Movies and TV shows like The Kettering Incident

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The Kettering Incident (2016)
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The Kettering Incident (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing in the forbidden forests outside Kettering when they saw strange lights in the sky. Eight hours later, Anna was found alone, terrified and covered in blood. 15 years on, Anna returns to find the town struggling to survive. The forests have been marked for logging and the community is being torn apart by passionate but violent clashes between environmentalists and the local loggers.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, psychological thriller, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, psychological horror, psychological ...
Plot: abusive husband, female protagonist, investigation, missing child, father daughter relationship, best friend, small town, disappearance, half sister, family relations, parent child relationship, police detective, kidnapping, murder, doctor, mental institution, mental patient, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, unsolved crime, police chase, missing person, forensic, forensics, thrill ride ...
Place: tasmania, london, new zealand

Most similar movies to The Kettering Incident

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspense, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, police, forensics, murder, police detective, murder mystery and police investigation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like The Kettering Incident: Black Spot (2017), Five Days (2007), Invasion (2005), Stranger Things (2016), The Gloaming (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Black Spot (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper ...
Style: scenic, dark, suspense, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: murder, supernatural, forest, small town, police, investigation, missing child, secret, isolation, danger, crime investigation, nature ...
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Five Days (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, missing person, police detective, mind game, amateur detective, life is a bitch, law enforcement, missing child, murder mystery, family problems, sergeant, mysterious character ...
Place: england, europe
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 7.5
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Invasion (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 21, 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which ...
Style: serious, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, survival, invasion, space and aliens, creature, deadly creature, alien possession, rescue, danger, heroic mission, evil alien, hurricane ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, everglades, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stranger Things (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, missing person, government conspiracy ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, future, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Gloaming (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: When an unidentified woman is found brutally murdered, Detective Molly McGee teams up with fellow cop, Alex O’Connell—with whom she shares a tragic past—to solve the crime.
Style: suspense, detective, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot: death, murder, supernatural, ghost, paranormal, murder investigation, paranormal phenomena, partner, violence, chase, fear, peril ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.1
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style: detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, mass child killing, police, forensics, secret past, psychological trauma, hidden identity, forest, crime investigation ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
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20%
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Mystery Road (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
Style: exciting, colorful, scenic, detective, breathtaking
Plot: australian outback, police detective, ranch, secrets, nature, missing child, murder mystery, australian aboriginal, rural setting, failed relationship, father daughter relationship, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.6
 6K
Wallander (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style: psychological, tense, detective, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, nordic, father daughter relationship, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Safe (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 356 min.
TV show
Story: After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Style: suspense, captivating, witty, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, missing person, parents and children, twists and turns, neighbor, missing daughter, father daughter relationship, father, female detective, suspect, private investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Top of the Lake (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story: A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Style: atmospheric, clever, bleak, captivating, detective ...
Plot: female detective, missing child, disappearance, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, child rape, bodies, life is a bitch, self discovery, child abuse, secret ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.0
 823
The Wall (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure ...
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: small town, police detective, female protagonist, police investigation, policewoman, police protagonist, police, female detective, who done it, uncover truth, murderer, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.6
 316
Duel (2017)
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jang Deuk-Cheon is the chief of a crime squad. At home, he is kind and friendly father to his daughter. He meets a human clone and gets involved in a shocking case. A battle takes place between human clones.
Style: suspense, sincere, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, police detective, perseverance, law enforcement, missing child, police investigation, danger, rescue, abduction, riddles and clues, determination ...
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18%
 7.6
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Bordertown (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Peculiar detective Kari Sorjonen escapes the hustle and bustle of big city to a small border town.
Style: detective, noir, captivating, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: border, crime investigation, small town, nordic, police detective, family relations, police, teenage girl, corruption, eccentricity, danger, serial killer ...
Place: finland, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 12K
The Five (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years ...
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Place: britain
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Millennium (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Style: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, prophecy, secret movement, police detective, fbi, who done it, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Harrow (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style: clever, witty, atmospheric, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: medical examiner, doctor, expert, forensics, complex characters, murder, bodies, forensic, loner, secret life, corpse, family relations ...
Time: future
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18%
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In the Dark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: In The Dark sees Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring) drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career - just as she begins her journey towards motherhood. Helen is never fazed by a challenge, but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner ...
Style: detective, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
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18%
 6.8
 4K
Too Close (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
TV show
Story: A dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie Mortensen, a “yummy mummy” accused of a despicable crime.
Style: melancholic, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: mental institution, doctor patient relationship, psychiatric patient, grieving mother, grief, psychiatric hospital, murder mystery, female psychopath, uncover truth, forensics, crime solving, unsolved crime ...
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Mare of Easttown (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 418 min.
TV show
Story: A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style: detective, suspense, captivating, anthology, spectacular ...
Plot: small town, murder, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, mother daughter relationship, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, drug abuse, incest ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Sea of Plastic (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: police, investigation, murder, murder investigation, small village, homicide detective, racial tension, murder mystery, danger, police detective, partners against crime, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Luther (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Style: detective, psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: uncover truth, murder, talented, police detective, police investigation, psychopath, police, forensics, crime investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, cop ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.3
 6K
Hidden (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: DI Cadi John and DC Owen Vaughan try to solve a case involving Mali Pryce, a young woman whose body was discovered in a stream in the woods.
Style: detective, enigmatic, psychological, crime thriller, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, police, father daughter relationship, twists and turns, family secret, mysterious death, small town, agent, mysterious character, macabre ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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 7.8
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Giri/Haji (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 461 min.
TV show
Story: Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination of morality and redemption.
Style: detective, disturbing, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: yakuza, missing brother, japanese police, police detective, gangster, father daughter relationship, cancer patient, terminal illness, investigation, forensics, crime solving, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: london, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.5
 51K
Castle Rock (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, danger, violence, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, stephen king, death, interracial adoption, supernatural, mysticism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.2
 9K
Thirteen (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This Five-part BBC psychological drama follows Ivy Moxam, a 26-year-old woman who was abducted when she was 13 and held captive for the next 13 years. The story begins as she escapes the cellar she was being held in and goes to the police station to ...
Style: detective, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: kidnapping, police investigation, child, family relations, woman, police, law enforcement, police detective, trauma, nypd, parents, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.5
 870
Klangor (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: A desperate father looks for his missing daughter.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: mysterious disappearance, family problems, father daughter relationship, father and daughter, disappearance, conspiracy, dysfunctional family, family relations, police, female nudity, teenager
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
The Bronze Garden (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Architect Fabián Danubio desperately tries to find his daughter, who has inexplicably disappeared leaving no trace.
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: hidden truth, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, violence, parents and children, uncover truth, crime solving, investigation, secret revealed, breaking the fourth wall, incest, daughter ...
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 8.7
 438K
Dark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 1455 min.
TV show
Story: A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Style: mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, mysterious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, investigation, time loop, time machine, mysterious past, cave, time portal, missing child, repeated event, changing the future, deja vu, small town ...
Time: year 1986, year 2019, year 1953, 50s, 80s ...
Place: germany, chernobyl
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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The Drowning (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: missing child, loss of son, missing person, family relations, female protagonist, investigation, secret identity, missing son, mysterious disappearance, mental disorder, bereavement, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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