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The Shadow (2024)
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Original name: Vari
Genre: Crime, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
Style:
dark, melancholic, grim, historical drama, tense, gothic horror, psychological horror, neo noir, tragic, moody
Plot:
russian empire, murder mystery, schizophrenia, witchcraft, class conflict, anti hero, isolation, superstition, social decay, folk horror
Time:
1890s
Place:
estonia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and grim films with plots about isolation, investigation, slow burn, supernatural, superstition, moral ambiguity and folk horror mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Shadow: Melchior the Apothecary (2022), Mother of Flies (2025), Congkak (2008), Blood Cell (2019), The Scarecrow (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, History, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In medieval Tallinn, a famous knight who is freed from the pirates of the Baltic Sea is murdered. The hero's head is cut off and his mouth is stuffed with coins. The gold chain he bought the same day is missing. The bailiff orders Melchior, an ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, investigation, murder, private investigation, secret, sleuth, murder mystery, who done it, crime investigation, private detective, murderer, uncover truth ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods... but every cure has costs.
Style:
creepy, tense, grim, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kazman is a dedicated husband who, despite his wife Sufiah's protests, decided to buy a bungalow for their family near a lake as a family getaway. Anxious in the new house, Sufiah feels as if someone is watching her. Her daughter Lisa, who ...
Style:
creepy, tense, mystical, melancholic, moody
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, lake, macabre, superstition, darkness, isolation, folk horror, family drama, investigation, rescue mission ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Barbara adjusts to her new life behind bars, her crimes start to haunt her. Her new cellmate Evelyn is about to start an obsessive and ghostly friendship with her, one that Barbara cannot escape from.
Style:
dark, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path.
Style:
slasher, dark, grim, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, murder, teenager, small town, murder mystery, countryside, isolation, investigation, macabre, violent, loss of innocence, suspicion ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric, mystical, sinister ...
Plot:
curse, folklore, literary, legend, remote village, supernatural, isolation, symbolism, haunting, provincial life, castle, swamp ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
62%
414
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
In a medieval Dutch village, a young woman is caught between her faith, fanatic townsfolk and the dark forces lurking in the woods.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, mysterious, atmospheric, grim ...
Plot:
folk horror, religious fanaticism, medieval, superstition, mistrust, macabre, unsettling, oppression, witchcraft, supernatural, persecution, female protagonist ...
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Genre: History, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Three Australian couples stumble across an ancient curse in the Outback, and their dream holiday turns into a nightmare that may kill them all.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
outback, isolation, curse, survival, supernatural, desolation, disappearance, claustrophobia, folklore, infidelity, superstition, sexual tension ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chief minister books a complete compartment of a train for his son as a surprise birthday gift. But the compartment S5 turns into a graveyard for everyone who is inside.
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, political thriller, grim ...
Plot:
train, confined space, claustrophobia, murder mystery, conspiracy, survival horror, isolation, panic, government official, political intrigue, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The mysterious disappearances of several children in San Lupo, in the province of Benevento, are throwing the population into chaos and terror. Some believe it could be a pedophile, while others believe it's a legendary witch, Janara, who was ...
Style:
dark, tense, creepy, suspense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, folklore, witchcraft, terror, urban legend, superstition, supernatural, isolation, investigation, haunting, suspicion, occult ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a respected historian vanishes investigating the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, his daughter must undertake a rescue mission while uncovering the truth about the evil Demdike.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, grim ...
Plot:
witchcraft, supernatural, macabre, haunted, folk horror, investigation, occult, ghost, superstition, religious persecution, isolated community, revenge ...
Time:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Horror webtoon writer Ji-woo arrives at a shabby apartment called Gwanglim Mansion in search of ideas. The middle-aged caretaker with an expressionless facial expression unravels a bundle of strange events that happened in the apartment, and rooms ...
Style:
mystical, tense, disturbing, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, urban legend, supernatural, paranormal, curse, paranormal phenomena, mysticism, paranormal investigation, legend, haunted, obsession, isolation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Arthur Sydenham Sharp, a travelling spiritual medium, arrives in Finland for the final seance of his tour. Immersed in the oppressive atmosphere of an unwelcoming hotel, Arthur's sense of reality becomes increasingly distorted by eerie visions ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, psychological thriller, dark, tense ...
Plot:
spiritualism, seance, medium, haunted hotel, supernatural, paranoia, hallucination, mental illness, claustrophobia, paranormal, isolation, obsession ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of college friends rent an Airbnb for the biggest music festival of the year. But their weekend of partying quickly takes a turn, as the group is murdered one by one, in correspondence with the seven deadly sins.
Style:
dark, tension, suspense, slasher, grim ...
Plot:
serial killer, high school friend, seven deadly sins, murder mystery, panic, violent, single, betrayal, survival, guilt, isolation, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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1K
Genre: Fantasy, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Small town, England, 1575. William embarks on a journey to prove the innocence of his wife, Twyla, falsely accused of being a witch and will be put to death if found guilty. William must hunt down the real witch, to save Twyla from death.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
16th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When her grandmother is brutally murdered, Regine, a fragile young woman must return to the countryside she has struggled to escape in order to engage with the family guilt she’s tried to shut out of her life - and to connect with the brother she ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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177
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, melancholic, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
monarchy, royalty, monarch, mortality, isolation, regret, manor, character study, palace intrigue, legacy, ghost, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, psychological, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a mission of revenge. But things go horribly wrong whilst trying to escape the police.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, fast paced, grim ...
Plot:
escape, hitman, revenge, cat and mouse, manhunt, violence, chase, fugitive, police, anti hero, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
I was suffocating, but I don't kill her. I love it.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, dark, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
mental illness, character study, domestic drama, control, claustrophobia, obsession, neurosis, obsessive love, family tragedy, intimate, guilt, suffocation ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anne is convinced she has found her husband's corpse, but Dr. Mark can only find out that the man has gone home. When he comes back, his wife does not trust Mark, who believes she suffers from schizophrenia.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, paranoia, isolation, cat and mouse, murder mystery, investigation, female protagonist, european, serial killer, urban, betrayal, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, gothic horror ...
Plot:
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40%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Kaushik, a timid medical student, finds himself battling not only his inner demons but also a sinister entity named Ghatikachalam that whispers through shadows and feeds on his fears. As his nights turn sleepless and his grip on reality begins to ...
Style:
dark, psychological horror, suspense, tension, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, haunting, exorcism, paranormal, folklore, possession, family drama, occult, sleep deprivation, superstition, isolation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young writer is attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts an inexplicable control over his followers. When she claims no memory of the attack, her family begins to question her motives.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 164 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, crime thriller, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take advantage, he unwittingly signs up with a Chinese cartel to transport a briefcase to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young university student "Lillian" (Fani) returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier had mother drowned. She is supposedly researching a local legend, a witch called Kira and strange symbol associated with ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunting, incest, paranormal, mysterious past, investigation, witch, female protagonist, isolation, occult, supernatural, witchcraft, symbolism ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A paranormal investigator based in Helsinki ventures to Kerala to probe a series of mysterious deaths during a reality TV show shoot and confronts an unspeakable entity from a Dravidian cult practice, lurking on a mysterious island.
Style:
psychological horror, intercultural, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal investigator, supernatural, island, folk horror, occult, investigation, isolation, macabre, slow burn, superstition, remote village, family secret ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An old man and a writer discover supernatural things happening in a villa. Can they find a solution to get rid of the situation?
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tension, creepy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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