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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.
Style:
bleak, serious, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, dark
Plot:
mental institution, abuse, torture, journalist, female reporter, investigative reporter, violence, investigative journalism, fish out of water, psychiatrist, mockery, social problems, dark secret, female journalist, violent, uncover truth, investigation, psychiatric hospital, spy, psychology, writers, victorian england, mental illness, real life, reporter ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 1800s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense and psychological films with plots about investigation, murder, uncover truth, mental illness, obsession, danger and female protagonist mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story: Knocking (2021), The Devil's Path (2013), Missing (2009), Committed (2011), Brut Force (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After suffering a traumatic incident, Molly moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery, but it’s not long after her arrival that a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental institution, mentally unstable, female protagonist, mental illness, paranoia, european, lgbt, obsession, neighbor, woman, fire, lgbtq ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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996
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, forced sex, torture, serial killer, investigation, confined, psychopath, missing person, danger, woman in danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
58%
619
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dr. Dupont arrives at a mental facility to apply for a staff position. World famous Dr. Quilly interviews her, and has her sign papers. She is thrilled to get the job, and is shown her room. However, confusion with her room being on the same floor ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, uncover truth, danger, rescue, rehabilitation, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, wrongfully committed, mind game, psychiatric hospital, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Newly-fired reporter Sloane Sawyer reluctantly returns to her rural California hometown to investigate the harassment of local vineyard workers and uncorks a tangled web of crime and corruption behind wine country's shiny facade.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigative reporter, reporter, cover up, vineyard, private investigation, investigation, female reporter, female journalist, uncover truth, journalism, sleuth, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, sister, murder, boyfriend, reporter, obsession, relationships, killing spree, serial murder, sister sister relationship, fall in love, murderer ...
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48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some students at Runcie prep school form an elite club. The group is implicated in a cheating scandal and one of the club members dies mysteriously. Another member decides to try and discover the dangerous truth about Runcie.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a woman’s son goes missing and the prime suspect is released due to lack of evidence, she and her teenage daughter decide to play vigilante.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, assault, violence, uncover truth, danger, memory loss, psychological trauma, twists and turns, murder, survivor, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: 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: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
39%
110
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
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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:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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723
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Thriller
Country:
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
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490
Genre: Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
21 died in the explosion in the kings bay-accident in Ny-Ålesund in Spitsbergen i 1962. The accident led to the fall of the Norwegian labor party government ruling since WW2. Was this really an accident, and was it under Norwegian control?
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
insanity, mental institution, psychiatrist, mental illness, macabre, murder, journalism, investigation, murder mystery, voice over narration, mental breakdown, racial slur ...
Time:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, journalism, society, moral dilemma, dishonesty, cover up, corporate conspiracy, investigative journalism, corruption, whistleblower, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller, psychological
Plot:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
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: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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