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Kaleidoscope (2016)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.
Style:
psychological thriller
Plot:
mother son conflict, survival, overprotective mother, mother, police officer, police, blonde, murder, dream, neighbor, toys, bachelor, photograph, cell phone, gardener, british, ex convict, strangulation, one night stand, blind date, van, dead father, apartment building, dead woman, crime scene ...
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Most similar movies to Kaleidoscope
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense and tense films with plots about murder, isolation, investigation, survival, police, suspicion and female protagonist mostly in Thriller genres. Some movies like Kaleidoscope: Deadly Garage Sale (2022), Caboose (1996), Tower Block (2012), Fear X (2003), Picture Claire (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman seeks revenge against an unsuspecting mom after her brother dies during a robbery attempt.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, sinister ...
Plot:
revenge, robbery, revenge motive, psychological manipulation, home invasion, deception, suspicion, masquerade, payback, female antagonist, hidden identity, thief ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abandoned caboose becomes a junkie's hideout, a multiple murder has been committed. A police investigation leads nowhere, the crime remains unsolved, and Marceau, a hardened cop, resigns in the aftermath. But his troubles don't end ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
police, investigation, unsolved crime, moral ambiguity, violence, character study, stalking, urban decay, crime scene, female protagonist, redemption, rookie ...
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
characters killed one by one, murder, danger, confinement indoors, survival, death of child, captivity, witnessing a crime, society, life is a bitch, escape attempt, isolation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, england
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, Canada, UK, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
Style:
sexy, psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, loss of wife, hotel, haunted by the past, obsession, investigation, self discovery, crime investigation, surrealism, shopping mall, nordic ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada, wisconsin, montana
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden, a sinister woman who ...
Style:
serious, rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, chase, theft, murder, dishonesty, arson, investigation, police, photographer, murder suspect, police investigation, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, montreal, bahamas
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eerie dreams that haunt a young nurse heighten the mystery surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance.
Style:
psychological thriller
Plot:
mother in law son in law relationship, mother in law, missing person, mother, parents, premonition, husband wife relationship, freezer, nightmare, dream, diary, police detective ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Graham Harris was once one of the world's foremost mountain climbers, until a fall five years earlier left him with a lame leg, a fear of heights...and a frightening psychic ability in which he can see murders as they are happening.
Style:
psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, murder, a vision, nightmare, death, police, banquet, crime scene, staircase, clairvoyant, police detective, skyscraper ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Long after the end of the world people wander the fields and woods that once housed the cities of Britain, in search of food, warmth and anything that may help them survive. One of these survivors is The Man (Max Curtis), haunted by the terrible ...
Style:
bleak, independent film, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, end of the world, violence, isolation, wasteland, desolation, ruins, desperation, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has to place his trust in the hands of a smart but volatile female cop, Sam Cross. The secret they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, cover-up, murder, stalking, killing, serial murder, murder mystery, pursuit, secret, murderer, killing spree, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When two female friends decide to try their hand at a storage locker auction, they unwittingly inherit a locker belonging to a dangerous serial killer. They soon find themselves in a desperate race to uncover the truth about the locker before the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
evidence, threat, stalker, murder, female protagonist, locker, stalking, danger, problem, women, criminal, secrets ...
Similarity:
47%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Johan and Saar make a final attempt to save their marriage by going on vacation to Buenos Aires. In keeping a promise to their daughter they will make a video of their activities there. When they accidentally witness (and videotape) a brutal murder ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, danger, on the run, chases and races, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, survival, inadvertently, accidental death, police, death, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A psychology professor begins a case study with three subjects who are suffering from sleep paralysis. As the study goes on, what is real and what is dream become mingled with violent consequences.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
science runs amok, sleeping, murder, murder suspect, murder investigation, murder mystery, suspicion of murder, scientific research, escape from reality, research, suspicion, scientific experiment ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman finds her life in danger when an emotionally disturbed police officer she bullied in high school targets her in a twisted plan of revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, bullying, woman in danger, life is a bitch, vengeance, peril, mockery, police inspector, police officer, social problems, relationship problems, fear ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a ...
Style:
road movie, neo noir, offbeat, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
on the road, psychopath, mental institution, terror, escaped mental patient, chase, exploitation, mentally unstable, chases and races, mental illness, female objectification, criminal ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
england
Similarity:
44%
134
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna Bell is a successful, wealthy but burnt out rock singer. After breaking up with her boyfriend Craig Cane, she retreats to the country property that she's owned for several years, but never had time to visit. She wants to relax and write ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, twist ending ...
