Movies like The Y2K File
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The Y2K File (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story starts at the dawn of the new millennium. A man called Knock-Knock has just lost his parents in a fire that devastated the family house. Eager to move away from his frightening past he moved inside a big house in North London. The house used to be inhabited by a family of thirteen who mysteriously disappeared. When he was living in the house, a few events started to unfold; events that will terrify him, already traumatized by the death of his parents. Everyday he will confide a report of the events to a website, the Y2K Diary.
Style:
creepy, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense, gothic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trauma, ghost, supernatural, haunted house, unsettling, murder mystery, grief, loss, dark past, domestic violence, memory, claustrophobia, isolation, guilt, urban, male protagonist, found footage, family curse, paranormal investigation, slow burn, monster, virus, cannibal, children, abduction ...
Time:
turn of the century, y2k
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to The Y2K File
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful and creepy films with plots about isolation, supernatural, ghost, slow burn, claustrophobia, haunted house and investigation mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The Y2K File: The 3rd Guest (2023), When It Rings (2023), T: Ghosts in the Machine (2017), Murder at the Lighthouse (2025), My Guardian Angel (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A husband and wife ghost-hunting team, still mourning the loss of their daughter, encounter her in their latest assignment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, scary, bleak, enigmatic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, husband wife relationship, husband, paranormal investigation, family tragedy, supernatural, grief, death of child, death, wife, husband and wife ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Years after the tragic death of his sister, Zach returns to his childhood home. There he finds an old toy phone he used to "talk" to his dead sister, setting off a series of terrifying events, making him question what, and who, is real.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, mystical ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, existential, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, obsession, alienation, haunting, isolation, identity, disability, technology, investigation, symbolism, androids ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fleeing her abusive ex, Jess hires a fishing boat captain to take her across Lake Superior to a new life in Canada. When an accident leaves her washed up on shore, she’s taken in by a reclusive lighthouse keeper. As Jess is nursed back to health, ...
Style:
suspense, tense, atmospheric, dark, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Hannah's parents took her to a new school, they said it was to give her a new start. However, Hannah is 11, autistic, and due to her condition, unable to speak. She had a twin called Angel, but when Angel died, Hannah was forbidden to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, melancholic, psychological horror, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, abuse, autism, loneliness, child abuse, grief, trauma, isolation, loss of sibling, child protagonist, twin sister ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple seeks a fresh start to their lives by moving into an upper scale New England community. While settling in, they discover many disturbing secrets and acts connected to an infamous Satanic Cult which took place inside their very own ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, creepy ...
Plot:
supernatural, spirit, evil, paranormal activity, ghost, supernatural power, ouija board, haunted house, satanic cult, occult, paranoia, newlyweds ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted, no one has been able to live in for more than 21 days.
Style:
suspense, creepy, psychological, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural, paranormal activity, paranormal, evil, darkness, trapped, evil force, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Andre, recovering from a recent accident, agrees to help his friend Robert by taking over a house sitting job at a creepy home nestled in the hills above Los Angeles. As night comes, the house reveals its insidious nature as Andre begins hearing ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
isolation, haunted house, supernatural, house, found footage, evil spirit, paranormal, panic, paranormal activity, mysticism, single, loneliness ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Finding his high profile illustration career to be less than meaningful, Matt Busch sets out to find a more rewarding personal project. Visiting a nearby graveyard, Matt stumbles upon an old photograph of a South-American castle. Obsessed with the ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, demonic, suspense, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
castle, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, cemetery, macabre, nightmare, obsession, occult, possession, slow burn, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town to remodel an old mansion, but weird things start to happen ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, ghost, dealing with death, death in the family, murder, abduction, family problems, ghost child, haunting, haunted house, ghost story ...
Time:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious, morbid professor who has suffered a number of horrid events in his life tries to help a young troubled man, whose girl friend was killed during an illegal abortion.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, bleak, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, nightmare, haunted, obsession, guilt, dream, grief, mental illness, character study, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, creepy, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, fear of ghosts, kidnapping, supernatural, macabre, moral ambiguity, mental illness, dual identity, female antagonist, possessed, superstition, trauma ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, afterlife, murder, demon, unfaithful husband, trauma, family drama, secrets, fear, haunted house, guilt ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, ghost, haunting, possession, haunted house, paranoid schizophrenia, insanity, paranormal, haunted, paranoid, mysticism, fear ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, psychological horror, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, problem, writers, writer's life, tragic past, female writer, secret past, schizophrenic, troubled past, paranoid schizophrenia, paranoia, madness ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
46%
198
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, bleak, enigmatic, scary, creepy ...
Plot:
ghost, ghost child, writers, abandoned hotel, possession, macabre, haunted hotel, paranormal phenomena, insanity, murder, dark past, supernatural ...
Time:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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25K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranoia, hotel, videotaping, trauma, macabre, weekend getaway, memory, male protagonist, guilt, obsession, isolation, slow burn ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Olivia and her friends go on a vacation. After Olivia nearly drowns with a slit wrist in her bathtub after her fiancé's funeral, her friends suspect that she tried to kill herself, but she believes someone attacked her.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an "Origins Myth"... rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story. Drawing from the original short story and a number of Gilmans' other gothic works (The Giant ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, psychological horror, gothic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
isolation, afterlife, female protagonist, mental illness, mental disorder, life is a bitch, haunting, grief, claustrophobia, postpartum depression, countryside, attic ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A struggling author decides to plagiarize his deceased fathers undiscovered novel, unleashing the demons of his fathers past, which he most overcome or face being haunted for the rest of his life.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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111
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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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:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psycho killer teenage girl will stop at nothing to replace her dead mother's love.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
supernatural, death, murder, ghost, supernatural power, haunted house, killing, escapades, loss, exorcism, rescue, mission ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
creepy, dark, suspenseful, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate woman must save her kidnapped teenage daughter from a twisted young man who plans to sell her organs on the black market.
Style:
intense, tension, suspense, crime drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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