Movies like Don't Say a Word
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Don't Say a Word (2001)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, intense, serious, clever, sexy, scary, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
psychiatrist, suspense, kidnapping, mental illness, haunted by the past, race against time, murder, police investigation, heist, torture, manipulation, bank robbery, spy, doctor patient relationship, confined, woman in danger, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, vengeance, killer, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, husband wife relationship, natural disaster ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1991, year 2001, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to Don't Say a Word
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspenseful, tense and serious films with plots about suspense, murder, chase, police investigation, investigation, dialogue and revenge mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Don't Say a Word: The Hole (2001), The Game (1997), Nick of Time (1995), Breakdown (1997), Along Came a Spider (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, claustrophobia, survival, trapped, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, youth, twists and turns, isolation, teenager ...
Place:
wales, england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, manipulation, suspense, mind game, game, uncover truth, scheme, life turned upside down, life philosophy, existentialism, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, mexico, seattle
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83%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy, race against time, twists and turns, kidnapping, conspiracy theory, accountant, hostage, murder, politics, terrorism, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, road movie, tense, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, suspense, chase, uncover truth, murder, road trip, conspiracy, highway, desert, ransom, car breakdown, car ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, arizona, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, profiler, investigation, suspense, psychopath, twists and turns, psychologist, manipulation, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Se7en
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, manipulation, obsession, oral sex, workplace, sex, computer, conspiracy, seduction, twists and turns, vengeance, false accusation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, san francisco, washington state
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100%
192K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, serious, tricky, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, depression, suspense, psychiatrist, murder, twists and turns, patient, deception, mental institution, life turned upside down, conspiracy, sleepwalking ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, fbi, suspense, manipulation, death, twists and turns, death threat, paranoia, frame up, law enforcement, disorder ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
suspense, murder, witness, rescue, home invasion, moral dilemma, little girl, escape, deception, brutality, tragic past, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
bleak, psychological, twist ending, gloomy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
revenge, incest, vengeance, older man younger woman relationship, mind game, loneliness, psychological torture, kidnapping, psychopath, confined, torture, imprisonment ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1988 ...
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, new york, seoul ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Law Abiding Citizen
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, memory, vengeance, justice, suspense, false accusation, race against time, conspiracy theory, woman in danger, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
733K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, suspense, investigation, 911, woman in danger, psycho, murder, youth, chase, child abduction, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, murderous pair, psychopath, honeymoon, wilderness, island, twists and turns, suspense, paranoia, murder, deception, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
haunted house, family problems, country house, psychopath, suspense, twists and turns, police investigation, hospital, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, countryside ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Prisoners
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, clever, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
political conspiracy, investigation, state affairs, suspense, politics, conspiracy, reporter, lawyer, corruption, political corruption, murder, legal action ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, hospital, race against time, rivalry, uncover truth, intrigue, confined, investigation, doctors and patients, abduction, ransom, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, suspense, police investigation, twists and turns, violence against women, investigation, murder, forensics, profiler ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
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35%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, sexy, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, psychopath, police investigation, agoraphobia, murder mystery, suspense, maniac, mind game, twists and turns, police detective, profiler ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, boston, usa
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, sexy, exciting, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, murder, suspense, twists and turns, love affair, jealousy, extramarital affair, blackmail, husband wife relationship, perfect crime, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Movies like Gone Girl
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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33%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
mental institution, suspense, obsession, mental illness, stalking, psychopath, mental patient, maniac, murder, sexual assault, psychiatric ward, stalker ...
Place:
boston, pennsylvania, portugal
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, female villain, held captive, stalker, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, trap, stalking, roommate ...
Place:
new york, usa, paris france, france
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
ghost, twists and turns, supernatural, afterlife, suspense, psychology, death, psychiatrist, life & death, plot twist, child, boy ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, police, nude, suspense, protagonist as suspect, psychopath ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, blindness, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, woman in danger, police detective, strong female character, female protagonist, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, false accusation, vengeance, suspense, wrongful conviction, prison, courtroom, murder, revenge, manipulation, lawyer, wrongful arrest ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, san francisco, seattle, southern usa, georgia
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30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychic, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, psychology, supernatural, plot twist, euthanasia, seeing the future, brutality ...
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30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, twist ending, erotic, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, adultery, sexual obsession, femme fatale, manipulation, suspense, fatal attraction, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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