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Comforting Skin (2011)
 4.6
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Comforting Skin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A lonely young woman's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.
Style: scary, serious, surreal, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, sexual, independent film, sexy
Plot: body horror, supernatural, losing-it hero, love and romance, sexual relations, couples, nightlife, starting over, physical appearance, mental illness, illness, urban, strong female presence, unfulfillment, looking for sex, twentysomething life, suicidal, lesbian sex, supernatural power, self mutilation, no bra, tattoo, nudity, strong sexual content, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, couples, deadly, supernatural power and female nudity mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Comforting Skin: Mr. Jones (2013), Vampire Diary (2006), The Last Sign (2005), Evil Words (2003), Fear Me Not (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 4.6
 4K
Mr. Jones (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, surreal, mockumentary ...
Plot: found footage, supernatural, privacy invasion, couples, danger, isolation, nightmare comes true, couple relations, wilderness, house, pagan, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.2
 827
Vampire Diary (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Whilst making a documentary, filmmaker Holly meets the highly enigmatic and beautiful Vicki who claims she is a real-life vampire.
Style: suspense, scary, gloomy, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, supernatural, pregnancy, lesbian sex, sexual relations, imaginary, goth girl, vampire, found footage, witch, couples, gays and lesbians ...
Place: europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
The Last Sign (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, supernatural ability, ghost, family relations, mysterious character, starting over, death in the family, dealing with death, haunted by the past, loss of husband, couples ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.4
 1K
Evil Words (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: One day, for no apparent reason, a cop kills 11 children. The same day, horror novelist Thomas Roy tries to commit suicide after cutting his fingers. At first glance, nothing seems to link the two events – until Dr. Paul Lacasse, a disillusioned ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, doctors and patients, gory, murder, paranormal, supernatural power, amputation, power relations, urban, hospital ...
Place: canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 6.3
 2K
Fear Me Not (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig - without telling his family. Because of dangerous side effects, the trial is subsequently abandoned but Michael ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: mental illness, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, death in the family, couples, midlife crisis, losing-it hero, love and romance, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 3.2
 368
House of Bad (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Yearning to break free from their sordid pasts, three sisters unite for a simple plan: steal enough drugs to set themselves up for a new life. But when the eldest sister Teig decides they're going to hide out in their old, abandoned family ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, family relations, on the run, drug dealing, survival, starting over, supernatural power, murder, haunted house, woman peeing, family secret ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 3.6
 425
Brothel (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a once thriving Arizona mining town, a woman starts renovating an abandoned brothel and meets the ghosts who still haunt it.
Style: suspense, sexy, serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, prostitute, love and romance, unfulfilled love, couples, skinny dipping, female nudity, sexual relations, hotel, afterlife, sexy girls ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 4.7
 288
Inheritance (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, haunted by the past, supernatural, uncover truth, mental illness, supernatural ability, danger, mentally unstable, curses spells and rituals, schizophrenia, spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 5.4
 1K
Hipnos (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dr Sánchez Blanch owns and operates a psychiatric hospital where he specializes in hypnotizing his severely emotionally disturbed patients.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, scary ...
Plot: doctor, hospital, supernatural, mental illness, losing-it hero, isolation, mind game, eye, health, psychology, nightmare, psychiatric ward ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, brussels
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 5.2
 1K
The Glow (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A newly-wed NYC couple move into a low-rent luxury apartment only to be harassed by cryptic elderly neighbors. Matt (Dean Cain) and Jackie (Portia de Rossi) are living in NYC, brimming with that certain "glow" all newly-weds possess. They ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense
Plot: supernatural, domestic disturbance, supernatural ability, murder, couples, pregnancy, young couple, neighbor, old man, neighborhood, aggression, strange person ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.3
 1K
The Chair (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Psychology student Danielle inadvertently wakes a evil spirit while renting a century old Victorian house. In setting out to prove his existence, Danielle inadvertently frees and becomes a puppet of the spirit of serial killer Edgar Crowe. ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious
Plot: serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, ghost, psychopath, supernatural ability, danger, woman in danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, curses spells and rituals, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Breaking at the Edge (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A pregnant woman fears for her unborn child's life if she doesn't avenge a supernatural entity.
Style: scary, serious, tense, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: pregnancy, couples, couple relations, mental illness, mentally unstable, losing-it hero, female protagonist, pregnant wife, ghost, babies and infants, brother murders brother, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Grindstone Road (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, danger, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.9
 4K
Haunted (2007)
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story: New Turkish horror picture Musallat looks the technical end looks stronger than most. Musallat the story of a young couple haunted by mysterious forces and there looks to be a heavy possession element as well. The calm life of Suat and Nurcan is ...
