Movies and TV shows like The Survivors
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The Survivors (2025)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Fifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore this sleepy seaside town apart. Now, the mysterious death of a young woman dredges up the past.
Style:
psychological thriller, emotional, suspense, tense, atmospheric, melancholic, sinister, twisted
Plot:
mysterious death, grief, guilt, cold case, haunting, whodunit, investigation, memory, coastal town, regret, suspicion, slow burn, betrayal, isolation, getting home, redemption, seaside, revenge, mature, rainstorm, murder mystery, seaside town, town, male nudity, reunion
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Most similar movies to The Survivors
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and atmospheric films and TV series with plots about investigation, revenge, slow burn, grief, cold case, moral ambiguity and small town mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Survivors: Return to Paradise (2024), End of Summer (2023), Blood (2018), Therapist (2021), Smother (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
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Story:
DI Mackenzie Clarke is forced to leave London under a cloud of suspicion and return to the last place she ever wanted to be, her hometown of Dolphin Cove, Australia where her tenacity and work ethic helps her solve murder mysteries.
Style:
detective, suspense, twisted, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, small town, whodunit, secrets, getting home, suspicion, law enforcement, redemption, dark past, forensics, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 55 min.
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On a summer's evening in 1984, a five-year-old boy vanishes in rural southern Sweden. The police investigation fails to find the truth, leaving behind rumors, suspicion, and a grieving family. Twenty years later, the boy's older sister ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, melancholic, mysterious, tense
Plot:
missing child, secrets, cold case, grief, loss of innocence, small town, investigation, memory, abduction, guilt, suspicion, haunting ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 1984, year 2004
Similarity:
92%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
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Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death - she has an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games and the lies family tell each other.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
family secret, investigation, secrets, family drama, murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, confronting the past, crime solving, family relations, uncover truth, private investigation ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 15 min.
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Story:
A therapist begins to suspect his clients after the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, mental health, suspicion, murder investigation, murderer, psychopath, violence, evidence, death of wife, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
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On the rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern's husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party. The matriarch starts to dig into the family's secrets to find out who might be responsible.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
murder mystery, family secret, family drama, family problems, female protagonist, murder investigation, murderer, murder, family relations, secret, grief, whodunit ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
When a teenager goes missing, a detective with personal ties to the case joins a tense investigation that reveals fierce loyalties and old family feuds.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family feud, murder mystery, countryside, investigation, isolated community, small town, family drama, slow burn, moral ambiguity, haunting, revenge, psychological drama
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
In 1994, at the age of sixteen, Clotilde Idrissi suffered a road accident. Clotilde is the only survivor, unlike her brother Nicolas and his parents, who died instantly. Twenty-five years later, she returns to the scene of the tragedy with her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
family secret, life is a bitch, troubled past, confronting the past, learning the truth, uncover truth, secret, changing lives, female protagonist, self discovery, introspection, haunting ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Filmmaker Zhou Pin-yu interviews a serial killer in prison — an encounter that triggers a string of mysterious events tied to a buried past.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, intense, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, mature, secrets, confession, interrogation, haunting, dream, memory, guilt, moral ambiguity, trauma, slow burn ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A man returns home after his father’s suicide and begins to have disturbing experiences that can’t be explained. He quickly becomes entangled in a series of cold-case murders as he grapples with the mystery of his father’s death and his ...
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
cold case, murder mystery, investigation, family tragedy, getting home, mourning, grief, family secret, slow burn, memory, obsession, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
The suspense story begins when Jin Saeki, a policeman in Yamanashi Prefecture, arrives at a prominent estate residence in response to a tip, and finds the skeletal remains of 13 children, as well as a mysterious marking. Jūzō Haikawa, the ...
Style:
suspense, detective, dark, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, haunting, cold case, abandonment, abuse, trauma, missing child, justice, orphan, obsession, police procedural ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 410 min.
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Story:
Nine years after little Marina went missing along a highway near Dunkerque, a young woman with amnesia who looks just like her reappears in practically the same spot.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
missing child, disappearance, amnesia, memory loss, missing person, secret past, accident, female protagonist, amnesiac, uncover truth, memory lapse, identity ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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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:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story:
A detective must investigate his first love, who is the suspect in a murder committed with a gun that they and their friends secretly buried 23 years ago.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, cold case, police procedural, whodunit, regret, cover up, first love, small town, guilt, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
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Story:
Laura (Vanessa Aleksander) returns to her hometown after many years in connection with the death of her mother - Maria (Malgorzata Foremniak). This unplanned meeting awakens demons from the past and sheds new light on family secrets, while Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, mother daughter relationship, family secret, secrets, family drama, problem, tragic past, crime solving, family problems, confronting the past, secret, uncover truth ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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Morfa Halen is a tight-knit Welsh town precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher ...
