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The Zone (2007)
6K
Original name: La Zona
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, hispanic, twisted, thrilling, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, vigilantism, slum, militia, coming of age, isolation, danger, confined, violence, teenage boy, boy, woman, little boy, neighborhood, robbery, vigilante, teenage life, society, dishonesty, teenager, police, storm, death, rich and poor ...
Time:
year 2007, contemporary
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Most similar movies to The Zone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, danger, deadly, violence, vengeance, death and rivalry mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Zone: Locked in a Room (2012), Bucksville (2011), Wasted on the Young (2010), Canal Street (2018), Come Morning (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an ...
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
vengeance, danger, trapped, room, teenager, survival, isolation, violence, murder, teenage life, confined, mysterious character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
militia, small town, injustice, vigilantism, society, father son relationship, guilt, execution, good versus evil, guilty verdict, murder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, teenage life, youth, teenage love, social relations, rivalry, family relations, murder, social network, danger, blood, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.
Style:
captivating, exciting, rough, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
father son relationship, society, murder, rivalry, death, hopes, parents and children, violence, vengeance, friendship, heroes, redemption ...
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53%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set in rural Arkansas in 1973, Come Morning is the tragic story of Frank and his 10-year-old grandson and the hunting accident that forever changes their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
woods, coming of age, countryside, father son relationship, hunting, death, corpse, manslaughter, danger, youth, country, dead body ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, danger, confined, sex scene, making love, gunfight, sensuality, mansion, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, accidental killing, ex convict, isolation, law enforcement, criminal heroes, vengeance, mind game, confined, woods, arrest, jungle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Stefanie Ritter is actually quite happy with her life. When the charming pilot Kai Mertens turns up one day, Stefanie feels that tingling in her stomach again for the first time. For her birthday, he surprises her with a dream vacation in Mexico. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
escape, murder, false accusation, confined, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, prison, dishonesty, female protagonist, wrongful accusation, prison escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, germany
Similarity:
51%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, re-education, juvenile detention, escape attempt, survival, prison life, youth, danger, confined, power relations, boy ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira. Coexisting with girls who have experienced similar trances, Claudia confronts horrible visions of Andrea, a ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, mentally unstable, isolation, mental institution, supernatural, confined, vengeance, uncover truth, danger, murder, death, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
mortician, insomnia, haunted by the past, murder, redemption, emotionless, social decay, danger, corpse, black, urban ghetto, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
42%
301
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The film’s plot is based on a true story about a 10-year-old boy from a village, Ilya,whose father is killed. The criminal remains unpunished. Nobody around this situation is particularly worried, except the child, who arranges a real hunt for the ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
village, vengeance, murder, death of father, father son relationship, father, vendetta, murder of father, loss of father, vigilantism, child protagonist, vigilante ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Searing and luscious, "Beautiful" tells the story of Daniel, a shy and introverted 14 year old boy residing in Sunshine Hills, a suburb living in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. Daniel's two ...
Style:
suspense, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, suburbs, youth, investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth, danger, teenage life, blind ambition, suburban life, teenager, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on a true story- A group of robbers broke into a house at night with the intention of committing robbery. The house was inhabited by two young girls and a disabled child and their mother. Not getting the desired money, the robbers started ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, danger, criminal, bandit, family relations, rivalry, youth, friends, society, gang, vengeance ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man and his friends react to a sudden, unexpected tragedy during their annual all-weekend summer party.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, prison, tragedy, danger, guilt, grief, youth, moral ambiguity, trauma, secrets ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, depressing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, violent, rottweiler, multiple perspectives, siblings relations, relationships, betrayal, vengeance, hitman, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, year 1999, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico, south america, ohio ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
brutal, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, outsmarting, prisoner, thief, prison gang, prison escape, resourceful, lone hero, prison life, mafia, vengeance, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
Similarity:
37%
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:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
danger, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, couple relations, uncover truth, maniac, murder, best friend, violent content, profanity, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, detective, f word
Plot:
murder, police, vengeance, vigilantism, black, danger, justice, conspiracy, cover up, corruption, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisville kentucky
Similarity:
35%
454
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Eliú, a country boy, is incarcerated́ in an experimental minors' centre in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. Every day, the teenagers perform strenuous manual labour and intense ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
prison life, teenager, guilt, trauma, juvenile detention, prison sentence, teenage boy, confined, jail, prison, prisoner, life is a bitch ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Three American expats living in Buenos Aires decide to steal a large sum of money so they don't have to return home. But what starts as a game soon turns violent and they find themselves on the verge of consequences none of them expected.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
betrayal, dishonesty, heist, caper, money, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, freedom, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, murder, female protagonist, violent content, dishonesty, hidden identity, organized crime, police, witness, conspiracy, loss of daughter, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lalo is a fourteen year old teenager who, from an naive approach, gets involved in the underground world of the gas theft mafia while he's trying to make money to buy a gift for Ana and win her heart.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, survival, risk, innocence lost, criminal, money problems, juvenile delinquency, troubled youth, threat, teenage life, in love, struggle for survival ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
34%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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