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The World of Kanako (2014)
6K
Original name: 渇き。
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Showa Fujishima is a former detective. One day, his daughter Kanako, who is a model student, disappears. To find his daughter, he investigates more carefully into his daughter's life. He quickly realizes that his daughter is no saint, but there is nowhere he won't go to find her.
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, enigmatic, psychological thriller, neo noir, surreal, disturbing, dark fantasy, cerebral ...
Plot:
bullying, addiction, secret life, japanese schoolgirl, wench, dysfunctional family, suicide, missing person, investigation, cruelty, yakuza, juvenile delinquent, male rape, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, police corruption, drug abuse, rape, ex cop, emotional manipulation, female nudity, party, adultery, rain, funeral ...
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to The World of Kanako
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, murder, violence, police investigation, death, secrets and twists and turns mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The World of Kanako: Confessions (2010), 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Suicide Club (2001), The Third Murder (2017), Gone Girl (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Style:
unusual plot structure, visually appealing, mind twisting, twisted, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, teachers and students, japanese schoolgirl, twists and turns, dead daughter, character study, child murders a child, child murder, bullying, grief, teacher ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
12 boys and girls gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The 12 boys and girl attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
suicidal, japanese teenager, abandoned hospital, mysterious man, teenager, stranger, teenage girl, twists and turns, murder, suicide attempt, trap, mass murder ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style:
creepy, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, conspiracy, high school, violent, police investigation, brutality, death, gory, surrealism, transgression, student, extreme ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, social
Plot:
lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, pig, cop, puzzle, school, secret, witness, justice, police ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, serious
Plot:
suicide, death, teenage girl, girls' school, blackmail, religious fanatic, sin, serial killer, schoolgirl, high school, bullying, friendship ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, relationships, confession, secrets, relationship problems, family problems, couples, male female relationship, tragic love, mistress, murderer, family relations ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
school, investigation, teenager, trial, junior high school, courtroom drama, who done it, teenage life, uncover truth, secret, high school life, police investigation ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
private school, uncover truth, murder, bullying, school, winter, teenager, dishonesty, danger, police officer, boarding school, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A couple of months have passed since the serial murder case. A new dead body is found in the same area. Detective Manabu Kagaya tries to find the truth. He goes to see serial killer Yoshiharu Urano in prison.
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, corpse, uncover truth, police officer, law enforcement, police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, escapades, violent, who done it, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
disappearance, private investigation, missing father, father daughter relationship, mysterious disappearance, murder investigation, investigation, vanished man, killing, murder mystery, puzzle, crime investigation ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes inexplicably attracted to a man who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the immediate suspect, until a game of jealousy and betrayal turns deadly.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, danger, couples, love and romance, neighbor, mysterious character, small town life, dating, dishonesty, twists and turns, murder mystery, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york state
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to ...
Style:
detective, unusual plot structure, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, murder, killing spree, investigation, reporter, police officer, fear, psychopath, police detective, death, serial murder ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
120K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style:
psychological, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, twisted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
danger, mysterious character, under the surface, antisocial behavior, fatal attraction, psychopath, attempted rape, family relations, masturbation, estate, family problems, death ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, connecticut
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mother reports her student daughter Lisa missing, but detective Aslak Eira is getting too little information, and she is found in a lake. The more they investigate, the less they seem to understand. Then Lisa's best friend goes missing too.
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
disappearance, investigation, murder, police investigation, missing person, sleuth, father son relationship, crime solving, uncover truth, forensics, police, race against time ...
Similarity:
29%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
29%
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A seemingly happy family gets rocked by the suicide of the 14-year-old daughter.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
private investigation, bullying, suicide, loss of sister, investigation, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, puzzle, relationship problems, secret revealed, death of sister ...
Place:
east asia, south korea
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, detective, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, child abuse, stephen king, abusive husband, maid, domestic violence, investigation, sexual abuse, childhood trauma, mother, small town, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, persia, nova scotia, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
Similarity:
29%
374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
29%
90K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, clever, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, nightmare, guilt, childhood, haunted by the past, hidden camera, dysfunctional family, videotaping, found footage, psychology, voyeurism, lie ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, germany, iraq ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
incest, child abuse, surrealism, violence, incest rape, identity crisis, flashback, revenge, father daughter incest, sex, dysfunctional family, prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Popular actor Rengo Shiraki dies suddenly. Due to his sudden death, unpopular actor Daiki Kawata attracts the spotlight due to his close friendship with Rengo. Did Rengo Shiraki commit suicide or was he murdered?
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
actor, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, murder suspect, suicide, protagonist as suspect, crime solving, suspect, sleuth, suspicion ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
40K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the ...
Style:
yaoi, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
elementary school, lgbt child, bullying, coming of age, teacher student relationship, harassment, gay interest, school bully, social problems, relationships, family relations, family problems ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A detective, along with his team and with help of a suspended Police Sub-Inspector, goes in search of a missing girl, Karthika. What follows is shocking revelations about Karthika, who became the victim of power and economic exploitation.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, police procedural, battles, uncover truth, secret, private investigation, crime solving, private investigator, police investigation, problem, sleuth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, obsession, dream, alternate reality, parallel universe, hollywood, filmmaking, lesbian sex, nightmare ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california, mulholland drive
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder mystery, rape, police investigation, twists and turns, unsolved crime, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, year 1986, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that his friends may be deeply involved in ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, disappearance, murder, summer, village, obsession, danger, uncover truth, twists and turns, teenager, dark past, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
28%
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