Movies like Late Shift
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Late Shift (2025)
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Original name: Heldin
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An entirely ordinary day on the beds ward of a surgical department. The nursing team is understaffed due to a shortage of personnel. Despite the hectic environment, Floria cares for her patients with expertise and full dedication. Although she gives her all, the shift gradually spirals out of control – until it eventually leads to a dramatic outburst.
Style:
tension, intense, medical drama, crying
Plot:
hospital, medical, nursing, stress, crisis, burnout, emergency, compassion, dedication, teamwork, humanity, realism, nurse, nurse patient relationship, claustrophobia, isolation, responsibility, grief, nightshift, conflict, anxiety, intimate, medicine, death, cancer ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Late Shift
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, captivating, suspense and medical drama films with plots about hospital, doctor, medical, claustrophobia, isolation, realism and intimate mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Late Shift: Boiling Point (2023), State of Emergency (1994), Under Pressure (2016), The Dose (2020), Under the Sky (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 237 min.
TV show
Story:
Eight months after her mentor Andy Jones suffered a heart attack, Head Chef Carly is battling to forge a name for new London restaurant Point North alongside her old kitchen crew. With the pressure to draw in new, hungry customers and the financial ...
Style:
intense, tension, dramatic, culinary, fast paced ...
Plot:
chef, restaurant, stress, ambition, teamwork, burnout, conflict, friendship, realism, leadership, competition, deadline ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
Style:
medical drama, intense, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
emergency room, hospital, doctor, ethical dilemma, compassion, teamwork, urban, medical malpractice, empathy, surgery, bureaucracy, medical ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Over a tense day in the emergency hospital, we follow the surgeon's work Evandro and staff in three cases that require risk surgery: a drug dealer, a military police officer and a rich family child, all injured during a shootout in a slum next ...
Style:
tense, medical drama, intense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, doctor, urban violence, emergency room, workplace, ambulance, medicine, drug dealer, bullet wound, coworker, medical, workplace situations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
29%
167
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. He'll soon meet someone that knows what he's doing.
Style:
homoerotic, dark, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
sexual tension, gay, murder, secrets, lgbt, ethical dilemma, euthanasia, manipulation, moral ambiguity, nurse, nightshift, character study ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Nisa opens her eyes under the wreckage right after an earthquake. While she is struggling to survive and find a solution from under the narrow space where she is stuck, she glimpses the sky from a tiny hole above her, which helps her stay alive. In ...
Style:
tension, existential
Audience:
adult
Plot:
earthquake, claustrophobia, trapped, survival, perseverance, isolation, resilience, hopes, female protagonist, realism, rescue, desperation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
The lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators working at an underfunded Los Angeles county hospital.
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, medical, doctors and patients, workplace, female doctor, coworker, workplace situations, physician, medicine, social issues, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
doctor, revenge, pregnancy, medical, surgery, female protagonist, obsession, stalker, hospital, betrayal, anger, medical malpractice ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Austria, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A near-fatal accident involving their teen daughters upends the lives of two families as they consider how far they're willing to go to save their child.
Style:
tension, suspense
Plot:
family drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, confrontation, desperation, suspicion, grief, isolation, investigation, realism, slow burn ...
Place:
alps
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a black doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.
Style:
crying, tv series pilot
Plot:
doctor, hospital, medicine, medical, newspaper reporter, coffee, illegal alien, surgery, fear of death, surgeon, adulterer, patient ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Patients are brought in one after the other. Being put in an environment where there is a race against time to save lives, all they can do is stand there doing nothing. Though they still have a lot to grow as a doctor and as individuals, will they ...
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tension
Plot:
hospital, teamwork, training, race against time, nursing, coping, saving a life, medical, doctors and patients, physician, female doctor, medical student ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Following sanitary measures, the doctors holding the internal medicine service at the Raymond-Poincaré hospital find themselves confined to their homes for 48 hours. Three inexperienced interns and a medical examiner, who do not yet know each ...
Style:
medical drama, captivating, tense, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
medical, hospital, doctor, isolation, medicine, epidemic, quarantine, workplace situations, workplace, coworker, intern, physician ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Heat, iron, dust and the smell of oil. A typical workday of maximum security inmates will prove to be fateful for all of them. They find something extraordinary inside one of the machines, and an unexpected wave of compassion makes the prisoners ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, dark, tension ...
