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The Watch (2008)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Cassie, a psych student, was kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcise her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once she's alone, strange things start happening. Or is she just paranoid? Cassie is terrified that her past may be coming back to haunt her.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, psychological, serious
Plot:
mind game, danger, female protagonist, manipulation, isolation, haunted by the past, rivalry, alone, strong female presence, woman in danger, dishonesty, woods, paranormal phenomena, fear, ghost, supernatural, surveillance, confined, forest, manipulations, mystery, in the woods
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, canada
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Most similar movies to The Watch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and scary films with plots about danger, supernatural, ghost, deadly, woman in danger, isolation and haunted by the past mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Watch: Find Me (2014), Farm House (2008), The Wild Hunt (2009), Grindstone Road (2008), Something Wicked (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Before boxes are unpacked in their new home, newlyweds Tim and Emily, find themselves playing a very creepy game of hide and seek with a vengeful spirit.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, creepy, serious, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted by the past, woman in danger, vengeance, danger, riddles and clues, macabre, haunted house, rivalry, wedding, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the modern day mid-west, the film focuses on a young couple trying to establish a new life. They become stranded in a very isolated vineyard. They are forced to face secrets from their own pasts and the malicous intents of the vineyard's ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
wrong place wrong time, starting over, danger, haunted by the past, isolation, gory, countryside, family in danger, torture, catholic, demon, violent ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A medieval reenactment game turns into a Shakespearean tragedy when a non-player crashes the event to win back his girlfriend.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
role playing, mind game, escapades, woman in danger, danger, woods, viking, missing girl, folk horror, attempted rape, magic realism, pagan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from their past collide with sinister forces of the present...
Style:
psychological, tense, scary, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
wedding, stalking, couples, haunted by the past, danger, couple relations, mind game, violence, family relations, death, peeping tom, stalker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
home invasion, sister sister relationship, nightmare, sisters, serial killer, female protagonist, doll, haunted, danger, paranoid schizophrenia, insanity, escape ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, danger, investigation, uncover truth, hopes, murder, woman in danger, supernatural, starting over, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota, iowa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, scary, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, mind game, serial killer, hidden camera, murder, danger, family in danger, strangulation, psychopath, isolation, manipulation, family secret ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A psychological horror about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, pregnant woman, ghost, relocation, paranormal activity, exorcism, danger, demonic possession, evil, fear, neighbor, meme ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, ...
Style:
surprise ending, clever, enigmatic, twist ending, mysterious ...
Plot:
psychic, supernatural, mind game, supernatural ability, nightmare, uncover truth, surveillance, paranormal, clairvoyance, levitation, obsession, partner ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, columbus ohio, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this darkly romantic ghost story, a woman travels to an isolated cabin where she is stalked by an apparition who inhabits her space as his own. With the unexpected arrival of the woman’s boyfriend, the dark spirit’s haunting grows obsessive. ...
Style:
scary, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
ghost, island, haunted house, marriage proposal, female protagonist, confined, danger, isolation, woman in danger, supernatural, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, haunted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
ghost, woman, supernatural, haunted by the past, woman in danger, danger, violence, haunted, home invasion, serial killer, haunted house, macabre ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Monica Barrett, a successful Federal judge, learns she is on the President's shortlist to fill the new vacant spot on the Supreme Court. When her lover turns out to be a male prostitute, Monica's life is shattered by blackmail and sexual ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, political intrigue, danger, blackmail, scandal, senator, rivalry, strong female presence, state affairs, dishonesty, holiday, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
obsession, stalking, neighbor, mind game, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, mentally unstable, amateur detective ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, confined, isolation, law enforcement, danger, ghost, woman in danger, youth, violent content, mountain, haunted house, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Style:
satanic, scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, videotaping, mental breakdown, danger, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, isolation, woman in danger, confined, writer's life, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Brad Sterling arrives by yacht as a handsome dream prince, and the discrete favorite nephew and brilliant investor of his tycoon uncle Wade. Charles Colton's ingrate heiress Laura eagerly dates him and puts him in the guest-house, partially as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
sex scene, manipulative person, danger, couples, stalking, jealousy, intrigue, hit and run, strong female presence, manipulation, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, psychic power, danger, serial killer, talking to the dead, new neighbor, death, fugitive, sex, train, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Recently widowed Shelby Naylor (Sherilyn Fenn) listening to her husbands police scanner overhears a husband and wife arguing on the phone. The wife ends up dead and Widow Naylor points the finger endangering herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, haunted by the past, false accusation, woman in danger, couples, family problems, couple relations, danger, hitman, who done it, infidelity ...
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A film unit goes for a shoot deep into a forestThey settle at a place with bare minimal facilities run by a strange and quirky man called Setu.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, danger, deadly creature, characters killed one by one, rivalry, supernatural, filmmaking, fear, murder, isolation, woods, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexual, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roommate, abuse, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, haunted by the past, lesbian sex, manipulation, friendship, gain trust, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
ocean, supernatural, isolation, insanity, hallucination, ghost, danger, cat, sailing, fire, race, woman ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, winter, ghost, parents and children, family in danger, isolation, forces of nature, woods, xmas, christmas, redneck, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A backwoods recluse steals the body of a young girl killed in a violent car crash, locking her in the freezer of his isolated shed as her sister and boyfriend search frantically for any clues to her whereabouts. The woman of Clive's dreams may ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
obsession, missing person, mentally unstable, danger, isolation, confined, woods, hostage, car accident, corpse, graphic violence, dead body ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family in danger, mentally unstable, pregnancy, danger, parents and children, nanny, family problems, suburbs, isolation, obsession, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
ENTRANCE is about the limits of our perception, how the things lurking on the periphery of our lives can lead to horrific conclusions; about how she fell out of love with the city, but it wouldn't let her go.
Style:
slasher, psychological thriller, mumblecore, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
danger, isolation, loneliness, paranoia, female protagonist, alienation, character study, slow burn, minimal dialogue, haunting, urban decay, uncertainty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Secrets, murders and lies... all in the name of family. In the middle of nowhere sits the Armadillo Café.The once popular, but now desolate, café is run by a strange family led a troubled, booze-addled mother (Betty Buckley) and a disturbed family ...
Style:
tense, psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mind game, psychopath, family problems, curses spells and rituals, haunted by the past, family relations, missing person, woman in danger, danger, mysterious character, diner, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When hotel event planner Rachel breaks up with her boyfriend John for cheating on her, she decides to go looking online for a new boyfriend. In the expanse of cyberspace, she meets a charming, wealthy man named Craig, who at first, seems perfect. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, dangerous attraction, couples, danger, destructive relationship, internet dating, social network, stalking, love, manipulation, woman in danger, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
20%
463
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A woman must survive the night after she welcomes a neighbor's child into her home.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, scary, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, neighbor, haunted by the past, paranormal activity, danger, isolation, loneliness, supernatural, woman in danger, haunted house, fear, family in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Soon after Kate moves into the house she inherits from her father, she begins to see strange images of young women being murdered. At first it appears as if she's losing her mind, but Kate soon discovers that her visions may be hereditary. As ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted house, uncover truth, inheritance, murder, haunted by the past, danger, family drama, relocation, female protagonist, fear, supernatural, mother and daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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