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The Moving Forest (2015)
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Original name: A Floresta Que Se Move
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be able to predict his future and says he will become vice president that day and the next day, he will become president of the Bank. The wheel of fortune is bound activated and a series of murders is committed by Elias and his wife Clara, leaving a trail of blood on his way to power and making them executioners and victims of their own destinies.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, political thriller, suspenseful, sinister, bleak ...
Plot:
shakespeare, ambition, murder, prophecy, bank, murderer, career, banker, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, mysterious girl, blind ambition, guilt, adaptation, office politics, banking, macbeth, elite, blood, urban, fatalism, paranoia, ethical dilemma, slow burn, revenge ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
brazil
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Most similar movies to The Moving Forest
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, psychological thriller and suspense films with plots about murder, revenge, guilt, isolation, obsession, moral ambiguity and slow burn mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Moving Forest: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Macbeth (1981), Double Cross (2006), The Wrath of God (2022), Painless (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Style:
black and white, costume drama, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, shakespeare, murder, treason, rise to power, knight, king, blacks and whites, betrayal, royal family, intrigue, macbeth ...
Time:
middle ages, future, medieval times
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
100%
127
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, bleak, tension, art house ...
Plot:
shakespeare, murder, tragedy, power, adaptation, tragic hero, witch, ambition, supernatural, literary, prophecy, madness ...
Place:
scottish highlands
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two women jokingly agree to kill each others' husbands. Then one really does and blackmails the other into killing her own.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, blackmail, conspiracy, female assassin, murder mystery, threat to kill, killing, murderer, emotional blackmail, relationships, women, blackmailer ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, female protagonist, boss, problem, murder mystery, puzzle, suspicion, secret, suspect, conspiracy, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cure, patient, doctors and patients, pain, illness, disease, character study, male protagonist, hospital, ethical dilemma, scientific research, disability ...
Similarity:
38%
417
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.
Style:
dark, intense, psychological, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
shakespeare, ambition, witch, medieval, murder, blood, guilt, power struggle, tragedy, regicide, prophecy, betrayal ...
Time:
medieval times, 11th century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
memory loss, investigation, identity crisis, runaway, experiment, memory lapse, scientific experiment, losing-it hero, experiment gone awry, secret identity, on the lam, false memory ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
34%
517
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s most infamous tragedy.
Style:
creepy, dark, intense, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, ambition, witch, betrayal, bloodbath, paranoia, power struggle, regicide, shakespeare, tragedy, guilt, violent ...
Similarity:
34%
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263
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...
Style:
dark, bleak, sinister, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, prophecy, witch, ambition, adaptation, witchcraft, supernatural, tragedy, power struggle, tragic hero ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, psychological thriller, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
lovers, murder, unspoken love, voyeurism, obsession, twists and turns, friendship, police officer, pursuit, watching sex, murderer, secret identity ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, alcoholic, obsession, alcoholism, death threat, plan, murderer, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, espionage, criminal, character study ...
Similarity:
33%
224
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of ...
Style:
dramatic, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, medieval, guilt, ambition, adaptation, downfall, tragedy, power struggle, corruption, monarchy ...
Time:
11th century
Place:
scottish highlands, scotland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A stand-up comedian confesses to a murder on-stage at an open mic night to a shocked audience - his crime the result of a deadly triangle formed between his older sister, just released from prison after a 20-year stay for the murder of their ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
murder, murder trial, surprise party, brother sister relationship, family drama, moral dilemma, guilt, dysfunctional family, secret revealed, murder confession, released from prison, manipulation ...
Similarity:
29%
38K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, perverse, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
paranoia, hunting, accident, drug use, drinking, survival, friends, hunter, paranoid, murder, danger, drinking alcohol ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scottish highlands
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Renzo Petrucci is forced to leave his job as general manager of a multinational oil company after corruption charges. Convinced that the woman who has taken his place has betrayed him, Renzo takes his revenge by killing her. Reinstated by the Board, ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
corruption, revenge, murder, corporate conspiracy, murder of wife, oil tycoon, money, corrupt businessman, businessman, murderer, frame up, fight for justice ...
Similarity:
29%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
464
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
lie, infidelity, marriage, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, corpse, problem, male female relationship, love affair ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lucio is constantly obsessed of losing his ex girlfriend Nadia and the house he is still paying the loan for, and above all he doesn't want to lose his 8 year old daughter. For this reason he start to stalk Nadia to convince her to give their ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
stalker, obsession, custody battle, stalking, child custody, marital problem, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, ex couple relations, relationship problems, family problems, hunted ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After his five-year-old daughter is murdered, a loving family man becomes convinced that the oddball down the street is guilty.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
bereavement, revenge, grief, lynching, price of justice, vengeance, murderer, neighbor, child murder, murder mystery, loss of child, loss of daughter ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, isolation, locked in, elevator, trap, mind game, captivity, danger, social problems, trapped, psychopath, social relations ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, family secret, trauma, murder mystery, character study, nightmare, domestic drama, violent outburst, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Kamel Helmy is a famous writer, in the late 1940s, living in Cairo, in the famous Imobilia building, after the death of his wife and the departure of his children from home. He suffers from loneliness and schizophrenia. One day he calls a girl named ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, psychological, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
social media, isolation, loneliness, writers, murder, family relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, internet, society, violence, online dating ...
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
basement, anti semitism, domestic drama, tragic past, confronting the past, dark past, troubled past, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, manipulation, threat ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
24%
567
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, paranoia, jealous husband, mental illness, female protagonist, obsession, claustrophobia, identity, investigation, isolation, slow burn, small town ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Kansas City, the deranged middle-age Donna Germaine stabs and kills her lover, when he calls off their relationship to stay with his wife. Donna uses an excuse to move to the house of her aunt, and she becomes obsessed in their neighbor, the ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, neighbor, murder, attraction, femme fatale, woman seduces a man, husband wife relationship, marriage, betrayal, stalker, unsettling, obsessive love ...
Place:
kansas city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Set against the haunting backdrop of a small lake town, this chilling thriller unravels a meticulous revenge set over a period of 7 years, all beginning with the accidental death of an innocent girl.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, problem, murder mystery, disposing of a dead body, secret, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, murderer ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play?
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, female protagonist, moral dilemma, secrets, relationship problems, female assassin, assassination plot, conspiracy, murder mystery, murderer, girlfriend, female villain ...
Place:
bruges
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered wife, Veronique. Convinced of her evil intent and determined to unmask her, he forces himself to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, mystery woman, murder mystery, private investigation, loss of wife, mysterious character, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, mysterious girl, dark past, male female relationship ...
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
journalism, friendship, neighbor, manslaughter, psychological manipulation, hit and run, guilt, obsession, manipulation, hidden truth, power relations, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
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