Movies like Death Dreams

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Death Dreams (1991)
 5.9
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Death Dreams (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Despite her husband's doubts, a woman reaches out to her dead daughter with a psychiatrist's help.
Style: serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot: ghost, supernatural, afterlife, family relations, parents and children, family problems, solace, death in the family, dealing with death, uncover truth, doctor, car accident, hallucination, smoking, death of child, pond, strangulation, drowning, lie detector, butterfly, trial, court, necklace, close up of mouth, crimes
Time: 90s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and gloomy films with plots about family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dealing with death, couples and family in crisis mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Death Dreams: Imprint (2007), Reservation Road (2007), Implicated (1998), Haunted Echoes (2008), Steel City (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 700
Imprint (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot: ghost, dying father, haunted by the past, supernatural, family relations, murder, self discovery, society, death in the family, juvenile delinquency, native american, trial ...
Place: south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Reservation Road (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men (Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo) react in unexpected ways as a ...
Style: psychological, intense, suspenseful, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, obsession, dysfunctional family, lawyer, character study, family problems, losing-it hero, parents and children, death in the family, tragedy, vengeance, redemption ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.2
 300
Implicated (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: psychopath, kidnapping, hostage, surrogate mother, family relations, couples, family problems, confined, single parent, dealing with death, missing person, death in the family ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 3.5
 562
Haunted Echoes (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town to remodel an old mansion, but weird things start to happen ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot: afterlife, ghost, supernatural, dealing with death, death in the family, murder, family problems, abduction, kidnapping, violent content, sexual content, dead children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 6.3
 628
Steel City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: police, family life, family relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, dysfunctional family, couple relations, introspection, youth, redemption, siblings relations ...
Place: usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Grief of Others (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. The couple's children, ten-year-old Biscuit ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, death in the family, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family crisis, mourning, reconciliation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 592
Torn (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, shopping mall, death in the family, terrorism, dealing with death, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.4
 844
Ghost Son (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, South Africa, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "Ghost Son" takes place in South Africa. A married couple Stacey and Mark live on the farm with their black teenage maid. Mark and Stacey love each other deeply. Unfortunately Mark dies in a tragic truck accident.Stacey returns to the farm ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: pregnancy, ghost, supernatural, family in danger, uncover truth, parents and children, family problems, missing child, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, babies and infants, death in the family ...
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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This Man Must Die (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then ...
Style: neo noir, twisted, anthology, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: driver, dealing with death, swing, serial killer, time travel, justice, letter, beach, seaside, family relations, diary, hit and run ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: france, europe, atlantic ocean, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.0
 16K
The Chamber (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style: suspense, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, legal, courtroom, murder, prison, ku klux klan, death sentence, haunted by the past, anti semitism, lawyer, politics ...
Time: 90s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
A Stoning in Fulham County (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Religious beliefs clash with the law when an Amish infant is killed in a rural community.
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: amish, lawyer, dealing with death, youth, babies and infants, gang, society, misfit, life is a bitch, legal, witnessing a crime, religions or cults ...
Time: 80s
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.5
 740
The Wait (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An enigmatic phone call from a psychic catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, surreal, mumblecore ...
Plot: siblings relations, supernatural, family in crisis, death of mother, afterlife, faith, waiting, love, death, sexual content, profanity, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.9
 857
Angelica (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, gothic, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot: victorian england, couples, supernatural, ghost, couple relations, family relations, haunted house, danger, family problems, disorder, family in crisis, life turned upside down ...
Time: victorian era, 1880s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
A Rumor of Angels (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An old woman helps a young boy resolve his feelings over the death of his mother.
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, spiritual ...
Plot: stepmother, friendship, elderly, estrangement, family relations, family problems, death in the family, grief, occult, dealing with death, youth, myth ...
Time: 90s
Place: maine, usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.9
 472
Nicholas' Gift (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Shortly they discover that their son is brain dead. The parents are then faced with the hard decision to ...
Style: spiritual, depressing, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: heartwarming, youth, serial killer, family relations, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dealing with death, transplant, family problems, death in the family, family in crisis ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Hush Little Baby (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young mother suffers her worst nightmare -the drowning of her young daughter. Two years later, Jamie gives birth to another girl. After a series of suspicious accidents, Jamie becomes haunted by fears that her dead daughter's vengeful spirit ...
Style: serious, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: ghost, reincarnation, supernatural, family relations, couples, family problems, custody, pregnancy, dealing with death, death of child, pregnancy and birth, blood ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 209
Morning (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family problems, starting over, redemption, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, family in crisis, death in the family, death of child, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Hawk Is Dying (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer (Giamatti) attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, bleak, gloomy
Plot: obsession, family relations, mentally challenged, hawk, supportive spouse, family problems, midlife crisis, losing-it hero, death in the family, parents and children, uncle nephew relationship, kids and family ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: death in the family, hopes, introspection, last wish, family relations, family problems, dealing with death, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, minimalism, death of mother, journey ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, bleak, suspenseful
Plot: family relations, funeral, revenge, rivalry, mentally unstable, custody, parents and children, family problems, couples, vendetta, marriage, death of child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The End of Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: single father, babies and infants, family relations, single parent, family problems, family in crisis, parents and children, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, death in the family, father son relationship, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.6
 585
Haunting Sarah (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A mother dealing with the death of her young son, learns that her niece is in contact with his spirit.
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: estrangement, ghost, family problems, opposites attract, love and romance, vengeance, twins, siblings relations, death in the family, pregnancy, sister sister relationship, halloween party ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 3.4
 485
Awakened (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, haunted by the past, small town, small town life, afterlife, mental illness, ghost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 410
Bereft (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
Style: touching, psychological, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: haunted by the past, parents and children, friendship, family problems, estrangement, family life, impossible love, couples, solace, life is a bitch, love and romance, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An alcoholic father must take control of his wayward children when their mother is killed.
Style: serious, suspenseful, gloomy, independent film
Plot: abusive relationship, psychology, domestic violence, family relations, addiction, parent child relationship, on the run, family problems, weakness, death in the family, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 2K
The Narrows (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: college student, moral dilemma, parents and children, city life, family relations, human nature, self discovery, society, coming of age, hot and sexy, nypd, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.7
 2K
No Way Home (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An ex-cons future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: strip club, bar fight, self discovery, prison, freak, gang, misfit, caper, ex convict, family relations, couples, estrangement ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Once in a Lifetime (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot: coming of age, deaf, love, boarding school, starting over, family problems, family relations, couples, pregnancy, parents and children, hospital, boarding school life ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
They're Watching Us (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Norberto Lopez Amado's They're Watching Us is about a cop who becomes obsessed with a case. Juan (Carmelo Gomez) is ordered to head up an investigation concerning a businessman who has been missing for almost three years. The officer who ...
Style: mind bending, scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: ghost, missing person, police investigation, family relations, police detective, uncover truth, supernatural, law enforcement, danger, mental institution, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
My Friend & His Wife (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service together. Ye-joon has lately worked his way up to becoming a successful financier, while the unambitious Jae-moon has opted for a much less conspicuous route. ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: family in crisis, family relations, unfulfillment, family problems, parents and children, couples, crumbling marriage, best friend, love triangle, tragedy, betrayal, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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