Movies like Cracks
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Cracks (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, serious, stylized, erotic, disturbing, sexy, realistic, depressing, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, coming of age, lesbian, older woman younger woman relationship, obsession, lesbian relationship, boarding school life, lesbian interest, asthma, teenage crush, school, girls' boarding school, mental illness, teachers and students, teacher, lesbian love, sexual abuse, women, teacher student relationship, teenage girl, teenager, depression, suspense, lgbt, bullying ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1934, 30s
Place:
england, spain, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and weird films with plots about storytelling, pornography, runaway, mentor, dialogue, youth and suspense mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Cracks: Heavenly Creatures (1994), Black Swan (2010), Never Let Me Go (2010), The Falling (2014), Confessions (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
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disturbing, psychological, surreal, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
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teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, obsession, friendship, murder, coming of age, lesbian romance, teenager, insanity, women, lgbtq, lgbt, sexuality ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1954, post world war two, year 1953
Place:
new zealand, australia, canada, oceania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, sexy, atmospheric, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, dancing, psychology, insanity, character study, suspense, paranoia, hallucination, rivalry, surrealism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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86%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for ...
Style:
sad, depressing, melancholic, psychological, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, boarding school, existentialism, childhood, friendship, loneliness, love triangle, cloning, sadness, love and romance, transplant, jealousy ...
Time:
50s, year 1978, year 1985, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, incest, schoolgirl, girls' boarding school, brother sister incest, mental illness, mass hysteria, youth, hallucination, secret, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Style:
thought provoking, unusual plot structure, dark, disturbing, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, teachers and students, grief, twists and turns, japanese schoolgirl, dead daughter, bullying, child murder, teenage murderer, juvenile delinquency, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, scenic, stylized, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
missing person, valentine's day, girls' boarding school, unsolved mystery, coming of age, boarding school life, private school, adolescence, wilderness, sexuality, school, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1900, victorian era, 90s, turn of the century ...
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A troublemaking student at a girl's school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
Style:
sad, emotional, controversial, touching, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, gay, tragedy, school, lesbian relationship, false accusation, bigotry, women, gender, courtroom drama, lgbtq, unrequited love ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
Style:
brutal, captivating, suspenseful, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
boarding school, discipline, imprisonment, distopia, dark secret, girls' boarding school, punishment, women's prison, obedience, female protagonist, isolation, secrets ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, UK, Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, art house, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boarding school, childhood, school, friendship, coming of age, little girl, society, girls' boarding school, boarding school life, obsession, teenage life, escape ...
Place:
france, tokyo, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
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teacher, suicide, coming of age, literature, teachers and students, poetry, mentor, philosophy, poet, youth, dedicated educator, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, psychological, disturbing, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
writers, teacher, high school, school, suspense, obsession, literature, student, art, privacy invasion, voyeurism, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
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, scary, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, claustrophobia, survival, trapped, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, youth, twists and turns, isolation, teenager ...
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50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of ...
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, school, lesbian romance, older woman younger woman relationship, love affair, teachers and students, lesbian relationship, teenage life, lesbian love, love and romance ...
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australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, older man younger woman relationship, lesbian, dangerous attraction, infidelity, adultery, teenage girl, high school, teenage life, dysfunctional family, obsession, seduction ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
Sasha, a young British woman, is living with her baby daughter at Ile d'Yeu, a peaceful beach community. A stranger appears. Her name is Tatiana, she's passing through, and pitches her tent in Sasha's yard. The two women build an odd ...
Style:
disturbing, art house, erotic, sexy, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, gay, murder, existentialism, police investigation, dysfunctional family, runaway, death, culture clash, psychology, fantasy world, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, tokyo, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Julie Styron thinks she is going to be fired, but instead discovers that she is being promoted. Trapped in an airport hotel, she wants to celebrate but finds only the company of her young assistant, Paula Murphy. As the night progresses, the two ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, harsh, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
psychology, women, lesbian, trust, brutality, twists and turns, airport, character study, manipulation, paranoid, redemption, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls' first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded by luxuriant, green forest, Lost and Delirious moves ...
Style:
touching, sexy, romantic, psychological, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, coming of age, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian lover, gender, youth, friendship, boarding school, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
10%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
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disturbing, emotional, controversial, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, teenager, investigation, father daughter relationship, bullying, child abuse, rape and revenge, internet, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, teenage girl, teenage life ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
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Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, medical, patient, silence, nurse, art, psychiatry, mute character, insanity, women, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Style:
suspenseful, sexual, sexy, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama
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obsession, psychopath, teenager, stalker, dangerous attraction, obsessive love, fatal attraction, suspense, virginity, borderline personality disorder, rivalry, rapist ...
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Place:
seattle, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, sexy ...
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teens, girls' night
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suburbs, murder, rape, bdsm, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, obsession, friendship, americana, crime and punishment, court ...
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Style:
thought provoking, educational, feel good, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, hostage, coming of age, school, hip hop, vengeance, unlikely friendships, violence, women, weapons, internet, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, torture, manipulation, mind game, age difference, pedophilia, revenge, sexual abuse, child abuse, pedophile, kidnapping, vigilantism ...
Time:
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california, usa, los angeles
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19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, sexy, disturbing, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, voyeur, dangerous attraction, nanny, lolita, suspense, babysitting, voyeurism, teenager, suburban life, surrealism, brutality ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tasmin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, romantic, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, coming of age, summer, teenage life, siblings relations, gays and lesbians, countryside, tomboy, sex ...
Place:
england, california, yorkshire, northern england
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50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, drug addiction, friendship, mother daughter relationship, peer pressure, dysfunctional family, addiction, underage drinking, teenage protagonist, self harm, teenager, kids in trouble ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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18%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, atmospheric, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lust, plot twist, sex, lesbianism, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, twists and turns, seduction, woman ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
japan, india, asia, south korea, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the ...
Style:
intense, tense, serious, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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