Movies like Misery
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Misery (1990)
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 mercy.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary, psychological thriller, spooky, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath, psycho, rage, torture, manic, escape attempt, female villain, mentally unstable, psychology, writers, winter, trapped, survival, terror ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s, 1990s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
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Most similar movies to Misery
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, suspense and psychological thriller films with plots about murder, psychopath, brutality, violence, obsession, storytelling and dialogue mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Misery: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Cape Fear (1991), Single White Female (1992), The Shining (1980), Lady in a Cage (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
92%
240K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, creepy ...
Plot:
rape, fear, family in danger, revenge, violence, lawyer, serial killer, sexualized violence, dangerous attraction, psychology, justice, prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
north carolina, georgia, florida, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, erotic, psychosexual thriller, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, femme fatale, stalker, mental illness, sex scene, jealousy, sexual harassment, nudity, stalking, murder, dangerous friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
83%
Movie in collections
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, psychological, scary, tense ...
Plot:
elevator, home invasion, isolation, woman in jeopardy, trapped in an elevator, hagsploitation, violence, juvenile delinquency, serial killer, kidnapping, murder, woman in danger ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
Similarity:
75%
39K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, slasher, christmas horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
obsession, survival, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, escape attempt, danger, maniac, hostage, violence, stalking, stalker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
85%
Movie in collections
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:
75%
134K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, danger, investigation, woman in danger, 911, youth, psycho, murder, kidnapped, chase, child abduction ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
61K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, sexy, sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, teenager, obsessive love, stalker, rape, danger, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, violence against women ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
dark hero, stephen king, destiny, macabre, supernatural ability, premonition, supernatural, coma, paranoia, true love, psychic, snow ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s, future
Place:
maine, usa, new hampshire, canada
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, trapped, chase, road rage, maniac, survival, kidnapped woman, highway, lost in the woods, cruelty, stalker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, collector, loneliness, confined, woman in danger, danger, mentally unstable, dangerous attraction, stockholm syndrome, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
58%
42K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, stalker, trap, female villain, stalking, nightmare, obsessive love, obsession, held captive, roommate, female stalker ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, detective, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, child abuse, stephen king, abusive husband, maid, domestic violence, investigation, sexual abuse, childhood trauma, mother, small town, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, persia, nova scotia, usa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
children, psychopath, death, evil child, manipulation, murder, problem child, killer child, deception, disbelieving adult, parents and children, brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, asia, japan, new england ...
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Similarity:
100%
220K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, insanity, split personality, stephen king, isolation, losing-it hero, obsession, plot twist, haunted house, macabre, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, tennessee, new york state
Similarity:
50%
110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, serious ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, sadism, sadistic horror, mentally unstable, female killer, danger, siblings relations, violence spree, rape and revenge ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"Broken Vows" tells the story of Patrick Flynn (Bentley), whose charm and charisma masks a profound psychosis. Patrick seduces Tara Bloom (Alexander), instantly becoming infatuated with the beauty. But when Tara rejects Patrick, he is sent ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
obsessive love, stalker, psychopath, forbidden love, unrequited love, one night stand, stalking, obsession, murder, fiance fiancee relationship, infatuation, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
new orleans, santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
155K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style:
suspense, teen, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, telekinesis, prom, revenge, high school, stephen king, blood, psychic power, supernatural ability, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
Style:
sexy, brutal, suspenseful, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, twists and turns, bondage, sex, female nudity, woman in danger, abduction, sexual content, woman in jeopardy, confined, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, female psychopath, cheerleader, bad girl, jealousy, desire, dangerous attraction, american football, girlfriend, kidnapped, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
43%
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
100%
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%
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