Movies like Wish You Were Here

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Wish You Were Here (2012)
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Wish You Were Here (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
Style: psychological, serious, tense, captivating, twisted, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, detective, weird
Plot: missing person, tourist, holiday, uncover truth, age difference, inspiration, pregnant wife, struggle, mobster, backpacking, friends, life is a bitch, profanity, siblings relations, riddles and clues, life turned upside down, violent content, motorcycle, pregnancy, marijuana, beach, pregnancy and birth, vacation, adultery, family relations ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: cambodia, australia, asia
Keyword: australian, gangsters, marketplace

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, tense and realistic films with plots about missing person, danger, life is a bitch, uncover truth, murder, husband wife relationship and family relations mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Wish You Were Here: The Square (2008), Felony (2013), The Iris Effect (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), Daylight (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Square (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, revenge, tragedy, extortion, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, disorder, life turned upside down ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.1
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Felony (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: moral dilemma, police, police corruption, police investigation, accident, life turned upside down, dirty cop, law enforcement, crime gone awry, dishonesty, coma, guilty conscience ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
The Iris Effect (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, Dr. Sarah Hathaway hired private eyes trying to find her missing son, the painter Thomas, who ran away from their home ten years ago after a quarrel with her. She finds a clue in a catalog of a panting exhibition in San Petersburg ...
Style: serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, amateur detective, obsessive quest, private detective, estrangement, family relations, riddles and clues, parents and children ...
Place: russia, los angeles, usa, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Daylight (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A successful lawyer finds out that she has a half-brother who is imprisoned in a secure hospital after he brutally murdered his neighbor and their baby.
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot: autism, murder, legal investigation, investigation, uncover truth, siblings relations, family secret, imprisonment, family relations, disability, dedicated lawyer, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 4.5
 447
Fistpie (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot: murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, serial killer, suicide, suicide by gun, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 5.2
 10K
Strangerland (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: missing child, australian outback, family in crisis, husband wife relationship, outback, troubled marriage, restraining order, dehydration, social relations, family problems, mother daughter conflict, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: husband murders wife, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, infidelity, amateur detective, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The Ghost and the Whale (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mental illness, false accusation, uncover truth, vengeance, life is a bitch, missing person, social relations, mental health, psychology, bipolar disorder, small town life, small town
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 5.7
 13K
Spinning Man (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Sweden, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A 'happily married' professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman is found murdered.
Style: bleak, captivating, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: university professor, teenage girl, missing person, lawyer, police detective, evidence, murder suspect, danger, character study, cheerleader, high school student, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Hide and Seek (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A missing brother. Hide and seeks codes. A shocking truth for two different families and the struggle to save their families from someone who is already living inside their house.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot: poverty, uncover truth, family in danger, family relations, siblings relations, estrangement, grudge, family secret, troubled past, hunting, homeless, pervert ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Holy Ghost People (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: religions or cults, missing person, uncover truth, rescue, clergy, woman in danger, danger, religion, religious fanaticism, siblings, religious fanatic, brainwashing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 5.8
 14K
The Clearing (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Style: tense, suspenseful, intense, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: kidnapping, marriage, fbi, marital problem, psychopath, haunted by the past, family life, danger, wilderness, betrayal, ransom, hostage ...
Time: year 2004
Place: pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Blackwoods (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Matt is haunted by the death of a girl from a car accident he caused years ago. Matt was drunk and as he reached for the car radio, he struck the girl as she crossed the road. The guilt that he feels has altered his sense of reality, making ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: hotel, losing-it hero, vengeance, betrayal, woods, motel, redneck, haunted by the past, hostage, guilty conscience, backwoods, car accident ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 5.5
 667
Blame (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, assassination attempt, haunted by the past, injustice, rivalry, danger, vigilante, revenge, teacher student relationship, suicide, postman, isolated house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.4
 5K
In Her Skin (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, envy, murder, loss of daughter, obsession, family problems, family in crisis, female psychopath, death of daughter, parents and children, mental disorder, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 90s, year 1999
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 5.0
 6K
Abandoned (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, hospital, danger, race against time, confined, rivalry, uncover truth, investigation, intrigue, doctors and patients, abduction, mind game ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.7
 4K
Murk (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
Style: psychological, bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, destructive relationship, uncover truth, amateur detective, woman in danger, couples, disability, obsession, family relations, siblings relations, murder, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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 8.1
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Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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InSight (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kaitlyn, an ER nurse who is tending to a young stabbing victim, is accidentally electrocuted by the defibrillator that is used in an effort to save the woman's life. Almost immediately Kaitlyn starts to experience the victim's memories. ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: uncover truth, victim, supernatural, investigation, twists and turns, danger, cognitive science, criminal, memories, a vision, electrocution, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, ...
Style: sexy, surreal, independent film, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: missing person, coming of age, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, recurring dream, female nudity, mysterious disappearance, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, gay interest, disappearance, 17 year old ...
Time: year 1988, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.6
 868
The Jammed (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: sex trafficking, human trafficking, missing person, deportation, gangster, immigrant, social decay, manipulation, prostitute, sexual abuse, kidnapping, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 7.6
 753
The Deposition (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When a man is involved in a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: memory loss, uncover truth, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, dealing with death, a vision, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Alexandra's Project (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, murder, female masturbation, unhappy wife, mental illness, family relations, birthday, family problems, family in crisis, dishonesty, male nudity, nudity ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Missing Person (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: missing person, private detective, uncover truth, riddles and clues, danger, train, post september 11 2001, fbi agent, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, private investigator, investigator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, investigation, moral dilemma, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, parents and children, single parent, reporter, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to return with her to Germany. Then the young woman disappears.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Plot: pregnant woman, messiah, religious fanatic, sister sister relationship, strong female character, sect, strong female lead, psychiatrist, missing person, faith, female scientist
Place: jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.7
 3K
Moss (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Hae Gook (Park Hae Il) travels to a reclusive village to attend his father's funeral. He wants to find out the reason behind his father's strange death, but the villagers, in particular village chief Cheon (Jung Jae Young), seem to be ...
Style: tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, mind twisting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: village, uncover truth, under the surface, twists and turns, social relations, rivalry, riddles and clues, dishonesty, danger, superhero, death of father, comic book ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.0
 429
Outrage (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lainie Wheeler has two daughters, but her husband leaves them for a Thai monastery. She completely neglects her job in TV production but finds a new vocation in nursing terminal patients, even after the death of her friend in that home. She also ...
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: starting over, woman in danger, family problems, hopes, rivalry, redemption, murder, rehabilitation, violent content, graphic violence, actor's life, athlete's life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.3
 786
The Mole (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot: trial, mole, uncover truth, haunted by the past, solidarity, working class, family relations, society, life is a bitch, labor union, father son relationship, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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