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May (2002)
44K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
Style:
psychological, gothic, creepy, bloody, dark, sexy, disturbing, atmospheric, psychological horror, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, imaginary friend, psychopath, female psychopath, childhood trauma, insanity, dangerous attraction, violence, dark humor, murder, doll, cannibalism, socially awkward woman, self harm, characters murdered one by one, lesbian love, female killer, freak, danger, destructive relationship, blind character, relationships, socially awkward, violent ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to May
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about blood, murder, violence, serial killer, psychopath, insanity and death mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like May: Excision (2012), Raw (2016), American Mary (2012), Let the Right One In (2008), Ginger Snaps (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
27K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by ...
Style:
medical horror, surreal, sexy, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
social outcast, body horror, dysfunctional family, surgeon, losing-it hero, surgical operation, sister sister relationship, high school, gory, mentally unstable protagonist, social relations, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, seattle
Similarity:
86%
96K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced ...
Style:
bloody, dark, psychological, creepy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cannibalism, coming of age, cannibal, meat, school, sex scene, vegetarian, sister sister relationship, party, peer pressure, body horror, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young med student struggling with her tuition fees is drawn into the shady world of underground body modification.
Style:
dark, sexy, disturbing, scary, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, plastic surgery, revenge, amputation, surgery, rape and revenge, stripper, medical student, police detective, rape, female nudity, female killer ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, dark comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, coming of age, halloween, blood, teenager, transformation, gory, goth, full moon, dark humor, goth girl, high school ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
united kingdom, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks ...
Style:
gothic, dark, sexy, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vampire, goth, femme fatale, lgbtq, sexy female vampire, sex, lesbian sex, bloodsucker, sexual content, lesbian vampire, dracula, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, bad guy wins, home invasion, torture, sadism, torment, family in danger, husband wife relationship, evil wins, violence, holiday horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997
Place:
austria, germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
98K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, tense, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
torture, femme fatale, sadism, extreme, violent, psychopath, murder, psychotic woman, sex, widower, twists and turns, revenge ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
57%
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12K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both classmates at her school, and her own religious, but abusive, mother.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, bleak, teen horror, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
stephen king, bullying, revenge, psychic power, high school, gory, strong violent content, telekinesis, social misfits, teenage life, high school life, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
263K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Style:
scary, psychological, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
evil doll, ventriloquist, alter ego, ventriloquist dummy, magic, doll, slow burn, split personality, rise and fall, puppet, objects come to life, toys ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
Style:
horror comedy, cult classic, slasher, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, cannibalism, home invasion, murder, manic, guard dog, child in peril, kidnapped, disturbed individual, rottweiler, psychopath, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, black comedy, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
asthma, asthmatic, workplace, office, psychopath, vengeance, manipulation, serial killer, mentally unstable woman, violent woman, female killer, workplace romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, virginia, usa
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, stalking, obsessive love, stalker, hospital, unrequited love, female psychopath, swimming pool, sexual obsession, swimming, dangerous attraction, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style:
creepy, slasher, frightening, bloody, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, psychopath, murder, female villain, killing spree, holy communion, evil child, blood, child, female serial killer, child molester ...
Time:
year 1961, year 2016, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, sexy, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
insanity, body horror, drug addiction, obsession, identical twins, losing-it hero, twins, mistaken identity, brother brother relationship, love triangle, addiction, schizophrenia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1954, 1950s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills ...
Style:
slasher, scary, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
cannibalism, serial killer, psychopath, torture, cruelty, gory, violence, cannibal, sadism, chainsaw, murder, backwoods ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, year 1969, year 1939, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style:
slasher, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, maniac, camp, gory, summer camp, revenge, psycho killer, teenager, disturbed individual, summer, blood ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, surreal, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, psychopath, blood, hearing voices, murder, psychiatrist, schizophrenic, hallucination, dog, childhood trauma, crush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, teen, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, female psychopath, college, stalker, fraternity, obsessive love, mentally unstable, mind game, woman kills a man, female stalker, love interest, murder ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jiney, an art and photography student, but despite winning an award, she remains unhappy with the work. After photographing the aftermath of a fatal car accident she finds herself obsessed with death. She begins to talk about suicide, and suffers ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, extreme horror ...
Plot:
stalker, death wish, dangerous attraction, obsession, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, psychopath, danger, gory, teenage life, haunted by the past, extreme ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
156K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations and repressions ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farm, serial killer, female protagonist, farmhouse, murder, rural setting, domineering mother, world war one, serial killer as protagonist, scarecrow, mental illness, audition ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, year 1918, 20th century
Place:
texas, europe, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A shy teenager accidentally kills a mocking peer, and his mother helps him hide in a spare room in their house. Problems arise when the mother goes for an operation and dies, and the house is sold to a new family, with the teen still living inside.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
murder, voyeurism, hidden room, death of mother, mysterious character, voyeur, social misfits, teenage life, parents and children, secret, teenager, loner ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
75%
65K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a former firefighter is reunited with his son who has been missing for 10 years.
Style:
cerebral, tense, surreal, scary, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female serial killer, body horror, serial killer, violence, psycho killer, party, car accident, cutting one's own hair, pretending to be someone else, childbirth, father son relationship, delusional man ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When her mother is killed in a mysterious house fire, rebellious teen Debbie Strand is sent to live with her grandmother, where she becomes even more unhinged. She develops an intense crush on her hunky creative writing teacher, Peter Rinaldi, but ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, female psychopath, fatal attraction, obsessive love, girl on top, young lovers, stalking, female nudity, female killer, teacher, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
Style:
psychological, art house, visually stunning, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, husband wife relationship, control, bored housewife, abortion, loneliness, mental disorder, psychotherapist, hospital, telephone call, pregnant woman, surgery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pittsburgh, africa, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Nobody Loves Alice is about Alice, a sad and lonely woman who always dreamed of finding the right person to be with...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rivalry, vengeance, couples, infidelity, gory, obsession, loneliness, female psychopath, violence, murder, dismemberment, female killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher horror, slasher, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
baby, revenge, murder, female chauvinist, psychopath, serial killer, tragic romance, female serial killer, serial killer as protagonist, hospital, feminist, mental disorder ...
Similarity:
100%
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