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The Lightest Darkness (2017)
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Original name: Самая светлая тьма
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
Style:
neo noir, detective, independent film, surreal, psychological, captivating, disturbing, noir, psychological thriller, melancholic ...
Plot:
investigation, train travel, private detective, secrets, sleuth, murder mystery, private investigator, moral ambiguity, character study, confession, guilt, identity, memory, claustrophobia, flashback, slow burn, train, on the road, stream of consciousness, dark humor, psychological drama, unreliable narrator, mystery, train journey, flashbacks ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russian
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Most similar movies to The Lightest Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and psychological thriller films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, obsession, slow burn, murder and conspiracy mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Lightest Darkness: Trouble Is My Business (2018), Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2007), The Dark Hand (2016), The American Side (2016), Never Here (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, crime drama, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
private investigator, femme fatale, private detective, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal of trust, missing woman, corruption, betrayal, murder, doom, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's ...
Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
hit and run, murder mystery, investigation, homicide, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, murder, forensics, secret, sleuth, murder investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While searching for his missing brother, Max Kovak stumbles upon a secret society that seems to be preparing for a catastrophic event.
Style:
dark, suspense, detective, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, conspiracy, secret society, investigation, night, paranoid, underground, obsession, catastrophe, urban, moral ambiguity, private detective ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
niagara falls, investigation, private detective, nikola tesla, conspiracy, murder mystery, private investigator, murder investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalking, murder mystery, art, female protagonist, paranoia, obsession, photography, voyeurism, privacy invasion, female artist, fantasy becomes reality, secretly observing ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
missing person, private detective, disappearance, ambiguity, loneliness, frustration, investigation, obsession, urban, identity, slow burn, existential crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ireland, Germany, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two veteran meteorologists spend their days on a remote mountain weather station, accompanied by a young boy working as a cook. Their every-day lifestyle, made of creating matchstick models on one side, researching the big-foot myth on the other, ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, harsh ...
Plot:
investigation, remote location, isolation, mysterious disappearance, weatherman, workplace, workplace situations, against the odds, orphan, research, secret, danger ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Even though crime branch officer David Abraham is on suspension, he engages himself in the investigation of a case which is not yet recorded in the crime records.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, mind game, urban, cat and mouse, male protagonist, police procedural, group of friends, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, paranoia, macabre, slow burn ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, danger, law enforcement, captivity, isolation, abduction, police detective, trauma, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, sanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A fortune teller fails to help a prostitute who is facing a deadly calamity. When he meets a young boss of a tea restaurant, he predicts that his bloodthirsty tendencies will lead him to a prison sentence for murder.
Style:
dark, suspense, crime drama, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
prediction, fortune telling, murderer, destiny, murder, fatalism, fate, fortune teller, superstition, moral ambiguity, guilt, character study ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist evaluating a self-confessed serial killer unravels a twisted web of trauma, deceit, and psychological manipulation—only to question if the killer is truly guilty or just another victim in a larger, darker game.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, trauma, serial killer, moral ambiguity, psychological manipulation, dark past, investigation, character study, obsession, mistrust, claustrophobia, psychoanalysis ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The relationship between a painter and his admirer unfolds as an abstract, twist-filled hide-and-seek game against the backdrop of murder and revenge.
Style:
suspense thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
painter, murder, artist, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, obsession, relationships, mind game, secrets, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
At their 10-year high school reunion, Carly Newman and her old clique discover that their friend Abby's death right before graduation may not have been an accident after all when an unknown assailant begins to threaten them. Kayla Ewell, ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, time capsule, high school, whodunit, female protagonist, girlfriend, reunited friends, group of friends, troubled past, women, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
36%
751
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Julián Lemar, a best-selling suspense writer, goes on vacation with his family to a cabin in the woods. During a strong storm, the power goes out and a woman shows up desperately asking for help: her husband killed her son and now he wants to kill ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
cabin in the woods, family in danger, survival, writers, threat, trap, struggle for survival, deception, isolation, fear, storm, paranoia ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A filmmaker wakes up in his mistress's bed after accidentally falling asleep there. As he goes through his day, life begins to take a turn for the surreal and disturbing.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, introspection, mature, identity crisis, regret, secrets, character study, relationships, sexual tension, guilt, loneliness ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A pianist pretends to be blind for inspiration, witnesses a murder. He suddenly finds himself in a blind spot with the victim's wife, the murderer. During this ordeal, he loses his eyesight for real. Will his girlfriend believe him?
