Movies like The Death That Awaits
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The Death That Awaits (2024)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drifter searching for answers to a mystery from her past takes on a job looking after a sick teen who is undergoing a mysterious transformation her family will do anything to stop.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tense, suspenseful, grim, independent film, suspense, twisted, tragic
Plot:
transformation, drifter, family secret, female protagonist, body horror, claustrophobia, isolation, outsider, small town, identity crisis, paranoia, slow burn, obsession, grief, coming of age, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, ritual, family secrets, mystery
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Most similar movies to The Death That Awaits
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, tense, psychological horror and suspense films with plots about obsession, isolation, slow burn, claustrophobia, female protagonist, paranoia and investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Death That Awaits: The Cry (2002), Devious Deeds (2023), Another Girl (2021), The Nightman (1992), A Housekeeper's Revenge (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
114
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, stillbirth, motherhood, trauma, mental disorder, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, family relations, kids in trouble, domestic violence, loss of child, child abuse ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mariela arrives from Venezuela to the United States to care for the Collins' young daughter, Abbey. But behind this family's seemingly perfect facade hides a sinister secret.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, twisted ...
Plot:
au pair, nanny, deception, family secret, danger, psychological manipulation, manipulation, isolation, paranoia, intimate, moral ambiguity, mistrust ...
Place:
usa, venezuela
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, depression, mental illness, obsessed fan, possessed woman, female protagonist, problem, paranoia, character study, internet culture, identity crisis, stalking ...
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, southern gothic, sinister ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, murder, love triangle, family secret, trauma, betrayal, domestic drama, stalker, manipulation, hotel, revenge, guilt ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A college student fears for her life after a number of disturbing occurrences, leaving her desperately searching for the culprit. Her suspicions lead to her family house maid, unaware that their connection is much deeper than meets the eye.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, suspicion, family secret, maid, housekeeper, stalker, teenager, murder suspect, chambermaid, death threat, threat, life is a bitch ...
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26%
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 ...
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305
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, family crisis, grief, loss, trauma, missing person, intimate, family drama, desperation, love ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ju-young is a young woman with a hearing impediment who decides to investigate her sister's inexplicable disappearance, last seen in her apartment. Feeling more and more cornered, Ju-young begins to hear strange sounds and sense an evil ...
Style:
tension, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror, mysterious ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunting, female protagonist, investigation, paranoia, claustrophobia, suspicion, isolation, obsession, slow burn, grief ...
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24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lina, a pre-med student, is sent home to Beirut, Lebanon, after severe nightmares ruin her life. Xapa, also known as "Joy," is prescribed to help her recover. However, as Lina’s terrifying nightmares worsen and a link between them and ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nightmare, female protagonist, family secret, mother daughter relationship, memory, revelation, identity, mental illness, intrigue, domestic drama, paranoia, investigation ...
Place:
lebanon
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits a small island in New York and discovers it has a dangerous history.
Style:
tense, disturbing, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
island, remote island, female protagonist, problem, dark secret, undercover, threat, murder, murder mystery, secret, isolation, dark past ...
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24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, intense, dark ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, mother and daughter, revenge, trauma, guilt, grief, moral ambiguity, teenage protagonist, ethical dilemma, loss, loss of innocence ...
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23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A home health care worker in her 20's gets hired to care for a elderly man who had molested her when she was a child. She plans her revenge during a weekend when his family is out of town.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, character study, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, slow burn, isolated house, ethical dilemma, cat and mouse, stroke, child molestation ...
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23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cure, patient, doctors and patients, pain, illness, disease, character study, male protagonist, hospital, ethical dilemma, scientific research, disability ...
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23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Years after the institutionalizing and abandoning of their mentally unstable daughter, the Kilpatrick family becomes victim to mental instabilities of their own as their past comes back to haunt them.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, psychological horror, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, trauma, mental illness, family drama, paranoia, guilt, family secret, mental breakdown, revenge, obsession, grief, psychological manipulation ...
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23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, bleak, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranoia, betrayal, isolation, conspiracy, obsession, character study, espionage, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma ...
