Movies like Luz
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Luz (2018)
3K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A rainy night. Dazed and numb, Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. In a nightspot, Nora seductively engages police psychiatrist Dr. Rossini in a conversation. Nora tells the Doctor about her old schoolmate Luz’ rebellious past at a Chilean school for girls. Nora is possessed by a demonic entity, longing for the woman it loves - Luz.
Style:
art house, suspenseful, twist ending, bleak, psychological thriller, atmospheric, experimental, surreal, absurd, detective ...
Plot:
demon, hypnosis, psychiatrist, stalking, devil, lgbt, supernatural, mythical creature, driver, taxi, evil, girl, supernatural being, innocence, torment, possessed, singing, surrealism, possession, nudity, male nudity, taxi driver, female nudity, stalker, male pubic hair ...
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Most similar movies to Luz
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, disturbing and suspense films with plots about supernatural, demon, murder, death, danger, female nudity and ghost mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Luz: Bliss (2019), They Look Like People (2015), Next Door (2005), Borgman (2013), Cuckoo (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspense, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female nudity, sex, bare breasts, painter, vampire, threesome, painting, life is a bitch, loneliness, psychopath, society, youth ...
Place:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, demon, insanity, supernatural, twists and turns, mental disorder, obsession, paranoia, friendship, illness, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 80s
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100%
11K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible to separate truth from lies.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, rough, twisted, horrifying ...
Plot:
sexual relations, murder, time machine, obsession, seduction, surrealism, dishonesty, mentally unstable, couples, breakup, sexualized violence, nordic ...
Time:
distant future
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
20K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, disturbing, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
nightmare, dog, family crisis, male nudity, american horror, surrealism, husband wife relationship, garden, dark humor, good versus evil, manipulation, hidden identity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
100%
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33K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
Style:
teen horror, captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
car crash, dysfunctional family, mad scientist, evil, stepmother, teenager, teenage protagonist, threat, woman in jeopardy, problem, epileptic seizure, hospitality ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...
Style:
surreal, experimental, serious, postmodern, realistic ...
Plot:
male nudity, disappearance, whodunit, violence, danger, uncover truth, obsession, spouse in danger, violent content, nudity, crazy love, arthouse horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium
Similarity:
23%
296K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, macabre, being followed, evil, teenage girl, voyeurism, coming of age, supernatural being, peeping tom, swimming pool, death ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 80s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Elliot (Peter Tullio), Warren (Philip Marlatt) and Terry (Melanie Rose Wilson) dabble in Satanism and hold a ritual in an abandoned woods. When nothing happens, they return to their car only to find that it won't start. An accident happens, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, experimental, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
woods, supernatural, danger, religions or cults, isolation, curses spells and rituals, demon, backwoods, murder, sacrifice, evil, curse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Latvia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Andrejs, a meticulous outdoor adventure guide, takes a film crew to a wild river valley for a vegetarian sausage commercial shoot. The enterprise suffers an unexpected setback as the crew goes missing. Little they know that in autumn the valley ...
Style:
tense, mystical, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, river, female nudity, male nudity, forest, folk horror, mysticism, supernatural horror, supernatural power, rafting, nature ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, unusual plot structure, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, back from the dead, possession, mental patient, supernatural, death, cosmic horror, mental illness, possessed human, reanimated corpse, supernatural power, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, america, tennessee
Similarity:
22%
867
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
eye, murder, killing, demon, fear, paranormal, youth, escapades, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, death, rescue ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.
Style:
christmas horror, scary, psychological, satanic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
devil, holiday horror, supernatural, blood, deal with the devil, profanity, mental disorder, basement, fear, evil, family in danger, suspicion ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This film consists of six supernatural tales linked together by a demon that is intent on collecting human souls. The Demon banished to Earth by The Devil performs unholy rituals that releases the souls of the damned.
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
lucifer, supernatural, demon, evil, fallen angel, religion and supernatural, monster, fear, supernatural power, supernatural being, occult, possession ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During an all-night, drug-fueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. In an effort to find help, ...
Style:
slasher, rough, bleak, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
exorcism, possession, demon, ghost, abandoned hospital, murder, revenge, party, friendship, secret, characters killed one by one, trapped ...
Place:
rhode island
Similarity:
21%
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit the perfect murder or will the legend of the Jersey Devil prove to be true?
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, serious
Plot:
demon, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, law enforcement, gory, devil, brutality, rescue, cryptozoology, folklore, urban legend ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
Style:
suspense, bleak, suspenseful, creepy, mysterious ...
Plot:
morgue, macabre, mysticism, ghost, revenge, doctor, death, supernatural ability, job, corpse, nightshift, adultery ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Style:
atmospheric, slasher, demonic, scary, dark ...
Plot:
desert, nightmare, hitchhiking, adultery, hitchhiker, supernatural, female nudity, dying during sex, murder of a nude woman, motel, woman on top, occult ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
south africa, africa, namibia
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.
Style:
supernatural thriller, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, supernatural, demonic possession, ritual, demon, haunted house, paranormal, religion and supernatural, super powers, supernatural being, supernatural power, evil spirit ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the unsuccessful attempt to exorcise the demon-owned Rapunzel (Olivia Dean), Father Petrosinus (Urs Remond) sold his castle in the 17th century and escaped from the retribution of the demon. Centuries later, one of his last relatives, film ...
Style:
gothic horror, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, ghost, paranormal phenomena, death, magic, paranormal, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, fear, peril, evil, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
20%
11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot:
monster, death of brother, occult, supernatural power, death, humiliation, dark past, danger, good versus evil, bigotry, xenophobia, torment ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
20%
19K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, atmospheric, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
religions or cults, vatican, murder, supernatural, religion, uncover truth, secret organization, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, sin, church, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, jerusalem, europe, paris france, italy ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on true events. Aesha goes to an isolated b&b in Kent after her mom books her in so she can get some head space for her studies. In the night Aesha is visited by a nun at the door who will progressively begin to show her true colours as ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
nun, supernatural, evil nun, abbey, nightmare, demon, isolation, spirit, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
20%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, suspenseful, surreal, spooky ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, haunted, murder, investigation, obsession, protagonist as suspect, male nudity, hot and sexy, husband wife relationship, xmas ...
Time:
2010s, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, gothic ...
Plot:
nun, devil, sexual assault, seduction, murder, nunsploitation, satanism, evil nun, nudity, lucifer, black cat, lesbianism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying ...
Style:
scary, suspense, bad ending, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, witchcraft, nudity, mutilation, corpse, dead woman, supernatural power, mysterious death ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change ...
Style:
demonic, scary, disturbing, psychological horror, creepy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
possession, teenage girl, satanism, nun, murder, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, satan, mental disorder, evil child, flash forward ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. ...
Style:
anthology, surreal, psychological, experimental, independent film ...
Plot:
surrealism, sleeping, trance, ex convict, escape from reality, dream, supernatural, grim reaper, isolation, transformation, macabre, festival ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A writer who studies the paranormal believes that low frequency tactile sound is the cause for reported ghost sightings in an abandoned subway station. In an attempt to debunk the sightings, she breaks into the station to record evidence.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, curses spells and rituals, hallucination, spirit, fear, danger, investigation, supernatural, death, evil, violence, escapades ...
Similarity:
19%
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