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Das Jerusalem-Syndrom (2013)
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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:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense
Plot:
pregnant woman, missing person, religious fanatic, messiah, sect, strong female character, sister sister relationship, psychiatrist, faith, pregnancy, female protagonist, crisis of faith, mental illness, urban, family drama, obsession, isolation, realism, culture clash, loss of control, identity, moral ambiguity, spiritual awakening, pilgrimage, search and rescue ...
Place:
jerusalem, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and psychological thriller films with plots about moral ambiguity, obsession, isolation, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Das Jerusalem-Syndrom: Shadowtown (2020), Guilt & Sentence (2010), Waste Land (2014), Arrest Me (2013), Hindsight (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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604
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
One evening, a woman enters a police station and confesses to having killed her violent husband several years ago. As she listens to her fantastic story, the policewoman is increasingly less inclined to arrest her. Just why is the woman so eager to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
70%
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469
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A mysterious white camera turns a beautician's life into a waking nightmare, especially when she watches herself dying in the videos shoots with it.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A student with blood complications believes that his medication is the cause of his recent hallucinations. Desperate to find out what they mean, he collides with and injures an innocent woman, sparking her son to pursue the identity of the man ...
Style:
independent film, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, art house ...
Plot:
hallucination, addiction, aggression, paranoia, mental health, identity, moral ambiguity, isolation, suspicion, family conflict, family drama, confrontation ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy meets Anu on an online dating website and decides to marry her. Jimmy's mother entrusts his cousin Kevin to get details about Anu. Now it's Kevin's turn to search for his cousin's fiancee who vanished without a trace, only ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
Style:
emotional, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adoption, rescue, danger, parents and children, life turned upside down, family relations, woman in danger, abduction, runaway teen, mother daughter conflict, search and rescue, family reunited ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bermuda
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Hailey’s final stage of pregnancy is threatened by the arrival of a new doula, she must stay one step ahead for the sake of her unborn child.
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
pregnancy, pregnant woman, protective mother, problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, paranoia, deception, home birth, family drama, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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305
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?
Style:
emotional, tense, intense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Matt, an influencer and young parent to newborn Julius, discovers a dark secret from his dementing father's past. He starts an in-depth investigation, which consequently opens a Pandora's box of secrets and unravels more family dramas than ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.
Style:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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