Movies like Orphan 2016
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Orphan (2016)
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Original name: Orpheline
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman who moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster. The grown-up at last, an accomplished woman, who thought she was safe from her own past. Gradually, these characters come together to form a single heroine.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, non-linear, no music
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence against women, teenage girl, female protagonist, prison, missing child, dark past, police, graphic violence, orphan, childbirth, father daughter relationship, runaway, hide and seek, language barrier, arrest, police raid, police arrest, gambling debt, fleeing the country, woods, violent father, little girl, father daughter conflict, hot and sexy, social problems ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
france, romania
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Most similar movies to Orphan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about police, female nudity, sex scene, nudity, murder, female protagonist and male nudity mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Orphan: A Sort of Family (2017), Eye for an Eye (2019), Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020), The Stronghold (2020), Wildland (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France, Poland, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
What limits does Malena cross to get what she wants most? Malena is a 38 year old middle class doctor from Buenos Aires. One afternoon she receives the call from Doctor Costas, who informs her that she must travel immediately to the north of the ...
Style:
road movie, compassionate, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
childbirth, adoption, money, corruption, birth, birth mother, pregnant woman, doctor, police, police arrest, arrest, baby ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, drug dealing, drug dealer, murder, police raid, prison, doctor, lawyer, police, danger, organized crime, betrayal ...
Place:
galicia
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82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Netherlands, France, Canada
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Doblin's text to 2015 Berlin to tell the story of 30-year-old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat which crossed the Mediterranean illegally. Without citizenship papers, Francis is drawn into the underbelly of the city.
Style:
captivating, psychological, epic, touching, intense ...
Plot:
mistress, gay interest, drug dealer, refugee, lgbt, family relations, society, starting over, redemption, city life, hopes, lifestyle ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, central europe
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
french police, chase, police, danger, police detective, murder, death, violence, law enforcement, partners against crime, partner, buddy cop ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year-old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal ...
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
teenage girl, death of mother, mafia, crime family, lgbt, female protagonist, child in peril, family relations, gangster, loss of family member, family values, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets, interrogating abusive parents, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, erotic, sincere ...
Plot:
violence against women, pedophile, abused child, journalism, policewoman, confession, abusive parent, police station, police investigation, social decay, life is a bitch, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
teenage girl, female protagonist, social problems, teenager, parents and children, family problems, grownups, sex scene, coming of age, 16 year old, singing, police ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect for a crime that attracts a lot of media attention and has placed her in the center of the public ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
teenage girl, murder, dark secret, murder investigation, hot and sexy, suspicion of murder, friendship, friendship between girls, violence, false accusation, danger, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in Brittany, a detective called Nicolas Luhel is asked to unravel the circumstances of a teenage boy's death. The main suspect is the boy's father. Shattered by the suicide of the main witness, Nicolas lets himself get snared by the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
small town, police investigation, homosexuality, erection, gay interest, gay, male pubic hair, beach, male nudity, affair, lgbt, crime investigation ...
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
divorced parents, destroying evidence, ex husband ex wife relationship, murder mystery, dysfunctional family, parents and children, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, family relations, murder, hidden corpse, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her home town. Her father, Fernando, is a well known judge. Against his will, Paulina decides to teach in a suburban high school as part of an inclusion ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, non-linear
Plot:
teacher student relationship, gang rape, rape, sexualized violence, multiple perspectives, rape victim, teacher, female protagonist, life is a bitch, school teacher, violence, female teacher ...
Place:
paraguay, argentina
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A crime family becomes entangled in a vicious gang war while a serial killer cuts a swath through Tokyo.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
female nudity, bare breasts, bare butt, gang war, serial killer, love triangle, dysfunctional family, japanese mafia, bandit, love affair, criminal gang, female protagonist ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, hood ...
