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I'm Not Scared (2003)
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Original name: Io non ho paura
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While playing outside one day, nine-year-old Michele discovers Filippo, who is chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. Michele witnesses town baddie Felice nearby and suspects something bad is happening. Michele is unsure whom he should tell about his discovery, eventually spilling the beans to his closest friend. Michele's parents learn of his discovery and warn him to forget what he saw
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, confusing, sad, art house, twisted ...
Plot:
childhood, kidnapping, boy, coming of age, rescue, friendship, father son relationship, uncover truth, children, captivity, life is a bitch, bullying, child kidnapping, conspiracy, youth, innocence lost, ransom, summer, little boy, storytelling, kidnapped boy, malnutrition, young boy, whodunit, italian mafia ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, year 1978, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, southern italy, milan italy, europe, venice, brazil
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Most similar movies to I'm Not Scared
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about police, death, police officer, boy, family relations, murder and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like I'm Not Scared: Michael (2011), I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989), Room (2015), Dark Places (2015), Every Secret Thing (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, suspenseful, serious, transgressive ...
Plot:
pedophile, pedophilia, child abuse, isolation, boy, child molestation, little boy, life is a bitch, kidnapped child, child rape, emotional abuse, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, austria, central europe
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
7-year old Steven Stayner is kidnapped a few days before Christmas by Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, emotional, thought provoking, sad ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, abused child, pedophile, child abuse, child molestation, captivity, sexual abuse, male rape, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, year 1974, 70s, year 1972, year 1980
Place:
northern california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, sad, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, kidnapped, captive, room, mother son relationship, child born of rape, female protagonist, child protagonist, rape, boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sex, stripper, private investigator, farm, brutality, psychiatry, murder of family, murder of mother, disappearance, female protagonist, police investigation, justice ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1968, 80s, year 1999, year 1985 ...
Place:
kansas, amarillo texas, chicago, california, oklahoma ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two ...
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, independent film, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, hostage, teenage girl, suspect, manipulation, police detective, murder mystery, interrogation, child murder, life is a bitch, uncover truth, ex convict ...
Place:
baltimore
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Style:
suspense, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
wedding, kidnapping, family secret, ransom demand, mission, ex-lover, investigation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, deception, lie, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
iran, spain, persia, middle east, barcelona ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, prank, kids in trouble, friendship, vengeance, small town, childhood, bully, teenager, brother brother relationship, revenge, bullying ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The boy Vito is a portrait of beauty and wide-eyed innocence spawned from a violent family of kidnapers and murderers in the South of Italy. When his entire family is murdered by a rival clan of kidnapers, Vito must flee for his own life and in the ...
Style:
art house, serious, realistic, crying
Plot:
coming of age, kids in trouble, children, youth, little boy, hostage, kidnapping, murder, chase, gang, on the run, family relations ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, rome italy
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
missing person, family problems, couples, danger, crumbling marriage, alcoholic, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, guilt, father son relationship, family relations, summer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, basque country, europe, paris france
Similarity:
26%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
26%
157K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, harsh, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, small town, missing person, female protagonist, family in crisis, bail, rural setting, life is a bitch, down on your luck, coming of age, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style:
suspense, perverse, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder mystery, gay relationship, murder, haunted by the past, closeted homosexual, secret relationship, murder investigation, investigation, small town, funeral, violence, suicide attempt ...
Time:
year 1991, 2010s, 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, ...
Style:
sexy, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, guilt, haunted by the past, countryside, attempted murder, couple relations, dangerous attraction, lgbt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, mind bending, cerebral, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, medieval, determination, uncover truth, asian, mentally challenged, mother, mental disorder, police brutality, overprotective mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style:
disturbing, breathtaking, art house, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punishment, children, sexual abuse, cruelty, physical appearance, suicide, child abuse, death, small town, authoritarianism, transgression, priest ...
Time:
year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, pre world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, northern germany, europe, italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
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, suspense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, psychopath, profiler, twists and turns, secret service, telephone call, u.s. senator, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known ...
Style:
disturbing, biting, sexy, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, police, pedophile, child killer, missing child, kidnapping, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
23%
24K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, children, slum, favela, mischievous children, young heroes, coming of age, friends, corruption, child in peril, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, prostitute, murder, uncover truth, family relations, life is a bitch, outdoor sex, violence against women, dead body, promiscuous daughter, child abuse ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, southern california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police officer, demon, whodunit, ritual, police detective, secret society, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, alps, france, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their ...
Style:
neo noir, emotional, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, murder, gay club, gay son, homosexual, murder mystery, lgbt, danger, life is a bitch, teenage boy, lake tahoe ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, reno nevada
Similarity:
23%
273K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, teen, intense, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, murder, neighbor, paranoia, house arrest, voyeurism, homicidal maniac, loneliness, death, investigation, kidnapping, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
23%
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Mexico, Belgium
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Style:
psychological, suspense, stylized, dark comedy, neo noir ...
Plot:
insanity, missing child, mental illness, child in peril, character study, life is a bitch, twists and turns, crime gone awry, anger, pursuit, friendship, addiction ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
france, england, europe, mexico, tijuana mexico ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, train, travel, couples, murder mystery, transgression, sexual tension, violent, drug, winter, drug smuggling, train travel ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
china, russia, siberia, moscow russia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio ...
Style:
neorealism, psychological, suspense, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
gypsy, coming of age, male female relationship, friendship, chase, brother sister relationship, betrayal, petty criminal, father son relationship, teenager, family relations, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
southern italy, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style:
independent film, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, fight, teenage boy, murder, manipulation, terrorism, friendship, school, humiliation, male victim, boy, immigrant ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an ...
Style:
clever, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, adopted daughter, disorder, life turned upside down, uncover truth, secret movement, confined, betrayal, war, world war, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1939, 1930s, year 2009, 20th century, pre world war two
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
23%
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