Movies like Limbus
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Limbus (2013)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"Limbus" is a surreal thriller set in the afterlife. It's the story of four cult members after a mass suicide. Stuck in purgatory, they must search for the secrets beyond their existence. They travel through their pasts to unravel the future only to find out that only one can make it to the other side. It's a journey through the darkest memories that define a person and send them over the edge.
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, existential, mind bending, psychological horror, tense ...
Plot:
afterlife, purgatory, supernatural, problem, surrealism, mass suicide, past life, sacrifice, redemption, moral dilemma, guilt, identity crisis, survival, claustrophobia, haunting, metaphysics, slow burn, isolation, massacre, cult
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating and tense films with plots about isolation, claustrophobia, slow burn, paranoia, obsession, problem and guilt mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Limbus: Alone (2023), The Yellow Wallpaper (2012), Paris Window (2018), 5 Souls (2013), Altered Reality (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, problem, social problems, loneliness, supernatural, supernatural horror, macabre, unsettling, claustrophobia, haunting, single ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Plot:
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80%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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351
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When a disgraced architect awakens from a coma, he is confronted by an agent of evil with a proposition; kill five people to reconcile his life's misdeeds and live, or decline the offer and die. As he proceeds with his grim assignment and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Oliver's life transforms with an alien-marked miracle drug, riches, family woes, and a vanished daughter in 'Altered Reality'—a gripping tale of redemption and choices.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, disappearance, life, investigation, lifestyle change, changing lives, mysterious disappearance, choice, second chance, redemption, pharmaceutical company, manipulation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
71%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, psychological horror, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, problem, writers, writer's life, tragic past, female writer, secret past, schizophrenic, troubled past, paranoid schizophrenia, paranoia, madness ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Cayman Islands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eve was promised a few months on a tropical island for her husband’s work... but years later, unable to build the family they wanted, she has given up on any of her own desires. As island fever intensifies, reality unravels around Eve as a strange ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
tropical island, female protagonist, island, reality versus fantasy, problem, loneliness, isolation, intimate, mysterious stranger, slow burn, emotional manipulation, female rivalry ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, mind bending ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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61%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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59%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, mystical ...
Plot:
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57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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512
Genre: Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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402
Genre: Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Style:
tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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45%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, mystic, captivating, mystical ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
problem, mental disorder, paranoia, apartment building, supernatural, paranormal, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, male protagonist, slow burn, character study ...
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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