Movies like Girl in the Basement
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Girl in the Basement (2021)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, dark, psychological, action thriller, mindfuck, teen, psychological thriller, weird
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
basement, abusive father, father, hostage, father and daughter, captivity, strict father, hidden room, domineering father, bomb shelter, violent father, rescue, mother daughter relationship, serial killer, kidnapping, sexual abuse, incest rape, torture, father daughter incest, deadbeat dad, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, imprisonment, pregnancy, teenager ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
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Most similar movies to Girl in the Basement
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and captivating films with plots about kidnapping, murder, serial killer, investigation, revenge, cat and mouse and danger mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Girl in the Basement: 3096 Days (2013), Hide and Seek (2000), Hounds of Love (2016), Midnight (2021), Daddy's Girl (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The TRUE STORY of how Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours, 15-year-old Kara Robinson plots a daring escape from a serial killer's apartment.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, historical drama
Plot:
kidnapped woman, teenage girl, abduction, sexual assault, serial killer, teenager, violent, violence, homicidal maniac, murderer, captivity, physical abuse ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
Style:
realistic, saga, rough, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, child abuse, psychological torture, rape, abduction, basement, life is a bitch, violence against women, pedophile, missing child, stockholm syndrome, kidnapped ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
germany, austria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A hitchhiking woman is abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
violence, sex slave, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, sadistic cruelty, kidnapped woman, sex slavery, sadism, sexual torture, slavery, abduction, rape ...
Time:
70s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, pregnancy, captivity, missing person, kidnapping, female psychopath, psychopath, mentally unstable, family problems, woman in danger, danger, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, teenage girl, sexual torture, abduction, murderous pair, danger, husband wife relationship, domestic violence, mental disorder, murder, extreme ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A tense night for Kyung-mi and her mother (both hearing-impaired) when they fall prey to a charismatic murderer in the dark alleys of Seoul.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, deafness, deaf, mute or deaf, mother daughter relationship, attempted murder, murder witness, witnessing a crime, serial murder, murder, murderer, witness ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young woman held captive by her stepfather becomes the focus of a female vigilante.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, sadistic, scary ...
Plot:
abusive stepfather, rape and revenge, serial killer, torture chamber, captivity, father daughter incest, captive, lynching, police officer, murder investigation, murderer, murder ...
Similarity:
75%
313K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, hostage, escape attempt, deception, brutality, confined, vengeance, danger, rivalry, twists and turns, domestic disturbance, killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When 15-year-old Lizzie is kidnapped, her friendly but divorced parents Judith and Martin are devastated. The police can't find the girl but Tracy Spencer comes forward claiming she's a psychic and knows where Lizzie is. Judith is elated, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
psychic, mother daughter relationship, police investigation, father daughter relationship, brainwashing, manipulation, investigation, psychology, crime scene, premonition, runaway, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Similarity:
19%
624
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man must go to extreme lengths to discover what happened to his kidnapped wife and daughter.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, police, torture, kidnapped woman, lynching, revenge, unsolved crime, uncover truth, cold case, fighting crime, private investigation, battles ...
Place:
new york, mexico
Similarity:
32%
300K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
16%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
kidnapping, captivity, danger, confined, hostage, kidnapped, ambush, changing lives, family problems, fear, family crisis, extortion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa
Similarity:
32%
228
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
“Limit” is a suspenseful thriller about a cop that goes undercover to hunt down the criminal behind a horrific kidnapping case. The police officer who gets involved in the case by taking the place of the kidnapping victim’s parents. As she ...
Style:
suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, secret, undercover, disappearance, police officer, child abduction, uncover truth, crime investigation, crime solving, police investigation, sleuth ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Circle Inspector Das is so obsessed with music that he plays the game of Antakshari with anyone, anywhere; whether it be for fun with his wife or to punish the culprits he arrests. However, things take a turn for the worse when Das has to dance to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, action thriller, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
game, problem, corrupt politician, corruption, serial killer, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, investigation, police procedural, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, vigilante justice ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The true story of Carolyn's Raeburn's daughter who graduated from high school at the age of 16. Laura was bright, popular and enthusiastic about the future, but the summer before she was to begin college, an event occurred changing forever ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
brainwashing, mother daughter relationship, religion, manipulation, cult leader, relationship problems, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, family relations, farm, family problems, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jill strives to connect with her new teenage stepdaughter, Casey, who is struggling with a dark past that leads her down a path of destruction.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father, family relations, relationships, intrigue, stepmother, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Under the guise as a math tutor, Tamara finds a way to reconnect with her abducted daughter but her father will do anything, even kill, to keep the truth hidden.
Style:
tension, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
abduction, kidnapping, tutor, kidnapped daughter, teenage girl, kidnapped child, kidnapped, teenage daughter, teenager, daughter, father and daughter, father ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable ...
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, evil man, child in peril, child, killer child, psychopath, missing child, serial killer, danger, confined, hostage, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, who done it, danger, legal action, suspect, acquittal, husband, couple relations, tabloid journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the town of Cutter, most people keep to themselves. But when John comes home to find his girlfriend missing, he sneaks into his neighbor's house, finding his girlfriend and several other kidnapped people tied up in the basement. When the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
masked killer, psycho killer, voyeurism, police corruption, trapped, dark secret, secret, serial killer, kidnapping, home invasion, violence, danger ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The pic is set in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event that forces people into extreme isolation. A father and son, who have been living off grid for 20 years, encounter an outsider who threatens to destroy the utopia they’ve built.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
utopia, woods, isolation, snow, cold, father son relationship, male female relationship, lifestyle, relationship problems, family life, family relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To escape a serial killer, a single mom and her daughter enter witness protection, only to find their lives in greater danger than ever.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, serial killer, witness protection, single mother, runaway, murderer, on the run, murder, hunted, serial murder, relationship problems, family problems ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
missing child, abduction, human trafficking, private investigation, missing sister, sexual abuse, female protagonist, women, boxing, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, disappearance ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, killing spree, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, secret, murderer, serial murder, murder investigation, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
The son of Charles Manson attempts to have his father released from prison by recreating the Manson murders with a girl he meets who is obsessed with the original Manson murders. This film was in production for over 2 years due to various conflicts ...
Style:
controversial, disturbing, dark, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, charles manson, obsession, true crime, cult leader, manipulation, moral ambiguity, taboo, violent, prison, psychopath, exploitation ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Haley and Nick Downes are a happy, successful young couple pregnant with their first baby, but when Nick's father dies unexpectedly, his estranged sister Zara suddenly shows up to town with a diabolical plan in store to make the baby and their ...
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychological manipulation, inheritance, scheming, family problems, pregnancy, pregnant wife, pregnant woman, couples, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, sister, relationships ...
Similarity:
31%
844
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
abduction, police investigation, serial killer, psychopath, police procedural, hostage, murder investigation, evidence, police detective, instructor, danger, murderer ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style:
disturbing, crime drama, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, murder, true crime, murderer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, taunting, killing, crime solving, investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
north america, oregon
Similarity:
30%
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