Movies like Girl

If you like "Girl" you are looking for bleak, serious and suspenseful movies about / with mother daughter relationship, revenge, who done it, criminal's revenge, twists and turns, youth and murder themes of Mystery and Thriller genre shot in USA.
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Girl (2020)
 4.9
 4K
Girl (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.
Style: bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychological, dark
Plot: mother daughter relationship, revenge, who done it, criminal's revenge, twists and turns, youth, murder, puzzle, parents and children, brutality, teenage life, death of father, secret, death threat, sadistic cruelty, father daughter relationship, sheriff, dysfunctional family, daughter, mind game, small town, uncle, murder of father, small town sheriff, poker ...
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Most similar movies to Girl

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological and suspense films with plots about murder, deadly, parents and children, danger, serial killer, psychopath and family relations mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Girl: Bluebeard (2017), Stalked by My Mother (2016), Poison (2000), Keep Watching (2017), Cherry Falls (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.4
 2K
Bluebeard (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Dr. Seung-hoon sedates his landlord before a medical check-up, when the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession.
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot: murder, family relations, surgical operation, life & death, anesthetic, doctor patient relationship, surgery, doctors and patients, secret, justice, uncover truth, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Stalked by My Mother (2016)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A daughter acuses her mother for killing her boyfriend but was it really the mother who did it or was it someone who has always been there?
Style: serious, suspense, enigmatic, mysterious, suspenseful
Plot: mother and daughter, uncover truth, revenge, overprotective parent, murderer, female assassin, running from police, murder, puzzle, criminal's revenge, guilt, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 3.9
 391
Poison (2000)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and protects Traci.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: psychopath, murder, serial killer, obsession, mind game, youth, family relations, teenage life, parents and children, woman seduces a man, starting over, single parent ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Keep Watching (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, mind game, serial killer, hidden camera, murder, family in danger, danger, isolation, psychopath, manipulation, family secret, strangulation ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 5.2
 15K
Cherry Falls (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cherry Falls is a quiet little town - until the night that a serial killer begins preying on its youth. After a third teen is found slain, the killer's modus operandi emerges: the victims were all virgins. Sheriff Marken is concerned for the ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, murder, virgin, revenge, father daughter relationship, secret, gang rape, small town, psychopath, sheriff ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: usa, virginia, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Deadly Encounter (2004)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Restaurant hostess and mom Joanne Sanders has to work late one night. After she leaves the restaurant she accidentally cuts a car off on the highway. This driver takes it personally and he begins to stalk and harass Joanne.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: woman in danger, stalking, danger, chases and races, stalker, violence, ex husband ex wife relationship, police detective, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, threatening telephone call, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.5
 763
Cover Versions (2018)
Genre: Crime, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On the eve of their biggest gig ever, the members of synth-rock band Starfoxy throw a rager that ends with a fan mysteriously dead in the pool.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, cynical, serious ...
