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The Magus (1968)
 5.5
 2K
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: psychological, serious, atmospheric, captivating, melancholic, retro, independent film, crying, freeze frame, mind bending
Plot: mind game, greek island, tarot card, redemption, magician, female nudity, teachers and students, mental illness, danger, riddles and clues, chase, doctor patient relationship, school, teacher, schizophrenic, manipulation, magic, magic realism, erotica, schizophrenia, suicide, rural setting, rivalry, airplane, world war two ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, year 1914, year 1943, 1910s
Place: greece
Keyword: candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, psychological, crying and suspenseful films with plots about photograph, murder, cigarette smoking, blood, flashback, bare chested male and death mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Magus: Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014), Night Train to Terror (1985), One Deadly Summer (1983), Photographing Fairies (1997), Apartment Zero (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, afterlife, coming of age, high school, youth, gay, hopes, troubled teen, redemption, bullying, lgbt, haunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Night Train to Terror (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a ...
Style: anthology, cult horror, classic horror, retro, dark fairy tale ...
Plot: train, devil, railway, rock and roll, exploitation, supernatural horror, doom, serial killer, stranger on a train, rock band, supernatural, monster ...
Time: year 1979, 80s, 70s, 1940s, year 1944
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder ...
Style: sexy, erotic drama, anthology, social, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, sexual manipulation, rape and revenge, small town, exhibitionist, summer, rape victim, exhibitionism, traumatic childhood, erotica, breast feeding, raped woman ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 70s, 60s, year 1955 ...
Place: france, europe, south of france, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of ...
Style: psychological, grindhouse, mystic, esoteric, spiritual ...
Plot: photograph, photography, world war one, photographer, afterlife, paranormal, creature, pagan, magical creature, magic realism, folk horror, occult ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england, alps, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 5.6
 3K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 4.9
 1K
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 ⇓
72%
 6.6
 2K
Waterland (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious, offbeat ...
Plot: teacher, high school, haunted by the past, teachers and students, self discovery, power relations, couples, introspection, couple relations, friendship, father son relationship, mental illness ...
Time: 90s, 1940s, 70s, year 1992, 1920s ...
Place: england, pittsburgh, europe, london, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 7.1
 8K
Images (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
Style: surreal, mind bending, psychological thriller, psychological, slasher ...
Plot: schizophrenia, mental breakdown, mental illness, surrealism, hallucination, adultery, countryside, husband wife relationship, loneliness, delusion, country house, vacation gone wrong ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 5.7
 1K
Deadfall (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, freeze frame, british noir
Plot: heist, love triangle, caper, gay, affair, mansion, jewel thief, burglar, diamond theft, partner, dishonesty, rehabilitation ...
Time: 60s
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 6.8
 406
Summerfield (1977)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When teacher Simon arrives in a small, secluded village to take over the local school, he is surprised to discover that his predecessor has disappeared without a trace - and that nobody seems too concerned about it. As Simon probes deeper into the ...
Style: slasher, surprise ending, crying, road movie, freeze frame ...
Plot: island, disease, teacher, rural setting, guesthouse, mother daughter relationship, escape, running, deception, chase, broken leg, cat ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.
Style: suspense, gothic, neorealism, grindhouse, phantasmagoric ...
Plot: ghost, painting, painter, artist, supernatural, obsession, art, mental disorder, parallel universe, biopic, folk horror, psycho ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1944
Place: italy, milan italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Trap for Cinderella (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, psychological thriller ...
Plot: female friendship, life turned upside down, self discovery, amnesia, losing-it hero, house fire, memory loss, murder, grief, coming of age, erotica, unrequited love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south of france, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.9
 1K
Lost Soul (1977)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.
Style: gothic, creepy, slasher, crying, surprise ending
Plot: psychotic, children, female nudity, room, exploitation, psychiatry, female psychopath, nude model, teenage boy, drawing, engineer, manor ...
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.4
 33K
Sleuth (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Style: psychological, intellectual, talky, witty, minimal cast ...
Plot: manipulation, riddles and clues, age difference, divorce, brutality, greed, verbal byplay, twists and turns, infidelity, dishonesty, mistaken identity, game playing ...
Place: united kingdom, britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Quiet is the Night (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he has an adolescent son he has not been able to communicate with.
Style: poliziottesco, freeze frame, detective, neo noir
Plot: christmas, police investigation, winter, masked killer, child murder, photography, vigilante justice, mysterious telephone call, bare chested male, dead body, police, false accusation of murder ...
Time: 1920s
Place: poland, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.7
 74K
The Gift (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, scary, psychological ...
Plot: psychic, mental illness, investigation, clairvoyant, small town, extrasensory perception, psychic power, murder, tarot card, fortune teller, violence, macabre ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Style: twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot: memory loss, amnesia, obsession, psychiatrist, uncover truth, life turned upside down, investigation, psychology, power relations, doctors and patients, false identity, domestic violence ...
Time: 90s, year 2014, year 2000, year 2007, year 2013 ...
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 6.2
 245
Hastrman (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A strange nobleman returning after years abroad to a small Bohemian village in the beginning of 19th century. The nobleman feels closer to animals despite looking like a human.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, dark comedy ...
Plot: loneliness, collector, priest in love, unrequited love, secret, tragic romance, supernatural power, love triangle, fish out of water, mythology, hiding place, murder ...
Time: 1830s, 19th century
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.2
 65K
Red Lights (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, ...
Style: surprise ending, enigmatic, twist ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: psychic, supernatural, mind game, uncover truth, supernatural ability, experiment, clairvoyance, paranormal, surveillance, skepticism, obsession, levitation ...
Time: year 2012, year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa, america, columbus ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.5
 2K
Wetherby (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
Style: independent film, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: loneliness, angst, heartache, memory, solitude, obsession, investigation, world war two, adultery, spinster, dinner party, school teacher ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: yorkshire, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.
Style: psychological, serious, atmospheric, sexy, perverse ...
Plot: obsession, psychopath, love triangle, woods, isolation, self discovery, masturbation, sexual tension, countryside, erotica, schizophrenic, delusion ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young woman is accused of murdering her debauched neighbor after dreaming it. Was she set up, or did she really do it?
Style: slasher, psychosexual thriller, grindhouse, surprise ending, spooky ...
Plot: lesbian lover, nightmare, erotic dream, murder, lesbian, female nudity, serial killer, glamour, female psychopath, plot twist, acid trip, mysticism ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.8
 3K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A serial killer uses a scythe to slash his murder victims--or maybe it's *her* murder victims?
Style: slasher, gothic, slasher horror, freeze frame, crying ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, drifter, killing spree, love triangle, psychotic, terror, woman with a gun, female psychopath, violence, female sexist, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.0
 46K
Rebecca (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Style: suspense, psychological, gothic, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: estate, widower, second wife, investigation, manipulation, haunted by the past, obsession, incest, incestuous relationship, housekeeper, mansion, aristocrat ...
Time: 20th century, 2020s, victorian era, 1930s
Place: cornwall, england, french riviera, monte carlo
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Style: suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: psychiatrist, kidnapping, mental illness, haunted by the past, murder, bank robbery, police investigation, torture, manipulation, mind game, spy, danger ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, year 1991, year 2001
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.2
 21K
Dagon (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style: lovecraft, scary, suspense, surprise ending, satanic ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, cthulhu, chase, monster, supernatural, small town, body horror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gory, nightmare, ritual, human sacrifice ...
Place: spain, galicia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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