Movies and TV shows like The Cry

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The Cry (2018)
 7.3
 6K
The Cry (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 231 min.
TV show
Story: The disappearance of a baby from a small coastal town in Australia is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young couple as they deal with an unthinkable tragedy under both the white light of public scrutiny and behind closed doors.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, compassionate, tense, detective, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot: missing child, desperation, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation, saving a life, uncover truth, husband wife relationship, female warrior, accusation, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, family problems, child in peril, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, marital problem, love, vengeance, aspiration, wife, teenage daughter, young wife, wife husband relationship, family
Place: australia, scotland

Most similar movies to The Cry

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about investigation, uncover truth, disappearance, murder, missing child, mysterious disappearance and family problems mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Cry: Hollington Drive (2021), The Drowning (2021), Save Me (2018), La caza. Monteperdido (2019), Safe (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hollington Drive (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A four-part thriller that focuses on the lives of sisters Theresa and Helen after a kid in their neighbourhood goes missing.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: children, mysterious disappearance, sisters, disappearance, family problems, sister sister relationship, parents and children, dysfunctional family, child in peril, kids in trouble, missing child, teacher
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 3K
The Drowning (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: missing child, loss of son, missing person, family relations, female protagonist, investigation, secret identity, missing son, mysterious disappearance, mental disorder, bereavement, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 6K
Save Me (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Nelson "Nelly" Rowe's life is turned upside down when he is arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his thirteen-year-old daughter Jody, whom he hasn't seen in ten years. After convincing the police of his innocence, and frustrated ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, detective ...
Plot: missing child, estranged father, uncover truth, amateur detective, false accusation, pedophilia, child kidnapping, missing person
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
La caza. Monteperdido (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The unsolved case of two girls who disappeared from the Pyrenee town of Monteperdido five years ago is reopened when one of them reappears.
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, child in peril, danger, chase, uncover truth, small town life, police, fear, death, mysterious disappearance, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.2
 51K
Safe (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 356 min.
TV show
Story: After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Style: suspense, captivating, witty, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, missing person, parents and children, twists and turns, neighbor, missing daughter, father daughter relationship, father, female detective, suspect, private investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.7
 1K
The Guilty (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a young child goes missing. Five years later, DCI Maggie Brand leads a new investigation and puts at risk her own happy family life.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: police investigation, missing child, dead child, law enforcement, life turned upside down, suspect, investigation, police officer, missing person
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 12K
Dublin Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style: detective, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, mass child killing, police, forensics, secret past, psychological trauma, hidden identity, forest, crime investigation ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The return of Lucas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Peru
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The return of Lucas tells the story of a well-off family who loses his eldest son, Lucas, 4 years old on the beach. Elena, his mother, is obsessed with finding him because he feels he is alive and never stops looking for him, neglecting his other ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mysterious disappearance, husband wife relationship, obsessive quest, uncover truth, family relations, mother daughter relationship, family problems, disappearance, investigation, boy
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Bronze Garden (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Architect Fabián Danubio desperately tries to find his daughter, who has inexplicably disappeared leaving no trace.
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: hidden truth, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, violence, parents and children, uncover truth, crime solving, investigation, secret revealed, breaking the fourth wall, incest, daughter ...
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.8
 4K
The Suspect (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 239 min.
TV show
Story: Doctor Joseph O'Loughlin a man who appears to have the perfect life and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted, even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling.
Style: psychological thriller, thrilling, detective, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: secret, uncover truth, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, problem, investigation, forensics, psychological drama
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.4
 4K
DNA (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 321 min.
TV show
Story: Five years after his daughter disappeared, a mistake in the National Police's DNA register makes it possible for the officer Rolf to finally find out what happened to her.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, psychological, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: investigation, loss of daughter, missing child, missing daughter, police detective, ex husband ex wife relationship, missing person, human trafficking, uncover truth, heroes, who done it, law enforcement ...
Time: 2010s
Place: denmark, copenhagen, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The 12 from Oldenheim (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of the inhabitants of Oldenheim, an ancient Dutch village where families have lived for generations. The terror is great when the inhabitants of the village are confronted with a series of mysterious disappearances.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: village, missing person, mysterious disappearance, investigation, secret, disappearance, small village, society, crime investigation, uncover truth, lifestyle, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.5
 870
Klangor (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: A desperate father looks for his missing daughter.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: mysterious disappearance, family problems, father daughter relationship, father and daughter, disappearance, conspiracy, dysfunctional family, family relations, police, female nudity, teenager
