Movies like Into Thin Air
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Into Thin Air (1985)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.
Style:
mind bending, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
missing person, missing son, survival, grief, school, investigation, college, kidnapping, family relations, private detective, teenage life, siblings relations, teenager, runaway, disappearance, van, brother brother relationship, suspect, mother son relationship, deadly, search, bound and gagged, crimes
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, usa, colorado
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and emotional films with plots about family relations, life is a bitch, missing person, lifetime, parents and children, family problems and siblings relations mostly in Drama, Mystery and Biography genres. Some movies like Into Thin Air: Natalee Holloway (2009), Bond of Silence (2010), Betrayed at 17 (2011), Bringing Ashley Home (2011), Captive (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
murder, courtroom, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, courtroom drama, life is a bitch, legal, family problems, family relations, patricide, false accusation ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On May 30, 2005, on a high school graduation trip to Aruba, she disappeared without a trace.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
investigation, missing person, family relations, parents and children, serial killer, teenage girl, disappearance, prison, life is a bitch, strong female presence, lifetime
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A widow's forgiveness. A killer's remorse. Bond of Silence is the true life story of a shocking murder and the amazing bond that came from it. Katy and Bob live a perfect life in a small close knit town. He's a respected lawyer, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
investigation, manhunt, teenage life, house party, cover up, accidental killing, death of father, death of husband, underage drinking, dealing with death, new year, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
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82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mother vows to get justice when her daughter's life is destroyed by a sex video that goes viral.
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
high school, righting the wronged, teenage life, high school life, social relations, family relations, family problems, private vs public, death in the family, siblings relations, parents and children, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When her wild younger sister Ashley, who suffers from bipolar disorder and drug addiction, goes missing, Libba Phillips pours all her time and energy into finding Ashley and bringing her home. As the years go by, Libba refuses to give up hope, and, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
missing person, rescue, mentally unstable, split personality, mental illness, drug addict, sister, bipolar disorder, psychology, obsessive quest, on the road, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth ...
Style:
emotional, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
isolation, confined, heroes, babies and infants, escapades, twins, daring rescue, baby, rescue, child in peril, media coverage, trapped ...
Time:
80s
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
710
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, political ...
Plot:
uncover truth, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, society, family relations, teenage life, political unrest, adoption, missing person, hidden truth, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are trying desperately to adopt a helpless little girl they took in when she was in a foster care program. Clara and Tim Brady are in for the fight of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, adoption, fighting the system, society, life is a bitch, child abuse, foster home, female doctor, doctor, custody battle, eyeglasses, telephone ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, chase, investigation, suspense, escapades, private investigator, disappearance, dishonesty, infidelity, gunfight, deception, villain ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. Her husband, Will, narrowly escapes death during the attack. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, epic
Plot:
native american white relationships, kidnapping, wilderness, survival, native american, colonialism, captivity, americana, culture clash, settler, pioneer, escape ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the ...
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
kidnapping, family problems, rescue, confined, family relations, parents and children, single parent, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother son relationship, fbi, interracial marriage ...
Place:
usa, south korea, korea, asia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
missing person, riddles and clues, woman in danger, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, dishonesty, voyeurism, rivalry, blues ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sexy ...
Plot:
investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Plot:
missing person, murder, police officer, murder suspect, couple relations, missing wife, disappearance, husband wife relationship, funeral, woman killed, couples, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
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serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, society, addiction, human nature, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, child abuse, women of color, racial issues ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, missing person, children, family relations, parents and children, family life, disappearance, police detective, family problems, youth, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A freak accident jolts 15 year-old Shelby Carson (Jahnee Wallace) from her peaceful world of silence and seclusion to the center of a world of chaos, confusion and imminent danger. As she struggles to cope with her new found circumstances, Shelby ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
teenage life, life turned upside down, mute or deaf, family problems, miraculous event, family in crisis, youth, misfit, school, hearing, healing, deaf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, emotional
Plot:
youth, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, aging, terminal illness, teenage life, jazz, teenager, rapid aging
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.
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touching, serious, realistic, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, estrangement, betrayal, on the run, prodigy, love and romance, survival, teenage life, mentally unstable, couple relations, supportive spouse, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
argentina, spain, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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captivating, gloomy, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, sad
Plot:
family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, haunted by the past, social relations, self discovery, suburbs, coming of age, teenage life, teenager, boat ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Pregnancy project tells the real story of Gaby Rodriguez, a seventeen-year-old who attended a Washington state high-school and made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, thought provoking
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage life, high school, youth, parents and children, dishonesty, family relations, teachers and students, teenage pregnancy, teenager, teenage girl, love ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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