Movies like Nancy
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Nancy (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, social, psychological thriller
Plot:
missing child, childhood trauma, mother daughter relationship, unsolved mystery, parents and children, life philosophy, uncover truth, twists and turns, psychology, family relations, parent child relationship, manipulation, family problems, terminal illness, loss of child, fighting illness, dancing, abandoned by father, women, homeless, poverty, communist, girl, mission, woman ...
Time:
future
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Most similar movies to Nancy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, psychological thriller and disturbing films with plots about telephone call, food, mother daughter relationship, apology, husband wife relationship, drinking and cell phone mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Nancy: Stillwater (2021), Keane (2004), Luce (2019), Searching (2018), American Woman (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, dramatic, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, prisoner, father, mother in law son in law relationship, american football, murder, investigation, political conspiracy, framed for murder, accused of murder, hopes, family problems ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france, oklahoma city, marseille
Similarity:
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6K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mentally ill man searches New York for his missing eight year old daughter. He recreates her steps each day hoping for some clue to her disappearance, until he meets and befriend a woman with a daughter the same age. Could she help him with the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
kidnapping, mental illness, missing child, little girl, missing person, schizophrenia, self destructing, delusion, parents and children, life is a bitch, danger, poverty ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, suspense, non-linear, art film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social problems, track and field, cheerleader, interracial, african american, trust, doubt, politics, injustice, drinking, promise, teenager ...
Place:
middle east, ohio
Similarity:
26%
191K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, missing person, father daughter relationship, social media, missing child, mysterious disappearance, internet, search and rescue, disappearance, instagram, presumed dead, missing daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future, year 2015, year 1971 ...
Place:
persia, california, pittsburgh
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
abuse, abusive husband, female protagonist, single mother, serial killer, police investigation, life is a bitch, parents and children, hopes, danger, disorder, love ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
Similarity:
24%
185K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, twists and turns, missing child, conspiracy, airplane accident, female protagonist, kidnapping, disappearance, strong female lead, flight attendant, family relations, little girl ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, persia, newfoundland, new york, germany
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two ...
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, independent film, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, hostage, teenage girl, suspect, manipulation, police detective, murder mystery, interrogation, child murder, life is a bitch, uncover truth, ex convict ...
Place:
baltimore
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, overprotective mother, abduction, uncover truth, parents and children, twists and turns, family problems, child abduction, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sex, stripper, private investigator, farm, brutality, psychiatry, murder of family, murder of mother, disappearance, female protagonist, police investigation, justice ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1968, 80s, year 1999, year 1985 ...
Place:
kansas, amarillo texas, chicago, california, oklahoma ...
Similarity:
21%
3K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.
Style:
realistic, talky, emotional, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, teacher student relationship, male teacher female student affair, taboo, sex scene, cheerleader, high school, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, life is a bitch, teenage life, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
33K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, demonic, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, dementia, mother daughter relationship, missing person, grandmother, supernatural, women, female warrior, mental disorder, cursed, mother, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oceania, melbourne
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Style:
suspense, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
wedding, kidnapping, family secret, ransom demand, mission, ex-lover, investigation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, deception, lie, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
iran, spain, persia, middle east, barcelona ...
Similarity:
20%
12K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, parent child relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter, family problems, parents and children, family relations, ghost, old woman, orchard, paranoia, burial ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Style:
sexy, artsy, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, surrogate mother, manipulative woman, child, skinny dipping, family relations, pregnancy, murder, woman seduces a man, mother daughter relationship, female nudity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
revenge, secret relationship, unhappy wife, male nudity, murder, family in crisis, mental illness, family relations, birthday, unfaithful wife, family problems, dishonesty ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
recovering drug addict, mother, massage, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, heroin, family relations, rehabilitation, parents and children, problem, mother and daughter ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
20%
53K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, medical horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, stalking, mental institution, maniac, psychiatric ward, mental patient, sexual assault, psychopath, stalker, murder, mental illness, mental disorder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
portugal, pennsylvania, boston
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A student's chances of getting into a good college hang in the balance when inappropriate photos of her are posted on the Internet.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, sexy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
social media, mother daughter relationship, social network, high school, cyberbullying, uncover truth, social problems, female student, family relations, lifestyle change, changing lives, student ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychological manipulation, psychiatrist, mental patient, hot and sexy, family relations, cheating wife, unconventional method, family problems, husband wife relationship, revenge, suicide, mentally unstable ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
paranoia, depression, mental illness, death of mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, guilt, drug, mental disorder, woman, blonde, murderer ...
Similarity:
19%
14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Style:
suspense, period piece, psychological, psychological thriller, mind blowing ...
Plot:
drunkenness, adultery, unhappy marriage, marriage, unfaithful, husband wife relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, mad love, marriage crisis, young couple, women, depression ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
19%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custody of her beloved daughter, Izzy. But Kate's despair soon turns to terror as she begins to have ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, divorced parents, divorced couple, female protagonist, protective mother, family drama, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, kids and family, divorced woman, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
19%
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85K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style:
suspense, art house, exciting, ambiguous ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
class differences, metaphor, suspicion, arson, asian, anger, aspiring writer, childhood friend, rural setting, stalking, tragic love, bare breasts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea, india
Similarity:
19%
13K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, split personality, faked death, dissociative identity disorder, small town, mental disorder, double life, single mother, secret life, guilt, small town life, social relations ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
nebraska, usa, texas
Similarity:
19%
42K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, stalker, trap, female villain, stalking, nightmare, obsessive love, obsession, held captive, roommate, female stalker ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Style:
cerebral, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian subtext, mental breakdown, jealousy, friendship, vacation, depression, promise, party, mental disorder, memory, doctor, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, psychedelic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
housewife, women, undercover, social satire, feminism, passionate sex, orgasm, male female relationship, family life, oral sex, egg, captive ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, 50s
Place:
palm springs california, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
Style:
touching, sincere, psychological, realistic, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, love affair, death of husband, art class, fall in love, couples, physical appearance, friendship, delusion, secret, broken heart, painting ...
Time:
year 1994, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style:
serious, realistic, enigmatic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, husband wife relationship, dual identity, revenge, guilt, suspicion, being followed, publisher, breakup, assassination plot, marital problem ...
Place:
amsterdam, stockholm sweden, berlin germany
Similarity:
18%
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