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Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014)
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Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
Style: serious, emotional, captivating, psychological, tense, offbeat, mumblecore, scary, gothic, twisted ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, afterlife, coming of age, high school, youth, gay, hopes, troubled teen, redemption, bullying, lgbt, haunting, supernatural, lgbt teen, seeing dead people, working class, male nudity, closeted gay, supernatural romance, gay crush, homoerotic friendship, imaginary, love, teenager, school ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, psychological, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about teenager, bare chested male, death, blood, supernatural, photograph and murder mostly in Drama, Mystery and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Jamie Marks Is Dead: The Haunting of Whaley House (2012), Horns (2013), School Spirits (2023), Book of Blood (2009), Animals (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Haunting of Whaley House (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, possession, murder, survival, supernatural, danger, legends and myths, haunted, haunting, haunted house, woman with a gun, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Horns (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Style: suspense, surreal, serious, dark fantasy, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, transformation, investigation, murder mystery, good versus evil, supernatural ability, danger, vengeance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, snake, protagonist as suspect, false accusation ...
Time: year 2014, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, turkey
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School Spirits (2023)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
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Story: Maddie, a teen stuck in the afterlife investigating her own disappearance, goes on a crime-solving journey as she adjusts to high school purgatory.
Style: dark, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic
Plot: teenage girl, cheerleader, high school, spirit, love, school teacher, teenage protagonist, afterlife, teenage boy, teenager, apprentice, gay interest ...
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Book of Blood (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of ...
Style: psychological, demonic, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, afterlife, supernatural, professor, sex scene, paranormal investigator, murder, blood, death, older woman younger man relationship, lust ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Animals (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, offbeat ...
Plot: gay teenager, high school, gay best friend, self mutilation, gay brother, teddy bear, imaginary character, blood, teenage girl, surrealism, toy comes to life, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Blue My Mind (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, Mia is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful ...
Style: captivating, touching, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, coming of age, puberty, parent child relationship, body horror, transformation, life is a bitch, underage sex, swimming, creature, darkness ...
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The Bye Bye Man (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while ...
Style: suspense, slasher, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, demonic possession, nightmare, group of friends, bare chested male, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death, demon, murder, violence, sole survivor, running for your life ...
Time: year 2017, year 1969, 60s
Place: ohio, wisconsin
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25%
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Screamtime (1983)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe In Fairies?" plus some new linking material.
Style: anthology, slasher, dark fairy tale, independent film, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, puppeteer, paranormal, psychopath, ghost, haunted house, violent content, couple relations, youth, supernatural, danger, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Invisible (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, South Africa, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, coma, afterlife, invisibility, ghost, regret, teenager, out of body experience, friendship, existentialism, family relations, supernatural ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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24%
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The Magus (1968)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Style: serious, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: mind game, greek island, tarot card, redemption, magician, female nudity, riddles and clues, teachers and students, mental illness, danger, chase, doctor patient relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 1910s, year 1914, year 1943, year 1941
Place: greece
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Closet Monster (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
Style: psychotronic, disturbing, serious, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, gay, gay teenager, gay bashing, closeted gay, bullying, lgbt teen, gay interest, unrequited love, father son relationship, gay sex, lgbtq ...
Time: 2000s
Place: newfoundland
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24%
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Marrowbone (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, scary, tense, slasher ...
Plot: ghost, mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, sibling relationship, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, split personality, schizophrenic, loss of mother, attic ...
Time: 60s, year 2017, year 1969
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The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected by the incident - her ...
Style: psychological, emotional, suspense, mindfuck, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, school shooting, adultery, murder, best friend, guilt, tragedy, self sacrifice, adulthood, haunted by the past, teenager, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 2007
Place: connecticut
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Storm (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story: DD is a smug fellow, almost 30 years of age, who can manage all by himself. At least that's what he thinks. However, a strange woman - Lova - enters his life, hunted by evil men who want to hurt her. Against his will, DD is forced into a series ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, freeze frame ...
