Movies like Spiral: From the Book of Saw
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, intellectual, bloody, splatter, thrilling, psychological, neo noir, tragic ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, characters killed one by one, murder, serial killer, police officer, violence, trap, master criminal, investigation, suspense, twists and turns, fbi, rescue, police procedural, survival, mind game, gay, killer, deathtrap, fear, spy, psychopath, police, supernatural, macabre ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Spiral: From the Book of Saw
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful and serious films with plots about suspense, murder, violence, death, brutality, blood and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Spiral: From the Book of Saw: Jigsaw (2017), Saw (2004), Saw IV (2007), Saw III (2006), Saw II (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
Style:
slasher, psychological, scary, psychotronic, rough ...
Plot:
torture, game of death, survival horror, gory violence, serial killer, survival, suspense, revenge, abduction, psychopath, death, panic ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
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100%
430K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, surprise ending, psychological, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
torture, serial killer, fear, psychopath, plot twist, mind game, macabre, violent, suspense, survival horror, trapped, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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89%
154K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, twist ending, brutal, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
torture, deathtrap, trap, game of death, suspense, violence, violent, game, serial killer, rescue, race against time, vigilantism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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100%
198K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, brutal, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
torture, serial killer, game of death, sadism, trap, suspense, psychopath, mind game, brutality, mutilation, sadistic horror, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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258K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight ...
Style:
scary, slasher, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, trap, suspense, twists and turns, sadistic horror, serial murder, mind game, psychopath, brutality, violent, fear ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Se7en related movies
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
Style:
scary, twist ending, psychological, slasher, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, game of death, deathtrap, suspense, trap, torture, twists and turns, psychopath, violent, survival, mind game, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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100%
115K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally ...
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
torture, trap, suspense, characters murdered one by one, twists and turns, serial killer, mind game, violence, game of death, monster, police investigation, psychopath ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.
Style:
scary, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder, race against time, easter, violence, brutality, religion, police partner, killer, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspenseful, intellectual, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, hostage, suspense, uncover truth, corruption, police corruption, twists and turns, false accusation, conspiracy, frame up, negotiation, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, twist ending, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
torture, game of death, violence, serial killer, trap, suspense, mind game, psychopath, twists and turns, deathtrap, survival, race against time ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Prisoners related movies
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, drugs, police, investigation, murder, suspense, police investigation, police officer, addiction, twists and turns, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychic, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, psychology, supernatural, plot twist, euthanasia, seeing the future, brutality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
There is something horribly wrong with the bodies found in the dark city streets. Some are mutilated while others have the Price equation (wΔz = Cov (w,z) = βwzVz) carved into their flesh. Detective Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, physical torture, investigation, police, torture, master criminal, police investigation, death, introspection, gay, psychological trauma ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, suspense, murder, twists and turns, prank, school, death, high school, youth, murder mystery, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds ...
Style:
clever, intense, surprise ending, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, internet, kidnapping, hacker, special agents, fbi, vengeance, sadism, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
Style:
scary, twist ending, bad ending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
rivalry, isolation, torture, survival, trapped, video surveillance, psychopath, sadism, game of death, trap, game, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, police, nude, suspense, protagonist as suspect, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In a series of escalating encounters, security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an ...
Style:
twist ending, bad ending, psychological, surprise ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dissociative identity disorder, superhero, psychology, twists and turns, mental illness, sociopath, pig, feminine beauty, psychic, split personality, cheerleader, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Saw
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, confusing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, military, army investigation, corruption, investigation, suspense, conspiracy, missing person, jungle, murder mystery, life philosophy, brutality ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
panama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
32K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, swamp, murder, tour guide, psychopath, trap, urban legend, manic, wilderness, legends and myths, serial murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twist ending, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, surveillance, twists and turns, murder, police station, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, mass murder, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, suspense, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, investigation, policewoman, murder, dangerous attraction, law enforcement, who to trust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
psychiatrist, suspense, kidnapping, mental illness, race against time, haunted by the past, murder, police investigation, heist, manipulation, torture, bank robbery ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 1991, year 2001
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Style:
slasher, brutal, suspenseful, splatter, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, masked killer, suspense, small town, police investigation, brutality, dead teenager, small town life, haunted by the past, teenage life, social relations ...
Time:
year 1976, year 1946, year 2013
Place:
texas, arkansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, dangerous attraction, strong female lead, fatal attraction, murder mystery, tough girl, suspense, psychopath, police investigation, female agent ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2004, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry ...
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, miner, mine, strong violent content, suspense, valentine's day, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, masked killer, mining town, psychopath, small town, survival ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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