Movies like Full Contact 2015
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Full Contact (2015)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Croatia, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Full Contact is a contemporary tale of a man trying to find new purpose in life after accidentally bombing a school through a remotely operated drone plane. Ivan, operating the plane from a far away air force base, has never been to the foreign countries of his attacks, nor has he ever touched the plane he uses to kill. Modern warfare keeps him safe and disconnected from his prey. However, after this incident Ivan's disconnectedness starts to apply to everything in his life. He is overwhelmed by feelings of guilt that he is unable to process.
Style:
bleak, dark, melancholic, psychological thriller
Plot:
guilt, moral ambiguity, military base, isolation, existential crisis, war crime, remorse, trauma, ethical dilemma, male nudity, anti war, mature, alienation, character study, conscience, remote control, air strike, minimalism, boxing, military, boxer, desert, striptease, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Full Contact
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, melancholic and suspense films with plots about moral ambiguity, isolation, psychological drama, character study, guilt, slow burn and obsession mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Full Contact: Skin in Flames (2022), Guilt & Sentence (2010), Scandinavian Silence (2019), Llovizna (1978), Panic (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Frederick Salomon, a war photojournalist who became worldwide famous for capturing the image of a girl flying through the air as consequence of an explosion, returns to the country where he took the celebrated picture twenty years before. He is back ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
black woman, conflict, explosions, photographer, journalist, trauma, guilt, revenge, ethical dilemma, investigative journalism, conspiracy, investigation ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The storyline is a thought-provoking drama of two lost and troubled individuals who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Janis, a twenty-year-old woman who is struggling with depression, takes the blame for Peter, who works as a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, depression, crime and punishment, conundrum, death, murder, guilty conscience, introspection, traumatic past, character study, guilt, redemption ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia, France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.
Style:
art house, contemplative, melancholic, slow cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, trauma, sibling relationship, brother, isolation, memory, car accident, minimalism, sister, introspection, character study, winter ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
81%
126
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Eduardo, a typical bourgeois man from Mexico City, goes on a business trip to a province, accompanied by his lover. While there, he picks up a large sum of money and, after a spat with his lover, sets off on his drive back to the city alone. On the ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
paranoia, fear, suspicion, poverty, mistrust, economic inequality, road trip, ethical dilemma, character study, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, slow burn ...
Similarity:
73%
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121
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Music journalist Andrew Deeley (DAVID GYASI) lives in a high-rise tower block, physically and mentally scarred from a vicious attack. Alone and cut off from the world, he obsesses over Kem (YENNIS CHEUNG), his beautiful Chinese neighbour. When Amy ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, trauma, loneliness, isolation, obsession, missing person, alienation, organized crime, investigation, moral ambiguity, obsessive love, claustrophobia ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Eddie (Kim Bodnia) and Maria (Maria Bonnevie) enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann (Mikael Persbrandt), an old friend of Eddie's with whom he had committed a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, noir
Plot:
guilt, secrets, love triangle, isolation, loyalty, moral ambiguity, intimate, character study, betrayal, cat and mouse, revenge, fear ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, grim, dark, psychological
Plot:
obsession, dark web, internet culture, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, social commentary, character study, burnout, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, unsettling, surveillance ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
143
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A brother and a sister live on the borderline between awareness of their actions and total unconsciousness, until they commit a sin from which there is no return.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, dark, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, moral ambiguity, sin, siblings, loss of innocence, haunting, guilt, transgression, existential crisis, conscience, youth, isolation ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
As they file into the deliberation room, 11 jurors are ready to convict the defendant of 14 counts of murder, but one holdout forces the others to reevaluate the evidence -- and their own motives -- in this tense courtroom drama. As the jurors sift ...
Style:
intense, psychological thriller, suspense, tension, crime drama ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom, trial, murder, serial killer, evidence, manipulation, justice, deception, suspicion, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
532
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fan Kwok Sang's schizophrenic breakdown led to the accidental death of his wife Wai Ling, and he was committed to a psychiatric hospital three years ago. Now Fan is ready to be released, with Dr. Chow Ming Kit vouching for him even though his ...
