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Ellsworth (2016)
8
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Grayson Ellsworth is writing his next novel. While stuck on a train he realizes his worst fears. Once the pen hits the paper, the results are shocking!
Style:
psychological thriller, metafiction, tense, dark, independent film, psychological horror, suspenseful, experimental, dark comedy, grim ...
Plot:
obsession, transformation, character study, unsettling, claustrophobia, mental illness, identity crisis, paranoia, split personality, isolation, moral ambiguity, urban, subway, unreliable narrator
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york, austin texas
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Most similar movies to Ellsworth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense and suspenseful films with plots about isolation, paranoia, obsession, claustrophobia, slow burn, character study and identity crisis mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like Ellsworth: Wake Up (2019), Wake (2024), Visions (1989), The Last Heretic (2022), Somnium (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
413
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When a psychiatric doctor researches a young girls' diary to find out why she murdered her entire family, he begins to fall into the same state of insomnia and confusion that led her to lose her mind.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
insomnia, mental illness, paranoia, murder, psychiatrist patient relationship, mental breakdown, mental institution, siblings relations, mistrust, parents and children, dishonesty, pretense ...
Similarity:
95%
324
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A struggling actress tracks down the star of a movie she hopes will be remade, only to uncover dark secrets.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, noir
Plot:
female protagonist, celebrity culture, confrontation, obsession, dark past, ambition, slow burn, mature, claustrophobia, female rivalry, identity crisis, manipulation ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A man has troubling visions that lead him to suspect he may be a killer who is murdering hobos around town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, grim, psychological horror ...
Plot:
murder mystery, hallucination, mental illness, paranoia, guilt, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, obsession, isolation, investigation, urban, self doubt ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Story:
Juan Conte is a world-renowned spokesman of the new atheism. After suffering a heart attack, he receives a transplant and a change in his personal life begins, opening up to the possibility of being in a couple for the first time. Juan will go on a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
atheism, heart transplant, writers, madness, changing lives, problem, transplant, organ transplant, religious fanatic, atheist, religious fanaticism, transformation ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Gemma moves to LA, hoping to become an actress. She takes an overnight gig at a sleep clinic that promises to make their clients’ dreams come true. But the longer she spends there, the more it becomes clear that something sinister is going on.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, mind bending, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, paranoia, female protagonist, hallucination, insomnia, identity crisis, obsession, isolation, character study, claustrophobia, slow burn ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable and socially isolated young man spirals out of control, determined to find a woman who will stay with him-by force if necessary.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, stalking, control, obsessive love, unsettling, loneliness, character study, paranoia, desperation, possession, threat, manipulation ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A grieving mother is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, ambiguous ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grief, sleepwalking, nightmare, trauma, character study, paranoia, abusive relationship, guilt, supernatural horror, domestic drama, claustrophobia, coma ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Philip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal activity, devil, exorcism, isolation, claustrophobia, violence, curses spells and rituals, danger, demonic possession, ghost, demon ...
Similarity:
58%
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309
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Years after a series of random murders took place in 2017, book author Michael Lane suddenly begins receiving haunting calls from the unknown. Instead of focusing on the encore to his successful debut book, he becomes obsessed with this mystery and ...
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, suspense, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, obsession, trauma, investigation, paranoia, dark past, fear, cat and mouse, stalker, slow burn, isolation ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Arthur Sydenham Sharp, a travelling spiritual medium, arrives in Finland for the final seance of his tour. Immersed in the oppressive atmosphere of an unwelcoming hotel, Arthur's sense of reality becomes increasingly distorted by eerie visions ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, psychological thriller, dark, tense ...
Plot:
spiritualism, seance, medium, haunted hotel, supernatural, paranoia, hallucination, mental illness, claustrophobia, paranormal, isolation, obsession ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Barbara adjusts to her new life behind bars, her crimes start to haunt her. Her new cellmate Evelyn is about to start an obsessive and ghostly friendship with her, one that Barbara cannot escape from.
Style:
dark, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
confined space, claustrophobia, character study, obsession, female protagonist, guilt, supernatural, isolation, paranoia, manipulation, power struggle, slow burn ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
deception, husband wife relationship, family problems, mental breakdown, infidelity, relationships, male female relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, changing lives, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A psychological body horror following a sleep-deprived new mother fearing for her baby's safety as she cycles through night and day, nightmare and reality seamlessly. But when help is offered... can she trust it?
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, surreal, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
body horror, sleep deprivation, female protagonist, paranoia, manipulation, slow burn, character study, claustrophobia, isolation, body transformation, motherhood, newborn baby ...
