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
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, isolation, missing person, boarding school, woods, mysterious disappearance, school, undercover, friends, high school life, friendship, secret ...
Time:
60s
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological horror, suspense, sinister, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
grief, family tragedy, island, haunting, mourning, loss, supernatural, isolation, guilt, ghost, female protagonist, paranormal activity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young German woman is searching for the man she loves in northern Russia.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, intercultural, detective ...
Plot:
missing person, female protagonist, danger, investigation, isolation, corruption, ethics, realism, language barrier, snow, justice, alienation ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a disabled war veteran discovers the dead body of a beautiful singer in his back yard, his fascination with her photographic image soon turns to obsession
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, veteran, corpse, female corpse, supernatural horror, sexual obsession, war veteran, character study, longing, loneliness, grief, loss ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric, mystical, sinister ...
Plot:
curse, folklore, literary, legend, remote village, supernatural, isolation, symbolism, haunting, provincial life, castle, swamp ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
33%
509
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, a toxic family with a past must face the ghosts that threaten their future.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, atmospheric, existential, art house ...
Plot:
silence, family drama, mother son relationship, isolation, introspection, intimate, strained relationship, misunderstanding, motherhood, communication, minimalism, slow burn ...
Similarity:
32%
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:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Successful businessman Melvin Dovereux is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him and a woman in a sports car. Could the funeral procession actuly be for him?
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, sinister, road movie, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
swamp, supernatural, hearse, haunting, mystery woman, unsettling, ghost, paranoia, isolation, loneliness, slow burn, apparition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bobby just needs to deal with his wife’s death, so he retreats to an old family cottage. His grief is disrupted when she comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront what it really means to live, love, and lose.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
grief, ghost, loss, isolation, lake, mourning, haunting, supernatural, bereavement, cottage, afterlife, memory ...
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989
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, noir, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
grief, missing wife, obsession, tragedy, tragic past, life is a bitch, disappearance, bereavement, kidnapped woman, obsessive quest, loss of wife, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Detective Chief Inspector Sörensen is anxious. More precisely, he suffers from a chronic anxiety disorder that makes life difficult for him. That is why he is moving from Hamburg to the Frisian village of Katenbüll, where he hopes for a more ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, anxiety, police procedural, small town, mental health, secrets, paranoia, rain, isolation, moral ambiguity, suspicion ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
29%
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