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Animals (2017)
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Original name: Tiere
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Austria, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with other woman. Meanwhile, Mischa will take care of their Viennese apartment.
Style:
psychological, surreal, ambiguous ending, art house, atmospheric, mind bending, experimental, existential, suspense, psychological horror
Plot:
infidelity, uncertainty, marriage, identity, intimate, macabre, isolation, slow burn, obsession, jealousy, minimalism, road trip, guilt, writers, chef, sheep, husband wife relationship, husband wife conflict, car crash
Time:
contemporary
Place:
vienna, germany, switzerland, swiss alps
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Most similar movies to Animals
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspense and psychological films with plots about slow burn, isolation, paranoia, obsession, claustrophobia, guilt and character study mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Animals: Exit 0 (2019), Eye in the Wall (2009), Summerland (2017), The Letter (2012), Never Here (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young couple sets out on a weekend getaway in hopes of mending their failing relationship. However, a seemingly innocent weekend turns dark when the man discovers a videotape chronicling the events of a murder in his very own hotel room from years ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranoia, hotel, videotaping, trauma, macabre, weekend getaway, memory, male protagonist, guilt, obsession, isolation, slow burn ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story takes place over three rainy and tepid days. Transcending time and national borders, this tale could happen just about anywhere, any time. We meet the lovers, Sophie (Catherine Flemming) and Vincent (Karel Roden), just as they arrive at a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, voyeurism, surveillance, claustrophobia, unsettling, dark secret, locked room, rain, obsession, isolation, single, revenge ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A filmmaker wakes up in his mistress's bed after accidentally falling asleep there. As he goes through his day, life begins to take a turn for the surreal and disturbing.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, introspection, mature, identity crisis, regret, secrets, character study, relationships, sexual tension, guilt, loneliness ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalking, murder mystery, art, female protagonist, paranoia, obsession, photography, voyeurism, privacy invasion, female artist, fantasy becomes reality, secretly observing ...
Similarity:
72%
85
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A unique new form merging film and music into a dark subconscious stew set to the music of Chelsea Wolfe's 2013 album Pain is Beauty.
Style:
experimental, melancholic, psychological, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
memory, regret, desert, isolation, haunting, solitude, macabre, guilt, female protagonist, ghost, minimalism, visionary ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After driving husband Martin to infidelity and catching him with another, mentally unstable author Jade returns to her New Zealand home. The plan is to write a book based on the town's history, helped by the local school teacher and her college ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, mental illness, paranoia, family drama, obsession, grief, father daughter relationship, small town, female protagonist, domestic drama, regret ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Meg is trying to readjust to normalcy after surviving a traumatic kidnapping — but her grounded sense of reality soon starts to deteriorate when she travels with her husband to his wealthy family’s isolated compound.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, post traumatic stress, life is a bitch, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, claustrophobia, slow burn, paranoia, introspection, macabre, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a suicide of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this incident, it causes the perception of her life and her family to change. Something inside of her has been set in ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, family relations, couples, strong female presence, under the surface, female protagonist, midlife crisis, tragic event, character study, grief, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Nina, a young and headstrong exotic dancer, finds herself stranded in the far North. She convinces her recent customers, five men on a bachelor hunting trip, to put her up for a few days. In this masculine microsociety, by turns hilarious and ...
Style:
tension, atmospheric, suspense, intense, surreal ...
Plot:
character study, isolation, wilderness, mysterious stranger, hunting, snow, stranded, alienation, intruder, identity, exotic dancer, loneliness ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A family lives in a cabin in the middle of a submerged forest in the mist and shrouded in perpetual twilight after an undefined global catastrophe. The father keeps his children locked in the basement into believing that a wild beast roams outside.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, sinister, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
coming of age, isolation, claustrophobia, slow burn, post apocalyptic, fog, symbolism, family drama, paranoia, imprisonment, basement, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Su-yeon, a cellist in an orchestra led by her fiancé and conductor Sung-jin, disappears one day, leaving behind only a video recording. Sung-jin is devastated over the loss of Su-yeon, but feels a strong attraction to Mi-ju, a cellist who fills in ...
Style:
intense, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hidden room, obsession, cellist, sexual tension, surveillance, evidence, voyeurism, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, jealousy, guilt ...
