Movies like Martin 2017
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Martin (2017)
18
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Movie MARTIN is a Suspense Thriller which is new experiment in the Konkani film industry. "It's a story about a person who comes to Goa after 8 years, and how his life turns upside down is the crux of the movie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, experimental, tension, psychological, atmospheric, independent film, dark, twisted ...
Plot:
secrets, revenge, homecoming, betrayal, mature, conflict, small town, identity, mistrust, slow burn, investigation, obsession, claustrophobia, isolation, loss, realism, moral ambiguity
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Most similar movies to Martin
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, tense and psychological films with plots about revenge, investigation, slow burn, moral ambiguity, betrayal, isolation and cat and mouse mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Martin: True (2021), Indra (2025), Theerppu (2022), John Blazer (2017), Heat Is On (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious circumstances around the death of Vignesh's father leads him down a path filled with unexpected twists and turns. Nothing is as it seems, but will the truth finally set him free?
Style:
suspenseful, dark, twist ending, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
secrets, investigation, deception, family secret, family drama, conspiracy, betrayal, loss, grief, obsession, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
95%
2K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
INDRA is a serial killer investigation film about an ex-cop who lost his eyesight and sets out to find the killer terrorizing the town. What follows is a gripping chase full of twists and turns — but what if the hunter ends up ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, revenge, obsession, cat and mouse, ex cop, justice, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, chase, survival ...
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63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Four friends, Ramkumar, Kalyan, Parameshwaran and Abdulla, who share a troubled history and familial strife, meet at a place owned by Ramkumar. This happenstance get-together ends up in fresh tension, leading to unforeseen consequences.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
confrontation, conflict, family conflict, revenge, moral ambiguity, betrayal, vengeance, revenge motive, mistrust, secrets, family drama, payback ...
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52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
John Blazer is a 21 californian guy with a dark and mysterious past. After winning a big sum of money at Lottery, he decides to have a party with friends and he will wake up in an abandoned place, without money and without any remembrance of the ...
Style:
dark, suspense, neo noir, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
aftermath, dark past, memory loss, amnesia, identity, abandoned, investigation, winter, isolation, loneliness, loss, lottery ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Abhi and Cyril have been best buddies from childhood.Being an orphan abhi's favorite place is Cyril's home.He helps Cyril to get married to his love of his life aaradhya against her parents will. Suddenly both newly married couple ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, friendship, danger, confrontation, loyalty, obsession, revenge, cat and mouse, betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban ...
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51%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
When the lives of some innocent people start getting intertwined in unforeseen situations they find themselves trapped in a murder mystery. This mysterious butchery infolds in a vegetarian restaurant run by a virtuous Chef Subbanna.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, twisted, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder mystery, restaurant, investigation, crime scene, whodunit, betrayal, claustrophobia, alibi, morality, small town, ethics, mature ...
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49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Janne Flecker returns to her hometown of Cuxhaven because her brother Erik was found murdered in the mud. There, Janne's picture of her family is crumbling, known shipyard owners.
Style:
crime drama, atmospheric, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, coastal town, north sea, family secret, small town, female detective, family drama, secrets, betrayal, suspicion, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
northern germany, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.
Style:
crime drama, psychological, psychological thriller, tense, intense ...
Plot:
memory loss, dead body, secrets, obsession, amnesia, cat and mouse, suspicion, guilt, moral ambiguity, burial, excavation, revenge ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna and Mike are married. Paul is Celia's father. They all have secrets to hide. They all are contacted by a mysterious group with unclear intentions who knows the truth.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
secrets, family secret, intrigue, manipulation, suspicion, claustrophobia, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, betrayal, paranoia, blackmail, slow burn ...
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46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Zoe's sister, Rachel, ends up dead from an apparent suicide, Zoe takes it upon herself to find out the truth. Through Rachel's diary Zoe is able to follow a trail to a world of nightclubs and the secrets they hold.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
nightclub, investigation, loss, secrets, uncover truth, society, life turned upside down, death of sister, female protagonist, darkness, city, deception ...
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46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Man Who Cleans knows you can find a lot of secrets in trash. People tend to lie but their trash never does. The Man Who Cleans thought he was invisible, until he met the Girl with the Purple Hair Lock. Girl with the Purple Hair Lock breaks into ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, lake, water, murder, killing, murderer, suicide, killing spree, uncover truth, crime solving, serial murder, murder mystery ...
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42%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nicholas Rice, a renowned journalist for the LA Times, returns to his hometown of 'The Dunes'. While he's there, a mysterious figure from his past re-emerges and threatens his entire existence.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
small town, memories, memory, coastal town, journalist, hometown, past, fear, past coming back to haunt, small town life, investigation, mysterious character ...
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42%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The events that happen in the life of Ani after he gets convicted for a murder.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological, intense, tense ...
Plot:
convict, murder, prison, guilt, moral ambiguity, justice, male protagonist, family conflict, family drama, suspicion, isolation, suspect ...
