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Uncle John (2015)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved
Style:
tense, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, psychological thriller
Plot:
investigation, missing person, social relations, homecoming, unlikely criminals, manipulation, small town, small town life, dishonesty, under the surface, murder, love and romance, rivalry, danger, revenge, house, disappearance, mystery, crime, manipulations, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, illinois
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Most similar movies to Uncle John
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about murder, investigation, small town, danger, dishonesty, deadly and small town life mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Uncle John: Ricochet (2011), Secrets of Eden (2012), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), The Sisterhood of Night (2014), Black Crescent Moon (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Chris Bohjalian’s New York Times best-selling novel, “Secrets of Eden” centers on Stephen Drew, an adored small-town minister, and the brutal and sadistic murder-suicide of Alice and George Hayward, the town’s most beloved ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating
Plot:
murder, small town, murder investigation, pastor, clergy, social relations, under the surface, religions or cults, society, minister, small town life, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, investigation, witch, social relations, sexual harassment, twists and turns, life is a bitch, mean girl, danger, society, social issues, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, investigator, investigation, uncover truth, gunfight, social relations, small town, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, nightmare comes true, nightmare, who done it, doctors and patients, sleepwalking, dream, danger, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hitchhiker gets a ride with an oddball woman who has her husband's body in the trunk of the car.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
small town, investigation, destructive relationship, dangerous attraction, love affair, uncover truth, murder, dishonesty, couples, homecoming, love and romance, femme fatale ...
Place:
new orleans, mississippi, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
chases and races, rivalry, arms dealing, unlikely criminals, smuggling, escapades, manipulation, dishonesty, dream, danger, auto racing, car chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Holly & Nathan Teller live in a small town in Pennsylvania. Holly is on the cheerleading team and has a close relationship with her younger brother Nathan, who is subjected to bullying at school. Nathan is taken for a car ride one day by ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, investigation, small town, haunted by the past, social relations, danger, riddles and clues, secret place, woman in danger, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
What if a worldwide secret organization existed and you were recruited to join? That's what happens to Charles West when he's recruited to join the Karma Police. He loves it...but is making sure that good people are rewarded and bad people ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
secret agent, undercover, small town, dishonesty, righting the wronged, secret organization, rivalry, danger, society, going straight, small town life, leadership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Maggie returns to her hometown to dedicate a scholarship in her late husband's name. While there, she reconnects with old friends and comes to believe that her husband's death is tied to the mysterious deaths of several old classmates..
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
old friend, small town, homecoming, career woman, school, danger, investigation, murder, couples, high school, high school life, fashion show ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style:
neo noir, serious, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
cons and scams, crime gone awry, couples, murder, betrayal, small town, inheritance, drug dealer, sheriff, danger, love and romance, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, law enforcement, extramarital affair, small town, writer's life, love affair, missing person, book, writers, bookstore, secret service ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, who done it, danger, legal action, suspect, acquittal, husband, couple relations, tabloid journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
3K
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, suspenseful, captivating, mind twisting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, under the surface, social relations, twists and turns, dishonesty, rivalry, riddles and clues, danger, superhero, death of father, village, plot twist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
21%
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402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman returns to her hometown searching for answers after she's released from prison, having served a 25-year sentence for a crime she didn't commit.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
murder, wrongful conviction, vengeance, injustice, righting the wronged, homecoming, frame up, rivalry, abduction, cover up, small town, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue: ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
filmmaking, murder, investigation, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, love and romance, femme fatale, twists and turns, political corruption, filmmaker, passion, woman peeing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, their experiment takes an unplanned turn.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, law enforcement, false arrest, twists and turns, police investigation, dishonesty, small town, society, robbery, agent, murder, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, private detective, life is a bitch, architect, retirement home, boat accident, grandfather granddaughter relationship, congressman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
248
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A single mom moves to a small town hoping for a fresh start. Soon she discovers dark secrets hidden in this quaint town that she may not be able to escape.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, female protagonist, single parent, undercover, secret, puzzle, threat, problem, small town life, murder, investigation, deception ...
Similarity:
21%
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, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mental illness, uncover truth, false accusation, missing person, life is a bitch, vengeance, social relations, small town, grief, loss, revenge, family feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman's one-night stand turns out to be her friend's husband, and a local political candidate.
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, legal, addiction, alcohol abuse, political candidate, investigation, suspicion of murder, rivalry, danger, cheating, high school, legal action ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family in danger, rivalry, vengeance, homecoming, parents and children, gang, forced into action, small town, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, murder, danger, store, sabotage, murder mystery, whodunit, female protagonist, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, hospital, doctors and patients, investigation, childhood trauma, murder, killer, surgery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff (Beau Bridges) and his lover (Camelia Kath) are cooking ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, small town, frame up, disorder, hidden identity, investigation, mistaken identity, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, love triangle, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
20%
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