Style:
detective, atmospheric, emotional, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold case, secrets, small town, investigation, coastal town, community, grief, trauma, loss, isolation, family drama, realism ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 172 min.
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Story:
A quiet spring morning a man leaves prison after spending most of his adult life there. The man is convicted of murder, not once but twice.
Style:
psychological, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, police investigation, law enforcement, partner, released from prison, false accusation, investigation, ex convict, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Latvia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Anna and Victoria left their homes at 8 a.m. And never came back. An investigator from Saint Petersburg arrived to a small Latvian town in an attempt to find the connection between the two missing women.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, uncover truth, murder mystery, crime investigation, secret, disappearance, sleuth, police investigation, suspicion, cold case ...
Place:
latvia, st. petersburg russia, eastern europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, false accusation, identity, investigation, moral ambiguity, single mother, betrayal, motherhood, escape, identity crisis, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A Stockholm detective under internal investigation heads to a ski resort to unwind, until a young girl's disappearance compels her back to work.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
suspicion, murder mystery, missing child, female detective, police procedural, family secret, isolation, ski resort, winter, moral ambiguity, cold case, forensics ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
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Story:
A young bride's life is in peril when she marries into a mysterious household. Despite her dark past, she is determined to uncover the secrets of her new family.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, marriage, trauma, isolation, investigation, domestic drama, claustrophobia, betrayal, paranormal, obsession, supernatural ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
An unidentified female body was found in a cave in outskirts of Longwan. A man suddenly showed and required for a DNA match with the body. The latter turned out to be his mum Luo Hongying who was the missing suspect of the case 20 years ago which ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, killing, murderer, police investigation, police detective, sleuth, crime solving, forensics, murder, family secret ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Having recently served a suspension for gambling online while on duty, Circle Inspector Vivek Gopinath rejoins the police force and is looking to reclaim his lost honour. Awaiting him is a 40-year-old, unresolved murder mystery with a faceless ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark, detective, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
cold case, investigation, redemption, evidence, whodunit, police procedural, police station, identity, haunting, forensics, memory, obsession ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
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Story:
Sergio hasn't spoken since the day he murdered his parents. Six years later, a teen girl may be the key to revealing the whole story.
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mute, murderer, trauma, guilt, mute character, secret, murder investigation, haunting, moral ambiguity, minimal dialogue ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, private investigation, homicide detective, police corruption, corruption, private investigator, redemption, whodunit, crime solving, unsolved crime, cold case ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
psychotherapist, investigation, murder mystery, serial killer, justice, sexual abuse, female detective, haunting, trauma, revenge, moral ambiguity, violence ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: France
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Story:
Christine lost her son at birth 15 years ago. Or so she believes, until she receives a video suggesting he might not be dead. That sends her hurrying back to the island of her childhood in Brittany to discover the truth in an investigation ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, lost child, motherhood, island, family secret, missing person, secret, problem, crime investigation, intrigue, uncover truth, crime solving ...
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 2007 min.
TV show
Story:
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, enigmatic, emotional ...
Plot:
coma, high school friend, family relations, secret past, uncover truth, female protagonist, memory, amnesia, secrets, dark past, secret, confronting the past ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
The police psychologist and brilliant interrogator Richard Brock gets into a hostage situation. It's not about money, but a desperate act.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
bookstore, suspicion, murder, suicide, grief, investigation, guilt, trauma, hostage situation, police procedural, secrets, family drama ...
Place:
vienna, austria
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When Joni was 14, her best friend Gracie Darling disappeared during a séance. Some 27 years on, the local kids in a small town get their kicks with a game of 'Playing Gracie Darling' – but the seemingly innocent game turns sinister when ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
small town, missing person, seance, guilt, childhood trauma, macabre, grief, investigation, family secret, haunting, supernatural, cold case ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Seven murders; Unsolved for over one & half year. Will the ace cop from Mumbai, Ramakant Kulkarni be able to bring Justice?
Style:
suspenseful, detective, tense, twisted, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder, whodunit, police procedural, cold case, justice, female victim, violent, evidence, haunting, cover up, slow burn ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
40%
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