Plot: swimming pool, multiple perspectives, musician, festival, sexual relations, who done it, murder, twists and turns, friends, secret, uncover truth, whodunit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 3.4
 485
Awakened (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, haunted by the past, small town, small town life, afterlife, mental illness, ghost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Movie in collections
 5.1
 413
Living in Fear (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: woman in danger, who done it, homecoming, murder, haunted by the past, dishonesty, danger, twists and turns, small town, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Mother's Deadly Son (2022)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Style: captivating, serious, detective, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, son, dead son, two brothers, death, liar, secret, lovers, fight, mother and son, brother, death of brother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A stockbroker in a small southern town gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the plot. Sheriff Thurmond Fowler, the by-the-book town sheriff for over four ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting
Plot: death of father, car chase, blackmail, murder of father, diner, life insurance, sheriff, arrested, car accident, killings, murder, town ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.5
 343
Vanished (2011)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman searches for many years to exact revenge on a kidnapper. A psychological thriller that examines how far a person would go if pushed to the extreme.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: vengeance, danger, rivalry, hostage, husband wife relationship, murder, fight, secret, abduction, kidnapping, serial murder, supernatural power ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Tenth Circle (2008)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on Jodi Picoult's best-selling novel, "The Tenth Circle" tells the powerful story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, teen ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: rape, family relations, investigation, family problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, family life, teenage life, college, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 4.3
 249
Paralytic (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A contract killer takes vengeance against a ruthless drug cartel, resulting in a mysterious puzzle that a small town sheriff must solve in order to stop untold horrors.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, murder mystery, hitman, organized crime, murderer, drug cartel, killings, murder, vengeance, criminal's revenge, puzzle, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Devil You Know (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Kathryn Vale (Lena Olin) is a reclusive ex-movie star with a dark secret and a daughter hoping to follow in her mother's movie-star footsteps. When Kathryn attempts to make a career comeback, she is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. The ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Plot: blackmail, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, ambition, parents and children, actor's life, desire for fame, rivalry, power relations, artists and showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Killer Upstairs (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman investigates when her teenage son is arrested for his married lover's murder.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: murder, infidelity, investigation, false accusation, law enforcement, legal, amateur detective, dishonesty, parents and children, jail, model, alibi ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Killing Daddy (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, vengeance, danger, murder, winter, retribution, tragic past, family tragedy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been stolen. Having had a few drinks, Magruder offers to give her a lift ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: lawyer, law firm, courtroom, courtroom drama, psychopath, twists and turns, plot twist, law, femme fatale, couples, legal, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: georgia, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, psychopath, obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, serial killer, babysitter, private detective, murder, threatening telephone call, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.0
 69K
Dream House (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered ...
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, twists and turns, plot twist, memory loss, insanity, murder, family relations, mental patient, riddles and clues, nervous breakdown, danger ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.6
 38K
The Stepfather (2009)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, manic, uncover truth, couples, youth, family in danger, twists and turns, stepfather, hidden identity, psychopath, murder, family problems ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, portland oregon, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.2
 2K
Cut! (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Nothing is as it seems as an ex-con and aspirant filmmaker set out to manufacture a horror film by scaring real people; however, when it goes too far and someone actually dies, the pair decide that killing for real on film is the way to make a truly ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: hanged woman, murder, hanging, filmmaking, ex convict, prostitute, accidental death, found footage, violence, characters in danger, heroes, strong violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Movie in collections
 5.5
 24K
Horsemen (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style: psychological, disturbing, detective, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, twists and turns, death, murder investigation, police, police investigation, torture, blood, psychopath, orphan, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, dark, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stripper, serial killer, psychopath, sadism, kidnapping, twins, mistaken identity, supernatural, small town, profanity, twists and turns, amputation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.0
 1K
Fear (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!
Style: slasher, cult classic, psychological, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, psychic, murder, psychopath, psychic power, killer, strip club, carnival, police, clairvoyant, amusement park, who done it ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: south carolina, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious ...
Plot: memory loss, uncover truth, investigation, false accusation, dishonesty, life is a bitch, best friend, accident, car accident, danger, murder, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.0
 8K
Memories (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Sam Alex, an ex-police officer, resorts to alcohol to ease the pain of his family loss. His life turns around when he is called to investigate a series of murders executed in a similar fashion.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, tense, slasher, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, revenge, alcoholic, murder mystery, police, police officer, violent, obsession, brutality, psychopath, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.9
 19K
Affliction (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in his slowly disintegrating mentally.
Style: psychological, bleak, rough, independent film, neo noir ...
Plot: snow, small town, alcoholism, dysfunctional family, sheriff, insanity, abusive father, small town life, domestic violence, addiction, drinking, character study ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: new hampshire, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Gallows Act II (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Ana Rue transfers to a prestigious new acting school, she encounters a malevolent spirit after participating in a viral challenge.
Style: slasher, scary, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, supernatural, ghost, revenge, dark secret, clue, social relations, dark past, violence, evil spirit, secret, game of death ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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