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Coldwater (2013)
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Coldwater (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, independent film, juvenile
Audience: teen drama
Plot: juvenile delinquency, re-education, survival, prison life, humiliation, escape attempt, youth, danger, confined, prison, juvenile delinquent, power relations, juvenile detention, boy, violence, teenage boy, coming of age, children, child abuse, revolution, criminal justice, revolt, riot, punishment, boot camp ...
Time: year 2013, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, confined, prison, violence, youth, murder and juvenile delinquency mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Coldwater: Boot Camp (2008), King of Devil's Island (2010), The Tomb (2007), The Experiment (2001), Sea of Lies (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boot Camp (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, tense, independent film ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boot camp, problem child, juvenile delinquency, power relations, young heroes, escapades, rebelliousness, against the rules, life is a bitch, teenage life, addiction, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
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100%
King of Devil's Island (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Norway, France, Sweden, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, ...
Style: bleak, tense, visually appealing, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: punishment, sexual abuse, prison life, island, juvenile detention, prison, rebellion, child abuse, protest, isolation, survival, coming of age ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1915
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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100%
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The Tomb (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Based on a story by the master of outrageous horror, H.P. Lovecraft, this bloodcurdling film introduces the "Puppetmaster." Imprisoning a group of people in a living hell of darkness and death the Puppetmaster controls the fate of each ...
Style: lovecraft, serious, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, rivalry, supernatural, confined, escapades, survival, ancient mystery, woman in danger, gory, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 96K
The Experiment (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, rough, suspense ...
Plot: experiment, prison, torture, aggression, psychology, social experiment, isolation, degradation, abuse, sociology, violence, survival ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: germany, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sea of Lies (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: murder, false accusation, escape, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, confined, dishonesty, prison, disappearance, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, mexico
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32%
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Mean Dog Blues (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Former TV documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart tries to inject an acceptable degree of verisimilitude in Mean Dog Blues. A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey (Gregg Henry) finds himself on a Southern chain gang. Captain ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: prison, escape, murder, corruption, forest, false accusation, female nudity, rape, injustice, power relations, tough heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.3
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Starred Up (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already ...
Style: psychological, tense, rough, serious, depressing ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: prison, father son relationship, prison life, violence, juvenile delinquent, male pubic hair, nudity, male nudity, manipulation, character study, therapist, teenage life ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
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31%
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Autumn Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: teenage rape, rape, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, child in peril, coming of age, family relations, teenage life, vengeance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Born American (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun ...
Style: suspense, stylized, harsh, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: prison, torture, violence, blood, kgb, stereotypes, politics, false accusation, state affairs, danger, life is a bitch, confined ...
Time: 80s
Place: russia, finland, soviet union, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Bad Turn Worse (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when ...
Style: captivating, bleak, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot: small town, juvenile delinquency, gangster, danger, friendship, betrayal, love and romance, love triangle, farm, rivalry, jealousy, hot and sexy ...
Place: texas, britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Under Still Waters (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: stranger, couples, sex scene, family problems, danger, mysterious character, drinking, drinking alcohol, marriage, alcohol abuse, isolation, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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96 Minutes (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: best friend, life is a bitch, hijacking, woman in danger, class differences, mind game, father daughter relationship, interracial friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, child with gun, sociology, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, atlanta georgia
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31%
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Firstborn (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style: tension, serious, realistic, psychological, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, little brother, killer, school, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, family in danger, single parent ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Fishing Without Nets (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Kenya, Somalia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: pirate, piracy, moral dilemma, hijacking, surrender, danger, confined, escape, rivalry, international relations, violent content, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, somalia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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On the Ice (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: native american, friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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31%
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Come Morning (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Set in rural Arkansas in 1973, Come Morning is the tragic story of Frank and his 10-year-old grandson and the hunting accident that forever changes their lives.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: woods, coming of age, countryside, father son relationship, hunting, corpse, death, manslaughter, danger, youth, country, dead body ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: arkansas
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30%
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Fuehrer Ex (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, has lived at both ends of the political seesaw. The question of how people reach a change of heart is a profound one; Hasselbach describes the external ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot: prison, berlin wall, neo nazi, racism, fascism, friendship, teenage boy, jail, politics, moral dilemma, escape, prison life ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany, europe
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30%
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Scrubbers (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons; Annetta to attempt to visit her baby daughter, who is being raised in a convent; and Carol, who hopes to be recaptured and sent to a closed borstal where she knows her girlfriend ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot: prison, women in prison, women's prison, survival, juvenile prison, remorse, dark humor, truck, lesbian relationship, punishment, nun, prisoner ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
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30%
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Undertow (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style: harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, murder, brutality, tragedy, homelessness, danger, lifestyle, parents and children, violence, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska, mexico
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30%
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Style: grindhouse, suspense, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot: elevator, home invasion, isolation, hagsploitation, woman in jeopardy, violence, serial killer, kidnapping, murder, woman in danger, sociopath, brutality ...
Time: 60s
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30%
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Hellion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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30%
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Billy Boy (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When an angry teenager discovers a close friend has been killed, grief jeopardizes his future and he finds himself engulfed in danger.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crying ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: sex scene, female nudity, teenage boy, teenage love, teenage protagonist, loss of friend, death, society, danger, parents and children, friends, poverty ...
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30%
Last Stop 174 (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the infamous episode of June 12th 2000, when Sandro hijacked bus 174.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: breast feeding, hijacking, street kid, drug abuse, life is a bitch, confined, juvenile delinquency, youth, danger, favela, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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30%
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The Zone (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, twisted, hispanic ...
Plot: murder, vengeance, heist, vigilantism, slum, escape, militia, coming of age, isolation, danger, confined, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2007
Place: mexico, latin america
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30%
Infinite Justice (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style: realistic, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: hostage, captivity, politics, terrorism, journalism, prison, confined, rebellion, danger, kidnapping, state affairs, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, usa
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30%
California Scheming (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual content, best friend, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, danger, disorder, teenage life, boy girl relationship, teenager, profanity, manipulation, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, malibu california
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30%
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Light It Up (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Style: hood, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, urban, black, coming of age, school, hip hop, die hard, swat team, conspiracy, hip hop culture, blaxploitation, danger ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Caged Heart (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Conflict between a hardened prison inmate and a ruthless prison guard.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: prison, confined, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, law enforcement, power relations, injustice, prison life, false accusation, false arrest, profanity ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
1313: Wicked Stepbrother (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Jarrod is horrified to learn that a faceless killer is celebrating his birthday by filling his mansion with the corpses of his closest friends.
Style: scary, realistic, serious, suspenseful, homoerotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, serial killer, youth, danger, teenage life, homosexual, serial murder, murderer, camp, conspiracy, murder, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Below Utopia (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, confined, danger, gunfight, sex scene, woman with a gun, making love, mansion, sensuality ...
Time: 90s
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30%
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