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Acceptable Risk (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When her husband, Lee, is murdered, Sarah Manning comes to realize that she knows nothing about his past. Sarah begins to question who Lee actually was and what he did in his work for a powerful global organization. And why did Lee, a salesman, need ...
Style: detective, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, spouse, crime investigation, confronting the past, investigation, family secret, dark past, secret, uncover truth, murder investigation, police, female detective ...
Time: future
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping psychological mystery told from the shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, family conflict, male female relationship, family relations, parent child relationship, tragic love, family problems, husband wife relationship, family secret, child abduction, cause and meaning, abduction ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.1
 5K
Jordskott (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, gloomy, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot: missing child, uncover truth, police investigation, family problems, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, small town, nordic, folk horror, female protagonist, investigation, poor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.0
 15K
My Son (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: missing child, divorced parents, disappearance, ex husband ex wife relationship, kidnapping, uncover truth, kidnapped, kids in trouble, ex couple relations, male female relationship, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 2020s
Place: scotland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Familiar Stranger (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
TV show
Story: Nine years after little Marina went missing along a highway near Dunkerque, a young woman with amnesia who looks just like her reappears in practically the same spot.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: disappearance, missing child, amnesia, memory loss, secret past, accident, amnesiac, female protagonist, memory lapse, uncover truth
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Secrets & Lies (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 327 min.
TV show
Story: A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, murder suspect, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, law enforcement, family problems, loss of child, family in crisis, disorder, child killer, murder mystery ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.5
 606
Riptide (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Alison has just married Australian Sean Weston. Both of their children struggle with the new family situation, and Alison's former husband wants her back. When Sean disappears during a morning surf, it is not clear if he got caught up in a rip ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, private investigation, crime solving, problem, mysterious disappearance, secret, crime investigation, uncover truth, disappearance
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.8
 74
Cold Shores (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday's intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot: investigation, police, serial killer, maniac, homicidal maniac, police investigation, murder, husband wife relationship, death, police officer, brutality, unfaithful husband ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.0
 11K
Hit & Run (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: cheating wife, murder, adultery, relationship problems, hidden truth, marital problem, uncover truth, murder investigation, marital infidelity, infidelity, private investigation, murderer ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.9
 4K
The Pact (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat have had enough of their tyrannical young boss Jack Evans, and make a drunken snap decision at a work function that has shocking repercussions.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, detective, thrilling
Plot: murder, life is a bitch, female protagonist, problem, uncover truth, silent man, secret, family secret, investigation, women, murder mystery, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Last One Standing (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Former Hong Kong Correctional Services personnel Cheung Sing-hei was sent to prison for murdering his stepfather. The key witness of the case turns out to be his cousin and best friend Tong Lap-yin. Ten years later, Sing-hei is released from prison. ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: cousin cousin relationship, falsely accused, family problems, murder, family secret, framed for murder, accused of murder, accusation, investigation, murder investigation, relationship problems, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 275 min.
TV show
Story: A woman must forge a relationship with her teenage stepdaughter in order to find her husband, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: missing husband, private investigation, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, investigation, family problems, female protagonist, secret, problem, disappearance, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.2
 3K
The Moorside (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews and the surprising revelations the investigation unearthed.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
Plot: missing person, kidnapping, investigation, fighting crime, disappearance, crime investigation, mysterious disappearance, murder mystery, cold case, private investigation, uncover truth, crime solving ...
Place: yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Lies Within (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kim Seo-hui’s life is changed forever when her politician father dies in a car crash and her husband disappears – all in one day. She enters the world of politics and join hands with small-town detective Jo Tae-sik to uncover the truth when she ...
Style: suspense, detective, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: investigation, murder, police investigation, violence, murder investigation, homicide detective, heroes, graphic violence, uncover truth, police detective, investigator, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.9
 5K
Vilangu (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Paridhi, a cop undergoing a stressful personal situation, must solve a mysterious murder case that has put the police department on its toes.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: police, fighting crime, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, police investigation, race against time, sleuth, crime solving, investigation, battles, police officer ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.6
 3K
The Gloaming (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: When an unidentified woman is found brutally murdered, Detective Molly McGee teams up with fellow cop, Alex O’Connell—with whom she shares a tragic past—to solve the crime.
Style: suspense, detective, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot: death, murder, supernatural, ghost, paranormal, murder investigation, paranormal phenomena, partner, violence, chase, fear, peril ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.6
 340
Murder in Mind (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: murder, female killer, killer, murderer, killings, attempted murder, criminal, psychological torment, murder mystery, serial murder, psychological trauma, psychology ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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