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
blindness, murder, deception, visual impairment, murder mystery, blind man, changing lives, problem, investigation, identity, guilt, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Lost on a train of thought tunneling through the dark night of his unconscious, a former rabbinical student struggles to resolve a paralyzing conflict between his mind and his body.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, disturbing, captivating, existential ...
Plot:
investigation, surrealism, mysticism, murder, burial, brain, rabbi, identity, identity crisis, stream of consciousness, isolation, alienation ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Venky, suspected of committing multiple murders, suffers from memory loss and finds himself entangled in a web of lies. However, the true identity of Venky and the person responsible for his predicament are complex and multi-layered, leading to the ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, investigation, murder, problem, uncover truth, memory lapse, murder mystery, murder investigation, memory, crime solving, amnesiac ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A string of mysterious murders happen in an aristocratic mansion. The owners of the mansion seek CBI officer Sethurama Iyer's help to find the person responsible for the deaths.
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, cold case, justice, motive, haunted house, family secret, revelation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of The Partition, Byomkesh Bakshi and his assistant Ajit must solve the murder of the head of the dysfunctional Halder family.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, uncover truth, problem, teamwork, murder investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth, who done it, whodunit, literary ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Best actress nominee Angela Rose is missing and the only lead to her over-publicized disappearance is her ex-fiancé and struggling screenwriter, Jake Hart. Searching for Angela and haunted by memories he cannot explain, Jake journeys through the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, twisted ...
Plot:
hollywood, obsession, celebrity culture, investigation, film industry, screenwriter, cold case, identity crisis, haunting, moral ambiguity, corruption, memory loss
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 19 years old Thomas wakes up in a hospital after three years in a coma. He doesn't remember anything. The psychologist Anna tells him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
memory loss, psychiatry, waking up from a coma, memory lapse, amnesia, problem, coma, repressed memory, mental illness, memory, psychology, hospital ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
a vision, investigation, amnesia, supernatural power, memory lapse, uncover truth, repressed memory, confronting the past, tragic past, memory, supernatural, secret past ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, dark, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, supernatural, schizophrenia, occult, revenge, psychiatric hospital, kidnapping, supernatural horror, mental patient, child abduction, mentally unstable, female psychopath ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, rough, detective, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, travel, murder, juggling, clone, police detective, conspiracy, victim, multiverse, identity crisis, alternate reality, paradox ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, deception, femme fatale, intrigue, police investigation, police detective, secret, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The vips of italian television disappear in a mysterious way. Two detectives, Lucia and Franco, try to investigate in this mystery, drowning into a strange world, where the leader is the powerful star Sonia Norton.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, television, who done it, crime investigation, sleuth, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, forensics, police investigation, uncover truth, vanity, celebrity culture ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Story:
Prize winning journalist, Michiko Takamine receives an autobiographical manuscript from recent suicide victim Sakiko, the daughter of imprisoned serial killer Fujiko. Before publishing the manuscript, Michiko seeks to interview Fujiko in prison to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, psychological, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, female journalist, investigation, serial killer, problem, murder mystery, intrigue, murderer, journalism, crime investigation, murder, crime solving ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an ex-cop arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his missing daughter, it slowly becomes clear he has his own personal agenda to finding the truth.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, crime drama, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, ex cop, missing person, murder, crime solving, disappearance, secret, small town life, police, eccentric family, police officer ...
Similarity:
29%
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