Movies and TV shows like The Outsider
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The Outsider (2020)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
Style:
mysterious, scary, detective, psychological, suspense, exciting, tense, bleak, sad, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stephen king, murder, supernatural, mysticism, police investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, murder mystery, investigation, mysterious event, falsely accused, small town, lawyer, murder investigation, murderer, parents and children, crime investigation, supernatural power, evidence, bereavement, crime solving, uncover truth, private detective, child murder, dead son ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, georgia, new york
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Most similar movies to The Outsider
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, detective, suspense and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, serial killer, forensics and murderer mostly in Mystery, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Outsider: True Detective (2014), Twin Peaks (1990), The Sinner (2017), Mr. Mercedes (2017), Millennium (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, anthology, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, california
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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A young mother kills in a fit of unexplainable rage a seemingly stranger. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act.
Style:
psychological thriller, anthology, sexy, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, psychological trauma, investigation, past coming back to haunt, crime investigation, amnesia, memory loss, criminal, manslaughter, drug, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, stephen king, psychopath, criminal, investigation, murder, murder investigation, police investigation, mother son incest, violence, murderer, cruelty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, investigation, swat team, fbi, police detective, prophecy, secret movement, who done it, government agency, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper ...
Style:
dark, scenic, atmospheric, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
small town, murder, forest, missing child, nature, isolation, police, supernatural, danger, investigation, police officer, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
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Story:
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, killing, private detective, police detective, uncover truth, cold case, murder mystery, police investigation, secret revealed ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Two teenage boys secretly meet up in a cabin, bear witness to a shooting and barely escape with their lives. Desperate to keep their relationship a secret and in fear of being found by the perpetrator, they remain silent but soon learn that what has ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspense, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, couple relations, witnessing a crime, lgbt, murder witness, relationship problems, character change, murder, witness, change of heart, forest, investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stephen king, murder, violence, danger, death, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, supernatural power, mysticism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, tense, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
60%
52K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, spooky ...
Plot:
psychological trauma, bereavement, strange person, mysticism, religion, child, religious fanatic, nanny, uncover truth, chef, supernatural, grief ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story:
Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
killing spree, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, murder investigation, serial killer, police detective, uncover truth, murder, investigation, killing, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author. Based on the book of the same name, by Joël Dicker.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, young girl, writers, murder mystery, uncover truth, mentor, evidence, seaside town, crime investigation, investigation, framed for murder ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Style:
suspense, clever, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, murder investigation, murder mystery, jail, lawyer, justice, drug, investigation, brutality, relationships, love story ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Tech genius Lindy, convinced by her roommate to begin online dating, begins to suspect that one of her mysterious suitors may be a deadly cyber stalker. When her friends at the elusive cyber-police uncover a potential serial killer in Manhattan, all ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cybercrime, serial killer, investigation, missing person, woman in danger, hacker, murder, love and romance, computers and web, looking for love, private investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, fbi, mind game, serial murder, murderer, victim, criminal, murder, investigation, killing, religions or cults ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
Mar de plástico (Spanish: Sea of Plastic) is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Boomerang TV for Atresmedia. It airs on Atresmedia's main channel Antena 3. The series focuses on the investigation of a murder in the fictional ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, police, racial tension, murder mystery, police detective, danger, partners against crime, forensics, fighting crime, crime solving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
sleuth, serial killer, partners against crime, murder investigation, killing spree, forensics, investigation, murder mystery, killing, fighting crime, murderer, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Chasing Shadows' follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, missing person, homicide detective, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, serial murder, investigation, partners against crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
699
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
private detective, supernatural, ghost, uncover truth, psychic power, investigation, supernatural ability, afterlife, ex law enforcer, police protagonist, supernatural power, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When Dong Baek was a high school student, he suddenly gained a supernatural power. Whenever he touches somebody, he can read that person's memory. Dong Baek reveals his memory reading ability to people and he becomes a detective. He is gung-ho ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural power, twists and turns, police, investigation, supernatural, murder mystery, supernatural ability, police investigation, police detective, murder investigation, maniac, killing ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
An adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stephen king, animal death, killing an animal, writers, female protagonist, tragic past, past coming back to haunt, investigation, haunted by the past, confronting the past, dark past, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
390K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, thought provoking, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, psychopath, criminal psychologist, fbi, fbi agent, serial murder, police, murderer, police investigation, true crime, murder ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 80s
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
67%
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305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
531K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Style:
mysterious, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, investigation, mysterious past, time machine, cave, missing child, time portal, deja vu, small town, disappearance, alternate dimension ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2019, 50s, 80s, year 1953 ...
Place:
germany, chernobyl, europe
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, detective, suspenseful, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, female protagonist, surprising revelation, investigation, small town, stephen king, danger, fbi, mysterious place, paranormal activity, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, nova scotia
Similarity:
50%
63K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wealthy family, dysfunctional family, family relations, family business, siblings relations, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, family life, homecoming, secret, child abuse, police detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing in the forbidden forests outside Kettering when they saw strange lights in the sky. Eight hours ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
abusive husband, disappearance, half sister, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, small town, investigation, missing child, best friend, parent child relationship, police detective, family relations ...
Place:
tasmania, london, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Japan
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Story:
Ten scientists trapped in a mobile science laboratory at the South Pole realize that one among them is a killer.
Style:
suspense, mysterious, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, survival, danger, research laboratory, fear, snow, mysterious event, forensic, apocalypse, religion, cold ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, south pole, scandinavia
Similarity:
100%
152K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story:
A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspense, demonic, spooky ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
stephen king, friendship, fear, killer clown, clown, children, childhood, supernatural, villain, monster, asthma, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, year 1960, 80s
Place:
maine, usa, new york
Similarity:
14%
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