Movies like The Calling 2014
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The Calling (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, ambiguous ending, psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, riddles and clues, murder, society, law enforcement, winter, investigation, gay, murderer, religion, snow, murder investigation, catholic, hidden treasure, psychopath, killing spree, graphic violence, strong female presence, small town, religions or cults, kidnapping, suicide, policewoman, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, montreal, british columbia, montreal quebec canada
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Most similar movies to The Calling
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, psychopath and danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Calling: Hide (2011), Monster (2014), Serial Killer 1 (2014), The Rosary Murders (1987), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, enigmatic
Plot:
uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, serial killer, law enforcement, strong female presence, lifetime, deadly, danger
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bok-Soon (Kim Go-eun-I) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Bok-Soon may not be the brightest girl but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage. She’s infamously known as the “psycho ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, vengeance, murder, rivalry, asian prostitute, law enforcement, criminal heroes, hitman, contests and competitions, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, non-linear
Plot:
police investigation, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder trial, murder suspect, true crime, nude, court ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 2001, year 1995
Place:
france, paris france
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100%
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, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, investigation, society, legal, uncover truth, clergy, who done it ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
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24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, psychologist, texas ranger, rivalry, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, police detective, psychopath, woman in danger, murder, criminal psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In "An Amish Murder", the peaceful Amish farming community of Painter’s Mill, Ohio, is shattered when a series of brutal murders leaves the town with a sense of frailty and loss of innocence. Among the most affected by the tragedy was ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, realistic
Plot:
amish, murder, police investigation, religions or cults, society, law enforcement, winter, nypd, religion, snow, performer's life, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ohio
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23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, theater, small town, murder, violence, mentally unstable, solitary, woman in danger, graphic violence, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, serial killer, psychopath, law enforcement, vigilantism, track down, murder, who done it, vigilante ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vancouver Police Detective Henry Smith is one of those investigating the murder of Roman Catholic Father Martin, who was crucified in his own church.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, church, dangerous attraction, who done it, riddles and clues, religions or cults, psychopath, police detective, obsession, reluctant partners, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mysteries keep revolving around Tam’s life.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, private detective, murder, riddles and clues, serial killer, killer, graphic violence, danger, shotgun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, journalism, law enforcement, riddles and clues, stalking, partners against crime, twins, murderous pair, genocide, lifetime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, legal, life turned upside down, district attorney, dishonesty, twists and turns, murder, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, winter, suspense, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, murder, protagonist as suspect, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, false accusation, frame up, dishonesty, media, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets of the Old Town in time-honored ritual. But for one celebrant this Holy Week is different. For him Semana Santa is a time to ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, psychological, serious, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, sexual abuse, fascism, investigation, mind game, psychopath, clergy, rivalry, who done it, murder, woman in danger, spanish civil war ...
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, murder, who done it, track down, master criminal, partners against crime, wedding, psychopath, fall in love, terminal illness, reluctant partners ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
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21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, catholic, false accusation, courtroom drama, investigation, moral dilemma, frame up, teenage life, who done it, clergy, introspection, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Savage Messiah is a docudrama about Roch "Moïse" Thériault, the charismatic former leader of a small religious group based near Burnt River, Ontario, Canada. Between 1977 and 1989 he held sway over as many as 12 adults and 26 children. ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, tense, serious ...
Plot:
manipulation, small town, serial killer, life is a bitch, leadership, society, religions or cults, psychopath, child abuse, violence, commune, religion ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind game, undercover, stalking, rivalry, psychopath, prodigy, false identity, fight, blackmail, conspiracy, serial killer, bounty hunter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, law enforcement, psychopath, obsessive quest, police investigation, gang ...
Place:
san francisco, south africa, alaska, usa, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murderous pair, police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Rampage delves into the subject of legal insanity, so often the default defense in modern-time gruesome crime trials. Alex McArthur plays an outwardly normal guy who goes on incredible killing and mutilating sprees until (and even after, when he ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, courtroom, killer, lawyer, courtroom drama, death sentence, murderer, true crime, hunting, art, violence, insanity ...
Time:
80s
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, moral dilemma, mind game, introspection, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, siblings relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot:
abduction, psychopath, serial killer, police investigation, police procedural, murder investigation, who done it, murder mystery, murder, murderer, track down, chase ...
Place:
usa
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20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, cat, apartment building, rape, investigation, police investigation, who to trust, friendship, male female relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
law enforcement, riddles and clues, murder, investigation, partners, religions or cults, society, kidnapping, mafia, suspense, interpol, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, reluctant partners, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, surprise ending
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, riddles and clues, police investigation, mind game, supernatural ability, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, psychic, killer, nypd ...
Time:
90s
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19%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, exploitation, woman with a gun, amateur detective, chase, manhunt, law enforcement, police investigation, psychopath, police detective, strong sexual content ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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19%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Une policière, Maud Graham, suit un tueur en série qui agresse des femmes. En même temps, elle héberge un jeune prostitué et un fugueur de 12 ans. L'action se déroule dans la ville et capitale de la province du même nom, Québec.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir
Plot:
police investigation, murder, kidnapping, police detective, mind game, riddles and clues, who done it, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer, sex crime, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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