Movies like In the Shadow of the Moon
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In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
67K
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, detective, sexy, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
time traveler, homicide detective, serial killer, profanity, hospital, secret identity, time, teenage girl, murder mystery, police detective, female serial killer, murder investigation, crime investigation, unsolved crime, time travel, psychopath, investigation, secret, crime solving, cold case, uncover truth, mysticism, murder, police investigation, travel ...
Time:
year 1988, future, year 1997, year 2015, year 2006
Place:
philadelphia
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Most similar movies to In the Shadow of the Moon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, police investigation, serial killer and uncover truth mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like In the Shadow of the Moon: Frequency (2000), Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Crimson Rivers (2000), Source Code (2011), Tightrope (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
123K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style:
psychological, clever, feel good, serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time, radio, father son relationship, investigation, police detective, parallel universe, altering history, murder mystery, changing the past or future, murder, rescue ...
Time:
future, year 1999, year 1969, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a man trying to uncover the mysterious death of his girlfriend and save an innocent man from the death chamber in the process, by using his unique power to time travel. However in attempting to do this, he also frees a ...
Style:
mindfuck, mind bending, suspense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, violence, supernatural, masked killer, twists and turns, profanity, sent to the past, serial killer, alternate reality, police investigation, storytelling ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police officer, demon, whodunit, ritual, police detective, secret society, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, alps, france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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579K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his ...
Style:
tense, detective, psychological, sexy, sexual ...
Plot:
serial killer, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, murder, police detective, killer, nudity, kidnapping, manipulation, obsession, violent, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
344K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tricky, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, twists and turns, investigation, deja vu, terrorism, time, danger, changing the past or future, police investigation, alternate timeline, parallel universe ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, year 2006, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Helen tries to cope with the recent death of her husband, a scientist who killed himself right when he was on the verge of successfully completing the invention of a time machine. One day, she receives a phone call, and a voice suspiciously ...
Style:
suspense, tense, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time loop, time travel, time machine, mistaken identity, warning, disappearance, science, female protagonist, journey, friendship, guest, alternate dimension ...
Similarity:
100%
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25K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, twists and turns, death, police, police investigation, torture, psychopath, police detective, blood, photograph, orphan ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Similarity:
67%
49K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, mindfuck, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time dilation, cave, friendship, time loop, twists and turns, college professor, youth, danger, time portal, investigation, legend ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a forest ranger in Canada. His life is shattered by a loss of a very important person in his life. This ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, suspense thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, supernatural, murder investigation, supernatural ability, supernatural power, crime solving, uncover truth, forest ranger, investigation, tragic past, private detective ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gifted criminal profiler, Fang Mu was asked to assist the police in solving a bizarre campus serial killing. Working together with Police Captain Tai Wei, Fang Mu tries to crack down the murder cases, but he unknowingly gets embroiled in a battle ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime thriller, psychological thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder mystery, battle of wits, teamwork, murder, homicide detective, criminal psychology, secret, murder investigation, crime solving ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, island, murder, uncover truth, male female relationship, police detective, crime solving, serial killer ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
Style:
detective, neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, whodunit, serial killer, murder, killer, murder investigation, police investigation, black cop, investigation, police, murderer ...
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom, ireland, chicago ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, whodunit, serial murder, serial killer, killing spree, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, murderer, murder, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a near future, crimes and accidents have disappeared because it has become possible to call the past. However, the peace will be disturbed by a killer who seems to have found the one crack in the system.
Style:
tense, suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, telephone call, police investigation, travel, time warp, killing, crime investigation, time paradox, murderer, time loop, murder ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, psychopath, profiler, twists and turns, secret service, telephone call, u.s. senator, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Imagine that you have the power to decide on people's lives. Who would you condemned, and whom he saved? In the center of Europe suddenly, without a trace, people begin to disappear. The investigation goes into the hands of Vulture (Michal ...
Style:
enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fighting crime, investigation, master criminal, forensics, uncover truth, murder mystery, criminal underworld, crime investigation, police investigation, disappearance, cold case, sleuth ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, plot twist, twists and turns, river, police investigation, frame up, police corruption, chase, investigation, grudge ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1993
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, los angeles ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Style:
suspense, captivating, perverse, action thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, forest, manhunt, hunter, small town, sheriff, missing daughter, disappearance, missing girl, dead girl, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, chicago
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, rookie detective Linda Murphy (Sarah Drew) is fresh out of the police academy when she hears her boss, detective David Goodman (Eric Keenleyside) talking about a serial killer in the area who seems to be targeting sex ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, female detective, female police detective, killing, who done it, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, sex crime, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When several carnal murders in a small beach town are linked to the public release of a discreet dating app's client information, detective Maxine Payton suspects the killer may be someone intimately close to her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
online dating, investigation, murder mystery, female detective, serial killer, murder investigation, killing, murder, sleuth, crime solving, private detective, woman in danger ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Style:
suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, murder, constable, murder investigation, unsolved crime, homicide detective, serial killer, police officer, crime solving, murderer, police investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, crime investigation, medical examiner, murder mystery, serial killer, evidence, murder, psycho killer, children, medical examination, fighting crime, murder investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A psychologist with a keen interest in criminology gets entangled in a tough serial killer case which the police find hard to crack.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, police, murder investigation, partners against crime, police officer killed, murder mystery, police detective, serial murder, danger, forensics, partner, killing ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the mayor of a crime-ridden city and his opponent are both assassinated while seeking election, two FBI agents, John Archer and Mila Driver, reluctantly join forces to investigate the murder only to discover that City Hall holds more secrets ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, political corruption, conspiracy, female fighter, murder investigation, assassination plot, investigation, killing, teamwork, crime investigation, fighting crime, crime solving ...
Similarity:
19%
668
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, police investigation, police detective, uncover truth, partner, workplace, law enforcement, murder, murder investigation, conspiracy, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, killing spree, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, secret, murderer, serial murder, murder investigation, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
18%
860
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No sooner is a team at ICAC set up to investigate irregularities/corruption in soccer/football official gaming/betting in Hong Kong before a suspect is assassinated.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
crime solving, investigation, sleuth, corruption, uncover truth, murderer, professional athlete, murder, unsolved crime, crime investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
18%
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