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Coldwater (2013)
5K
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, psychological, juvenile
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, re-education, juvenile detention, escape attempt, survival, prison life, youth, danger, confined, power relations, boy, prison, violence, teenage boy, coming of age, humiliation, child abuse, escape, death, torture, murder, doctor, revolt, riot ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Coldwater
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, confined, violence, murder, youth, prison and death mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Coldwater: Boot Camp (2008), King of Devil's Island (2010), The Experiment (2001), Lord of the Flies (1963), The Tomb (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
10K
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, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
boot camp, problem child, remote island, juvenile delinquency, corporal punishment, abuse, power relations, escapades, young heroes, isolation, teenage life, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: 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:
prison life, punishment, sexual abuse, juvenile detention, island, prison, rebellion, child abuse, boarding school life, protest, isolation, survival ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, japan, poland
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, abuse, social experiment, aggression, prison escape, disorder, degradation, warden, psychology, violence ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, black and white, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, island, desert island, bullying, innocence lost, survival, children, stranded on an island, literary, coming of age, skinny dipping, isolation ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, future, near future
Place:
fictional island, britain, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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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, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, rivalry, danger, supernatural, ancient mystery, confined, escapades, cons and scams, woman in danger, gory, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, grief, death, family relations, buddies, youth, parents and children, society, village, accidental death, coming of age, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
31%
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, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, naked man, violence, prison life, juvenile delinquent, nudity, prison guard, hot guys, male nudity, therapist, nude young male ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ethiopia, ireland, britain, england
Similarity:
30%
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:
sex scene, couples, stranger, family problems, mysterious character, danger, drinking, duel, drinking alcohol, romantic triangle, marriage, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man and his friends react to a sudden, unexpected tragedy during their annual all-weekend summer party.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, prison, tragedy, danger, guilt, grief, youth, moral ambiguity, trauma, secrets ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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, vigilantism, slum, militia, coming of age, isolation, danger, confined, teenage boy, violence, little boy ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
30%
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, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
prison, escape, female nudity, murder, corruption, forest, false accusation, rape, tough heroes, power relations, injustice, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
30%
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, psychological, realistic, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, brother brother relationship, abusive boyfriend, emotional abuse, secret relationship, little brother, mother child relationship, physical abuse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
30%
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:
rape, teenage rape, child in peril, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, coming of age, family relations, danger, vengeance, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alps
Similarity:
29%
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, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, urban, black, coming of age, school, hip hop, die hard, swat team, hip hop culture, danger, blaxploitation, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
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, sociological, psychological ...
Plot:
best friend, life is a bitch, hijacking, woman in danger, class differences, mind game, interracial friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, child with gun, prostitute mother, sociology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
29%
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:
youth, motocross, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, social worker, death of mother, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 95 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 ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison, violence, torture, blood, kgb, stereotypes, politics, false accusation, state affairs, confined, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, finland, helsinki finland, soviet union, new jersey ...
Similarity:
29%
10K
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, curse, juvenile delinquency, murder, homelessness, tragedy, lifestyle, danger, parents and children, single father, violence, boy ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska ...
Similarity:
29%
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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, love and romance, betrayal, love triangle, farm, rivalry, hot and sexy, jealousy ...
Place:
texas, britain, usa
Similarity:
29%
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, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
pirate, piracy, moral dilemma, hijacking, surrender, confined, danger, rivalry, international relations, violent content, hostage, realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, somalia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, investigation, undercover, police corruption, journalism, media, law enforcement, uncover truth, legal, working undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
UNREQUITED is a psychological thriller and tells the story of Ben Jacobs, a troubled young man who, on his 18th birthday, has to leave the group home for "troubled teens" where he has been living for the past several months and move back ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love and romance, unrequited love, teenage love, unfulfilled love, danger, adaptation, abduction, teenager, loner, kidnapping, youth, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom, witness, law, kidnapping, organized crime, murder, prison, power relations, injustice, restaurant, confined, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Stefanie Ritter is actually quite happy with her life. When the charming pilot Kai Mertens turns up one day, Stefanie feels that tingling in her stomach again for the first time. For her birthday, he surprises her with a dream vacation in Mexico. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
escape, murder, false accusation, confined, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, prison, dishonesty, female protagonist, wrongful accusation, prison escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, germany
Similarity:
29%
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:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, danger, confined, sex scene, making love, gunfight, sensuality, mansion, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, childhood trauma, killing spree, murder, obsession, friendship, twists and turns, violence, nudity, transgender, tourist, tourism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
29%
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, crime drama ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
breast feeding, hijacking, favela, street kid, drug abuse, confined, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, danger, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, robbery ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, couple relations, danger, couples, stranger, husband wife relationship, adultery, cuckolded husband, nudity, violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
zimbabwe
Similarity:
29%
134K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, danger, investigation, woman in danger, 911, youth, psycho, murder, kidnapped, chase, child abduction ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, friendship, injustice, social decay, juvenile delinquency, hopes, racism, misfit, legal, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
29%
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