Movies like Garbage 2018
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Garbage (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, disturbing, grim, suspense, controversial
Plot:
stalking, abuse, social media, toxic masculinity, obsession, manipulation, voyeurism, surveillance, sex scandal, female victim, unsettling, claustrophobia, isolation, moral ambiguity, confrontation, intimate, revenge, alienation, slow burn, lgbt, male full rear nudity, hindu, naked woman, urban, taxi driver ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Garbage
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, suspense and dark films with plots about moral ambiguity, isolation, obsession, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, revenge and urban mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Garbage: The Longest Night (2019), Aadai (2019), Dragonflies (2001), Beautiful Friend (2023), Alcoholist (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, bleak, psychological
Plot:
prostitute, male nudity, husband wife relationship, female nudity, sex scene, nude, love, love and romance, couples, nudity, feminist, woman ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A free-spirited girl gets the shock of her life when she finds herself naked in an abandoned building after a late-night party.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
nude girl, nude, female protagonist, prank gone wrong, prank, revenge, nudity, abandoned building, practical joke, party, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, isolation, locked in, elevator, trap, mind game, captivity, danger, social problems, trapped, psychopath, social relations ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Eddie (Kim Bodnia) and Maria (Maria Bonnevie) enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann (Mikael Persbrandt), an old friend of Eddie's with whom he had committed a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, noir
Plot:
guilt, secrets, love triangle, isolation, loyalty, moral ambiguity, intimate, character study, betrayal, cat and mouse, revenge, fear ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable and socially isolated young man spirals out of control, determined to find a woman who will stay with him-by force if necessary.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, stalking, control, obsessive love, unsettling, loneliness, character study, paranoia, desperation, possession, threat, manipulation ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, alcoholic, obsession, alcoholism, death threat, plan, murderer, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, espionage, criminal, character study ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jeremy Northam portrays a real estate tycoon, while Fionnula Flanagan plays the matriarch of the Lazarov family, in this psychological thriller.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, manipulation, revenge, family drama, unsettling, obsession, betrayal, moral ambiguity, slow burn, power struggle, matriarchy, mistrust ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The hero, Indran (Mathivanan Sakthivel) is a writer who meets a blind girl, Pramila (Mahashri). Indran uses the issues that Pramila have as a plot for his novel. In this journey he explores some thrilling events.
Style:
suspense, dark, psychological thriller, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
writers, blind character, character study, moral ambiguity, intrigue, creative process, ethical dilemma, claustrophobia, mature, deception, manipulation, obsession ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An aspiring artist is finally done with her abusive husband. She knows she has to start over, or he will find her. She thinks she is safe in Seattle with a friend she has been out of touch with, but she finds herself in danger.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
abusive husband, danger, husband wife relationship, woman in jeopardy, domestic abuse, female protagonist, abusive relationship, woman in danger, peril, woman, woman in peril, psychological trauma ...
Place:
portland oregon, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A wealthy middle-aged man at the airport witnesses a tiny incident involving an unknown, perhaps Arab, young man and airport staff. After the young man is confronted directly at the airport toilets, he feels himself subject to an indefinable but ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, suspicion, surveillance, cat and mouse, stalking, airport, confrontation, alienation, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, psychological thriller, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
lovers, murder, unspoken love, voyeurism, obsession, twists and turns, friendship, police officer, pursuit, watching sex, murderer, secret identity ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Molly begins a romance with Jack shortly after having her laptop repaired. Soon, Jack turns clingy and Molly breaks it off. Suddenly, her bank accounts are being drained, and she finds half-naked photos of herself posted online.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
stalker, obsession, privacy invasion, criminal, pretense, secret identity, relationship problems, manipulative person, female protagonist, surveillance, toxic relationship, manipulation ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
basement, anti semitism, domestic drama, tragic past, confronting the past, dark past, troubled past, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, manipulation, threat ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After losing everything and his wife's disappearance, Siddharth faces arrest. While investigating, he uncovers widespread societal crimes and vulnerabilities.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, missing person, conspiracy, social realism, ethical dilemma, family tragedy, urban, underworld, moral ambiguity, organized crime, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
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:
psychological thriller, tense, grim, dark, psychological
Plot:
obsession, dark web, internet culture, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, social commentary, character study, burnout, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, unsettling, surveillance ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rising tennis star becomes entangled in a savage charade with a grieving couple while staying in their picturesque home.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, dark, grim, twist ending ...
