Movies like Darkness Falls 2020
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Darkness Falls (2020)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, tense, detective, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
team, heist, violence, danger, police detective, partners in crime, serial killer, murder investigation, perfect crime, revenge, police, obsession, grief, trauma, justice, vengeance, vendetta, cat and mouse, crime scene, moral ambiguity, confrontation, violent, violent content, stalking, nypd ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and noir films with plots about investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, urban, murder and obsession mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Darkness Falls: Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Above Suspicion (2011), The Last Diamond (2014), Til Death Do Us Part (2023), Written In Blood (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
belgium, antwerp
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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341
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sully is a psychotic criminal who has just been released from prison. Now he has only one goal: revenge against police detective Elaine Reynolds, who he blames for the death of his wife's unborn child.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, intense, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, vengeance, police detective, trauma, cat and mouse, fear, paranoia, law enforcement, stalking, isolation, violence ...
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25%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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24%
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256
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, detective, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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868
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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3K
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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