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23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young woman's faith is put to the ultimate test when she is forced to uncover the truth behind her husband's horrific visions.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
a vision, husband wife relationship, obsession, priest, danger, death threat, belief in god, self sacrifice, family drama, family in crisis, supernatural, doubt ...
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22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Grayson Ellsworth is writing his next novel. While stuck on a train he realizes his worst fears. Once the pen hits the paper, the results are shocking!
Style:
metafiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, character study, unsettling, transformation, paranoia, mental illness, claustrophobia, identity crisis, split personality, isolation, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Place:
new york, austin texas
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22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
deception, husband wife relationship, family problems, mental breakdown, infidelity, relationships, male female relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, changing lives, female protagonist ...
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22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Emma's quiet beach retreat takes an unsettling turn with the arrival of an enigmatic artist out of her mother's past. He challenges, enthralls, and frightens her, as she comes to suspect him of a terrible crime.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
beach house, slow burn, obsession, suspicion, manipulation, female protagonist, family secret, mature, intimate, coming of age, isolation, sexual attraction ...
Similarity:
21%
567
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, paranoia, jealous husband, mental illness, female protagonist, obsession, claustrophobia, identity, investigation, isolation, slow burn, small town ...
Similarity:
21%
365
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A criminal gradually integrates himself into a broken household by methodically asserting control over a teenage girl and her lonely mother.
Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teen angst, criminal heroes, youth, parents and children, teenage life, uninvited guest, mother daughter relationship, manipulation, domestic drama, psychological abuse, control, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When hard partying and volatile neighbours move in next door, a quiet woman's life begins to spiral, pushing her to the edge and triggering a slow, unnerving descent into obsession and revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, intense, psychological horror
Plot:
obsession, slow burn, revenge, paranoia, privacy invasion, retribution, mental breakdown, escalation, domestic drama, confrontation, isolation, claustrophobia ...
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21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Dillon Copeland is an attractive, talented teenager who resides with his uncle in Colorado. He has a crush on Megan who is also interested in him. But Travis, the popular High School jock, likes her too and it's only a matter of time before the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dark secret, family secret, love triangle, high school, betrayal, jealousy, obsession, danger, violence, small town, murder, basement ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
21%
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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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Looking for a fresh start after a miscarriage, a couple find themselves being gifted the house of their dreams with one caveat - they can never open the cellar door. Whether they can live without knowing triggers shocking consequences.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
secrets, grief, macabre, temptation, mysterious past, moral dilemma, domestic drama, slow burn, miscarriage, paranoia, claustrophobia, haunted house ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frankenstein’s secrets did not die with him. As graves are torn up and patience disappear from asylum, William Browning sets out to find who stole his father’s body - and finds horrors close to home as his mother descends into madness.
Style:
gothic, dark, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
macabre, madness, grave robbing, haunting, family secret, obsession, legacy, mature, family drama, claustrophobia, supernatural, isolation ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After the tragic disappearance and presumed death of her tech mogul husband, Samantha Hastings decides to escape from her fancy hi-tech house in Silicon Valley and move to a rustic and cozy tiny house, completely isolated from the prying eyes of the ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychotronic, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapped, husband, nightmare, isolation, isolated place, isolated house, house, woman in danger, woman, privacy invasion, claustrophobia ...
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21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
memory loss, investigation, identity crisis, runaway, experiment, memory lapse, scientific experiment, losing-it hero, experiment gone awry, secret identity, on the lam, false memory ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lily and Richard move to a luxurious and cult-like community, where Lily becomes unsettled by the transformation she observes in her older husband and in her own physiology, leading her to wonder if there's something more sinister at play.
Style:
suspense, medical horror, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
transformation, suspicious wife, medical experiment, suspicion, undercover, husband wife relationship, investigation, secret, private investigation, senior citizen, male female relationship, family relations ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Photographers Brooke Konrad and Tanner Behlman travel to rural, abandoned buildings to capture the inherent beauty of long-forgotten locations, but far from forgotten are the traumatic memories that surface in Brooke when they meet The Man Upstairs, ...
Style:
creepy, psychological horror, tense, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
trauma, photography, haunting, female protagonist, memory, suspicion, isolation, confrontation, slow burn, obsession, settler, macabre ...
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