Movies like The Frozen Ground
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The Frozen Ground (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, atmospheric, disturbing, serious, realistic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, crime, psychopath, winter, crimes, escape, kidnapping, manhunt, rapist, pimp, hunting, prostitute, confession, drug overdose, sexual predator, track down, danger, unlikely criminals, strip club, runaway, nudity (full frontal - brief), rape, interrogation, hitman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, united states, boston
Most similar movies to The Frozen Ground
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about serial killer, murder, crimes, police investigation, crime, deadly and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Frozen Ground: The Bone Collector (1999), The Call (2013), Zodiac (2007), The Factory (2012), Blood Work (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, suspenseful, twists and turns ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, forensics, master criminal, crime, paraplegic, policewoman, crimes, riddles and clues, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, united states
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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:
suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, woman in danger, serial killer, child abduction, 911, psycho, danger, investigation, youth, murder, graphic violence, lifesaver ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
469K

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:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mystery, investigation, maniac, crime, paranoia, code, journalist, uncover truth, crimes, reporter ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1960s, 20th century, 1990s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, investigation, graphic violence, crime, police detective, confined, crimes, chases and races, obsession, vigilantism, deadly ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, twists and turns, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, serial killer, psychopath, crimes, police investigation, mystery, investigation, deadly, dishonesty, foot chase, doctor patient relationship ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Se7en
144K

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, macabre, tense, twists and turns, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, crimes, secret, police detective, businessman, murder, double life, crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
253K

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, investigation, split personality, fbi, murder, neo noir, cruelty, deadly, reporter ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., florida, chicago illinois, st. louis missouri, birmingham alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
605K

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:
twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, investigation, missing child, crime, brutality, child abduction, disappearance, vigilantism, torture, neo noir, vigilante ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, crime, investigation, maniac, cannibalism, murder, fbi, psychology, killings, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
maryland, virginia, usa, chicago illinois, memphis ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines (hence the title of the movie), which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, brutal, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, amateur detective, murder, danger, psychopath, female detective, woman in danger, police investigation, mystery, uncover truth, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Prisoners
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
psycho film, bleak, idiotic, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, psychology, criminal psychologist, murderer, police investigation, fbi agent, fbi, killings, serial murder, police, murder ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
twist ending, serious, suspenseful, tense, twists and turns ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, woman in danger, missing person, violence against women, police investigation, who done it, profiler, crimes, forensics, investigation, mystery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, los angeles, usa, washington d.c., california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, sexy, twists and turns, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, police, femme fatale, police detective, newspaper, crime, crimes, sexual relations, strong sexual content, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, murder, true crime, rivalry, chases and races, crime, mind game, deadly, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
utah, colorado, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
82K

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, crimes, who done it, deadly, riddles and clues, writer's life, unconventional method, murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Zodiac similar movies
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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, twists and turns, tense, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, psychopath, crime, investigation, neo noir, master criminal, police investigation, police detective, twists & turns, police, psychology ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
usa, united states, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all ...
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, crimes, murder, uncover truth, woman in danger, cop as target, dishonesty, deadly, false accusation, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
16K

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, tricky ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, kidnapping, woman in danger, single parent, crimes, crime, manipulation, mind game, mysterious character ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, crime, crimes, vengeance, stalking, mentally unstable, partners against crime, chases and races, maniac, police detective ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, rough, based on true events ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial rapist, murder, mind game, strangulation, police detective, split personality, double life, police investigation, crimes, crime, mystery ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, based on true events ...
Plot:
serial killer, prostitute, psychopath, violence, murder, police investigation, strangulation, rape, sexual abuse, crimes, hidden identity, serial rapist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%

Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Early 20th century. Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, obsession, psychopath, police detective, deadly, danger, child murder, cannibalism, murder ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 20s, 30s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, pimp, violence, prostitute, police investigation, race against time, search, disappearance, interrogation, woman in danger, chase ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
south korea, seoul, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, scary ...
Plot:
journalism, serial killer, woman in danger, murder, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, crime, deadly, crimes, mystery, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, based on true events
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, crimes, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, serial killer, deadly, mind game, rivalry, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style:
suspenseful, twists and turns, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, murder, vengeance, crimes, crime, missing person, law enforcement, hitchhiker, murder mystery, train, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, stalking, obsession, serial killer, murder, psychopath, crimes, neo noir, mind game, crime, police investigation, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hijacking, master criminal, airplane, convict, helicopter, one man army, prison, machismo, confined, law enforcement, tough heroes, war hero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, united states, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, danger, crime, murder, police, deadly, violence, law enforcement, self mutilation, insanity, racial slur, psychopath ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, haunted by the past, vengeance, police detective, serial killer, psychopath, track down, vigilantism, who done it, murder, deadly, law enforcement ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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