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Dead of Winter (2025)
13K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, f word
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, winter, isolation, survival, widow, cat and mouse, resilience, female empowerment, character study, slow burn, snow, manhunt, fisherman, snowstorm, abduction, violence, pregnancy, map, hospital, fire, male nudity, alzheimer's disease, picture, shooting, blood ...
Time:
80s, 2020s
Place:
minnesota, kurdistan
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Most similar movies to Dead of Winter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about survival, violence, kidnapping, revenge, danger, cat and mouse and hostage mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Dead of Winter: Eenie Meanie (2025), The Mother (2023), Delivery Run (2024), Hunting Emma (2017), Braven (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
bank robber, reckless driving, rehabilitation, robbery, flashback, game, motel, blood, married man, goldfish, car chase, heavy metal ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
cleveland ohio, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
assassin, conspiracy, mother and daughter, danger, fight, daughter, female protagonist, hitman, female killer, killer, murderer, ex special forces ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
illinois, cincinnati ohio, havana cuba, alaska
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A food delivery driver gets caught in a deadly chase in the icy Minnesota wilderness, pursued by a crazed snowplow driver for unknown reasons, facing life-threatening situations and forced to outsmart his relentless pursuer alone.
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, dark, road movie
Plot:
winter, survival, chase, isolation, cat and mouse, desperation, man versus nature, cold, stalker, violent, improv, underdog ...
Place:
minnesota, north america
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Emma le Roux just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma. She's made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But not today. Today she will cross paths with members of a violent drug ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, crime drama, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hunting, female protagonist, manhunt, cat and mouse, stalking, isolation, revenge, survival, hostility, gunfight, farm, bloodbath ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
38%
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44K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
plot twist, daughter, child in peril, father son relationship, wilderness, tough guy, cocaine, archery, mountain cabin, home invasion, mercilessness, murder ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young American couple in love, Michael and Olivia vacation in Baja, but things take a frightening turn when Olivia is kidnapped by drug dealer, who demands that Michael smuggle a backpack full of cocaine-stolen from a rival cartel-over the border ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, noir, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, cocaine, smuggling, drug cartel, border crossing, hostage situation, violence, drug trade, moral dilemma, young lovers, corruption, travel ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Robert Saunters, a mechanic is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked up inside the restaurant's freezer. Knowing nothing of why he's there, he realizes he has been mistaken as someone else.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
freezer, kidnapping, danger, confined, hostage, twists and turns, struggle for survival, claustrophobia, prisoner, gang, isolation, cold ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
405K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style:
exciting, clever, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
gunfight, airplane, christmas, fight scenes, airport, police, hostage, one man army, airplane accident, chase, lone hero, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, washington state, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a deadly battle for survival, four women are hunted by a ruthless group of killers they accidentally stumble upon while camping.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, dark, psychological terror
Plot:
survival, wilderness, mountain, manhunt, violence, cat and mouse, isolation, backpacking, camping, racism, revenge, thrill ride ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, martial arts, jungle warfare, martial artist, brutality, paranoia, female warrior, manhunt, muscleman, jungle, kickboxer, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Karan and Vrushali go to Rajasthan for their pre-wedding shoot where an anonymous person haunts and traps them. Why did he trap them? What will he do to them?
Style:
suspense, intense, thrilling, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
abduction, desert, psychological torture, fear, cat and mouse, survival, stalker, most dangerous game, dark secret, isolation, obsession, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to be used as training for new recruits. Danton has been called the "most perfect killer ...
Style:
cult classic, perverse, retro, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, mercenary, swamp, kidnapping, death of wife, serial killer, badass, sex crime, exploitation, buddies, gunfight, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
930
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following the abduction of her daughter, Zara does all she can to get her back. However, when she discovers that she has been targeted by crime boss Patrick, who she has previous dealings with, Zara realises that her troubled past will be used ...
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abduction, chase, heroes, violence, danger, chases and races, family relations, child abduction, sex slave, kidnapping, home invasion, past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, hood, bleak, slang ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghetto, corrupt cop, drug lord, african american, police corruption, rookie, chase, racial discrimination, organized crime, criminal gang, danger, black ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, detroit, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their identities and their lives.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
pirate, couples, married couple, remote island, survival, danger, isolation, killing, changing lives, life is a bitch, murderer, death threat ...
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
28%
86K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A case of road rage turns into full-blown terror when an unstable driver follows a woman and her son.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
psychopath, road rage, pursuit, driving, threat, mentally unstable, maniac, murder, highway, woman in danger, evil man, stalking ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Billionaire sportsman Buddy King unwinds by hunting human captives on his remote mountain estate. But his latest victim, Ava Bravo, is no easy target.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
survival, captive, hunting, billionaire, manhunt, struggle for survival, forest, kidnapped woman, fight, threat, kidnapping, cat versus mouse ...
Similarity:
28%
974
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After escaping a Russian labor camp, three men must overcome the treacherous wilderness and each other, as their journey home turns into a brutal fight for survival.
Style:
brutal, tense, intense, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, escape, winter, man versus nature, struggle for survival, cold, wilderness, desperation, snowstorm, isolation, betrayal, violent ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
27%
43K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, female spy, woman with a gun, female assassin, kick-butt women, female bonding, female warrior, mission, fight, spy, undercover ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
montmartre paris, berlin germany, shanghai, langley virginia, paris france ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, daring rescue, partner, justice, danger, confined, haunted by the past, one man army, crime boss, revenge, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has ...
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
cold, struggle for survival, survival, snowstorm, snow, car crash, alone, isolation, problem, accident, trap, man versus nature ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, fast paced, realistic
Plot:
survival, panic, limousine, isolation, kidnapping, danger, water, escape, hostage, struggle for survival, young adult, friends ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rock star babe and her hunky honey find themselves targeted by her psychotic ex, whose insane jealously sparks a deadly game of desert cat-and-mouse.
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
stalker, desert, rock star, isolation, cat and mouse, revenge, jealousy, survival, manhunt, celebrity, damsel in distress, car chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman and her best friend go on a crime spree to rob her husband and escape her marriage.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, captivating, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, crime investigation, woman, crime spree, female protagonist, investigation, domestic violence, armed robbery, family problems, female villain, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to discover they are being held hostage and won't be released unless he carries out a mission to assassinate the President. He must use his advanced ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
assassination of president, conspiracy, spy, espionage, family in danger, hostage, kidnapping, assassination, frame up, special agent, scapegoat, assassination plot ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam is a professional boxer about to get released from prison. While on parole, his past catches up with him and he has no choice but to flee. Five years later, he has rebuilt a simple life on an exotic island in Thailand with his wife and her ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful
Plot:
ex convict, violence, revenge, plot twist, confronting the past, gang, bandit, avenge, dark past, troubled past, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, sex trafficking, serial killer, paranoia, trauma, human trafficking, kidnapping, female protagonist, struggle for survival, trap, trapped, murderer ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot:
hacker, terrorist, computer cracker, race against time, computer hacker, investigation, suspect, protagonist as suspect, code breaking, breaking and entering, terrorism, explosions ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman who excels at reading body language realizes that something is deeply wrong during a quiet night at home, turning a peaceful night into a terrifying fight for her own survival.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller
Plot:
home invasion, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, paranoia, survival, mind game, isolation, claustrophobia, struggle for survival, home alone, character study, single ...
Similarity:
24%
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