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53%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Estranged couple Anne and Patrick encounter ghostly apparitions while taking a ride from a mysterious cabbie with sinister intentions.
Style:
suspense, sinister, psychological thriller, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, paranormal, isolation, estranged couple, road trip, nightmare, slow burn, character study, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
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52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story follows Anne, a painter who struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
character study, isolation, obsession, painter, trauma, creative block, solitude, paranoia, symbolism, psychosis, haunting, claustrophobia ...
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52%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The dark secrets of Holly's seemingly perfect life are exposed when an unwanted intruder spins her life out of control forever.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, independent film, tense, art house ...
Plot:
insomnia, mental illness, domestic drama, unsettling, character study, slow burn, hallucination, paranoia, mental breakdown, claustrophobia, ambiguity, haunting ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. After a traumatic experience during a holiday trip, she develops a sleep disorder and starts suffering from very vivid nightmares. At work, the studio microphones pick up strange ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
nightmare, female protagonist, identity crisis, trauma, split personality, unsettling, psychological trauma, escape from reality, borderline personality disorder, psychological torment, disturbed individual, career ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
51%
111
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his wife and son, an agoraphobic man becomes convinced that someone, or something is invading his home... Kindred is a tense psychological thriller set entirely inside the home of the protagonist.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
isolation, grief, family tragedy, loneliness, mourning, mental breakdown, paranoia, male protagonist, claustrophobia, supernatural, guilt, character study ...
Similarity:
51%
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104
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
After a woman survives a bizarre attack at an abandoned well, her mental state deteriorates as she tries to prove to others what really happened.
Style:
psychological thriller, mysterious, tense, psychological horror, dread ...
Plot:
isolation, trauma, survival, paranoia, emotional breakdown, hallucination, female protagonist, obsession, claustrophobia, slow burn, obsessive quest, investigation ...
Place:
mulholland drive
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During a storm, a young couple reluctantly lets their estranged friend inside. He's soaked, bloodied, and insisting that someone is trying to kill him.?The night is soon sent off the rails, as all three must confront dark secrets in the face of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, twisted, minimal cast ...
Plot:
paranoia, character study, claustrophobia, suspicion, ambiguity, moral ambiguity, rainstorm, intimate, confined space, home invasion, mind game, threat ...
Similarity:
50%
147
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman seeks independence from her protective mother, only to be questioning her own sanity when newfound friends die, and her mother suggests she is the cause of their death.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, claustrophobia, isolation, mental illness, accusation, self doubt, paranoia, unsettling, dysfunctional family, identity, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, obsession, composer, danger, dangerous attraction, stalking, haunted by the past, character study, psychosis, paranoia, isolation, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, america
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a young author returns to her horror roots, terrible things begin to happen around her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, female protagonist, writer's block, supernatural, isolation, mental breakdown, slow burn, identity crisis, secrets, character study, guilt, a vision ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
trailer park, thunderstorm, mystery woman, rain, isolation, mysterious girl, problem, mysterious character, threat, character study, claustrophobia, stormy night ...
Place:
south australia, australia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man's mother comes from Louisiana to live with her son in San Francisco. What her son doesn't know is that Mom was confined to a mental hospital in Louisiana, and she murdered an orderly to escape.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
murder, mental illness, paranoia, mental institution, mother son relationship, family secret, deception, investigation, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, female antagonist, serial killer ...
Place:
san francisco, louisiana
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A promising novelist finds himself trapped in a terrifying reality as he reckons with the notion that a murderer is in his midst.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, psychological horror ...
Plot:
novelist, whodunit, murder investigation, suspicion, mature, claustrophobia, slow burn, isolation, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, obsession, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the quiet nighttime corridors of a city hospital, Abigail (Nistratova) consoles her traumatized brother, Billy (Davi) who is now a paraplegic. Billy suffers from horrible nightmares in which he revisits his childhood, where we meet his alcoholic ...
Style:
tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
trauma, hospital, haunting, supernatural, nightmare, death, isolation, demonic possession, paranormal, claustrophobia, family drama, guilt ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drifter searching for answers to a mystery from her past takes on a job looking after a sick teen who is undergoing a mysterious transformation her family will do anything to stop.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
transformation, body horror, drifter, female protagonist, family secret, identity crisis, claustrophobia, slow burn, small town, paranoia, isolation, outsider ...
Similarity:
43%
196
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As Felicitas' life is turned upside down, she doesn't know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her - and the only way to find out the truth is her best friend Natascha who is locked up in an asylum.
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
nightmare, female protagonist, mental illness, female friendship, trauma, paranoia, isolation, investigation, haunting, obsession, memory, mysterious past ...
Similarity:
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