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Willard (2003)
21K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, disturbing, psychological, tense, black comedy, cult classic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rat, brutality, psychopath, misfit, loner, dangerous animal, vengeance, workplace, greed, obsession, boss and employee, blood, employer employee relationship, humiliation, danger, social misfits, mentally unstable, rivalry, power relations, creature feature, adaptation, killer animal, woman urinating, tiny, woman peeing ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Willard
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and scary films with plots about deadly, murder, danger, psychopath, blood, violence and revenge mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Willard: One Hour Photo (2002), He Was a Quiet Man (2007), Misery (1990), Ben (1972), Burning Bright (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. ...
Style:
surreal, depressing, dark comedy, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
loner, disability, paranoia, surrealism, drunken sex, psychiatry, workplace, creativity, obsession, insanity, self discovery, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
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Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
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Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, natural horror ...
Plot:
death, rat, animal attack, exploitation, boy, survival horror, terror, eaten alive, dangerous animal, friendship, danger, violence ...
Time:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
animal attack, autism, wild animal, dangerous animal, trapped, tiger, killer animal, home invasion, danger, creature feature, woman in danger, hurricane ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. (And their increasing number of ...
Style:
natural horror, suspense, scary, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, animal attack, eaten alive, rat, danger, murder, dangerous animal, investigation, social misfits, obsession, misfit, workplace ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again ...
Style:
psychological, cult classic, suspenseful, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
insanity, paranoia, obsession, losing-it hero, mental illness, psychosis, couples, nudity, conspiracy theory, addiction, schizophrenia, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
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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:
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Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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475
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, suspense, tense, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
revenge, violence, vigilante, serial killer, violent, vengeance, vigilantism, death, brutality, murder, torture, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
19%
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:
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Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
santa monica california
Similarity:
19%
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:
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Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, australia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A backwoods recluse steals the body of a young girl killed in a violent car crash, locking her in the freezer of his isolated shed as her sister and boyfriend search frantically for any clues to her whereabouts. The woman of Clive's dreams may ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, missing person, mentally unstable, danger, isolation, confined, woods, hostage, car accident, corpse, graphic violence, dead body ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
18%
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
child as adult, psychopath, baby, evil child, killer child, boy, creepy kid, family relations, family problems, parents and children, manipulation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
18%
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4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, isolation, loneliness, psychopath, murderer, mental disorder, social realism, crime investigation, mental illness, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, tense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, violence, gay, brother brother relationship, family relations, escapades, youth, society, maniac, violent, psycho terror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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:
18%
55K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Style:
tense, natural horror, scary, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
dog, rabies, macabre, dangerous animal, stephen king, boy, child in peril, brutality, death, animal attack, monster, killer dog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, natural horror ...
Plot:
dangerous animal, rat, experiment gone awry, subway, gory, deadly creature, danger, escapades, isolation, hospital, killer animal, urban ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that ...
Style:
retro, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, splatter ...
Plot:
house, poison, terror, obsession, animal attack, danger, mind game, killer animal, creature feature, creature, home invasion, alone ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, vermont
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18%
2K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
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