Plot: on the run, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, heroes, escapades, journalism, investigation, delusion, obsession, love affair, time travel ...
Place: europe, eastern europe
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Rapture (1979)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: José Sirgado, filmmaker in his thirties, has completed his second film and is deeply unsatisfied for various reasons. One may be that his relationship with the film has nothing to do with what he had imagined, another may be that the heroine of his ...
Style: experimental, surreal, cult classic, controversial, slasher ...
Plot: filmmaking, mental disorder, gay, found footage, female nudity, surrealism, drug addiction, friendship between men, gays and lesbians, exploitation, terror, witchcraft ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: iberian peninsula, spain, madrid
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
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Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Green Butterflies (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.
Style: touching, psychological, disturbing, sincere, serious ...
Plot: gay, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, friend, lgbt, closeted gay, lgbtq, dysfunctional family, humiliation, sexual tension, secret, father son relationship ...
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Center of My World (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A strange family: 17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he returns from summer camp, the mood in the mansion has soured somehow. Phil doesn’t worry about it, hanging out with his ...
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, rough, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a bag full of weapons and self-made bombs, he makes his way to the nearby mall to really stir ...
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, tense, suspense ...
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Hellgate (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A western businessman, his Thai wife and son experience a horrible accident while visiting Bangkok. In the aftermath, they find there is a shadow world between life and death where endless darkness lies.
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, scary, tense
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The Turning (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: scary, gothic, suspense, bleak, dark ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, sexual assault, rape, insane asylum, supernatural, nanny, orphan, maze, terror, puppet, unfulfillment ...
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Apartment Zero (1988)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The owner of a failing cinema and his mysterious boarder are caught up in the political intrigue of Argentina.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: homosexual subtext, neighbor, dark humor, serial killer, homoerotic friendship, loneliness, mental illness, murder, twists and turns, gay, lgbt, gender ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place: buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, california
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style: suspense, gothic, atmospheric, melancholic, biting ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: vampire, loneliness, first love, gory, blood, childhood, supernatural, friendship, adolescence, children, boy, coming of age ...
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Walking with the Ferryman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
Story: An emotional fantasy in which a grieving gay man must open disbelieving eyes to the possibility of supernatural and mythological worlds in order to gain opportunity for reconciliation with a lover lost to apparent suicide.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: afterlife, spiritualist, male nudity, supernatural, ghost story, supernatural power, gay interest, redemption, psychic, paranormal, suicide, chase ...
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Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a ...
Style: touching, romantic, sentimental, emotional, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: afterlife, love affair, couples, love and romance, seeing dead people, death in the family, unfulfillment, ghost, teenager, siblings relations, family problems, love story ...
Time: year 2005, year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Head Burst (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Markus is a handsome and respectable architect who has a secret: he is a pedophile. Despite feeling disgust of himself, Markus can't help but feel attracted to young boys. When he thinks he won't be able to suppress his deepest feelings, ...
Style: ambiguous ending, suspense, psychological, tense, crying ...
Plot: pedophile, pedophilia, little boy, gay lead character, depression, psychotherapy, identity crisis, co worker co worker relationship, family relations, architect, suicidal tendency, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Incubus (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Things are starting to change when a group of mysterious teens move into the small town of Spoon River. All of a sudden, people in the neighborhood are starting to come down with an unexplained disease. In spite of this, one girl is intrigued by the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, gothic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: ghost, danger, supernatural, impossible love, love and romance, youth, social relations, small town, curses spells and rituals, forbidden love, love, true love ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Winter's Bone (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style: depressing, atmospheric, harsh, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
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Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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Psychobitch (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Frida is different. Self chosen different. Marius, on the other hand is the most perfect boy in class, and likes to show off. When they have to work together at school, it's the start of a turbulent and challenging relationship. Generation ...
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: emotional abuse, group of friends, mother daughter relationship, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, socially awkward, classmate classmate relationship, shyness, small town, chase, photographer, friend ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 3.4
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Awakened (2013)
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, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, haunted by the past, small town, small town life, afterlife, mental illness, ghost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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