Plot:
celebrity, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, murder mystery, manipulation, paranoia, isolation, pop star, intrigue, rock singer, betrayal, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
336
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Angel, a woman who was horribly abused by her grandmother as a little girl and institutionalized after killing her, embarks on a killing spree as an adult. Though sentenced for the rest of her life to an insane asylum, Angel was released due to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, political thriller
Plot:
child abuse, politics, police, murder, manhunt, violence, miscarriage of justice, confined, danger, prison, amusement park, serial killer ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When beautiful Catherine interviews for a new job as a financial trader at a top investment firm, the CEO of the company, handsome Paul, hires her right in the room with an eye towards bringing her to the top. He also has his eye on romance and the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, love affair, new job, affair, dead woman, love triangle, family problems, problem, murder mystery, intrigue, love story, love interest ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to have drunkenly run someone over. But has Dan just murdered a gangster's son? Or maybe there's an even more sinister explanation.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, halloween, murder, brother, birthday, brothers, bandit, two brothers, gang, brother brother relationship, accidental killing, secrets ...
Time:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thriller - Two cops are sent cross-country by train (on board the titular Hollywood Beach) to return a suspect in a murder case that's been closed. But a brutal murder that has all the earmarks of the one just solved, along with the presence of ...
Plot:
staircase, train, police, blood, murder, elderly woman, caucasian, old lady, officer, handgun, investigation, crime scene ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna and Mike are married. Paul is Celia's father. They all have secrets to hide. They all are contacted by a mysterious group with unclear intentions who knows the truth.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
secrets, family secret, intrigue, manipulation, suspicion, claustrophobia, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, betrayal, paranoia, blackmail, slow burn ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An attractive young girl is being watched closely by her ex-lover, but matters soon start to escalate and run out of control.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
obsession, stalker, psychological manipulation, obsessive love, danger, surveillance, female protagonist, paranoia, voyeurism, suspicion, romantic obsession, cat and mouse ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Uganda
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
As word spreads that there is a serial killer at large who continues to commit murder, an off-duty police officer must return an elderly witness who lives in a remote part of Uganda back to town. Along the way, the policeman gives a ride to an ...
Style:
road movie, tension, suspense, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, secrets, car journey, deception, moral ambiguity, murder, claustrophobia, slow burn, interrogation, single, isolation, investigation ...
Place:
africa, uganda
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
Style:
suspense, tension, sinister, psychological, period piece ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
island, coming of age, isolation, stranded, loss of innocence, escape, british, seaside, childhood, boyhood, danger, survival ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An installation guy comes to a girl's apartment and wants her to treat him as a guest. When she refuses, he turns into a psycho.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspenseful
Plot:
home invasion, mind game, female protagonist, unsettling, escalation, claustrophobia, emotional manipulation, isolation, cat and mouse, character study, intimate, survival ...
Similarity:
37%
248
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jumah is about to turn 16 and is already in need of a fresh start. Burdened with the shameful legacy of a past as a child soldier in the Congo, he lives with his adoptive mother in west London, where he struggles to keep a lid on his history of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
single mother, immigrant, high school, witnessing a crime, mother son relationship, teenage life, society, youth, bullying, child soldier, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jackie hires a mistress hunter to come between her husband and his mistress. But when the mistress and her husband wind up dead, Jackie becomes the number one suspect.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, suspicion, betrayal, family problems, mysterious character, murder suspect, adulterer, secret, murder investigation, murder mystery, mysterious girl ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the midst of a global pandemic, an actor who enters an audition must pass a series of tests in order to keep those around him alive.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
pandemic, survival, moral dilemma, psychological manipulation, social commentary, isolation, survival game, intimate, claustrophobia, character study, single, minimalism ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant ...
Style:
noir, psychotronic, independent film, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, nudity, murder of a nude woman, female nudity, female psychopath, castle, dog, woman in danger, psychopath, kidnapping, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, liverpool
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of how a young girl begins to suspect that her neighbour on a quiet suburban street is fugitive family killer John List.
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, dark, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fear, true crime, fugitive, danger, cat and mouse, paranoia, small town, double life, predator, investigation, serial killer, cold case ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
casino, protagonist as suspect, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, single parent, murder, family relations, suspicion, lie, guilt, woman, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
34%
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