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BAB (2020)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a dying 1950s town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind-rehabilitation center.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, tense, atmospheric, bleak, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, dystopia, fight, hostage, problem, threat, small town, mysterious stranger, corruption, rebellion, isolation, mother son relationship, desperation, power struggle, mind control, male protagonist, moral dilemma, rehabilitation center, tyranny, rescue mission, violence, conspiracy, secret past, moral ambiguity, cult leader ...
Time:
1950s
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Most similar movies to BAB
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and captivating films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, isolation, violence, problem, slow burn and small town mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like BAB: Dead Mail (2024), All Mistakes Buried (2015), They Wait in the Dark (2022), Bad Frank (2017), He Ain't Heavy (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, sinister ...
Plot:
kidnapping, post office, secret, problem, investigation, missing person, cat and mouse, isolation, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, slow burn, basement ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amy, a young woman is on the run with her young son Adrian from her abusive ex-girlfriend. When the past rises up to haunt them, they must confront the forces threatening them from both outside and in.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, psychological, gothic horror, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, problem, threat, confronting the past, troubled past, family problems, dark past, life is a bitch, mother and son, on the run, escape, paranoia ...
Similarity:
58%
913
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Frank Pierce leads a seemingly normal life, but when a disturbing past reemerges & something precious is taken from him, his mask of sanity loosens & unearths the urge to be violent once again.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
violence, revenge, vigilante, confronting the past, problem, troubled past, vigilante justice, anti hero, moral ambiguity, rage, retribution, character study ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A desperate woman kidnaps and enforces rehab on her violent brother in a last-ditch effort to save their lives.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
addiction, kidnapping, family conflict, sibling relationship, dysfunctional family, social problems, problem, family problems, life is a bitch, abuse, hostage situation, desperation ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
life, desperation, suicide attempt, problem, game, escapades, threat, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, suicide, fatalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
55%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
54%
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:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The mind is a terrible thing to waste
Style:
bleak, psychedelic, dark, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
cult leader, betrayal, psychotic, symbolism, self mutilation, mental breakdown, trauma, hallucination, isolation, paranoia, captivity, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An art teacher's plans fall apart when he kidnaps a ballplayer's daughter to repay a debt to a ruthless mob boss.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
criminal, kidnapped girl, suicide by cop, abduction, debt, police, gang, kidnapping, school teacher, kidnapped, mob hit, crime boss ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A repo man skips town after his life is threatened.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, suspense, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
canuxploitation, anti hero, character study, moral ambiguity, office politics, urban, male protagonist, existential crisis, realism, working class, violence, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vancouver, canada
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cure, patient, doctors and patients, pain, illness, disease, character study, male protagonist, hospital, ethical dilemma, scientific research, disability ...
Similarity:
43%
268
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A troubled woman returns to her estranged family in coastal Maine. With her lobsterman father caught up in a turf war at sea, she and an ex-boyfriend make plans to hijack local drug runners. As their desperation mounts, each character makes ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, heist gone wrong, robbery, family drama, moral ambiguity, theft, relationship problems, heist, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, ex couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
43%
25K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Coming off a lengthy prison sentence, Mike White is coming home to a world changed drastically by technology and a mindset of just trying to live a normal life running his Gentlemen's club and taking care of his family.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, prison, organized crime, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, lifestyle change, family drama, getting home, gangster, mafia, urban ...
Similarity:
42%
273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
russian roulette, game of death, suicide, life is a bitch, mind game, destiny, down on your luck, danger, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A stand-up comedian confesses to a murder on-stage at an open mic night to a shocked audience - his crime the result of a deadly triangle formed between his older sister, just released from prison after a 20-year stay for the murder of their ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
murder, murder trial, surprise party, brother sister relationship, family drama, moral dilemma, guilt, dysfunctional family, secret revealed, murder confession, released from prison, manipulation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Russian researchers in the late 1940s keep five people awake for fifteen days using an experimental stimulant. Based on the popular internet horror story (Creepypasta) “The Russian Sleep Experiment”.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological horror, dark ...
Plot:
scientific experiment, psychological torment, sleep deprivation, paranoia, insanity, isolation, experiment gone awry, threat, experiment, victim, ward, science runs amok ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
39%
805
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Step is a fast-paced Texas thriller in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, intense, dark ...
Plot:
college dropout, violence, desperation, chase, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, anti hero, loneliness, manhunt, small town, career criminal, stalking ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Released after 20 years in prison, ex-con Charlie Sundstrom (Bailey Chase) returns to his home town to find that his estranged son, who has disappeared into the criminal underworld, is being hunted by a ruthless gang leader. Charlie enlists the help ...
Style:
twist ending, dark, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
ex convict, father son relationship, gang, prison, estranged son, criminal gang, street gang, criminal, gang member, social problems, family relations, bandit ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack and Diane are forced to leave Indiana after discovering secrets about the death of Diane's mother. When their worst fears are confirmed by the chief of police, Jack and Diane create a "Hit List" and exact revenge on everyone ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, killing, family problems, avenge, bereavement, murder mystery, murderer, murder, life is a bitch, vengeance, problem, vigilante ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Evading a scandal, a couple from Istanbul starts over in a town on the Aegean coast — but quickly discover the locals are determined to get rid of them.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outsider, scandal, conflict, countryside, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, problem, relationships, family relations, threat, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young couple working are out on a drive where they meet with an accident. It leaves them in a triangle between a cop who investigates the accident and the corrupt political hegemony who are in pursuit of them.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
accident, corruption, couple relations, intrigue, male female relationship, police corruption, fight, relationships, problem, battles, corrupt cop, danger ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, nature, struggle for survival, teenager fighting adult, recluse, violence, life risking, child fighting adult, child in peril, survival, backwoods, danger ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A retired hitman must reawaken all his deadly skills and fight a one-man war against his former employer.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
hitman, veteran, mission, alcoholic, battles, manhunt, murderer, fight, organized crime, murder, gunfight, assassin ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When US Marshal Moses White is called to the Wyoming Territory town of Dogwood Pass he never realized the corruption and deceit that awaited his arrival. Sometimes one small seed of seduction and greed planted in the right situation can cause a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, murder investigation, small town, deception, sheriff, female nudity, murderer, killer, murder, killing, lawman, justice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman, Dakota, is trying to move on with her life and get away from her past after being rescued from a grim basement, where she was kidnapped and abused by a monstrous man. However, when the normal life she had starts to unravel, Dakota ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalker, kidnapping, female protagonist, threat, investigation, private investigation, trauma, fear, survivor, problem, abduction, kidnapped woman ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A surreal road movie about a partially deaf teenager hitting the road in a beat up Lada to find the father who abandoned him at birth. The stunning feature film debut of acclaimed commercials writer/director Rob Sanders.
Style:
road movie, surreal, dark, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, identity, sexual repression, journey, moral ambiguity, surrealism, isolation, loss of mother, teenage angst, coming of age, odyssey ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, fight, vengeance, criminal underworld, problem, investigation, father son relationship, secrets, family tragedy, grief, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
32%
232
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anna gets released from a Polish prison on parole after fifteen years behind bars. Once free, Anna has but one goal - to find a woman whose name is Dorota.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, investigation, ex convict, revenge, obsession, confrontation, female rivalry, slow burn, isolation, identity, claustrophobia ...
Place:
iceland, poland
Similarity:
31%
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