Movies like Limbo
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Limbo (1999)
7K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Unconventional narrative about the interactions amongst a group of people in a small town in Alaska, each of whom has guards a secret.
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, psychological, serious, sincere, clever, talky, stylized, cult classic, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, small town, wilderness, family relations, parents and children, danger, human nature, drug dealing, disaster, survival, politics, open ending, countryside, seaside, fishing village, island, escapades, realism, social relations, gender, small town life, lesbian, musician, wedding, fishing ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
alaska
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Most similar movies to Limbo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and tense films with plots about danger, survival, catastrophe, family relations, escapades, nature and human nature mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Limbo: The Beach (2000), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Men with Guns (1997), Deliverance (1972), The River Wild (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
267K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style:
psychological, scenic, tense, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
island, adventurer, tourist, jungle, drug, travel, beach, utopia, desire, hippie, marijuana, survival ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous ...
Style:
touching, harsh, intense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
jungle, nature, utopia, village, obsessive quest, danger, mental illness, father son relationship, rain forest, inventor, missionary, social commentary ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south america, central america, latin america, usa, baltimore ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
Style:
independent film, cult classic, existential, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
rain forest, soldier, jungle, native, journey, murder, doctor, orphan, mountain, army, jaguar, good guy ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
central america
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wilderness, hostage, family in danger, survival, river, nature, boat, danger, rafting, child in peril, criminal, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, montana, usa, idaho
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, family in danger, human nature, yacht, drowning, danger, social relations, sea, uninhibited rivalry, diving, shipwreck, survival horror ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
70K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mysterious guide escorts an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, jungle, wilderness, nature, alone, wilderness survival, adventurer, survivor, amazon rainforest, rescue, raft, river ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1980
Place:
bolivia, south america, andes mountains
Similarity:
100%
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the 1930's, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northen ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
eskimo indian, village, survival, wilderness, murder, on the run, danger, shaman, winter, family life, village life, false accusation ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn, an introspective English teacher entering a mid-life crisis impelled by a recent tragedy, as he sets afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals.
Style:
serious, contemplative, atmospheric, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, hopes, haunted by the past, estrangement, single parent, small town life, profanity, cause and meaning, family business, midlife crisis, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire
Similarity:
22%
59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, danger, underwater, death, forces of nature, underground, water, struggle for survival, deathtrap ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating
Plot:
runaway teen, nature, uncle niece relationship, road trip, travel, camping, grief, runaway, survival, family relations, solitude, danger ...
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of easily adopting children. Unfortunately, their plans are complicated by local laws that require the ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
adoption, children, politics, women, parenthood, loneliness, follow your dream, social differences, orphan, society, hopes, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, canada, ireland
Similarity:
21%
43K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
submarine, underwater, sea, treasure hunt, boat, ocean, survival, gold, isolation, danger, sunken ship, greed ...
Time:
year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea, russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, church, social relations, small town, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Style:
suspenseful, cerebral, visually stunning, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, hunter, little boy, mercenary, greed, manipulation, obsessive quest, danger, bio weapon, beautiful scenery, isolation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tasmania, oceania, australia, paris france, new zealand
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style:
suspense, serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, family relations, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
21%
723
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by her bigoted lawyer brother. Along for the trip: a rock musician and his wife, as well as the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
rescue, hostage, survival, forces of nature, isolation, captivity, one man army, confined, danger, husband wife relationship, cruise, lgbtq ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
21%
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84K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
Similarity:
20%
306
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
hopes, redemption, island, starting over, social misfits, couple relations, human nature, estrangement, family problems, friendship, ocean, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, danger, forces of nature, race against time, salvation, storm, twister, trauma, survival, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, midwest
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, disaster, danger, daring rescue, save the day, race against time, rescue, survival, escapades, mentally unstable, forces of nature, natural disaster ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
wilderness, danger, farm, family relations, nature, wilderness survival, isolation, winter, mountain, arctic, landscape, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This gritty inner-city film by John Sayles follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi (Vincent Spano), a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father (Tony Lo ...
Style:
anthology, cult classic, independent film, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
city life, construction company, non violence, intrigue, american politics, white supremacy, nonviolent resistance, racial discrimination, sexual content, politics, political corruption, xenophobia ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, harsh, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, violent, brutality, revenge, family relations, character study, sibling relationship, family bonds, family feud, siblings relations, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, arkansas, southern usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, hell, introspection, moral dilemma, human nature, family relations, disorder, life turned upside down, heroes, parents and children, surrealism, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
xenophobia, immigrant, small town, family in danger, human nature, rivalry, false accusation, social relations, social differences, vengeance, countryside, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Soap actress May-Alice Culhane is paralyzed from the waist down in an accident. She returns to her old home in Louisiana, where she proceeds to drink quite steadily and to drive away five personal attendants in the first twenty minutes of the movie. ...
Style:
independent film, sentimental, talky, clever, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
disability, friendship, physical disability, deep south, physical therapy, paraplegic, black, animal abuse, black man, girl power, psychopath, feminism ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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