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Bubble (2005)
9K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
Style:
meditative, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, realistic, experimental, dark, mumblecore, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, working class, small town, investigation, love triangle, character study, factory, society, workplace romance, police detective, workplace, unfulfillment, single mother, secret love, mysticism, doll, self discovery, labor, puppet, angry, social anxiety, love and romance, social relations, factory worker ...
Time:
year 2005, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
ohio, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Bubble
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, investigation, murder mystery, small town, law enforcement and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Bubble: The Pledge (2001), Brigham City (2001), Black Crescent Moon (2008), Hukkle (2002), Meskada (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, child murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, child murder, plot twist, justice, private investigation, violent, small town, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
nevada, turkey, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, mormon, murder investigation, sheriff, law enforcement, social relations, self discovery, christian, latter day saints, politics ...
Time:
future
Place:
utah, california, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Using almost no dialogue, the film follows a number of residents (both human and animal) of a small rural community in Hungary - an old man with hiccups, a shepherdess and her sheep, an old woman who may or may not be up to no good, some ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, social relations, small town, serial killer, female assassin, killing spree, underground, human relationship, cat, criminal, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder mystery, amateur sleuth, murder, murder investigation, danger, uncover truth, small town, riddles and clues, redheaded woman, strong female presence, gift ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Small-town detective Noah Cordin is called to solve a juvenile homicide that occurred during a home burglary in his affluent town of Hilliard. The dead boy's mother, Allison Connor, is a member of the Meskada County Board of Commissioners, and ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, police investigation, social differences, small town, working class, friend, investigation, crime scene, home invasion, burglar, dead boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, small town, jesse stone, investigation, kidnapping, murder, law enforcement, police detective, missing child, missing person, inadvertently, secret service ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, nova scotia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, manipulation, legal, dishonesty, danger, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A retiring detective tries to discover the identity of a half charred woman found in front of a District Attorney's boat who is pursuing a child serial killer.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, boat, who done it, murder investigation, police officer, heroes, brutality, child murder, death, murder mystery, child murderess, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, murder, danger, store, sabotage, murder mystery, whodunit, female protagonist, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, murder, accidental death, adaptation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation, courtroom drama, investigation, parents and children, teenage life, lawyer, family problems ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it's nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder mystery, lawyer, murder, fictional reality show, district attorney, crime scene, uncover truth, legal investigation, partner, twists and turns, legal, love triangle ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
gender, murder, murder investigation, transsexual, gender bending, transgender, uncover truth, political corruption, investigation, fighting the system, politics, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
21%
479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing room, Aurora enlists her Real ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
murder, library, danger, escapades, outsmarting, resourceful, mysterious character, riddles and clues, talented, society, murder mystery, filmmaking ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder, partners against crime, investigation, uncover truth, partner, investigator, death, testimony, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Style:
serious, realistic, talky, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, multiple suspects, whodunit, murder, investigation, dishonesty, conspiracy, mother son relationship, writers, bare chested male, mysticism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, europe, belgium
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mysterious death, corruption, investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch, small town life, truth, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
Style:
stylized, intense, cynical, bleak, intellectual ...
Plot:
murder mystery, politics, murder, conspiracy, lone hero, witnessing a crime, intrigue, society, political corruption, showbiz, hotel, investigation ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
police detective, police station, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, partners against crime, law enforcement, workplace, die hard, crime solving, law and order ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, usa
Similarity:
20%
678
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and tragically reveals how they are all interrelated.
Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, hood ...
Plot:
vengeance, juvenile delinquency, working class, criminal heroes, youth, society, life is a bitch, homecoming, small town, teenage pregnancy, murder, ghetto ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life, grey and boring, is based on the small family business, his mother's house, his girlfriend's bed, and the town bars. However under an appearance of quiet ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, family relations, murder, mental illness, social relations, family life, store, small town, gory, small town life, insanity, health ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
19%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
exciting, psychological, erotic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, psychopath, police detective, murder, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Echo must deal with the regular dramas of high school, in addition to grappling with the murder of her older sister, Zoë. But when Echo receives a diary from Zoë's boyfriend, she begins to untangle the secret life her sister lived.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, high school, damsel in distress, secret life, life is a bitch, brutality, investigation, friendship, danger, disorder, youth ...
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective, f word
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, advocate, intelligence agency, private investigator, power relations, investigation, dedicated lawyer, legal, artists and showbiz, workplace, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emotionally ready to confront her fiancé's 15-year-old murder, Hailey finds herself caught up in the case of a missing college coed. The deeper Hailey digs into the young woman's disappearance the more she is convinced the two events are ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
whodunit, mysterious disappearance, psychoanalyst, murder, investigation, puzzle, crime investigation, missing person, murder investigation, cold case, death of fiance, police detective ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, realistic, detective, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, small town, murder mystery, homicide detective, police investigation, small town life, missing child, social relations, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
18%
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