Movies like Nightwatch 1997
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Nightwatch (1997)
23K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, rough, neo noir, psychological thriller, detective, surreal, mind blowing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, police detective, protagonist as suspect, murder, dead prostitute, morgue, frame up, danger, riddles and clues, murder suspect, friend, slow burn, profanity, student, scared, who done it, witnessing a crime, prostitution, paranoia, whodunit, corpse, redheaded woman, killer, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Nightwatch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and psychological films with plots about murder, serial killer, deadly, psychopath, danger, killer and mind game mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like Nightwatch: The Zodiac (2005), Resurrection (1999), Rough Draft (1998), Memory (2006), Bloody Murder (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.
Style:
scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, violence, brutality, psycho killer, murder, police partner, race against time, death of son, religion, holiday horror, easter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow ...
Style:
creepy, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, morgue, brutality, night watchman, doctor, murder, rape, psycho killer, oral sex, bet, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective ...
Style:
independent film, tense, scary, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, transvestite, harassment, nypd, killer, sociopath, serial murder, stalking, transvestism, murder, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dr. Taylor Biggs is haunted by a past that's not his own. A hallucinatory drug gives him the power to see visions of vicious crimes, visions made all that more disturbing when he discovers that the murderous memories may belong to the father he ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, gory, mysterious character, mind game, police detective, experiment gone awry, haunted by the past, murder ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Julie McConnell is one of a dozen camp counselors working to re-open a summer camp when a series of murders and disappearances begin commited by a hockey masked killer who may be the urban legend killer Trevor Moorehouse. When Julie looks into the ...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, lake, murderer, murder, danger, vengeance, teenage life, survival, rivalry, mind game, masked killer ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods. KANG Min regains his consciousness 14 days after brain surgery following a mysterious accident he had in the forest. Shockingly enough, the first thing he says is ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, mind twisting, erotic ...
Plot:
forest, making love, supernatural, murder, ghost, violent death, uncover truth, police investigation, danger, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, time travel ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, vengeance, obsession, comic book, brutality, hallucination, midlife crisis, family in danger, rivalry, cartoonist, christmas ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, vermont, new york, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
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15K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, medical horror, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, medical school, gory, serial killer, medical, university, amateur detective, female protagonist, morgue, corpse, woman in danger, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, slasher, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, clown, true crime, biopic, sexual abuse, police investigation, obsession, police detective, life is a bitch, double life, killer clown, killer ...
Time:
70s, 50s
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
887
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, psychopath, dangerous attraction, police investigation, mind game, mysterious character, danger, false accusation, frame up, murder, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
Style:
mumblecore, scary, serious, suspenseful, twisted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, danger, woman in danger, revenge, violence spree, small town, haunted by the past, fanatic, remorse, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, law enforcement, art, police station, uncover truth, supernatural, life is a bitch, police investigation, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, best friend, losing-it hero, serial killer, danger, violence, black bra, female nudity, killer, violent content, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The lines between reality and fiction, and good and bad blur when both a nihilistic detective and a serial killer's affairs with a mysterious girl overlap.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, graphic violence, partner, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, murderer, society, death, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, murder, hotel, survival horror, hostage, danger, voyeurism, kidnapped, estranged couple, motel, macabre ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, orphanage, prostitute, investigation, murder, orphan, danger, youth, isolation, teenage life, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, who done it, gory, danger, psychopath, stalking, journalism, murderer, killer, maniac, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, college, mind game, amateur detective, investigation, rivalry, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, danger, psychopath ...
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Jeff and his friend rescue a young beautiful woman (Kelly Preston) from an apparently abusive boyfriend, the trouble starts. Jeff unknowing becomes involved with Miranda (Kelly) and the web of intrigue that follows her. Miranda is on the run ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, demonic ...
Plot:
witch, human sacrifice, satanism, occult, dangerous attraction, lawyer, betrayal, rescue, witchcraft, supernatural ability, fall in love, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, profiler, murder, danger, stalking, phone terror, stalker, fear, predator, female protagonist, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, detective, suspenseful, psychological, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, chess, sex scene, murder, childhood trauma, revenge, psychopath, mind game, murder suspect, framed for murder, police officer, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Similarity:
100%
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523
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Patrick stars as a private investigator traumatized by his father's suicide who goes undercover in a mental institution to uncover the murderer of his psychiatrist.
Style:
independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, psychiatric ward, cons and scams, mental institution, murder, working undercover, hospital, clinic, power relations, dishonesty, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying ...
Style:
sensual, cult classic, medical horror, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, women in prison, amnesia, mad doctor, serial killer, prison, medical, lesbianism, women's prison, murder, death of mother, lobotomy ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
100%
115K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Style:
surreal, psychological, scary, psychedelic, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, psychopath, coma, mind game, investigation, race against time, sadomasochism, virtual reality, fbi, psychiatrist, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, woman in danger, heroine, manipulation, revenge, fear, showdown, death of boyfriend, framed for murder, violence, arrest ...
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style:
creepy, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, private detective, obsession, stalker, stalking, threatening telephone call, home invasion, psychopath, babysitter, serial killer, telephone call, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
exciting, psychological, erotic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, psychopath, police detective, murder, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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