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, drug addict, murder, rehabilitation, convict, psychiatric hospital, insanity, twists and turns, psychological trauma ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man and his friends react to a sudden, unexpected tragedy during their annual all-weekend summer party.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, prison, tragedy, danger, guilt, grief, youth, moral ambiguity, trauma, secrets ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of an isolated mining town, Lázaro discovers a dead body. He thinks he has a respiratory illness and doesn’t want to go back to the mine. Rumours, suspicion and desire surround him.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic
Plot:
mining town, character study, isolation, slow burn, social realism, moral ambiguity, secrets, male protagonist, inequality, claustrophobia, machismo, psychological drama
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
male nudity, masturbation, female nudity, funeral, infidelity, illegitimate child, family drama, architecture, midlife crisis, estranged father, family reunited, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
relationships, hypocrisy, hypocrite, intrigue, relationship problems, character study, intimate, moral ambiguity, tragedy, small town, male protagonist, provincial ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a man is involved in a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, uncover truth, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, tragedy, car crash, guilt, fatal accident, trauma, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
670
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, USA, UK, Netherlands, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Neurologist Katerina and former doctor Yannis are heading off to a deserted seaside resort. Silence descends on the car as they travel across dunes in a windy autumn, matching the less-than-pleasant occasion: Yannis has been called to identify the ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, art house, existential, suspenseful
Plot:
grief, loss, seaside, regret, haunting, mourning, acceptance, intimate, character study, isolation, small town, car accident ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway, France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An elderly woman has secluded herself in her remote home in the French countryside, when a young foreign couple on vacation suddenly intrudes on her isolated life.
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, art house, realistic, slow cinema
Plot:
loneliness, french countryside, melancholy, alienation, solitude, elderly man, aging, character study, young couple, summer, privacy invasion, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, detective, noir ...
Plot:
self discovery, investigation, identity crisis, family drama, moral ambiguity, sibling relationship, trauma, urban, mature, writers, betrayal, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A famous photographer with the ability to mind read returns after leaving due to his lover's suicide as she became aware of his ability. He becomes a guardian for a young girl, in midst of a serial killer's hunt.
Style:
detective, twisted, psychological, emotional, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murder, suicide, photographer, murderer, murder mystery, murder investigation, mysterious disappearance, serial murder, vanished man, trauma ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees, but arrives late, just as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, art house, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, minimalism, psychological manipulation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, missing person, cat and mouse, loneliness, betrayal, isolation, identity ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
46%
18K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A troubled man survives a suicide attempt. He calls an old friend to rescue him in the middle of the night. Their journey is just beginning, and by daybreak, a tragedy will surface.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, tragic event, mental health, self discovery, relationship problems, self destructing, suicide, loneliness, desperation, regret, survival, road trip ...
Similarity:
45%
604
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
One evening, a woman enters a police station and confesses to having killed her violent husband several years ago. As she listens to her fantastic story, the policewoman is increasingly less inclined to arrest her. Just why is the woman so eager to ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police station, unsupportive spouse, murder, haunted by the past, law enforcement, family problems, couples, unlikely criminals, confession, police, domestic violence, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Redemption and damnation share a bed of hope in a love story between a suicidal psychiatrist and a drug addicted homicidal cop. How far can one fall, how bad can one become and still find forgiveness?
Style:
intense, emotional, existential, grim, tense ...
Plot:
redemption, addiction, forgiveness, character study, guilt, mental illness, moral ambiguity, curse, desperation, self destructing, love story, obsession ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ali, a blind man, is attempting to commit suicide when he is interrupted by the concierge of his building. He is informed that the police is in search of a woman who has escaped and hidden somewhere in the building. Little by little, Ali finds out ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, noir
Plot:
character study, empathy, compassion, isolation, loneliness, missing child, class struggle, claustrophobia, social realism, political repression, suicide attempt, concierge ...
Place:
iran
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Saara and Robert are living a love that is free from traditional conventions and role models. They set off to an extensive summer holiday on a lonely island in the Finnish archipelago where the tension between them escalates and becomes a fight for ...
Style:
tension, romantic drama, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
female nudity, male nudity, character study, power struggle, isolation, nudity, lifestyle, couple relations, love affair, female protagonist, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
43%
181
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, emotional breakdown, infidelity, grief, mental disorder, character study, obsession, loss, introspection, cheating on husband, adultery, lovers ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Finland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a psychiatric hospital, an alleged serial killer, his therapist, and a police detective seek to solve a brutal cold case before their obsessive quest for the truth consumes them all.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
trauma, psychiatrist, psychiatric hospital, obsession, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder investigation, investigation, mind game, cold case, secrets ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck. Instead of following protocol he stays. But when the target ...
Style:
suspense, tension, crime thriller, contemplative, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
hitman, shipwreck, assassin, moral ambiguity, island, ethical dilemma, introspection, ambiguity, identity, haunting, isolation, loneliness ...
Place:
spain, canary islands
Similarity:
40%
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