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Search (2023)
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Original name: Arayış
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nisan, an unhappy, sick, lost woman trapped in the hustle of city life, discovers a shady cult in her search for her friend who disappeared after a healing session they attended together. Despite all her doubts, Nisan can't turn a blind eye to the cult's promises, and follows a mysterious man, Tufan, into an adventure full of unknowns.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark drama, intense, mystical, emotional, existential, psychological horror, neo noir ...
Plot:
missing person, manipulation, female protagonist, investigation, obsession, secret society, occult, claustrophobia, isolation, spiritualism, urban, city life, moral ambiguity, dangerous attraction, identity crisis, loss of faith, slow burn, grief, anti establishment, voyeur, cult
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, tense and intense films and TV series with plots about obsession, moral ambiguity, urban, slow burn, female protagonist, investigation and claustrophobia mostly in Drama, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Search: Vicdansiz (2025), Blind Sherlock (2026), Wendy (2011), Aynadaki Yabanci (2025), 1000 Babies (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
138
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Deniz, an ambitious and level-headed investment advisor rising in the finance sector, finds himself torn between a dazzling career and love. His planned future is shattered by a car accident, and the woman he loves, Vicdan, disappears. Trapped in a ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dark drama, intense, noir ...
Plot:
obsession, guilt, tragedy, grief, investigation, memory loss, moral ambiguity, revenge, claustrophobia, mistrust, isolation, flashback ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
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Story:
Blessed with exceptional hearing, blind Roman Mertens lands his dream job in the local police wiretapping unit — a job more dangerous than he expected.
Style:
tension, detective, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
surveillance, wiretap, police procedural, law enforcement, investigation, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban, conspiracy, corruption, identity, isolation ...
Similarity:
79%
182
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min.
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Story:
After the disappearance of her young brothers, Michael and John, Wendy starts dreaming of a boy.
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, tense, melancholic, suspense ...
Plot:
peter pan, trauma, grief, loss, family drama, dream, nightmare, family secret, uncertainty, investigation, imagination, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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Story:
Azra's story begins like a fairytale, but her life quickly turns into a nightmare. As the daughter-in-law of the Karaaslan family, she lives a seemingly perfect life, but behind this splendor lurks dark secrets. Forced to pay a heavy price ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, transformation, identity crisis, body swapping, plastic surgery, survival, deception, revenge, escape, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: India
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Story:
Enter a cradle of mysteries where a man with a dark past manipulates multiple lives through a series of cryptic letters and deadly games.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
manipulation, mind game, moral ambiguity, investigation, dark past, obsession, cat and mouse, emotional manipulation, identity, family secret, vengeance, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, ...
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Laura wants for nothing. She has a glittering career, a loving husband, Howard, and, above all, she has Daniel, her precious only son. But Laura’s seemingly perfect life is blown apart when Daniel brings home Cherry, the girlfriend who changes ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, psychological horror
Plot:
family conflict, domestic drama, protective mother, paranoia, mistrust, toxic relationship, psychological manipulation, secrets, obsession, jealousy, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.
Style:
serious, crime drama, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
wrongful conviction, secrets, investigation, moral ambiguity, redemption, male protagonist, identity, intrigue, mistrust, betrayal, grief, obsession ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
65%
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321
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
investigation, missing daughter, mother love, female nudity, missing person, mother daughter relationship, reality versus fantasy, missing girl, private investigation, mysterious disappearance, missing child, obsession ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a desolate desert, a reclusive gatekeeper offers refuge to a mysterious woman fleeing a dark past, leading to an unraveling of secrets and shattered realities.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, surreal, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, solitude, female protagonist, identity crisis, slow burn, moral ambiguity, minimalism, relationships, malayalam
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
After switching in-and-out of character so often by snapping his fingers, Jesse finds that he can longer control his story-telling power. This causes a blending of worlds, an identity crisis...and perhaps...a hidden darkness.
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
identity crisis, identity, satire, strongman, problem, lifestyle, split personality, magic realism, supernatural, urban, mental breakdown, character study ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Film by Erwin Michelberger.
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
alienation, obsession, moral ambiguity, slow burn, urban, haunting, identity crisis, minimalism, dark humor, turk, urban setting, vandalism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
60%
34
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting men. With the facade of an angel, she draws men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark drama ...
