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Night's Tightrope (2016)
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Night's Tightrope (2016)
Original name: 少女
Genre: Mystery
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 friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, suspense
Plot: teenage girl, religious fanatic, blackmail, girls' school, death, suicide, sin, serial killer, japanese high school, teenager, revenge, virgin, schoolgirl, girl, liar, rage, high school, japanese schoolgirl, catholicism, plagiarism, catholic schoolgirl, catholic school, mini dress, school uniform
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing and psychological films with plots about investigation, murder, uncover truth, murder mystery, crime investigation, crime solving and death mostly in Mystery, Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like Night's Tightrope: The Dark Maidens (2017), My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014), Cruel Crowd (2017), The Suicide Song (2007), Midsummer's Equation (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Dark Maidens (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One day, Itsumi Shiraishi dies at Seibo Maria Girls High School. She falls off from the rooftop of a school building. Itsumi is the daughter of the administrator at the school and she was envied by all the other students there. Did Itsumi kill ...
Style: stylized, serious, captivating, disturbing
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My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
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Cruel Crowd (2017)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 21 female high school students are locked in a classroom and their footage is shown all over the world in real time. The only way to escape is to receive many "likes" from the audience.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: school, escape attempt, social media, japanese schoolgirl, trapped, teenage girl, schoolgirl, trap, friendship, childhood friend, youth, investigation ...
Place: japan
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The Suicide Song (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
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Plot: urban legend, investigation, school, curses spells and rituals, youth, suicide, teenage girl, curse, danger, music, student life, urban ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Midsummer's Equation (2013)
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Story: Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a young woman, Lola, is invited to a secret facility, she discovers an experiment beyond space and time. After uncovering her own past life as a teenage boy named Robbie, she embarks on a malevolent path for justice against the ex-con who ...
Style: serious, captivating, disturbing, unusual plot structure
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Unfair was the first full-fledged mystery drama in a long time. It was aired in January 2006 and enjoyed support from a wide spectrum of fans and high viewer ratings. Support was especially high among viewers in the same age group as Ryoko ...
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
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Duration: 54 min.
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Story: Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes coffee, he is reminded of his friend Yoshiki Hirosawa. He was friends with Yoshiki Hirosawa back in ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When the suspect of an arson case refuses to cooperate with the investigation, the detectives search his house and find a locked-up little girl. She doesn't talk and there are no clues to her identity, so assistant psychology professor Narumi ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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64: Part I (2016)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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33%
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