Movies like Maria 2023
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Maria (2023)
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Original name: Mar.IA
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alina is a movie sound engineer. One day she receives an offer to do the direct sound for an erotic film featuring Maria Black, a famous star of the genre who had already retired. When Maria has a heart attack and dies in the middle of the shoot, and the producers decide not to call the police, a series of sinister and unexpected events are unleashed that will endanger everyone's lives.
Style:
dark, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, noir
Plot:
adult film industry, revenge, sexuality, vengeance, danger, female protagonist, exploitation, confrontation, trauma, survival, violence, corruption, transformation, film set, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, female empowerment, body horror, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, graphic violence, coma, sexual perversion, porn actress, necrophilia ...
Place:
argentina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, tense and suspenseful films with plots about survival, revenge, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, isolation, violence and cat and mouse mostly in Thriller, Horror and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Maria: From Within (2024), Indra (2025), Tempus Tormentum (2018), Revival (2024), Punorjonmo 3 (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Story:
Sofía is a former professional racer who ends up working as a mule for a drug cartel. When she and her best friend are ambushed by two corrupt cops who want to kill them and take the drugs, all hell breaks loose when they discover what they were ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
hitman, drug cartel, smuggling, female protagonist, ambush, survival, police corruption, corruption, ex athlete, chase, violent, betrayal ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
95%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
INDRA is a serial killer investigation film about an ex-cop who lost his eyesight and sets out to find the killer terrorizing the town. What follows is a gripping chase full of twists and turns — but what if the hunter ends up ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, revenge, obsession, cat and mouse, ex cop, justice, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, chase, survival ...
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62%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A drifter passing through a small town is drugged by three masked psychopaths and forced into a bizarre game of cat and mouse. He is chased through a series of more and more bizarre events until, in the end, he finds that this evening of terror has ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, brutal ...
Plot:
game, survival, masked killer, psychopath, drifter, cat and mouse, violent, danger, murder, manhunt, gory, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
52%
115
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two robbers on the run end up in the clutches of a doctor who experiments on people to navigate the afterlife. What seems to be an innocuous foray into a scientific and existential revolution for humanity soon takes a turn for the worse.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, intense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
mad scientist, afterlife, human experiment, torture, science gone wrong, survival, obsession, escape, existentialism, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, body horror ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After discovering about Rafsan Haq's sinister side Rokeya is running away from him . On the other hand, Police is desperately trying to encircle Rafsan Haq. What will be his next move?
Style:
suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escape, threat, pursuit, fear, danger, chase, psychological manipulation, law enforcement, urban, confrontation, manhunt, female protagonist ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
48%
387
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a co-worker and his friends. Through the use of futuristic “cybernetic” upgrades, she tracks down her assailants to execute bloody revenge.
Style:
bloody, dark, independent film, noir
Plot:
assault, revenge, female protagonist, vigilante, retribution, violent, rape and revenge, trauma, survival, vigilante justice, cyborgs, stalker ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just ...
Style:
suspense, medical horror, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
human experiment, medical experiment, isolation, hospital, body horror, fear, rescue, husband wife relationship, experiment gone awry, sick woman, murder, psychological manipulation ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Helen and her daughter Emily reluctantly accompany Helen’s father Stan on a family camping trip, driving deep into the forest for a real outdoors experience, only to have angry landowner Howard arrive and force them to leave. When their RV gets ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival horror, struggle for survival, backwoods, forest, family relations, secret, escape, isolation, danger, deathtrap, female protagonist, death threat ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The lone survivor of a serial killer's attack tries to cope with the death of her friends and her mutilation at the hands of the maniac - but she fears the trauma has awakened a dark side within her as she slowly becomes something possibly even ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological horror, tense, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, split personality, murder, trauma, survival, danger, haunted by the past, female killer, post traumatic stress, self defense, female protagonist ...
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien, revenge, recluse, abduction, alien abduction, extraterrestrial, space, space and aliens, avenge, alien contact, vengeance, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A small town widow faces a grisly confrontation with her would-be extortionists.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, intense, dark, grim ...
Plot:
danger, threat, extortion, revenge, small town, survival, isolation, confrontation, vigilante, justice, grief, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Five women seek revenge against their rapists. Can they get to him before he can strike back?