Plot:
nurse, female protagonist, seduction, deception, manipulation, femme fatale, female doctor, evil doctor, doctor, secret, medicine, physician ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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 ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Chandra, a devoted husband, is left in a coma after a brutal attack. Upon waking, he discovers an imposter, Vinay, has taken his place and is dangerously obsessed with his wife, Nakshatra.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
impostor, obsession, obsessive love, psychological manipulation, deception, stalking, manipulative person, dual identity, amnesia, cat and mouse, female protagonist, home invasion ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A family's desire for a fresh start unravels when their lodger's true identity is revealed, sparking a perilous journey to uncover dark family secrets and the cost of maternal love.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, mother love, deception, betrayal, manipulation, paranoia, claustrophobia, obsession, cat and mouse, investigation, protection ...
Similarity:
59%
791
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A seemingly perfect household unravels when an unexpected visitor arrives, exposing hidden tensions and political aspirations that threaten to tear the family apart.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological thriller
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family secret, power struggle, manipulation, claustrophobia, confrontation, moral ambiguity, intruder, social commentary, betrayal, slow burn, class conflict ...
Similarity:
58%
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:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Story:
"Utha Patak: A book that brings your story to life. Immerse yourself in its pages and live out your deepest desires, as reality and fantasy merge. But pleasure is confined to the book's world-dare to read?"
Style:
metafiction, surreal, sensual, mind bending, existential ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, escapism, magic realism, literary, obsession, transformation, erotic fantasy, temptation, self discovery, intimate, supernatural, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Cate Walford's relationship with vicious, business tycoon husband, Phillip, is on the ropes and their tempestuous home life is trapped in a tangled web of lies and manipulation. Through a shocking twist of fate, this dark and murky world ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
lie, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, secrets, family drama, domestic drama, family conflict, husband wife relationship, manipulative behavior, marriage crisis, marital problem, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
55%
393
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
A nurse escapes from her surgeon fiancé after his ex reveals his dark secrets. She later finds love again, but a car accident changes everything.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, love triangle, unrequited love, male female relationship, love interest, orphan, romantic triangle, relationship problems, relationships, life is a bitch, love story, love affair ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.
Style:
psychological thriller, emotional, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
loss, grief, trauma, suicide, loss of spouse, guilt, grieving father, mental illness, haunting, mourning, child protagonist, memory ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
After her boyfriend, Serhat, announced dead, Zümrüt was forced to marry his uncle. This crucial decision will turn her life upside down.
Style:
captivating, tense, emotional, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forced marriage, marriage, female protagonist, family drama, troubled marriage, lifestyle change, relationships, family problems, family life, male female relationship, couple relations, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
cappadocia turkey
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 82 min.
TV show
Story:
After a plane crash, a devoted wife learns that her life and marriage is all a lie.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
deception, female protagonist, troubled marriage, intrigue, dark past, secret past, unfaithful husband, secret, secret identity, air disaster, betrayal, loss ...
Time:
near future
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
54%
225
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Dr. Draya Logan, a renowned marriage and sex therapist, finds herself entangled in lies, sex and murder.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
deception, female protagonist, sex therapy, lie, marriage counselor, psychological manipulation, relationship problems, affair, secret, murder mystery, intrigue, murder ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
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Story:
SYNOPSIS: As a rejected woman’s world – and mental state - disintegrates around her, hell hath no fury as she plots and maneuvers to stop the wedding of her ex-lover and his new fiancée. Cold murder is not out of the question. She must stop ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
ex lover, marital problem, tragic love, doomed love, lost love, obsessive love, jealousy, obsession, revenge, broken heart, ex girlfriend, wedding ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
TV show
Story:
Why can a happy marriage suddenly turn into hate?
Style:
captivating, romantic, tense, intense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, love and romance, relationships, married couple, dark humor, lifestyle change, romantic relationship, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, romantic triangle ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Hizaki Yuko is a child psychologist working at the Childcare Center. At work, her heart goes out to the children at the center. At home, she has to endure the grumblings of her mother, Tamiko, who is the sole caregiver of Seitaro, Yuko's father ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, social problems, family relations, psychological trauma, relationship problems, crime investigation, crime solving, life is a bitch, family problems, psychology, homicide detective, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Nalan is a beautiful young woman who earns everyone's love at first sight with her warmth. As the only child of the family enlarged hand baby, baby roses, lived in the existence of life and Nalan graduated with honors the best schools, Turkey ...
Style:
intense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, family secret, abuse, manipulation, control, domestic drama, emotional abuse, mother daughter conflict, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
alcoholism, female protagonist, ex convict, tragic event, social problems, tragic past, problem, murder, dark past, recovering alcoholic, life is a bitch, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
51%
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