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For Elise (2012)
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Original name: Para Elisa
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the door open to the forces of evil, freeing them at will through the building. A desperate race to save the lives when terror and pure evil are in the next aisle.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, captivating, suspense, realistic
Plot:
psychopath, survival, isolation, danger, puzzle, doll, puppet, toys, babysitting, chases and races, mentally challenged, confined, mentally unstable, violent content, student, kidnapping, twists and turns, race against time, governess, graphic violence, deadly, indoor, crimes, track down
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, tense and realistic films with plots about danger, deadly, survival, confined, psychopath, isolation and murder mostly in Thriller, Horror and Crime genres. Some movies like For Elise: Cold Blooded (2012), The Employer (2013), Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008), Deadly Cargo (2003), Deviation (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, iceland, rotterdam netherlands, holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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604
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
isolation, killing spree, serial killer, psychopath, confined, kidnapping, split personality, schizophrenia, hostage situation, mental illness, danger, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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352
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
desert, soldier, survival, danger, isolation, confined, deathtrap, minefield, war in afghanistan, holocaust, landmine, trapped ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
survival, isolation, wilderness, estrangement, danger, stalking, married couple, hitchhiker, violent content, mountain, sexual content, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Christine takes her best friend with another couple for a final vacation when she goes to close up and sell her family's hunting lodge in the remote woods of Northern Georgia...but it's also the scene of her worst childhood trauma. Things ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, danger, mentally unstable, partner, woods, serial killer, manhunt, survival, violence, gory, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
538
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws an explosive line connecting the kidnapper and the girl's mother -- and brings to light ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
35%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, forces of nature, stalker, confined, escapades, danger, hostage, stalking, fear, night, storm ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, hunted, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, life turned upside down, stalker, threat, possessed human, mentally unstable, possessed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Capturing the sadistic serial killer "The Wolf" was just the beginning for rookie cop Johnny Morgan. As he escorts the monster to his new home in the dark underground halls of Parker's Asylum, bedlam ensues and Johnny along with a ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, survival, police detective, danger, mental institution, strong violent content, confined, rivalry, captivity, haunted by the past, xmas ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
630
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When novelist Paula Martin retreats to the seclusion of her family home Crows Hall she hopes to clear her mind and focus on her new book. The arrival of an assistant, Linda, should take the pressure off... but as the bodies pile up, Paula finds ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
danger, mentally unstable, isolation, murder, paranoia, country house, bad girl, railway, woman with a gun, mental illness, strong female presence, writer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
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