Plot:
betrayal, domestic drama, grief, moral ambiguity, deception, revenge, psychological manipulation, manipulation, obsession, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, intimate ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees, but arrives late, just as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, art house, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, minimalism, psychological manipulation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, missing person, cat and mouse, loneliness, betrayal, isolation, identity ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
21%
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177
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Finland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow of her angelic twin sister she travels to Melbourne, Australia. Curious of sexuality, she becomes a nude model for art classes. Her innocent surface ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, tense, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
identity crisis, nudity, abuse, escape, delusion, outsider, sexual awakening, obsession, slow burn, violence, small town, murder ...
Place:
australia, finland, melbourne
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman tries to move on past her divorce, she goes to a singles retreat, but begins to see that things aren't what they seem.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
retreat, secrets, manipulation, danger, deception, domestic drama, single woman, obsession, betrayal, paranoia, isolation, relationships ...
Similarity:
21%
360
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A struggling photographer makes an amazing discovery when a new tenant in his building starts to behave strangely. Paul the landlord and photographer lives with his girlfriend Samantha. A new tenant hopeful named Elise shows up and Paul is somewhat ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
voyeurism, bondage, peeping tom, obsession, privacy invasion, surveillance, stalker, paranoia, suspicion, cat and mouse, apartment building, lesbian sex ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lucio is constantly obsessed of losing his ex girlfriend Nadia and the house he is still paying the loan for, and above all he doesn't want to lose his 8 year old daughter. For this reason he start to stalk Nadia to convince her to give their ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
stalker, obsession, custody battle, stalking, child custody, marital problem, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, ex couple relations, relationship problems, family problems, hunted ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
594
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the cellar.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, mind game, power struggle, captivity, ex husband, manipulation, confined, control, claustrophobia, psychological torture, cat and mouse, basement ...
Similarity:
21%
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364
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Trevor McNills suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: he is an important businessman with the mania to control everything, even the lives of his employees. Fascinated by the beauty of his young employee Natalie, Trevor will begin ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
control freak, psychological abuse, control, obsession, toxic masculinity, dangerous attraction, stalker, manipulation, victimization, surveillance, corporation, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alyssa moves into a luxury apartment complex but is unaware she is being watched by her disturbed landlord, Robert, via hidden cameras. Robert will do anything to fill the void left by his estranged daughter–even if that means replacing her.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, female protagonist, landlord tenant relationship, stalker, surveillance, estrangement, female comedian, secretly observing, cat and mouse, danger, voyeurism, isolation ...
Similarity:
20%
501
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fredrik is a director for a company that has developed a camera that can be operated from a distance to inspect pipes. He is so obsessed about his girlfriend Ingrid that he arranges his own fake suicide so that he can check that she mourns his death ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, art house
Plot:
obsession, jealousy, manipulation, surveillance, obsessive love, deception, psychological abuse, stalking, emotional manipulation, character study, moral ambiguity, morality ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalking, murder mystery, art, female protagonist, paranoia, obsession, photography, voyeurism, privacy invasion, female artist, fantasy becomes reality, secretly observing ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
revenge, investigation, female protagonist, boss, problem, murder mystery, puzzle, suspicion, secret, suspect, conspiracy, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
20%
3K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Kuttan, an annoyingly disciplined and a bigoted upper-caste retired police officer, is living with his son Kichu. After Bharati, Kuttan’s younger sister, falls in love with lower caste Kuttappan and elopes with him against her family’s wish, the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family relations, father, class conflict, family drama, paranoia, bigotry, family problems, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, father and son ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An award-winning performer trio and a sophisticated story characterize the thrilling TV thriller "The Missing Woman". From the naive betrayed to the tough revenge angel Corinna Harfouch turns into the lead role. At her side, Ulrich Matthes ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, tense, grim ...
Plot:
betrayal, deception, manipulation, insurance fraud, revenge, female protagonist, fraud, moral ambiguity, psychological manipulation, hitman, corruption, survival ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
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