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, rape, violent, vengeance, violence, women, mature, sexual abuse, social problems, sexualized violence, vigilante justice ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sarah, a struggling young woman, agrees to volunteer as a test subject and be implanted with the LEXX nanochip for a pharmaceutical company experiment. She hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles. When ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman looks for the man who betrayed her.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
revenge, woman with a gun, vengeance, betrayal, female protagonist, confrontation, determination, moral ambiguity, deception, investigation, trauma, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shruthi embarks on a career in an advertising agency in Hyderabad, sharing accommodations with a friend in the city. However, a routine return to her room during a commercial shoot unveils a series of startling events, thrusting her into the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dr. Alexanderson finds an unconscious young man by the doorstep of his cabin. He will try to piece together the mans broken memory without knowing the dangers his family and friends will be exposed to in this psychological revenge thriller.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a drug epidemic ravages the city, Detective Grant Pierce decides to take matters into his own hands, going undercover to infiltrate the infamous "Trap House": a madman's meth lab outfitted with lethal and sadistic booby traps.
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, gang, meth lab, criminal, bandit, gunfight, crime solving, police detective, fighting crime, homicide detective, criminal's revenge ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After witnessing the murder of a little girl's parents, a young woman becomes the child's protector and is forced to flee from the killers while trying to discover their motive.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Style:
intense, mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
survival, claustrophobia, female protagonist, isolation, mature, violence, paranoia, supernatural, home invasion, body horror, slow burn, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes murdered her son, but in a bid to extract a confession, that path to vengeance leads to tragedy ...
Style:
suspense, dark, psychological, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, confession, grief, female protagonist, attempted murder, murder, criminal's revenge, murderer, loss of child, bereavement, abduction ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Angela (Sarah Smyth) refuses to leave her planned-parenthood clinic after it is shut down by the state, a family of fanatical evangelists vow to make her pay.
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, serious, dark ...
Plot:
small town, sect, fanaticism, manipulation, mob violence, danger, murder, bigotry, lawlessness, violent, vigilantism, survival ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A group of twenty-somethings are enjoying their stay at a lakeside cabin when a series of frightening and bizarre events derail their weekend.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Collin Bastrow is found in the forest, alone and afraid, he has a shocking story to tell. As he struggles to recount the events of the previous night his memories return in a series of horrific flashes of what became of his friends and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, forest, sole survivor, camping, struggle for survival, danger, alien contact, murder, storytelling, fear, survival, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Tokyo is in the midst of lockdown due to a new virus. Kyoko, a single woman living in an apartment building, is assaulted by a man who suddenly breaks into her home. The man is a mysterious serial rapist and murderer.
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
33%
109
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, China, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Realtor Sandra visits a foreclosed property with her client, the former owner Danny attacks them.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, violence, revenge, confrontation, fear, house, danger, escape, foreclosure, claustrophobia, survival, female protagonist ...
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
McKenzie is a few months away from getting married when her three best friends from college surprise her with a bachelorette party.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, rape, survival, violence, bachelorette party, trauma, woman in danger, tragic past, haunted by the past, struggle for survival, women ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Bhanu suffers from 'conversion disorder a.k.a hysterical blindness' where she goes temporarily blind under severe stress, in her case triggered upon seeing blood, must fight her enemy who inflicts more bloodshed than she ever imagined.
Style:
intense, psychological thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, blindness, mental health, phobia, claustrophobia, character study, bloodbath, violence, trauma, post traumatic stress, domestic violence, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Story:
A thriller film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Sai Dhanshika, Tanya Hope and Thakur Anoop Singh in the lead roles.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, danger, moral ambiguity, revenge, violence, cat and mouse, motive, female empowerment, urban, chase, conspiracy ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
802
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Hikers find a secret grove of extra-terrestrial marijuana and must fight for their lives when they anger the other-worldly forces protecting the plants.
Style:
tense, teen horror, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
marijuana, veteran, war veteran, drug, stoner, space, forest ranger, drug use, camping, post traumatic stress disorder, forest, cannabis ...
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
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320
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A woman on the run from ruthless kidnappers discovers her savior is the man jailed for attacking her 15 years earlier.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
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