Movies like The Ghost and the Whale
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The Ghost and the Whale (2017)
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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 remember the truth. A journey into the depths of his mind, a conversation with a whale and blood thirsty brothers.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, psychological thriller, melancholic, dark drama, surreal, existential, noir ...
Plot:
mental illness, false accusation, uncover truth, missing person, life is a bitch, vengeance, social relations, small town, grief, loss, revenge, obsession, whale, memory loss, tragic love, isolation, family feud, madness, ghost, investigation, supernatural, fisherman, obsessive love, moral ambiguity, man versus nature ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california
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Most similar movies to The Ghost and the Whale
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, psychological and suspense films with plots about investigation, small town, slow burn, isolation, obsession, murder and grief mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Ghost and the Whale: Secrets of Eden (2012), Horse Girl (2020), The Deposition (2012), Frank the Bastard (2013), They Come Back (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surreal, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, paranoia, memory lapse, disorientation, mental disorder, ufo, socially awkward, psychotic, dating, sleepwalking, unfulfillment ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, uncover truth, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, tragedy, car crash, guilt, fatal accident, trauma, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychologist's 10-year-old patient claims she's being menaced by unseen forces after her parents were killed in a car accident. What's more bizarre? The psychologist has seen these symptoms before, in a former patient who ...
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
able to see the dead, supernatural, ghost, missing person, child in peril, death in the family, orphan, dealing with death, paranormal phenomena, missing girl, trauma, psychologist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After driving husband Martin to infidelity and catching him with another, mentally unstable author Jade returns to her New Zealand home. The plan is to write a book based on the town's history, helped by the local school teacher and her college ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, mental illness, paranoia, family drama, obsession, grief, father daughter relationship, small town, female protagonist, domestic drama, regret ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jenna Davis, a single working mother, wakes up at home to discover she's delivered a stillborn baby girl. Is the child a victim of a cunning prenatal nurse who no one remembers seeing or is she the victim of her mother's own fractured ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, baby, uncover truth, life is a bitch, false accusation, loss, medical malpractice, grief, investigation, domestic drama, stillbirth, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
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:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, homecoming, social relations, unlikely criminals, manipulation, under the surface, dishonesty, small town life, small town, murder, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the wake of his wife’s death, Simon tries to make a fresh start by moving with his son Camille to Dubai. In that extraordinary city, Camille manages to forget, let go, and begin a new life. But for Simon, it’s not so easy. He begins to feel ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father son relationship, widower, mourning, grief, loss, life is a bitch, troubled past, family relations, confronting the past, loss of wife, identity crisis, unsettling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
dubai, middle east
Similarity:
24%
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:
23%
181
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, emotional breakdown, infidelity, grief, mental disorder, character study, obsession, loss, introspection, cheating on husband, adultery, lovers ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
small town, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity, sexual assault, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters the kitchen and doesn't even have time to notice that she's not alone.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, bleak, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, puzzle, human nature, writers, hidden corpse, redemption, convict, classmate classmate relationship, murder investigation, investigation, secrets ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
germany, antwerp
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, danger, law enforcement, captivity, isolation, abduction, police detective, trauma, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, sanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Emily Parker is haunted by visions of a woman from the past soon after receiving an antique engagement ring from her fiancé.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, mind bending
Plot:
ghost, uncover truth, haunted by the past, investigation, life is a bitch, murder, supernatural, dishonesty, legal, dedicated lawyer, deep south, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 911 operator receives a ghostly call from a child murdered thirty years before and becomes obsessed with unraveling the crime. What she discovers shatters her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, danger, nightmare comes true, murder, uncover truth, grief, murder mystery, haunting, twists and turns, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 19 years old Thomas wakes up in a hospital after three years in a coma. He doesn't remember anything. The psychologist Anna tells him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
memory loss, psychiatry, waking up from a coma, memory lapse, amnesia, problem, coma, repressed memory, mental illness, memory, psychology, hospital ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A policeman investigates the apparent suicide of a man whose son has just returned to the town.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, small town, character study, whodunit, suspicion, family secret, slow burn, getting home, grief, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago, he uses her letters to solve the mystery of her disappearance and crimes she may have been a part of.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, private investigation, crime solving, mysterious girl, uncover truth, undercover, criminal, crime investigation, secret, puzzle, missing person ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The storyline is a thought-provoking drama of two lost and troubled individuals who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Janis, a twenty-year-old woman who is struggling with depression, takes the blame for Peter, who works as a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, depression, crime and punishment, conundrum, death, murder, guilty conscience, introspection, traumatic past, character study, guilt, redemption ...
Similarity:
21%
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479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, coma, murder, husband wife relationship, police protagonist, serial murder, accident, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, guilty conscience, police ...
Similarity:
21%
200
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an ex-cop arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his missing daughter, it slowly becomes clear he has his own personal agenda to finding the truth.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, crime drama, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, ex cop, missing person, murder, crime solving, disappearance, secret, small town life, police, eccentric family, police officer ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sabine is looking for the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend twenty years ago. An encounter with the handsome Olaf, a man she remembers from her teenage years, and the announcement of a high school reunion turn her life upside down.
Style:
tense, suspense, melancholic, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
high school reunion, secrets, dark past, missing person, flashback, female protagonist, obsession, high school, memory, investigation, relationships, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1995
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Haunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming obsession with a girl she believes is her reincarnated child.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, obsession, grief, motherhood, loss, lifestyle, mentally unstable, new neighbor, tragic past, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, supernatural ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
uncover truth, life is a bitch, redemption, social relations, siblings relations, countryside, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, small town, down on your luck, small town life ...
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
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