Place:
asia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nefeli (Nefeli Papaioannou) moves to her boyfriend's (Iraklis Savvopoulos) flat. After a while she discovers that strange hallucinations invade her life. Being afraid of her boyfriend's reaction to the bad news, she decides not to let him ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hallucination, female protagonist, paranoia, mental breakdown, zombie, mental illness, uncertainty, isolation, supernatural, secrets, claustrophobia, obsession ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
Similarity:
57%
221
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Marga, who’s in the middle of a marital crisis with her husband Daniel, decides to spend a few days alone in her old, family home. Once there, she starts to sense some strange and terrifying phenomena happening around her: an invisible entity ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspense, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
supernatural, female protagonist, pregnancy, infidelity, haunted house, isolation, marital crisis, portal, domestic drama, identity, slow burn, mental breakdown ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
Style:
psychological horror, neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, cynical ...
Plot:
road trip, desert, isolation, moral ambiguity, survival, obsession, private detective, ghost town, photographer, anti hero, paranoia, character study ...
Similarity:
54%
578
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
H. is a modern interpretation of a classic Greek tragedy in which two women, each named Helen, live out their mirrored lives of one another in the town of Troy, NY. The first Helen is in her 60s, lives with her husband Roy, and takes care of a ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, independent film, experimental, disturbing ...
Plot:
motherhood, character study, identity, pregnancy, surrealism, paranoia, small town, mental illness, obsession, macabre, isolation, symbolism ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Haunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming obsession with a girl she believes is her reincarnated child.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, obsession, grief, motherhood, loss, lifestyle, mentally unstable, new neighbor, tragic past, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, supernatural ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy's Motel and Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological horror, surreal ...
Plot:
erotica, road trip, female nudity, isolation, couples, disorder, confined, danger, nothing goes right, mysterious character, infidelity, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After un accident that has caused the death of a young man, a man have to struggle with his guilty and some strange threatning messages push him and his wife to the unknow.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tension, intense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
accident, guilt, grief, stalking, domestic drama, threat, paranoia, investigation, identity, moral ambiguity, isolation, secrets ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Georgia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As his condition worsens, he questions his life and career choices, and his relationship to his frustrated wife becomes more strained.
Style:
psychological, surreal, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, architect, truth, identity, identity crisis, love story, relationships, male female relationship, problem, mysterious girl, in love, love affair ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the wake of his wife’s death, Simon tries to make a fresh start by moving with his son Camille to Dubai. In that extraordinary city, Camille manages to forget, let go, and begin a new life. But for Simon, it’s not so easy. He begins to feel ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father son relationship, widower, mourning, grief, loss, life is a bitch, troubled past, family relations, confronting the past, loss of wife, identity crisis, unsettling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
dubai, middle east
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A visit to a wealthy and reclusive friend lands a young man in a world of fear and despair.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, captivating ...
Plot:
family secret, secret, wealthy family, puzzle, isolation, paranoia, slow burn, claustrophobia, haunting, melancholy, manor, edgar allan poe ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Successful businessman Melvin Dovereux is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him and a woman in a sports car. Could the funeral procession actuly be for him?
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, sinister, road movie, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
swamp, supernatural, hearse, haunting, mystery woman, unsettling, ghost, paranoia, isolation, loneliness, slow burn, apparition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The storyline is a thought-provoking drama of two lost and troubled individuals who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Janis, a twenty-year-old woman who is struggling with depression, takes the blame for Peter, who works as a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, depression, crime and punishment, conundrum, death, murder, guilty conscience, introspection, traumatic past, character study, guilt, redemption ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A State Park Ranger and his wife, grappling with the disappearance of their teenage son, face a mysterious outbreak that threatens not only their relationship, but in the end, their grip on reality.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror, twist ending, psychological
Plot:
grief, paranoia, loss, family drama, uncertainty, character study, haunting, family secret, obsession, isolation, small town, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sang-woo survived a car explosion. He lost his memory but he was able to return to a normal life thanks to his wife Yoon-hee who takes care of him with devotion. However, Sang-woo starts to feel alienated from himself in the past and the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
amnesia, husband wife relationship, memory loss, marital infidelity, cheating wife, relationships, intrigue, affair, memory lapse, infidelity, family relations, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, tense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, scientist, animal, paranormal investigator, relationships, male female relationship, paranormal phenomena, macabre, isolation, folk horror, slow burn, desolation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a ...
Style:
psychological, intense, art house, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
repression, marriage, female protagonist, motherhood, gender roles, family drama, housewife, violence, conformity, intimate, identity, guilt ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
40%
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