Movies like A Mother's Instinct

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A Mother's Instinct (2015)
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A Mother's Instinct (2015)
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: kidnapping, missing son, cyberbullying, missing child, boy, parent child relationship, high school student, uncover truth, family relations, crime investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, suspicion, kidnapped child, investigation, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, victim, multiple suspects, vigilante, revenge, fight, torture, bully, smuggling ...
Time: 21st century

Most similar movies to A Mother's Instinct

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, captivating, tense and suspense films with plots about investigation, kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, danger, law enforcement and deadly mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like A Mother's Instinct: The Captive (2014), I Came By (2022), Nexus (2010), Cyber Case (2015), Galentine's Day Nightmare (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Captive (2014)
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, serious, surreal, intense ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, kidnapped, winter, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, child abduction, missing person, investigation ...
Place: canada, ontario canada
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I Came By (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: missing son, hidden door, pregnant girlfriend, graffiti, shock, street artist, fear, painter, hidden room, friends, human trafficking, friend ...
Time: 2020s
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Nexus (2010)
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, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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60%
 5.0
 449
Cyber Case (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young woman uses geotagged pictures to help rescue her kidnapped brother.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: child abduction, investigation, family problems, crime solving, female protagonist, half brother, kidnapping, sleuth, cat versus mouse, crime investigation, kidnapped child, abduction ...
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Galentine's Day Nightmare (2021)
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: suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder mystery, who done it, boss and employee, murder, death, murderer, power relations, youth, law enforcement, victim, police investigation, investigation ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Mark of the Angels - Miserere (2013)
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, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: law enforcement, riddles and clues, murder, investigation, partner, danger, religions or cults, society, kidnapping, mafia, interpol, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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Troubled Waters (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 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, danger, race against time, supernatural, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Killer Downstairs (2019)
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: tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murderer, murder, male female relationship, framed for murder, landlady tenant relationship, tenant, investigation, murder suspect, murder investigation, police investigation, relationships, suspicion ...
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55%
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The Ignorance of Blood (2014)
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: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, kidnapping, law enforcement, danger, terrorism, rescue, ransom, hostage rescue, suitcase of money, child kidnapping, threesome, bare butt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
And Baby Will Fall (2011)
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, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: prison, infidelity, family relations, police detective, family problems, love affair, pregnancy, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, babies and infants, mysterious disappearance, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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55%
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Captive Hearts (2005)
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, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: ransom demand, conspiracy, business tycoon, investigation, corporate conspiracy, political manipulation, police detective, kidnapping, male female relationship, financier, financial problem, con artists ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Fear of Water (2012)
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, military, life is a bitch, police investigation, law enforcement, parents and children, family problems, investigation, missing child, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.0
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Missing (2009)
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: serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, psychological ...
Plot: rape, forced sex, sexual abuse, torture, serial killer, psychopath, confined, investigation, missing person, danger, woman in danger, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Borderline Murder (2011)
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: uncover truth, amateur detective, doctors and patients, dishonesty, society, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, kidnapping, theft, against the rules ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 4.4
 258
Fatal Justice (2012)
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, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: rivalry, vigilantism, heist, store, hospital, revenge, murder, abduction, investigation, paralysis, danger, twins ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Saving My Daughter (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
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: suspenseful, serious, disturbing, captivating
Plot: missing daughter, kidnapped girl, crime investigation, kidnapped daughter, abduction, mysterious disappearance, daughter, kidnapped child, mother and daughter, police investigation, investigation, child abduction ...
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53%
My Mother's Secret (2012)
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, investigation, family relations, parents and children, couples, family secret, danger, family problems, pregnant woman, birth mother, relationship problems, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Girls' Night Out (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: McKenzie is a few months away from getting married when her three best friends from college surprise her with a bachelorette party.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: survival horror, kidnapping, revenge, violence, woman in danger, survival, haunted by the past, ex classmate, rape, women, struggle for survival, confronting the past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Drawn Into the Night (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: While investigating the disappearance of several high school girls, an undercover cop posing as a student finds herself fighting for her life.
Style: captivating, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot: bondage, crime solving, student, survival, police investigation, mysterious disappearance, threat, female protagonist, pretense, violence, female student, crime investigation ...
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51%
A Mother on the Edge (2019)
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: suspense, captivating
Plot: faked death, psychiatrist, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, salvation, mysterious disappearance, uncover truth, kids and family, mother and daughter, search and rescue, saving a life, family relations ...
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51%
The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
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
Plot: cheerleader, murder investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, killings, kidnapping, murderer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, crime investigation, serial killer ...
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51%
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style: suspense, scary, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, murder, dealing with death, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, who done it, female pubic hair, church ...
Time: 21st century
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51%
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Corrupt (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A district attorney asks a forensic accountant (Nicole de Boer) to investigate the murder of a key witness.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot: murder, suicide, investigation, prosecutor, crime solving, forensics, murder mystery, killings, uncover truth, murderer, crime investigation, problem ...
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50%
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Marriage of Lies (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Rachel’s husband disappears, the police have one suspect: her. While trying to prove her innocence, she uncovers many secrets about the man she married.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, private investigation, accusation, family secret, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, family problems, uncover truth, female protagonist, framed for a crime, secret, accused of murder ...
Place: iowa
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50%
A Dark Reflection (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A journalist digs deep into the world of aviation and discovers some uncomfortable truths. And a conspiracy trail dating back to 1954. But why is no one saying anything?
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, journalism, investigation, moral dilemma, society, dishonesty, political conspiracy, feminist, conspiracy, media, journalist
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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50%
The Wrong Babysitter (2017)
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: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, neighbor, mother daughter relationship, problem, female protagonist, nanny, disappearance, lifestyle, family problems, mysterious disappearance, death of husband ...
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50%
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Killer Reality (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, uncover truth, media satire, fall in love, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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50%
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Telling Lies (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, couples, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, who done it, investigation, life turned upside down, twists and turns, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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50%
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The Collector (2002)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Une policière, Maud Graham, suit un tueur en série qui agresse des femmes. En même temps, elle héberge un jeune prostitué et un fugueur de 12 ans. L'action se déroule dans la ville et capitale de la province du même nom, Québec.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir
Plot: police investigation, murder, kidnapping, mind game, police detective, riddles and clues, who done it, life is a bitch, law enforcement, serial killer, sex crime, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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50%
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Child of Mine (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An Alberta small-town police chief officially finds no suspect in the bloody stabbing to death of 'working girl' Jane McGill. Her daughters are adopted two years later, trough his friend Alvin, by a London couple who don't qualify yet ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: adoption, murder, haunted by the past, uncover truth, domestic disturbance, family problems, family relations, parents and children, family in danger, sister sister relationship, suspicion, world war two ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london, canada
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50%
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