Movies like Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
If you like "Inju: The Beast in the Shadow" you are looking for neo noir, psychological and serious movies about / with stalking, dishonesty, twists and turns, obsession, danger, mind game and lifestyle themes of Mystery and Thriller genre shot in France or Japan.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
1K
Original name: Inju : La Bête dans l'ombre
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, stylized
Plot:
stalking, dishonesty, twists and turns, obsession, danger, mind game, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, writers, murder, yakuza, female nudity, interracial romance, voyeurism, bondage, topless woman, novelist, swordplay, misfit, intrigue, chases and races, rivalry, manipulation, sexual content, writer's life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, dishonesty, obsession, female nudity and investigation mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Inju: The Beast in the Shadow: The Snake (2006), Bad Faith (2010), A Closed Book (2009), Love Thy Neighbor (2006), The Rendering (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
photograph, vengeance, murder, rivalry, obsession, dishonesty, psychopath, blackmail, photography, twists and turns, snow, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
95%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
blindness, rivalry, femme fatale, danger, twists and turns, gain trust, boss and employee, mind game, haunted by the past, estate, power relations, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, oxford university, europe
Similarity:
88%
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:
87%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, blackmail, trial, prison, psychopath, haunted by the past, woman in danger, manhunt, mind game, false accusation, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, best friend, betrayal, vengeance, rivalry, intrigue, murder, dishonesty, ambition, obsession, interracial, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of ...
Style:
inspirational, expressionism, erotic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
writers, exploitation, murder, dangerous attraction, mind game, writer's life, investigation, journalism, danger, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
missing person, obsession, murder, missing girl, female nudity, male pubic hair, private investigator, murder investigation, nudity, sexual content, bare breasts, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
84%
Movie in collections
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, missing person, disappearance, amateur detective, twists and turns, investigation, fall in love, danger, dishonesty, mind game, train, missing woman ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
83%
804
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, female nudity, woman with a gun, vietnam veteran, cheating wife, inheritance, vietnam war, family problems, couple relations, infidelity, manipulation, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, hospital, memory loss, unfulfillment, investigation, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, heroes, danger, crime investigation, twists and turns, parallel universe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, texas
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in ...
Style:
neo noir, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, gory, investigation, danger, dishonesty, disorder, profanity, hitman, murder, nordic, private investigator, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, obsession, investigation, haunted by the past, psychopath, mysterious character, mind game, supernatural ability, ghost, danger, starting over, murder ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
memory loss, journalism, danger, hospital, uncover truth, investigation, mysterious girl, love, murder, gays and lesbians, media, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the face of it Celeste seems to have it all - a successful career, a handsome boyfriend and a luxurious new apartment with a breathtaking view of the city. However, Celeste's dream life becomes a nightmare when she's targeted by a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
stalking, stalker, woman in danger, twists and turns, mind game, home invasion, voyeur, obsession, danger, strong female presence, photographer, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
81%
479
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, computers and web, extramarital affair, dangerous attraction, voyeurism, cyberspace, murder, technophobia, dishonesty, adultery, obsession, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. She decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their ...
Style:
psychological, neo noir, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, obsession, twists and turns, identity, israeli, woman, female nudity, cell phone, police, hospital, neighbor, nightclub ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
81%
Movie in collections
812
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.
Style:
independent film, mind bending, tense, scary, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, performer's life, manipulation, estrangement, mental illness, addiction, urban, voyeurism, city life, protagonist as suspect, mind game ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
chess, inheritance, murder, investigation, amateur detective, art, uncover truth, danger, mind game, dishonesty, race against time, prostitute ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, talky, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, twists and turns, police investigation, character study, obsession, redemption, domestic violence, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes inexplicably attracted to a man who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the immediate suspect, until a game of jealousy and betrayal turns deadly.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, danger, couples, love and romance, neighbor, mysterious character, small town life, dating, dishonesty, twists and turns, murder mystery, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york state
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineyard in Sant'Angelo, the village his parents came from in Italy. Surprised by the large sum ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
manhunt, femme fatale, mysterious character, dishonesty, intrigue, danger, chases and races, inheritance, vineyard, investigation, betrayal, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, london, europe
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
undercover, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, hitman, betrayal, dishonesty, politics, political corruption, murder, spy, agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, police detective, lust, sex, voyeurism, sexual relations, female nudity, voyeur, female masturbation, police investigation, eroticism, seduction ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
While hunting a cultured, intelligent and vicious psychopath, Inspector Amaldi comes face to face with the physical and moral decay of his city as well as the ghosts of his own past.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, riddles and clues, whodunit, murder, danger, law enforcement, stalking, eye, brain tumor, folk horror, tumor ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, making love, stalking, erotica, sex scene, voyeur, relationships, cell phone, terror, sexual content, killer, threatening telephone call ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
80%
3K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
femme fatale, voyeurism, serial killer, serial rape, murder, dangerous attraction, rough sex, lesbianism, obsession, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, computer hacker, politics, danger, rivalry, police, surveillance, mind game, state affairs, voyeurism, hacker, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
80%
2K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry, murder, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, hunting, mafia, partner, loss of partner, workplace, insurance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
80%
Related movie lists
