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Into the Forest (2016)
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Original name: Dans la forêt
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tom (8) and Benjamin (11) travel to Stockholm to spend the summer with their father, whom they have barely seen since he divorced their mother. Tom, in particular, knows next to nothing about this strange, solitary man who seems never to sleep. When he suggests they spend a few days at his cabin in the country, the boys are delighted. But the cabin is totally isolated in the middle of a huge forest, a place both beautiful and troubling.
Style:
surreal, mad
Plot:
extrasensory perception, father son relationship, lake, boy, travel, doomsday, brother, airplane, swimming, house, tourist, father, boat, photograph, fear, insomnia, worm, insanity, isolation, telepathy, telepath, lumberjack, night, premonition, cell phone ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, dark and disturbing films with plots about fear, isolation, forest, blood, violence, insanity and supernatural mostly in Drama, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Into the Forest: The Shining (1980), Edge of Winter (2016), Midnight Abyss (2011), For My Brother (2014), A Woman Called Mother (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man descends into a terrifying nightmare world where his greatest fears become reality.
Style:
psychological horror, atmospheric, suspenseful, tension, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, fear, vampire, paranoia, hallucination, dreamscape, insanity, forest, isolation, mental illness, teen angst, obsession ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The two brothers Aske (17 years old) and Bastian (12 years old) live with their father, Lasse. Their mother died seven years earlier. Every day they live in a world where fear, violence and alcohol are huge factors, but where the brothers' ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, touching, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, child prostitution, child abuse, brothers, sexual perversion, human trafficking, pedophilia, nude boy, mistreatment, boy, incest, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After her father’s death, Vira’s mother has a mental breakdown. To start fresh, the family moves to a new city and opens a hair salon together. While the family attempts to adjust to their new lives, Vira’s mother, Yanti, begins exhibiting ...
Style:
sinister, creepy, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psycho, ghost, mother, terror, motherhood, psychiatrist, haunted, strong female lead, violent, possessed, weapons, cat ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful ...
Style:
gothic, creepy, atmospheric, surreal, black and white ...
Plot:
surrealism, macabre, insanity, nightmare, artist, island, isolation, insomnia, existentialism, obsession, mental illness, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, germany
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Story:
Tore Forsman is an old man, most people would call strange or even mad. He lives in an old house in the countryside. All his life he has kept something locked and sealed under his house.
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, psychological, creepy, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, isolation, macabre, haunting, ghost, supernatural, loneliness, revelation, old man, slow burn, journey, countryside ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Liechtenstein
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her decision to live with them turns into a nightmare. Unable to ...
Style:
sexy, gothic, suspense, perverse, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, satanic ritual, nudity, sex, castle, living dead, female vampire, rape, female nudity, blood, surrealism, supernatural ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young girl begins hearing voices, she hires the "GhostWatcher," Laura Kove, to investigate who the voices belong to and what they want.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, independent film
Plot:
psychic, supernatural power, ghost, paranormal phenomena, heroine, serial killer, psychic power, psychiatrist, fear, secret, a vision, school ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and ...
Style:
surreal, controversial, demonic, mind bending, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, occult, insanity, obsession, body horror, cosmic horror, possession, supernatural power, private detective, supernatural horror, berlin wall, sex ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, europe, west germany ...
Similarity:
48%
512
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Colombia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sara and Óscar, a couple going through a marital crisis, decide to spend a week in a remote country cabin with their two children, Alicia and Tomás. The family tries to have a quiet time, but something strange happens there. There is a woman who ...
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, loss, marital crisis, cabin in the woods, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional marriage, male female relationship, family relations, supernatural horror, troubled marriage, relationship problems, marital problem ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make - she's getting stronger.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, fear, supernatural, supernatural power, family in danger, supernatural horror, danger, curse, evil force, haunted by the past, teenager, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont, usa, new york
Similarity:
47%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, psychological thriller, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
single parent, stepmother, child in peril, boy, isolation, held captive, psychologist, child psychologist, little boy, obsession, missing child, murder ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style:
bleak, road movie, cerebral, art house, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, brother, childhood, journey, father son relationship, children, survival, parents and children, existentialism, wilderness, road trip, abusive father ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps run into a Bigfoot-type creature.