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41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A criminal husband and his wife hide in a lone trailer. Exhausted by her husbands controlling ways, she decides to leave. But then a trailer arrives with a couple which creates dangerous consequences for them all.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, tension, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
criminal, relationship problems, marital problem, threat, family problems, problem, life is a bitch, hiding place, isolation, fear, manipulation, domestic violence ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Accepting responsibility for his wife's murder after he has left her, Jan starts pursuing the criminal himself to make sure the culprit doesn't avoid punishment.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, noir, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, murder, investigation, revenge, obsessive quest, vigilante, pursuit, character study, obsession, moral ambiguity, betrayal, cat and mouse ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
40%
130
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story centers around Robert, with the help of Lawrence and Natalie, as he struggles to find out who has murdered his wife and child. Along the way, he must try to navigate through a web of political intrigue that involves a cop and a district ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, intense ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, intrigue, politics, dishonesty, investigation, murder mystery, family tragedy, grief, justice, loss, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Amy, a young woman with amnesia, pieces together her past with deadly consequences.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, secrets, identity, identity crisis, danger, female protagonist, investigation, psychological manipulation, trauma, paranoia, past life ...
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38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A sheriff tracks down a killer who skinned a woman alive.
Style:
detective, tension, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, violence, hostage, murder mystery, sheriff, obsession, sadism, alcoholism, claustrophobia, mistrust, stalker ...
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38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Story:
A thriller film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Sai Dhanshika, Tanya Hope and Thakur Anoop Singh in the lead roles.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, danger, moral ambiguity, revenge, violence, cat and mouse, motive, female empowerment, urban, chase, conspiracy ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
187
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The journey of a woman who overcomes her personal anguish to help deliver justice to another woman trapped in a web of deceit and deception.
Style:
suspense, psychological, dark, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, village, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, anguish, grief, deception, secrets, psychological trauma ...
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38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John and his family relocate to a far away island village with hopes of rebuilding their lives. But destiny has other plans for them as a series of horrifying events begin to unfold.
Style:
atmospheric, tension, sinister, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
macabre, island, isolation, family drama, slow burn, supernatural, paranoia, claustrophobia, relocation, folk horror, survival, grief ...
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36%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story of Varaaham is co-written by Jithu K Jayan and Sesham Mikeil Fathima director Manu C Kumar, with the latter also credited for the screenplay and dialogues. Tamil filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon plays a significant role in the film. The ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, police, cold case, family drama, revenge, corruption, loss, obsession, justice, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When tragedy strikes twice, Bhavya refuses to remain a victim. Visually impaired, she is drawn into a perilous hunt for the truth behind the mysterious deaths of her husband & twin sister - uncovering a dark world where nothing is as it seems.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending, crime drama ...
Plot:
female protagonist, murder mystery, family tragedy, resilience, empowerment, revenge, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, suspicion, grief, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During their annual vacation at an isolated beach, Ben and Vee unexpectedly encounter a mysterious backpacker who draws them into a twisted web of lies, deceit and ultimately, revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, twist ending
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, isolation, psychological manipulation, mind game, mysterious stranger, beach, paranoia, moral ambiguity, summer vacation, tourist, confrontation ...
Similarity:
36%
219
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sara’s husband Tom gets food-poisoned after a birthday party, and police suspect it was a deliberate attempt to murder him. And they are after the culprit.
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, poisoning, food poisoning, investigation, suspect, police procedural, evidence, attempted murder, lie, alibi, accusation ...
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35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Follows six murder case suspects who get kidnapped and an officer's quest to find the truth
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, crime thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, investigation, police procedural, urban, claustrophobia, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, justice, interrogation, cat and mouse, crime scene ...
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35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A series of murders takes place in Vizag and Aruku. Unknowingly, a couple travels to Aruku for a holiday. All of a sudden, the heroine goes missing. Will the hero finds his girlfriend? Will he catch the killer?
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, detective, dark ...
Plot:
missing person, serial killer, investigation, couples, manhunt, fear, police, evidence, cat and mouse, urban, violent, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
87
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thriller - A detective searching for more than his suspect. A locksmith with a disturbing obsession. - Ben Clayton, Stephen Jackon, Amy Chomsky
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological thriller, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, a vision, investigation, obsession, locksmith, cat and mouse, paranoia, moral ambiguity, haunting, stalker, suspect, trauma ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a tangled web of power and love, the lives of a pharmaceutical company CEO, a failed Don, a grieving widower, and a shrewd lawyer intersect when a mysterious woman is kidnapped, sparking a chain of events in New York City's underbelly.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
kidnapping, corruption, lawyer, betrayal, mystery woman, power struggle, investigation, moral ambiguity, hostage, mafia, revenge, ceo ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
32%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
While working the night at an ATM, a security guard, who is the prime witness in the case against a powerful industrialist, happens across a mysterious man named Eesho. They engage in a conversation and the guard pours his heart out to the stranger ...
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
security guard, moral ambiguity, deception, justice, cat and mouse, paranoia, suspicion, corruption, identity, moral dilemma, character study, power struggle ...
Similarity:
32%
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