Movies like Cries in the Dark
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Cries in the Dark (2006)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie begins to suspect Elle's husband, Scott, may be involved. Family tensions run high as it's a race against time to find Elle and her baby
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder, missing person, law enforcement, police investigation, missing child, vengeance, infidelity, danger, police detective, woman in danger, dishonesty, sister sister relationship, baby, woman with a gun, police, pregnant woman, murder of a pregnant woman, female police officer, killing, psychopath, sex maniac, chases and races, rivalry, babies and infants, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Cries in the Dark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, danger, murder, law enforcement, woman in danger, rivalry and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Cries in the Dark: Cheaters' Club (2006), The Limit (2004), Endure (2010), Safehouse (2008), Room of Death (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A controversial therapist assembles a group of discontented wives and prescribes using adultery to save their failing marriages, only to have her patients killed off one by one.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, housewife, therapy, wife, strong female presence, husband wife relationship, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
565
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An elderly woman turns the tables on her kidnapper.
Style:
rough, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, frame up, dishonesty, undercover, love affair, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, city life, unlikely criminals, witnessing a crime, working undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lloyd must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, detective
Plot:
police detective, race against time, police investigation, woman in danger, partner, confined, law enforcement, danger, reluctant partners, swamp, husband wife relationship, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
186
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
rescue, special agent, danger, intrigue, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, kidnapping, revenge, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the money and throw the body into a pond and bury the money in a coal hill. The next morning the police ...
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, rough, suspenseful, queer horror ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, maniac, doll, farm, police detective, haunted by the past, police investigation, confined, missing person, vengeance, taxidermy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, kidnapping, murder, danger, obsession, law enforcement, special agent, serial killer, missing woman, sex maniac, missing girl ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, investigation, haunted by the past, manipulation, murder, danger, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, wizard, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, police investigation, crime scene, partner, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
obsession, stalking, neighbor, mind game, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, mentally unstable, amateur detective ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, hidden identity, criminal heroes, special agent, gangster, vengeance, crime gone awry, tough heroes, danger, criminal's revenge, hitman ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Just as her life is coming together, a young woman experiences a terrible tragedy when her boyfriend is murdered by an intruder from whom the woman herself barely escapes. The police capture a man they believe to be the killer, but the young woman, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, woman in danger, life turned upside down, twists and turns, police, suspect, police detective, uncover truth, victim, infidelity, evidence, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
woman in danger, psychopath, delusion, husband wife relationship, hidden identity, captivity, couple relations, dishonesty, mentally unstable, possessiveness, murder, miscarriage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hope finds herself leaving the comfort of her suburban life for New York City in order to settle the affairs of her best friend Rachel who has just been murdered. Little does she know that she is being sucked into a vortex of intrigue, where nothing ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, investigation, danger, intrigue, twists and turns, rivalry, criminal, woman with a gun, strong female presence, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mysterious character, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, lawyer, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, cuba
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A famous crime novelist's protigie disappears before the release of author's first new book in years. Is the seeming crime an elaborate publicity stunt, or was this author so desperate for material that he created his own sinister ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, investigation, missing person, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, woman in danger, writer's life, disappearance, dark past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sophie Anderson is the lead attorney on an intellectual property case against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. When her mentor and boss is kidnapped, she becomes a pawn in an elaborate scheme that jeopardizes her case and more.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
legal action, righting the wronged, corporate crime, law enforcement, race against time, rivalry, dishonesty, hotshot lawyer, legal, police detective, blackmail, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, woman in danger, life is a bitch, gangster, murder, who done it, danger, private detective, investigation, law enforcement, nordic, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, danger, vengeance, murder, winter, relationship problems, retribution, family tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Under hypnosis, a mental patient admits to several recent murders. He also offers a strange defense when he claims that he is the reincarnation of a 19th century man who was wrongly executed.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reincarnation, serial killer, police detective, woman in danger, law enforcement, murder, investigation, revenge, psychosis, hypnosis, trauma, mental institution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, cop as target, murder, uncover truth, woman in danger, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, false accusation, police investigation, strong violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, manipulation, legal, dishonesty, danger, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Bollywood version of Basic Instinct - has to be seen to be believed!!!
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female killer, femme fatale, serial killer, police investigation, police detective, psychopath, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
Style:
psychological, realistic, exciting, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
murder, amnesia, woods, rock, puzzle, memory loss, best friend, on the run, chases and races, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, brutal, mindfuck ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape victim, stephen king, serial rapist, revenge, sexualized violence, rapist, vigilantism, woman with a gun, writers, imaginary friend, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nova scotia, new england
Similarity:
100%
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