Plot:
prison, humanity, compassion, problem, prison life, social problems, prison sentence, jail, jail cell, machinery, machine, showdown ...
Similarity:
23%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Midwife Ella runs the best maternity ward in Denmark. The close-knit team goes about their work with conviction and fine ideals, but all too often the mental and physical strain pushes them to their personal limits.
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
midwife, hospital, medicine, physician, workplace situations, female doctor, doctor, workplace, medical, childbirth, burnout, life & death ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The individuals that comprise the Tokyo MER team rush to on-site disasters and accidents, performing life-saving treatment thanks to the OR equipped within their vehicle. Their one mission is simple: leave no one dead. But conflicts arise when an ...
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
disaster, emergency room, teamwork, job, doctor, saving a life, medical, workplace situations, medicine, workplace, social services, doctors and patients ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
rescue mission, ocean, sea adventure, rescue, survival, claustrophobia, man versus nature, teamwork, heroism, isolation, boat, male protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
21%
1K
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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Dr Vijay Nambiar (Suresh Gopi) is a famous neurosurgeon. His wife Dr Nalini Nambiar (Abhirami) is a gynecologist in the same hospital. They lead a contented and busy family life. 'Appothikkiri' plots the intriguing issues that affect their ...
Style:
medical drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
guilt, doctor, accident, ethical dilemma, hospital, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, problem, physician, medical, guilty conscience, medicine ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Based on real-life events, the film recounts the efforts of the Wuhan medical staff as they attempt to deal with the rising cases of Covid-19.
Style:
medical drama, disturbing, captivating, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
doctor, hospital, epidemic, medical, virus, medicine, doctors and patients, vaccine, physician, illness, sacrifice, infection ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
21%
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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 ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The small town of Ismailpur suffers an apocalyptic night when a sudden riot breaks out and the town descends into anarchy. Four victims of the riots, rival to each other, take shelter in an old woman`s home. As the woman awaits her son`s arrival, ...
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
religious conflict, violence, riot, anarchy, human nature, mistrust, small town, anger, fear, bloodbath, morality, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
21%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
At Korea's top university medical center, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered ER doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO.
Style:
suspense, medical drama, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
medical, hospital, power struggle, rivalry, friendship, doctor, physician, moral dilemma, medicine, fight for supremacy, death, emergency room ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Thomas and Marie are getting divorced and must meet one last weekend to empty and sell their summer house. Neither one of them knows the other's real intentions. A young woman suddenly appears, with a jealousy-driven agenda all of her own. What ...
Style:
psychological thriller, emotional, tension, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
divorce, jealousy, marriage, domestic drama, marital problem, love story, love triangle, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, love affair, problem ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Veli Tanyeli, who died after a heart attack, is brought to the ghusl room before his burial, all the conflicts that have been hidden amongst the family came into light. Nermin, who has been imprisoned in an unhappy marriage for years, decides to ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, grief, family drama, relationships, dysfunctional family, family relations, secret, intrigue, mourning, confrontation, bereavement, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
20%
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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:
20%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner, a nurse at the hospital, turns her back on her.
Style:
medical drama, suspenseful
Plot:
hospital, ethical dilemma, betrayal, moral ambiguity, ambition, realism, professional rivalry, isolation, peer pressure, identity crisis, loneliness, surgeon ...
Similarity:
19%
221
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five old girlfriends meet once a year for a weekend get-together in Southern France, to catch up together in a relaxed atmosphere. But when an intruder interrupts their getaway, the weekend threatens to spiral out of control.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
intruder, female friendship, women, home invasion, fear, weekend getaway, intimate, conflict, character study, secrets, power struggle, isolation ...
Place:
south of france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is determined by knife-edge decisions and procedures, but can the diverse team of medical ...
Style:
medical drama, realistic, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, realism, doctors and patients, emergency, nurse, power relations, workplace, emergency room, reanimation, intensive care, teamwork ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bermuda
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Hailey’s final stage of pregnancy is threatened by the arrival of a new doula, she must stay one step ahead for the sake of her unborn child.
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
pregnancy, pregnant woman, protective mother, problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, paranoia, deception, home birth, family drama, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
8 important executive members of some notable corporations of the country are kidnapped during a recent trial.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, intense, dark ...
Plot:
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