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Ghosted (2011)
686
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son’s death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul. Jack’s cell mate Ahmed, attempts to guide him on a path of salvation, a path that involves saving Paul from the clutches of the wing beast, Clay.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, bleak, tense, realistic
Plot:
prison, survival, haunted by the past, danger, confined, criminal heroes, twists and turns, prison life, prison fight, prison rape, supernatural, strong violent content, murder, blood, jail cell, flashback, arson, prison guard, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe
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Most similar movies to Ghosted
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about confined, prison, danger, prison life, life is a bitch, murder and survival mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Ghosted: Blame (2010), Travellers (2011), Buried (2003), On the Inside (2011), The Mortician (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
690
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
vengeance, assassination attempt, injustice, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, vigilante, revenge, assassination plot, postman, suicide, isolated house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set up camp, they spend the night reminiscing over their wasted ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, survival, captivity, danger, confined, haunted by the past, woods, wilderness, buddies, escapades, friendship, abduction ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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42%
206
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, survival, confined, warden, false accusation, criminal psychologist, dishonesty, violence spree, grudge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
mental institution, murder, psychopath, redemption, mentally unstable, criminal psychologist, woman in danger, crime and punishment, haunted by the past, prison, love, prison life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
mortician, insomnia, haunted by the past, murder, redemption, emotionless, social decay, danger, corpse, black, urban ghetto, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and ...
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, brutality, escape, tragedy, flashback, existentialism, loneliness, prison life, going straight, twists and turns, terminal illness ...
Time:
y2k, 2000s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, tough heroes, manhunt, violence spree, gang, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, murder, heroes, revenge, fugitives, prison escape ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Former TV documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart tries to inject an acceptable degree of verisimilitude in Mean Dog Blues. A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey (Gregg Henry) finds himself on a Southern chain gang. Captain ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
prison, escape, female nudity, murder, corruption, forest, false accusation, rape, tough heroes, power relations, injustice, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, terrorism, journalism, hostage, politics, confined, prison, kidnapping, war on terror, rebellion, danger, negotiation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Stefanie Ritter is actually quite happy with her life. When the charming pilot Kai Mertens turns up one day, Stefanie feels that tingling in her stomach again for the first time. For her birthday, he surprises her with a dream vacation in Mexico. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
escape, murder, false accusation, confined, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, prison, dishonesty, female protagonist, wrongful accusation, prison escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, germany
Similarity:
33%
74K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Style:
tense, psychological, clever, intense, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, survival, prison life, hostage, convict, prison guard, confined, prison escape, manipulation, danger, criminal heroes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, basque country, south america, europe
Similarity:
33%
344
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy that only the fate of children inspires. This is a story that touches all our lives. And it's ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, uncover truth, society, confined, police detective, law enforcement, danger, investigation, child in peril, captivity, rescue, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Elliott Gast (Jason Behr) is quickly climbing the corporate ladder of international commerce, negotiating deals to generate large fortunes for giant corporations. His success makes him the target for political extremists who kidnap him and broadcast ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
confined, missing person, danger, isolation, captivity, terrorism, prison life, internet, torture, unsettling, confined space, extreme ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, tense, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, introspection, prison life, criminal heroes, hopes, redemption, family problems, twists and turns, murder, death row, prisoner, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Conflict between a hardened prison inmate and a ruthless prison guard.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
prison, law enforcement, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, confined, life is a bitch, injustice, power relations, prison life, false accusation, false arrest, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Style:
serious, suspense, rough, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
31%
290
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An armored car guard's elaborate plan for revenge is threatened by his relationship with an old friend -- a brilliant and unpredictable television preacher.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, vengeance, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, betrayal, life is a bitch, intrigue, dishonesty, rivalry, heist, infidelity, scapegoat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, survival, moral dilemma, violence, sexism, corruption, isolation, law and order, realism, urban, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Style:
psychological, rough, visually appealing, reflective, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, prison, prison life, confined, gay rape, violence, brutality, experiment gone awry, bullying, prison rape, sadism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A story, which takes place in 2013, describes the world overflowing with "dangerous" criminals due to the official termination of death penalty. The UN "blue helmets" under the directive from the central authority (i.e., One ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, sadistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, survival, friendship, island, confined, life is a bitch, leadership, serial killer, heroic mission, tough heroes, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
30%
679
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons; Annetta to attempt to visit her baby daughter, who is being raised in a convent; and Carol, who hopes to be recaptured and sent to a closed borstal where she knows her girlfriend ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, women's prison, survival, juvenile prison, remorse, truck, monastery, abbey, nun, punishment, lesbian relationship ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, gangster, haunted by the past, danger, parents and children, athlete and trainer, escape from reality, family problems, starting over, boxing, rivalry, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs for drug trafficking. Inside their bus, hidden behind a false compartment, they have discovered 700 pounds of hashish. Although the owner of the bus ...
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, smuggling, survival, danger, prison life, life is a bitch, dishonesty, false accusation, injustice, violent content, warden, confined ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
antwerp, tangier morocco, morocco, africa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the ...
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, criminal, arrest, legal action, prison, fighting the system, lawyer, police investigation, murder, law, writers, courtroom ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, pre world war two
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
Similarity:
29%
610
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This searing British thriller follows Flash (Dylan Duffus), who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's (Yohance Watson) cash until his release from prison. Now Angel is out -- and Flash is 100 pounds short. He turns to a lowlife named Evil ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, hood ...
Plot:
gang, criminal heroes, danger, on the run, society, disorder, urban ghetto, race against time, rivalry, chases and races, urban, angry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
zombie, rivalry, supernatural, survival, life is a bitch, chaos, gory, danger, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, plague, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A man is forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident. Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves him with many questions and a ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, art house, non-linear ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, life turned upside down, kidnapping, investigation, who to trust, neuroscience, confined, disorder, sex scene, foreplay, past, sex in car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, captivating, realistic
Plot:
fugitives, prison life, couple relations, prison, criminal heroes, on the run, starting over, couples, society, chases and races, prison break, escape ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, prison, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, los angeles, britain
Similarity:
28%
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