Movies like Imaginary Friend
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Imaginary Friend (2012)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for strength. She is now an artist struggling with mental illness living with her apparently loving husband, Brad. But when Emma's imaginary friend starts reappearing, she knows she's losing her grip. Desperate to save her marriage and show Brad she is in control, Emma takes drastic measures to free herself of her torment and her imaginary friend.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
losing-it hero, mental illness, imaginary friend, childhood, medication, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, control, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, twists and turns, swimming pool, abusive father, artist, friends, father, imaginary, a vision, husband, manipulation, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Imaginary Friend
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and realistic films with plots about dishonesty, danger, family relations, couples, deadly, murder and mental illness mostly in Thriller genres. Some movies like Imaginary Friend: Betrayed (2014), Playing House (2011), 4Closed (2013), Legacy (2010), The Silent Thief (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a ...
Style:
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Plot:
betrayal, couples, pregnancy, dishonesty, couple relations, blackmail, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance, cape cod massachusetts ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brennan is an outcast drifter who threatens to destroy a family's unity by displacing their son, Mike, while he is away at college. The Silent Thief is a thriller that examines familial bonds and the line between sanity and insanity.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
college, social misfits, family relations, dishonesty, manipulation, mentally unstable, gay, seduction, orphan, gay interest, lgbt, gay subtext ...
Time:
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Similarity:
78%
350
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a homemaker discovers that her husband is a philanderer, she imprisons him in their soundproof basement and reports him missing to the police.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, dark comedy
Plot:
captivity, infidelity, husband wife relationship, missing person, family problems, secret place, crumbling marriage, isolation, unfaithful husband, vengeance, dishonesty, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers (James Caan, Katharine Ross) and helps one trick the other.
Style:
suspense, mind bending, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mind game, psychic, conspiracy, poison, seduction, deception, tarot card, woman in danger, plot twist, gambler, virus, hagsploitation ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their new born son lay in the wake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
black, insomnia, sleep disorder, couples, husband wife relationship, troubled marriage, dysfunctional marriage, family relations, secret past, relationships, couple relations, marriage crisis ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disappearance, island, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, father daughter relationship, little girl, death, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, mind bending ...
Plot:
police inspector, murder, police investigation, riddles and clues, police detective, mental illness, law enforcement, mentally unstable, who done it, life is a bitch, dishonesty, disintegration ...
Time:
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Similarity:
74%
510
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, airport ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
74%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, protagonist as suspect, investigation, crime gone awry, private detective, danger, femme fatale, intrigue, dangerous attraction, life is a bitch, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, obsession, composer, danger, dangerous attraction, stalking, haunted by the past, character study, psychosis, paranoia, isolation, hallucination ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
74%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
isolation, dangerous attraction, held captive, couples, psychopath, confined, danger, kidnapping, country house, weekend, obsession, femme fatale ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
femme fatale, couples, relationships, family problems, husband wife relationship, problem, female protagonist, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, marital problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot:
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71%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
infidelity, murder, amateur detective, dishonesty, couples, family relations, twists and turns, adultery, photography, surveillance, obsession, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, taiwan
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
69%
619
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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, uncover truth, danger, rescue, rehabilitation, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, wrongfully committed, mind game, psychiatric hospital, illness ...
Time:
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Place:
new york
Similarity:
69%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, psychological, suspenseful, scary
Plot:
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Similarity:
68%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
68%
173
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Emma Morris at her young age faces a traumatic accident where her best friend Lily dies. She is in a shock, doctors have faith in her recovery, but it doesn't seem that she is getting better. Her family and friends are helping her throughout ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
small town, friendship, mentally unstable, family problems, family in crisis, grief, mourning, trauma, family drama, death of friend, youth, psychology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set in the vicious world of stand-up comedy, starring Stephen McCole and Malcolm Shields.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, manipulation, performer's life, life is a bitch, showbiz, artists and showbiz, kidnapping, rivalry, drug abuse, haunted by the past, dark humor, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
68%
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