Plot:
convict, brother vs brother, murder, police, cell mate, love triangle, brother brother relationship, violence, disposing of a dead body, prison, violence against women, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, antwerp
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, disappearance, police officer, alcoholic, father son relationship, police, forest, mother daughter relationship, investigation, crime scene, danger, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder of parents, planned murder, bad influence, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulative person, courtroom, murder trial, murder, evil man, family problems, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, making love, woman in danger, redemption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, sex scene, serial murder, swat team ...
Place:
france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
rescue, child abuse, redemption, trauma, life is a bitch, confronting the past, relationships, female protagonist, adult child friendship, violence, child custody, social problems ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, sexual, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
poverty, shoplifting, father son relationship, social realism, poor family, beach, supermarket, child abduction, shoplifter, family drama, husband wife relationship, orphan ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, east asia, japan, sarajevo, nebraska ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they engage Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
hide and seek, birthday party, grandmother, children, nanny, woman urinating, child murder, disorder, family relations, violence, brutality, danger ...
Similarity:
71%
755
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
family in crisis, investigation, family problems, life is a bitch, missing child, abduction, ransom, judaism, israeli, kidnapping, arrest, subway ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
israel, france, paris france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A police captain's niece is trapped by white slavers.
Style:
sexploitation film
Plot:
menage a trois, female female relationship, lesbian breast sucking, sniper, police, female masturbation, kidnapping, sports car, punched in the face, jet ski, black man white woman sex, voyeurism ...
Place:
france, saint tropez, riviera, french riviera
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade, an inner suburb of Paris. On the same team as Chris and Gwada, two men with occasionally “peculiar” methods, he soon discovers ...
Style:
realistic, crime thriller, art house, suspense, political ...
Plot:
ghetto, money, police, thief, organized crime, society, life is a bitch, police officer, father son relationship, pursuit, police investigation, danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown, leaving behind his best friend, Loux. He escapes to the nearest city, where he is inducted into a gang of child street thieves. His innocence slips away as ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, life is a bitch, secret past, bandit, tragic past, social problems, murderer, female nudity, abusive father, runaway, flashback, pistol ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sylvia has turned a blind eye for too long to husband Eddie's flourishing drug business. When his dealing takes a (deadly) turn for the worse, however, her need to protect the lives and futures of her young children compel her to flee. But ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
police, runaway, family relations, husband wife relationship, drug dealer, murderer, family problems, marital problem, crime boss, drug dealing, marriage crisis, marital discord ...
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, perverse, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
strong sexual content, rape and revenge, sex, explicit sex, femme fatale, murder, misandry, violence against women, depravity, violent sex, violence, nihilism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Gino 'Gigi' meets Bénédicte 'Bibi' at the racetrack, it's love at first sight. But can their devotion save a love that may already be lost?
Style:
sexy, romantic drama, erotic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
passion, sex scene, policewoman, lovers on the run, heist, tragic love story, loss of girlfriend, shakespeare, mobster, ethnicity, caper, bank ...
Time:
80s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
70%
165
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Georges Nail lives in a new suburb. He's married, loves his wife, son and dog. Paul Hammer is good looking, rich and intelligent. But he is torn by his severe judgment of the world and a desire to be part of it. One day, their paths meet. Nail ...
Plot:
neurosis, civil unrest, female nudity, humiliation, male nudity, rich man, alcoholic, wealthy family, skinny dipping, teenage boy, depression, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france
Similarity:
69%
778
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Story starts with a summer fling between a provincial guy and a big-city girl. The holiday is over, the beauty returns to the city and receives a marriage proposal from a rich admirer. The provincial boy comes back being unable to let her go. Things ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, captivating, suspense, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex scene, fall in love, adultery, abusive husband, love, female nudity, first love, infidelity, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, funeral, murder ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Irene is a fifteen-year-old who lives in a center for juvenile offenders. She just got pregnant and is determined to turn her life around with the help of Javier, an educator at the center. Javier offers her to secretly come live with him and his ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
pregnant teenager, teenage girl, teenager, pregnancy, social problems, family relations, teenage life, pregnant girlfriend, remote location, unplanned pregnancy, husband wife relationship, mother child relationship ...
Similarity:
69%
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