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Natalee Holloway (2009)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On May 30, 2005, on a high school graduation trip to Aruba, she disappeared without a trace.
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, bleak, crime drama, tension, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, investigation, missing person, family relations, parents and children, serial killer, teenage girl, uncertainty, true crime, teenager, cold case, vacation gone wrong, island, family drama, obsession, nightlife, interrogation, youth culture, prison, killing spree, conspiracy theory, investigative journalism, tourism, life is a bitch, strong female presence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
caribbean, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and emotional films with plots about investigation, missing person, murder, true crime, life is a bitch, biopic and parents and children mostly in Drama, Mystery and Biography genres. Some movies like Natalee Holloway: Without a Trace (1983), The Pregnancy Pact (2010), Amber's Story (2006), London River (2009), Lost Girls (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the case of young New Yorker Etan Patz, who disappeared in the early 1980s, this film casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who make her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
missing person, missing child, kidnapping, single parent, family life, parents and children, family problems, law enforcement, life is a bitch, death in the family, father son relationship, little boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york, connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester (Mass.) High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, motherhood, high school, teenager, mother daughter relationship, investigation, social relations, journalism, society, teenage life, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This is the tragic and true story of the abduction of Amber Hagerman. Her family and the community's efforts to find her and bring her kidnapper to justice prove to be a groundbreaking movement toward implementing a government-run tracking ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
missing child, injustice, family relations, family problems, parents and children, obsession, society, danger, family in crisis, confined, child abduction, little girl ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2002, year 1997, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
missing child, kidnapper, missing daughter, birth mother, black american, baby, parents and children, family relations, family problems, uncover truth, hopes, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Algeria
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 London terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
muslim, terrorist bombing, terrorist, missing person, koran, father, terrorism, parents and children, family relations, bigotry, religious differences, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lifetime Movie is a sequel to their 2009 film NATALEE HOLLOWAY and picks up in 2010 on the five-year anniversary of her death. Beth Holloway (Tracy Pollan) is still trying to find out what happened to her daughter when the already strange case takes ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, courtroom, biopic, strong female presence, forgery, disguise, bare chested male, sex scene, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
Style:
crime drama, emotional, suspenseful, tense, tragic ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, deception, missing person, true crime, female victim, suspicion, forensic evidence, mistrust, cold case, small town, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tension, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, police corruption, wrongful conviction, investigation, murder mystery, biopic, female protagonist, controversy, courtroom, scandal, defense attorney ...
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot:
serial killer, missing person, investigation, disappearance, true crime, prostitute, missing child, depression, murder, mother daughter relationship, search and rescue, psychopath ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
long island, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
husband murders wife, amateur detective, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, infidelity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their ...
Style:
mind bending, serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot:
missing person, missing son, survival, grief, family relations, kidnapping, college, teenage life, siblings relations, school, private detective, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, colorado, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jane Alexander's idyllic life in San Francisco is shattered when her beloved, elderly aunt is brutally murdered. But when her fiancé, Tom O'Donnell, becomes the main suspect, Jane must put aside her grief to aid the police before the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, shrewd, violent content, investigation, biopic, strong female presence, homicide detective, courtroom, strong female lead, judge, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, exciting, medical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heart transplant, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, parents and children, young at heart, family relations, optimism, organ transplant, mother daughter relationship, violinist, family drama, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, mental health, missing person, male female relationship, domestic violence, media frenzy, true crime, relationship problems, road trip, problem, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
usa, wyoming, florida, utah
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, inspirational
Plot:
family relations, hidden identity, criminal heroes, dishonesty, cons and scams, disorder, love and romance, parents and children, serial killer, impersonation, killing spree, entrepreneur ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, rough
Plot:
missing person, police officer, missing wife, murder, murder suspect, couple relations, husband wife relationship, funeral, woman killed, couples, cop, patrolman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
death row, murder, death sentence, prison, courtroom drama, price of justice, confined, going straight, journalism, legal, true crime, biopic ...
Time:
year 1976
Place:
utah, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amish, faith, hopes, murder, forgiveness, death in the family, religions or cults, dealing with death, introspection, child murder, hate, mass murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mother's dementia reignites a past of crime and lust, forcing her daughter to make difficult decisions.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mentally unstable, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, love affair, love and romance, elderly, family drama, dementia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
missing person, obsession, family in crisis, mental disorder, envy, murder, loss of daughter, death of daughter, female psychopath, dead teenager, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.
Style:
emotional, serious, suspenseful, sincere, mind bending ...
Plot:
family in crisis, faked death, uncover truth, starting over, family problems, parents and children, couple relations, family relations, life is a bitch, leadership, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Plot:
marital rape, murder, investigation, social relations, small town, domestic violence, serial killer, preacher, trial, under the surface, biopic, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tuscany. His intention is to share some valuable conversations about his life as a press ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, talky, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
introspection, elderly, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, parents and children, unfulfillment, dealing with death, biopic, writers, poet, son ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, missing person, religions or cults, working undercover, undercover, private investigation, whodunit, religious fanatic, secret, religious cult, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, true crime, captivity, isolation, violence, missing person, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, abuse, cruelty, rape ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Julia Law, a young paralegal, is found dead in a bathtub. Her boss, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, is questioned by the authorities.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, mysterious death, scandal, manipulation, murder investigation, lawyer, secret, crime solving, uncover truth, male female relationship, puzzle ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After Fran Smith disappears one day in mysterious circumstances, Fran's daughter Deanna and Fran's sister, Sherrie endlessly search for her with enduring hope. The most likely suspect in Fran's disappearance is her husband John, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
missing person, investigation, family problems, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, dysfunctional family, private detective, couple relations, remarry, murder, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
21%
479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the backwoods of New Jersey a young man navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his long-missing sister and their family home.
Style:
creepy, psychological thriller, suspenseful, emotional, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
missing person, found footage, investigation, haunting, grief, trauma, family home, family drama, cold case, isolation, obsession, small town ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Harry Sands is a self made man, happily married with two children. When he learns that his daughter has gone missing in Istanbul, he flies out to find her. To Harry's horror, he discovers from Olivia's best friend, that the two of them ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
missing person, father daughter relationship, chases and races, parents and children, abduction, nightclub, investigation, paranoia, family crisis, deception, double life, urban ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
21%
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