Style:
anamorphic, independent film, psychotronic
Plot:
bigfoot, lake, sasquatch, underwater, swamp, redneck, creature, hillbilly, small town, road trip, supernatural, travel ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
cannibalism, travel, pervert, woods, wilderness, isolation, curses spells and rituals, survival, escapades, human spirit, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, portugal
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark
Plot:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, castle, melancholy, plague, nosferatu, death, rat, medieval, loneliness, insanity, solitude ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1850s, 1800s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe, germany, black sea ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Esther, a self-conscious young woman who works for a public relations firm. One night at a party with her friend Sandrine, Esther wanders into the backyard and stumbles, scratching her leg on a piece of scrap metal. She goes back to the party, and ...
Style:
sexy, horrifying, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
self mutilation, body horror, wound, mental illness, mutilation, extreme, skin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, insanity, obsession, self discovery, women ...
Time:
turn of the century, 21st century
Place:
japan, lisbon portugal, tokyo, milan italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
38%
147
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Keith and Kim Russell have just tied the knot and have set out on an adventure packed honeymoon in the wilderness. But much to their surprise, they find more action than they were looking for when they stumble upon a pair of cave dwelling savages.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, slasher, independent film
Plot:
honeymoon, cave, wilderness, struggle for survival, danger, survival, married couple, isolation, fear, chase, violence, panic ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Belgium, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, spooky, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
forest, doppelganger, boy, house, nightmare, spell, son, folk horror, evil child, photograph, killer child, female warrior ...
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, neo noir, black and white, surreal, controversial ...
Plot:
torture, hostage, rape, sex, mother daughter relationship, sex slave, deviant sex, sex horror, death of girlfriend, rape and revenge, incest, male rape ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
greece, hellas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bloody, slasher, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, psycho killer, necrophilia, psycho, prostitute, sexual torture, violent, sexual cruelty, perversity, nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself in the midst of a dark mystery after the unexplained loss of a loved one. Her mind begins to unravel as her sense of reality begins to slip away.
Style:
bleak, tense, psychological, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
isolation, survival horror, survival, death of loved one, trauma, female protagonist, loss, grief, death, danger, mind game, trap ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
454
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A haunting in real time. A beautiful young woman is subjected to a grueling night of terror - all accomplished in one take, as she investigates paranormal reports at an abandoned facility.
Style:
suspense, bleak, controversial, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, night, mysterious place, paranormal activity, survival, female protagonist, paranormal phenomena, legend, myth, panic, supernatural, danger ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A white Bull Terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, suspense, allegory, surreal ...
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, baby, animal death, killer dog, boy, killer animal, holocaust, demonic possession, consciousness, satire, dark humor ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
35%
36K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, imagination, heroin, mental illness, drug addiction, surrealism, addiction, abandoned house, imaginary friend, mentally challenged, death by overdose, talking doll ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, austin texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
34%
110
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ira lives with her mother, Linda. One day, without any rational explanation, a mystical incident causes Linda to behave like a madwoman—suffering physically and frequently hallucinating. Unable to cope with her mother's condition, Ira asks ...
Style:
mystical, creepy, dark
Plot:
terror, black magic, female protagonist, devil, ghost, haunted, cursed, black cat, possessed, mad woman, sadness, descendant ...
Time:
20th century, year 1990, 90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stranded in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak, a brother fights to protect his sister while he desperately searches to find refuge and avoid an infected population with a thirst for blood.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, survival horror, infected, zombie survival, fear, struggle for survival, sister, fight, brother, pandemic ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
AKUMA TANTEI 2 is all about unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave victims psychologically devastated. It is as much a true horror film as it is a psychological drama.
Style:
suspense, mind bending, psychological, psychological horror, dark ...
Plot:
nightmare, ghost, dream, haunting, supernatural, dreamscape, trauma, suicide, obsession, night, mental illness, isolation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
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