Movies and TV shows like The Leftovers
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The Leftovers (2014)
128K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies.
Style:
mind bending, touching, stylized, offbeat, spooky, captivating, surreal, serious, psychological thriller, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, haunted by the past, missing person, apocalypse, life turned upside down, society, hopes, post apocalypse, depression, small town, small town sheriff, chief of police, belief, life changing experience, worldwide chaos, chaos, religions or cults, twists and turns, miraculous event, atheism, grief, post-apocalyptic future, fear, sex scene, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, syria, new york state, new york
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Most similar movies to The Leftovers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, atmospheric and tense films and TV series with plots about supernatural, show, hebrew, death, small town, psychological drama and investigation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Leftovers: The OA (2016), Twin Peaks (1990), Lost (2004), Dark (2017), Awake (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
126K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
Style:
enigmatic, mysterious, sensual, erotic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
parallel universe, alternate dimension, captive, disappearance, mysticism, alternate reality, supernatural power, blindness, forbidden love, mysterious disappearance, ritual, supernatural ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
82%
243K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
Similarity:
73%
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
67%
531K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Style:
mysterious, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, investigation, mysterious past, time machine, cave, missing child, time portal, deja vu, small town, disappearance, alternate dimension ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2019, 50s, 80s, year 1953 ...
Place:
germany, chernobyl, europe
Similarity:
73%
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22K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, detective, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
alternate reality, police investigation, car accident, grief, family problems, loss, therapy, police protagonist, sanity, loss of son, loss of family member, loss of loved one ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
investigation, destiny, uncover truth, time loop, direction and purpose, paranormal activity, foreknowledge, premonition, supernatural, worldwide chaos, team, talented ...
Time:
2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In the shadow of an enormous hydraulic dam, the lives of the residents of a small French town are changed to their core when hundreds of previously dead relatives all return home on the same day.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, mind bending, sexy, surreal ...
Plot:
afterlife, resurrection, teenage life, accident, small town, supernatural, death, small town life, dealing with death, haunted by the past, living dead, nobody believes ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta tale, Channel Zero: No-End House tells the story of a young woman named Margot Sleator, who visits the No End House, a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. ...
Style:
anthology, spooky, suspense, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, supernatural, small town, kidnapping, private investigation, child in peril, abduction, mysterious disappearance, investigation, family problems, getting home, mysticism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style:
psychological, surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, surrealism, small town life, supernatural, law enforcement, mysterious event, interdimensional travel, electricity, identity, evil spirit, another dimension ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
Similarity:
67%
44K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, suspenseful, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
autism, psychic power, foreknowledge, supernatural ability, psychic, single parent, talented, supernatural, hopes, mathematics, single father, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, supernatural, peril, heroic mission, riddles and clues, mistrust, obsessive quest, investigator, imaginary, scheme ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series based on the book The Returned by Jason Mott that follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, investigation, supernatural, uncover truth, parents and children, surprising revelation, haunted by the past, imaginary, priest, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be ...
Style:
tense, mind bending, serious, captivating, mysterious ...
Plot:
small town, small town life, apocalypse, investigation, danger, society, missing person, cryogenics, post-apocalyptic future, beast, sheriff, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, idaho
Similarity:
25%
728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as ...
Style:
captivating, surreal, sexual, dramatic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
funeral home, gay, dealing with death, hopes, dark humor, death, sibling relationship, depression, dysfunctional family, gays and lesbians, family drama, male male relationship ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, syria
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, high school, depression, bullying, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, troubled teen, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, lgbtq ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
tense, serious, allegory, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
legends and myths, death, supernatural, supernatural ability, road trip, deception, mythology, deity, danger, mysterious character, ex convict, dark secret ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, surreal, teen, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, survival, trapped, isolation, small town, twists and turns, life turned upside down, teenage girl, small town life, human existence, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Survivors was a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, survival, deadly virus, politician, pandemic, disaster, post apocalypse, danger, group of strangers, distopia, plague ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
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, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have long been presumed dead, suddenly reappear; their presence creates both positive and negative consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind ...
Style:
mind bending, touching, tense, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, supernatural, small town life, life turned upside down, uncover truth, family relations, parents and children, dealing with death, miraculous event, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
49K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, surreal, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
circus, surrealism, prophecy, healing power, god or devil, evil, psychic, self discovery, clergy, good versus evil, supernatural, freak ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1934
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, demonic ...
Plot:
angel, good versus evil, apocalypse, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, chaos, danger, rivalry, religions or cults, supernatural, death, fugitives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
33%
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61K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, small town, danger, chaos, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, conspiracy, distopia, leadership ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
TV show
Story:
The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
twists and turns, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, paranormal activity, mysterious death, who done it, multiple suspects, supernatural, uncover truth, sheriff, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Set just before the start of Armageddon, the mini-series will follow two central characters, a physicist and a nun, who are racing against the clock to see if the end of the world apocalypse can be averted. Bill Pullman plays Dr. Richard Massey, a ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, controversial, suspense ...
Plot:
nun, supernatural, apocalypse, amateur detective, physicist, murder, uncover truth, danger, escapades, clergy, society, chaos ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
TV show
Story:
Steven Baxter is the Son of God, and can produce the miracles to prove it. How does the world react when he announces it has to produce a Third Testament within five days, or else it's Judgment Day?
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, apocalyptic
Plot:
miraculous event, hopes, danger, religions or cults, chaos, worldwide chaos, religious fundamentalist, devil, society, imaginary, media circus, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
28%
136K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, southern gothic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, haunted by the past, small town, mother daughter relationship, hometown, alcoholic, reporter, self harm, self mutilation, journalist, investigative reporter ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, missouri, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious man sits in the booth at the end who people make a deal with to get what they want. They do the task or they don't - that is up to them, but there are no rule changes.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, captivating, mind blowing, independent film ...
Plot:
mysterious character, moral dilemma, changing lives, wish come true, human nature, deal, death, encounter, desire, doubts and hesitations, diner, puzzle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
566
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, life turned upside down, small town, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
Similarity:
27%
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