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, demonic ...
Plot: losing-it hero, couples, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, a vision, djinn, pursuit, danger, possessed, demonic possession, couple relations, job seeking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, istanbul turkey, europe, germany, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 4.1
 652
Darling (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Wealthy executive Aditya Soman, married to Ashwini for several years, has an affair with his Secretary, Geeta Menon. When she gets pregnant, he tells her to abort the child as he has changed his mind about the divorce to his current wife. Angered, ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, vengeance, destructive relationship, extramarital affair, murder, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family problems, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 4.6
 813
The Garden (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A troubled young boy and his father on a road trip stumble upon a rural farm where the elderly owner has sinister plans for the both of them involving witchcraft and evil.
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, serious, dark ...
Plot: supernatural, parents and children, gory, supernatural ability, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, countryside, hallucination, father son relationship, farm, supernatural power, female psychiatrist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 3.1
 138
Entity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: supernatural, danger, woods, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, catholic priest, fear
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman reeling from the death of her parents becomes attached to an alluring man whose sudden disappearance sends her and her friends into a haunted high-rise to find him.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, touching, independent film ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, afterlife, parallel world, fall in love, imaginary, losing-it hero, trapped, supernatural romance, survival, chases and races, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 3.8
 1K
Dead Within (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: infection, zombie, supernatural, isolation, survival, plague, danger, couple relations, apocalypse, post apocalypse, undead, house ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 3.7
 640
Final Draft (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A screenwriter suffering from writers block decides to lock himself in his apartment for 18 days in order to meet a career-making deadline. His script involves characters from his past, including a terrifying and disfigured clown. As cabin fever ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: confined, killer clown, losing-it hero, isolation, writer's life, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, murder, writer's block, surrealism, psychopath, clown ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.5
 1K
Feng shui (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, danger, couple relations, curses spells and rituals, superstition, family relations, getting home, siblings relations, horoscope, buddha, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Tattooist (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore
Duration: 92 min.
Story: American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: mysticism, tattoo, tattoo artist, ghost, supernatural, danger, shame, tradition, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, curse, decadence ...
Place: new zealand, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
White Noise 2: The Light (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man's family brought back from the verge of death, he then discovers he can identify people who are about to die.
Style: scary, psychological thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, murder, suicide, near death experience, couples, danger, dealing with death, hopes, escapades, supernatural ability, destiny ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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When I Was Alive (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: haunted by the past, family relations, family problems, danger, parents and children, supernatural, losing-it hero, obsession, homecoming, mother, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.0
 5K
Re-cycle (2006)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ting-yin, a young novelist, is struggling to come up with a followup to her best-selling trilogy of romance novels. After drafting her first chapter, she stops and deletes the file from her computer. She then starts seeing strange, unexplainable ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, mindfuck ...
Plot: hallucination, losing-it hero, danger, confusion, delusion, supernatural, writer's life, supernatural power, zombie, writers, post apocalypse, mysticism ...
Time: year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting ...
Plot: ghost, starting over, supernatural, family in danger, fall in love, mentally unstable, single parent, danger, family relations, family problems, psychopath, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.8
 7K
Audrey Rose (1977)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before the girl was born.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, tense, stylized ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, creepy child, obsession, nightmare, family relations, betrayal, reincarnation, stranger, police investigation, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, india, asia, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.2
 1K
Isabelle (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, evil spirit, parents and children, danger, nightmare, demon, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, evil force, fear ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 4.2
 631
The Mistress (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Newlyweds Parker and Madeline move into their dream home. As they settle in, they discover a box of old love letters written to the original owner. And as the couple digs into the increasingly obsessive correspondence, a mysterious woman arrives ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot: married couple, haunted house, couples, old mansion, young couple, supernatural horror, old dark house, paranormal, mansion, paranormal phenomena, supernatural being, supernatural power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 4.0
 769
The Cradle (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When Frank and Julie move to a small isolated town with their son Sam, both Julie and Sam become ill. Driven by terrifying nightmares of torture that come true Frank begs a local midwife Helen to care for Sam as he desperately searches for a way to ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: ghost child, riddles and clues, supernatural, ghost, curse, curses spells and rituals, gory, isolation, family life, captivity, danger, nightmare ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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