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A Mother's Instinct (2015)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a woman’s son goes missing and the prime suspect is released due to lack of evidence, she and her teenage daughter decide to play vigilante.
Style:
psychological, bleak, tense, atmospheric, rough, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
missing child, missing son, kidnapping, cyberbullying, abuse, boy, parent child relationship, high school student, uncover truth, family relations, crime investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, suspicion, kidnapped child, kidnapped boy, investigation, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, victim, multiple suspects, vigilante, revenge, fight, torture ...
Time:
21st century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, kidnapping, uncover truth, murder, law enforcement, family relations and danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like A Mother's Instinct: The Captive (2014), The Wrong Babysitter (2017), Saving My Daughter (2021), Nexus (2010), The Killer Downstairs (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A recent kidnapping has single mom Susan worried about leaving her daughter Christy at home for an out-of-town trip - until neighbor Teri offers to "babysit," looking in on Christy and spending the night. But Susan rushes home when Christy ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
kidnapping, abduction, neighbor, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, single mother, protective mother, missing child, disappearance, lifestyle, mysterious disappearance, family problems ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, Joanna Kennedy’s life was turned upside down when her three-year-old daughter, Chloe, went missing for six months before being returned. Joanna finds herself searching again for answers and determined to find out if her daughter ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
abduction, investigation, missing daughter, mother, kidnapping, missing child, crime investigation, kidnapped daughter, daughter, police investigation, kidnapped girl, mysterious disappearance ...
Similarity:
100%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alison Peters has always done everything right but finds her life in turmoil as a lawyer stuck working at a grocery store job. Desperate for cash, she rents her basement on MiCasaSuCasa.com and gets a response from James Brewer who explains that he ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, creepy
Plot:
murderer, tenant, landlady tenant relationship, male female relationship, framed for murder, murder, murder investigation, investigation, murder suspect, police investigation, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
army investigation, murder, family relations, police investigation, life is a bitch, military, law enforcement, parents and children, family problems, investigation, who done it, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
274
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the police try to unravel the truth behind a series of mysterious crimes in a locality, they face an unexpected situation.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, police, crime solving, secret, crime investigation, police detective, police officer, police investigation, police station, sleuth, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Place:
india
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws an explosive line connecting the kidnapper and the girl's mother -- and brings to light ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, riddles and clues, supernatural, race against time, danger, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
High school friends Emily and Max make extra cash by hot-wiring cars but when their shop teacher discovers what they're up to and gets involved, things get a lot more dangerous.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, car theft, escape, family relations, bandit, widow, stealing a car, burglar, mother and daughter, criminal, teamwork, theft ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
315
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
With the police stalling the investigation into her husband's murder, Deeksha decides to set up an investigation of her own to find the killers. However, as she gets closer to the truth, she invites trouble from some dangerous people
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
murder investigation, death of husband, police, murder, who done it, murderer, law enforcement, vengeance, graphic violence, husband wife relationship, evidence, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A retired cop goes to the US to live with his son and becomes involved with a kidnapping case. Even as he is trying to track down the kidnapper, the case becomes too personal.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
crime investigation, kidnapping, police officer, investigation, society, uncover truth, vengeance, graphic violence, murder mystery, escapades, violence, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
law enforcement, riddles and clues, murder, investigation, partner, danger, religions or cults, society, kidnapping, mafia, child in peril, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gina and her teenage daughter Kelsey move into a new town so Kelsey can attend a better high school. It’s the start of senior year – meaning new parties to attend and new friends to make. But when Kelsey is abducted while on a date, all Gina’s ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
missing child, sex trafficking, human trafficking, uncover truth, slave trader, dating, family relations, desperation, dishonesty, investigation, police, private investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Expectant parents become prime suspects in the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was last seen at their garage sale. Model citizen David Rose runs a garden center and is a devoted house-father. Like his wife Ivy, who suffered two stillbirths, ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, infidelity, love affair, family relations, police detective, family problems, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, pregnancy, babies and infants, mysterious disappearance, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A newly hired executive for a multinational corporation is kidnapped at gunpoint. His wife and a detective uncover a much more sinister international conspiracy.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot:
investigation, corporate conspiracy, business tycoon, ransom demand, conspiracy, manipulative person, male female relationship, political manipulation, financial problem, kidnapping, police detective, crime solving ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Javier Falcón, Chief of the Sevilla Homicide Division, must solve two different cases in a short time. In the first case he is personally involved. An old friend of his infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell and now the group is trying to recruit ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, law enforcement, terrorism, danger, rescue, ransom, threesome, child kidnapping, suitcase of money, bare butt, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A woman's life becomes a living nightmare when she becomes the prime suspect in her boss's murder.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, boss and employee, uncover truth, murder, investigation, escapades, police investigation, murderer, victim, death, youth ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
When the law fails, family justice is the only way
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
justice, revenge, retribution, protective parent, family tragedy, vigilante, social justice, avenge, fight for justice, legislation, injustice, law and order ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Imaginary friends are a perfectly normal thing to have when you're a kid - that's why when Suzanne's six-year-old stepdaughter, Molly, starts talking to a "nonexistent" pal, she writes it off as the child's harmless way ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, ghost, friendship, family relations, mysterious character, supernatural, parents and children, uncover truth, death of mother, children, danger, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens make a pact that has deadly consequences.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, teen horror
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private investigation, tragedy, loss of family, car accident, investigation, uncover truth, tragic event, tragic past, family tragedy, revenge, woman with a gun, trouble ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, uncover truth, doctors and patients, society, dishonesty, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, theft, kidnapping, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
996
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hyeon-jeong's sister is missing and she fears for the worst. Via her sister's cellphone, Hyeon-jeong learns that her sister stayed in a countryside vaillage. She goes to the village to find her sister and stops at the local police station ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, forced sex, torture, serial killer, investigation, confined, psychopath, missing person, danger, woman in danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disappearance, island, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, father daughter relationship, little girl, death, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, deception, femme fatale, intrigue, police investigation, police detective, secret, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman uses geotagged pictures to help rescue her kidnapped brother.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
child abduction, kidnapping, investigation, crime solving, half brother, uncover truth, abduction, problem, kidnapped child, family problems, female protagonist, sleuth ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
uncover truth, parents and children, family relations, investigation, couples, danger, family secret, family problems, murder investigation, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A reporter finds her life in danger when the story she has published results in several murders that come closer to her.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
reporter, murder, murder investigation, serial murder, revenge, investigation, investigator, victim, death, partners against crime, chase, death threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over an year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
Style:
captivating, suspense, entertaining
Plot:
faked death, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, uncover truth, search and rescue, mysterious disappearance, salvation, kids and family, mother and daughter, saving a life, investigation, family relations ...
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, tension, twist ending ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cheerleader, murder mystery, kidnapping, investigation, murder investigation, high school, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, murder, murderer, killing ...
Similarity:
100%
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