Movies like Possession 2009
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Possession (2009)
8K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, surreal, suspense, dark, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coma, couple relations, identity crisis, life turned upside down, obsession, disorder, supernatural, sex with brother in law, accident, murder, brother brother relationship, false identity, sex with sister in law, psychopath, mysticism, blood, automobile, profanity, violent content, sex, dog, prison, ghost, attorney, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Possession
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological and suspense films with plots about murder, danger, deadly, obsession, ghost, supernatural and husband wife relationship mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Possession: Addicted (2002), What Lies Beneath (2000), The Resident (2011), First Born (2007), Rosewood Lane (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, twisted ...
Plot:
obsession, lookalikes, supernatural, swinger, redemption, rivalry, couple relations, betrayal, love and romance, twins, haunted by the past, family problems ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, sexy, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, couple relations, supernatural horror, woman in danger, danger, haunted by the past, infidelity, supernatural, couples, adultery, psychology ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vermont, persia, usa, boston
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23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, woman in danger, landlord, stalker, danger, stalking, psychopath, husband murders wife, single woman, female protagonist, voyeurism, rape and revenge ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family in danger, mentally unstable, pregnancy, danger, parents and children, nanny, family problems, suburbs, isolation, obsession, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake (Rose McGowan) moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon arrival in the old neighborhood, Sonny discovers her neighbors are terrified of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murderer, psycho killer, psychopath, stalking, woman in danger, missing person, eye, murder investigation, neighbor, getting home, suspicion of murder, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oceania, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, murder, death, amateur detective, danger, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, a vision, wound, obsession, eye, pursuit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychologist's 10-year-old patient claims she's being menaced by unseen forces after her parents were killed in a car accident. What's more bizarre? The psychologist has seen these symptoms before, in a former patient who ...
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
able to see the dead, supernatural, ghost, missing person, child in peril, death in the family, orphan, dealing with death, paranormal phenomena, missing girl, trauma, psychologist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
157K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
stephen king, ghost, haunted house, losing-it hero, woman in danger, family problems, mansion, infidelity, supernatural, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, supernatural ability ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
washington state, seattle, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, loss of child, novelist, domestic disturbance, danger, couple relations, twists and turns, stalking, husband wife relationship, ghost, mourning, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Smiths -- a family with a secret past -- are visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they'll soon find out that kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded, and the secretive ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, dysfunctional family, mysterious character, violent death, family problems, vengeance, danger, obsession, haunted by the past, family life, family secret, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, coma, murder, husband wife relationship, police protagonist, serial murder, accident, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, guilty conscience, police ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing ...
Style:
medical horror, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, doctors and patients, hospital, nurse, family dinner, workaholic, power relations, manipulation, medication, sociopath, teenage girl, evil doctor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two sisters, Grace and Violet, bound together by more than blood, live a reclusive life in a large mansion, detached from society and reality too. They have a plan. It's hardly conventional, but the outcome nine months later is all that counts. ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, psychological, erotic ...
Plot:
love triangle, obsession, rivalry, mind game, couple relations, betrayal, mentally unstable, murder, sexual relations, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, isolation ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, psychic power, danger, serial killer, talking to the dead, new neighbor, death, fugitive, sex, train, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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835
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Winnie Leung becomes more disturbed and depressed after her boyfriend Seth Lau breaks up with her and she turns schizophrenic - imagining events which never occurred, and often living in her own world- until one day she meets a guy named Ray, ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, obsession, psychopath, twists and turns, breakup, mentally unstable, murder, danger, violence, rivalry, relocation, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An obsessive fan rescues a famous musician from a car crash, then takes her to his secluded lighthouse.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, musician, car accident, lighthouse, mentally unstable, danger, salvation, pop star, stalker, high school, woman with a gun, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hollywood Vampyr is an expose of Los Angeles' gothic subculture as seen through the eyes of a young female vampire. The film focuses on FATAL (Nora Zimmett), a former heroin addict who, having embraced this dark lifestyle, decides to leave her ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, life is a bitch, obsession, addiction, religions or cults, college, subculture, goth, violent content, sexual content, lieutenant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
19%
736
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
voyeurism, stalking, danger, missing child, accident, desperation, love affair, obsession, deathtrap, murder, violence, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young woman (Sandra Bullock) mysteriously disappears, sending her boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) on a years-long quest to find her. Not even a new love (Nancy Travis) can keep him from his obsessive search. All the while, the calculating ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missing person, obsession, kidnapping, kidnapped, psychopath, buried alive, spider, killer, slow burn, serial killer, hostage, missing girl ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, washington state
Similarity:
19%
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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:
18%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sarah & Josh are married suburbanites. After a car accident, Sarah suffers blackouts & ends up pregnant though Josh is sterile. As her life spirals she hides a camera in her home & unlocks a horrific secret with far-reaching ...
Style:
mysterious, scary, serious, tense, spooky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, hidden camera, couple relations, resurrection, neighbor, home invasion, supernatural, memory loss, life turned upside down, woman in danger, couples, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
death, death of child, ghost, parenthood, parent child relationship, supernatural, supernatural power, life is a bitch, hopes, danger, redemption, wedding ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A teenager is assaulted and killed, but returns as a ghost to find his killer.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, tense, esoteric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, ghost, murder, supernatural, coma, danger, invisibility, teenage life, missing person, young heroes, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ulrik Hansson is 45 years old and lives a secure life in a Swedish residential district together with his wife Monika and their two children. He's got a well-paid job as an architect and builds a new detached house which the family will move ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, memory loss, on the run, family problems, grief, paranoia, obsession, isolation, family drama, midlife crisis, alienation, claustrophobia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sexuality and serial murder in an American village.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
femme fatale, serial killer, dangerous attraction, obsession, psychopath, couples, danger, mentally unstable, murder, who done it, desert, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa, montana
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt, Andrea McBride applies for the position of nanny for a handsome, wealthy surgeon, Dr. James Lewis, a widower with two children. Another applicant is hired, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
nanny, obsession, murder, under the surface, parents and children, danger, family relations, femme fatale, self harm, strong female lead, woman with a gun, woman seduces a man ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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