Movies like Secret Window
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Secret Window (2004)
179K
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 innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, macabre, surprise ending, scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, twists and turns, atmospheric ...
Plot:
split personality, psychology, nervous breakdown, insanity, losing-it hero, mentally unstable, murder, isolation, arson, stalking, divorce, paranoia, serial killer, ex husband ex wife relationship, writers, investigation, mental illness, hallucination, private investigator, writer's life, sheriff, stranger, twists & turns, dark killer, plot twist ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
mississippi, usa, mississippi river, tennessee, new york state
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Most similar movies to Secret Window
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out clever, suspenseful, twists and turns and psychological films with plots about storytelling, twists & turns, secrets, psychology, mystery, dialogue and police investigation mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Secret Window: Dream House (2011), The Number 23 (2007), Shutter Island (2010), Hide and Seek (2005), Identity (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, twists and turns, tense ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, plot twist, riddles and clues, memory loss, parents and children, murder, investigation, haunted by the past, family in danger, nervous breakdown, family relations ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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100%
191K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now ...
Style:
scary, surprise ending, twist ending, twists and turns, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, losing-it hero, a vision, parallel world, riddles and clues, insanity, suicide, uncover truth, nightmare, paranoia, s&m, mystery ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twists and turns, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental institution, mystery, insanity, plot twist, paranoia, investigation, mental illness, losing-it hero, uncover truth, island, psychology, confined ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1954 ...
Place:
boston
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named ...
Style:
surprise ending, twists and turns, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
psychologist, haunted by the past, imaginary friend, small town, mysterious character, mystery, parents and children, family problems, family relations, death in the family, single father, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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223K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, twist ending, psycho film, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, dissociative identity disorder, motel, investigation, psychology, isolation, stranded, split personality, coincidence, psychiatrist, death ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
nevada, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Films like Se7en
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, macabre, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
voodoo, occult, ghost, attic, black magic, paralysis, soul transference, rite, plot twist, ritual, supernatural, secret room ...
Time:
1920s, 20s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
217K
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:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, neighbor, paranoia, loneliness, arrest, amateur detective, murder, bad guy, investigation, mystery, suspicion, crimes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
police investigation, memory loss, psychology, obsession, psychiatry, psychiatrist, mental illness, depression, violence against women, ex husband ex wife relationship, train, cheating wife ...
Time:
21st century, 2010s
Place:
new york, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style:
twists and turns, bleak, serious, enigmatic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, murder mystery, promise, crimes, mystery, small town, obsession, law enforcement, track down, justice ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
834K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mystery, police investigation, missing person, murder mystery, investigation, disappearance, twists & turns, missing wife, manipulation, femme fatale, adultery, infidelity ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
missouri, usa, st. louis missouri, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Films like Gone Girl
44K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, youth, danger, claustrophobia, psychologist, twists & turns, bunker, psychology, survival, isolation, mystery, school ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
136K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
stalker, bullying, bully, secrets, revenge, paranoia, husband wife relationship, past, stalking, lie, manipulative person, friendship ...
Place:
los angeles, chicago illinois, california
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100%
73K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, surreal, twists and turns, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, suicide, psychiatrist, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, unfulfillment, student, patient, guilt, mental institution, obsession, suicidal ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, twists and turns, dark, scary ...
Plot:
dinner party, suicide, deception, conspiracy, obsession, suspicion, stabbing, paranoia, mass murder, cult, group of friends, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
182K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, twists and turns, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
legal investigation, split personality, mental illness, courtroom drama, psychopath, corruption, lawyer, murder, neo noir, bishop, crime, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Zodiac
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, twists and turns, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, crime, police investigation, master criminal, investigation, psychopath, police detective, police, neo noir, torture, killings ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
united states, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot:
mental illness, childhood trauma, haunted by the past, murder, betrayal, mental patient, vengeance, misfit, mystery, infidelity, past, delusion ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
europe, london, east end london, britain, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, twists and turns, scary ...
Plot:
murderous pair, honeymoon, serial killer, wilderness, psychopath, paranoia, escapades, manipulation, murder, survival, twists & turns, deadly ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style:
gothic, tense, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
jack the ripper, who done it, serial killer, graphic violence, police detective, crimes, woman in danger, psychic, police investigation, a vision, murder, clairvoyant ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, victorian, 1880s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, buckingham palace, east end london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
337K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, twists and turns, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
mystery, mind game, uncover truth, life turned upside down, disorder, game, manipulation, neo noir, businessman, psychology, surveillance, scheme ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Prisoners
582K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, police investigation, missing child, crime, brutality, neo noir, child abduction, disappearance, vigilantism, torture, vigilante ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
162K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bleak, tense, surreal ...
Plot:
symbolism, paranoia, actor, obsession, mental illness, professor, delusion, mystery, life turned upside down, disorder, mysterious character, lookalikes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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100%
102K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style:
psychological, bleak, gothic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mysterious character, family relations, antisocial behavior, under the surface, masturbation, family problems, danger, parents and children, funeral, estate, youth, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, twists and turns, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
psychopath, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, violence against women, police investigation, crimes, who done it, profiler, investigation, mystery, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, los angeles, usa, washington d.c., california
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, mystery, psychology, afterlife, death, supernatural ability, psychic power, psychiatrist, psychic, life & death, psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 1990s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, couples, isolation, infidelity, jealousy, bunker, secret room, disappearance, strong sexual content, police investigation, missing woman, surveillance ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
colombia, spain, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
870K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 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, atmospheric, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, insanity, evil, supernatural, danger, psychic, nervous breakdown, hotel, psychopath, ghost, trapped, snow ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1920s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, oregon, miami ...
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100%
45K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, motel, split personality, isolation, psycho, stolen money, eccentric family, parents and children, crimes, secret, embezzlement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
100K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, atmospheric, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, ship, isolation, supernatural, gory, ocean or sea, storm, masked killer, bermuda triangle, nightmare, time travel, danger ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 1932, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
florida, miami, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
53K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense, twists and turns ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, psychology, police investigation, profiler, mind game, murder mystery, police detective, twists & turns, crimes, crime, agoraphobia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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