Movies like The Scribbler
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The Scribbler (2014)
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a thought... what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?
Style:
psychological, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, mind blowing, tense
Plot:
split personality, mental illness, suicide, experiment gone awry, electroshock therapy, superhero, addiction, suspense, house, badass female lead, schizophrenia, girl fight, anti heroine, psychiatric ward, dog, interrogation, villainess, blackout, hanging, goldfish, topless woman, female fight, female nudity, talking dog, nudist ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological and mind bending films with plots about suspense, murder, mental illness, supernatural, deadly, danger and obsession mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Scribbler: The I Inside (2004), The Quiet Ones (2014), Jekyll + Hyde (2006), Brain Dead (1990), Dark Reprieve (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
memory loss, time loop, time travel, hospital, paranoia, murder, nightmare, uncover truth, memory, dishonesty, investigation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2000, 2000s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A university student and some classmates are recruited to carry out a private experiment -- to create a poltergeist. Their subject: an alluring, but dangerously disturbed young woman. Their quest: to explore the dark energy that her damaged psyche ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, stylized, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
paranormal phenomena, experiment, suspense, ghost, poltergeist, seance, cameraman, skepticism, student, supernatural, found footage, possession ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Jekyll is a young science student who, along with his friend Mary, experiments with various drugs and compounds in order to create a personality-enhancing drug that he believes will turn him into the successful and popular person he so craves ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, slasher, exciting ...
Plot:
split personality, disorder, supernatural, obsession, mental illness, supernatural ability, misfit, experiment gone awry, addiction, suicide, struggle, jekyll and hyde ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation!
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, hallucination, nightmare, paranoia, experiment, insanity, experiment gone awry, delusion, psychiatrist, surrealism, corporation, obsession ...
Time:
80s
Place:
indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two people Matt and Kate wake up in a closed down prison. They have no idea how they got there, or why they are there. In the prison they encounter several terrors as they look for an exit.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
murder, prison, suspense, captivity, confined, survival, supernatural, memory loss, stranger, violence, electric chair, fashion ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, espionage, twists and turns, distopia, spy, technology, brainwashing, uncover truth, hidden identity, mysterious character, dystopic future ...
Time:
future
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52%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don Wake, she discovers he's not your run-of-the-mill paranoic. In fact, his visions of her life ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, mind bending, serious
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, paranoia, mentally unstable, investigation, hospital, murder, doctors and patients, mind game, obsession, losing-it hero, uncover truth ...
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51%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
cult, schizophrenia, kidnapping, supernatural, mentally unstable, female psychopath, supernatural horror, child abduction, suspense, mental patient, mental illness, occult ...
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51%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, insanity, time travel, imaginary friend, surrealism, parallel universe, hallucination, suspense, time loop, suburbs, schizophrenia ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A nurse uncovers the terrifying truth about a renowned doctor whose patients have become permanently maimed by his special dose of a drug called "Dead Sleep."
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, mind bending, bleak, erotic ...
Plot:
mental institution, nurse, mental illness, mad scientist, investigation, doctors and patients, murder, rehabilitation, psychiatry, experiment, electroshock therapy, hospital ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Films like Donnie Darko
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, plot twist, invulnerability, twists and turns, train crash, suspense, villain, self discovery, father son relationship, supernatural ability, supernatural power, a vision ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 60s, 2000s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, mental illness, insanity, suspense, plot twist, psychology, paranoia, psychiatrist, mental institution, memory, isolation ...
Time:
year 1954, 1940s, year 1945, 20th century, year 1952 ...
Place:
boston
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50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man (Christopher Denham) must use his newfound intellect to stop a brutal series of murders.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, supernatural, obsession, murder, who done it, intelligence, siblings relations, supernatural ability, clergy, brother brother relationship, woman in danger ...
Place:
new york
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50%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dr. Dupont arrives at a mental facility to apply for a staff position. World famous Dr. Quilly interviews her, and has her sign papers. She is thrilled to get the job, and is shown her room. However, confusion with her room being on the same floor ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, uncover truth, rehabilitation, mentally unstable, rescue, doctors and patients, wrongfully committed, suspense, suicide, doctor, village life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...
Style:
serious, scary, mind bending, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
public sex, virus, conspiracy, mental disorder, small town, mental illness, male nudity, earthquake, mentally unstable, escapades, curses spells and rituals, small town life ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, law enforcement, abduction, investigation, police detective, suspense, graphic violence, isolation, captivity, confined, life is a bitch, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric ...
Plot:
time travel, insanity, post apocalypse, apocalypse, psychology, paranoia, time loop, virus, end of the world, alternate reality, social misfits, save the world ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2030s, 20th century, year 1990 ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, canada, baltimore, usa
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49%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A man learns about alien agendas from a dying agent and feels compelled to warn the world about the impending danger.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, mind bending, psychotronic, philosophical ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, ufo, human existence, destiny, life changing experience, oldtimer, creature, suspense, alien race, alien encounter, troubled ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ambitious medical researcher discovers a mold that he believes could be the foundation of a miracle cure for degenerative disease
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, couple relations, experiment gone awry, suspense, quarantine, miraculous event, doctors and patients, supernatural ability, caucasian, person on fire, mad woman, hidden room ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.
Style:
mind bending, scary, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, manipulation, performer's life, estrangement, mental illness, voyeurism, city life, addiction, mentally unstable, mind game, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy's Motel and Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force ...
Style:
psychological, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
road trip, erotica, dishonesty, isolation, mysterious character, confined, nothing goes right, couples, disorder, haunted by the past, infidelity, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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48%
Genre: Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On the eve of their biggest gig ever, the members of synth-rock band Starfoxy throw a rager that ends with a fan mysteriously dead in the pool.
Style:
realistic, psychological, cynical, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
festival, friends, twists and turns, secret, murder, sexual relations, uncover truth, who done it, musician, multiple perspectives, male objectification, band ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, tense, confusing ...
Plot:
parallel world, twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel universe, time loop, friends, disorder, paranoia, suspense, dinner party, confinement indoors, comet ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, suspense, murder mystery, psychology, investigation, murderer, murder, stranded, twists and turns, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa, florida
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48%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
scapegoat, mysterious character, mind game, haunted by the past, psychopath, losing-it hero, race against time, supernatural, rivalry, murder, destiny, supernatural ability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Style:
scary, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, ghost, supernatural, split personality, dissociative identity disorder, murder, doctors and patients, twists and turns, brutality, confined, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 21st century
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48%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Malcom McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips and Robert Englund star in three separate stories set in an eerie mental asylum.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, losing-it hero, doctors and patients, psychological trauma, hospital, obsession, father son relationship, art, artist, mental disorder, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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47%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a group of teenagers stumble upon a secret lab, they become part of a deadly experiment - The Recreator - evil human clones. Craig, Tracy and Derek come face to face with exact copies of themselves that have only one purpose; to find and kill ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cloning, laboratory, isolation, experiment gone awry, secret place, confined, youth, teenager, suspense, disorder, teenage life, forest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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47%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, murder, investigation, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, suspense, ghost, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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47%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
multiverse, murder, juggling, investigation, police detective, suspense, clones, conspiracy, victim, hunting, travel, time travel ...
Time:
21st century
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