Movies like The Legacy of the Bones

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The Legacy of the Bones (2019)
 6.4
 10K
The Legacy of the Bones (2019)
Original name: Legado en los huesos
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.
Style: saga, twisted
Plot: tomb, serial killer, superstition, ritual sacrifice, schizophrenia, murder, psychiatrist, cemetery, judge, university, legend, nightmare, priest, doctor, spy, occult, woman, new world, judiciary, coroner, sister sister relationship, killer, forest, female nudity, flood ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and psychological films with plots about murder, serial killer, killer, psychopath, deadly, investigation and female nudity mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Legacy of the Bones: The Invisible Guardian (2017), Offering to the Storm (2020), Frailty (2001), Red Dragon (2002), The Crimson Rivers (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Invisible Guardian (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, powerful ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murderer, murder, supernatural, policewoman, resentment, secret, murder investigation, serial murder, river, schizophrenia ...
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100%
Offering to the Storm (2020)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley. Part 3 in the Baztan Trilogy.
Style: psychotronic, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot: forensics, serial killer, inspector, nightmare, murder, investigation, memories, legend, female protagonist, interrogation room, forest, strong female lead ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, basque country
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 90K
Frailty (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style: psychological, surprise ending, scary, twisted, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, insanity, religious fanatic, childhood, plot twist, father son relationship, punishment, demon, child abuse ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, year 2000, year 1979, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 289K
Red Dragon (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, investigation, mind game, murder, killer, torture, profiler, split personality, reporter, blindness ...
Time: 2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, washington d.c., florida, baltimore, birmingham alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Crimson Rivers (2000)
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: suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, demon, police detective, whodunit, twists and turns, police officer, murder mystery, ritual, faked death ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: europe, france, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 881
The Chosen (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple of brutal and mysterious murders point to Uppsala University. Johan, a last year student at the police academy, gets involved in the investigation. He enrolls a course at the University in order to, under cover, track down the killer.
Plot: serial killer, murder, university, criminal, murder investigation, police, student, couples
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.3
 98
Unknown Hour (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer as protagonist, mentally unstable protagonist, husband wife relationship, corruption, doctor, murder, socially awkward, revenge, nurse, friendship between men, death, criminal ...
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.3
 29K
D-Tox (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, snow, winter, hospital, special agent, violence spree, police officer, mind game, haunted by the past, killer, psychopath, group therapy ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: british columbia, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Polish Death (1995)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else...
Plot: murder, serial killer, death, male female relationship, university, blood, television, tram
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.4
 7K
Midnight (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A tense night for Kyung-mi and her mother (both hearing-impaired) when they fall prey to a charismatic murderer in the dark alleys of Seoul.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, deaf, mother daughter relationship, deafness, mute or deaf, witnessing a crime, murder witness, attempted murder, killings, murderer, witness, serial murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.5
 1K
Duress (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, murder, salvation, house, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
100 Days to Live (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.
Style: psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, surprise ending
Plot: serial killer, love, revenge, murder, violence, deception, investigation, mental illness, outside help, brutality, peril, psychopath ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, priest, poison, marriage, investigation, trial, true crime, black widow
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Palabras encadenadas (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, abduction, murder, woman in danger, vengeance, haunted by the past, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, monologue, videotaping, health, psychology ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.7
 643
Innocents (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, criminal heroes, dangerous attraction, false accusation, danger, mentally unstable, police investigation, violence spree, parents and children, on the road ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Pleasure of Killing (1988)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two assassins: Luis, young and impulsive and André, married teacher. Fate lets them cross their lines, evident in the same victim. From the beginning they like each other; and both become addicted to killing synchronously.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: serial killer, university professor, killing spree, multiple murder, drug dealer, duel, prostitute, two killers, serial murder, murder, woman shot in the forehead, shot in the forehead
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter gets in their way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who became active around Christmas time..
Style: detective
Plot: christmas, xmas, serial killer, holiday, female nudity, lesbian sex, police, reporter, murder, police partner, investigation
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.2
 1K
Borderline (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Psychiatrist Dr. Lila Colleti is divorcing her husband and is devastated when he wins custody of their two little girls, whom he gets largely because Lila's job, being a psychiatrist for the criminally insane at the local prison, is a ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Plot: police investigation, dangerous attraction, obsession, false accusation, murder, prison, woman in danger, ex husband ex wife relationship, police detective, family problems, mental illness, custody ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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American Crime (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style: serious, scary, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, danger, protagonist as suspect, journalism, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Ashes of Paradise (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who is determined to discover the truth.
Style: suspenseful, twisted, bleak, manga, sentimental ...
Plot: murder, political corruption, politics, multiple perspectives, suicide, sibling relationship, family relations, suspicion, judge, revenge, courtroom drama, intrigue ...
Time: 90s
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.9
 2K
Relentless (1989)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Style: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, maniac, murder, violence, stalking, mentally unstable, partners against crime, chases and races, psycho killer, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A publisher of novels begins to receive packets containing macabre: members of a female corpse. The appearance of a mysterious woman who seems related packages will lead to a situation of dramatic denouement.
Plot: murder, lesbian, lesbian relationship, bare breasts, suicide, corpse, lsd, affair, dead woman, railway, suicide attempt, female nudity ...
Place: portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police investigation, couple relations, mysterious villain, psychopath, murder investigation, evil man, violence, police detective ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Crime Scenes (2000)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Une jeune femme disparaît mystérieusement de l'auberge de ses parents. Deux policiers de la Crim' de Paris sont chargés de l'affaire. Mais des tâches de sang trouvés dans un prospectus laisse présager le pire...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir
Plot: investigation, serial killer, suspect, husband wife relationship, evidence, buddy cop, grave, seer, partner, pregnancy, male nudity, drunkenness ...
Place: versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Mean Season (1985)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Style: neo noir, retro, spectacular, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, journalism, murder, journalist, newspaper, reporter, killer, corrupt cop, killing, crime investigation, investigative journalism, corrupt ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.3
 215K
Cape Fear (1991)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot: rape, fear, lawyer, family in danger, psychology, violence, serial killer, dangerous attraction, revenge, prison, rapist, psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: north carolina, georgia, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.
Style: detective, independent film
Plot: woman strangled to death, nudity, woman in jeopardy, bare breasts, erotica, misogynist, female nudity, illegal alien, mexican woman, killer, immigrant, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.2
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Diary of June (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two teenagers joining the same class in a high school die on the same day. The one to be top of the class is killed by a big knife on the street, the other - the second best of the class indeed - seems to be jumped from the top of the school ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, child in peril, police detective, kidnapping, murder, child murder, suicide, pursuit, vengeance, bare chested male, harassment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Nothing to Lose (2008)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Johan has been locked up - wrongly in his opinion - for the murder of his father and little sister. His mother is the only one who can prove his innocence, but he hasn't been able to contact her for years. When he is transferred within the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, hostage, murder, teenage life, delinquent, obsessive quest, confined, mental illness, road trip, court, criminal ...
Place: netherlands, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Black Panther (1977)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Style: offbeat, independent film, poliziottesco, crying
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, killer, true crime, bank robbery, female pubic hair, psychopath, dead girl, bare breasts, ex military, teenager, police officer ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, year 1972, year 1975
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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