Movies like Nightcrawler
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Nightcrawler (2014)
561K
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, biting, thought provoking, cynical, bleak ...
Plot:
suspense, character study, journalism, sociopath, cynicism, obsession, journalist, morality, psychopath, ethics, home invasion, graphic violence, violence, tv news, employer employee relationship, manipulation, life is a bitch, thief, murder, criminal, greed, deception, job interview, interrogation, moral corruption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california
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Most similar movies to Nightcrawler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, thought provoking, dark and disturbing films with plots about violence, suspense, murder, storytelling, violent, twists and turns and psychology mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Nightcrawler: Taxi Driver (1976), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Joker (2019), The Machinist (2004), Prisoners (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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849K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, bleak, neo noir, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
character study, loner, violence, vigilante, obsession, alienation, loneliness, vigilantism, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, vietnam, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, divorce, rape, ex husband ex wife relationship, loss of family, abortion, rape and murder, ex husband, infidelity, flashback ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, texas, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
1.3M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, villain, suspense, mental disorder, social problems, loneliness, psychological trauma, psycho, revenge, character change, insanity, psychopath ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
397K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
insanity, insomnia, hallucination, uncover truth, paranoia, obsession, twists and turns, mysterious character, suspense, losing-it hero, loneliness, schizophrenia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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733K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, crime gone awry, murder, suspense, adultery, extramarital affair, murder mystery, hitman, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, visceral ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
655K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, heist, mechanic, lone wolves, tough heroes, suspense, revenge, loner, organized crime, car, violent, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
445K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, ghetto, corrupt cop, gang member, drugs ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Movie in collections
554K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, stylized, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, journalism, suspense, maniac, paranoia, killings, police, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1971 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, sacramento california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
2.2M
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, twist ending, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, plot twist, fight, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, against the rules, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
delaware, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, enigmatic, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
suspense, obsession, serial killer, manipulation, psychopath, murder, sociopath, gay, murder mystery, envy, homosexuality, lgbt ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959, year 1958
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, mediterranean sea, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
robbery, suspense, dysfunctional family, heist, blackmail, crime gone awry, greed, nude, heist gone wrong, adultery, murder, divorce ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, rio de janeiro, brazil, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
152K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, suspense, split personality, imaginary friend, maniac, macabre, double life, investigation, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
780K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Prisoners related movies
131K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
police, kidnapping, police officer, suspense, kidnapped woman, abduction, police station, woman in danger, heroes, who done it, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
998K
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, surprise ending, clever, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, missing person, investigation, infidelity, murder mystery, marriage, manipulation, psychology, adultery, missing wife, disappearance ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
greed, snow, suspense, small town, betrayal, fbi, bag of money, winter, twists and turns, heist, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, minnesota, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, police investigation, kidnapped child, missing child, suspense, moral dilemma, tragic event, disappearance, child abuse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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687K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, kidnapping, police, murder, ransom, greed, suspense, gangsters, crime gone awry, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
minnesota, north dakota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
379K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, captivating, clever, witty ...
Plot:
dark humor, psychopath, small town, policewoman, law enforcement, police officer, police investigation, killings, small town life, killer, scheme, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1979, future, 2020s, 20th century, year 2006 ...
Place:
minnesota, usa, north dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, road movie, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, journalism, journalist, lovers on the run, suspense, road trip, writers, obsession, on the road, cross country, violence spree ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, pittsburgh, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Movie in collections
86K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, childhood, religious fanatic, twists and turns, demon, murder, plot twist, psychopath, insanity, father son relationship, suspense, supernatural ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style:
psychotronic, psychological, realistic, tense, scary ...
Plot:
sniper, serial killer, monster, macabre, suspense, murder, aging, suburbs, violence, terror, death, dark hero ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, texas, california, asia, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, scary, disturbing, rough, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, torture, home invasion, hostage, murder, bad guy wins, brutality, kidnapping, torment, maniac, evil wins ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, brutal, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
organized crime, revenge, vengeance, gangsters, betrayal, left for dead, flashback, hitman, left to die, mafia, money, violence ...
Time:
20th century, future, 60s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
464K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, loss of child, murder, suspense, sexual abuse, childhood, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Style:
clever, surprise ending, dark, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, obsession, police, manipulation, police investigation, twists and turns, mind game, psychology, guilt, greed, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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