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The Treatment (2014)
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Original name: De Behandeling
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known sex offender, was questioned but quickly released. Plettinckx lives close by and takes fiendish pleasure in harassing Nick. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt.
Style:
disturbing, biting, sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller, psychological, tense, bleak, perverse ...
Plot:
child abuse, police, pedophile, missing child, child killer, kidnapping, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, serial killer, investigation, danger, law enforcement, pedophilia, life is a bitch, killer, revenge, lgbt, hitman, house, suicide, grief, unsettling, sadism, sex maniac ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany, europe
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Most similar movies to The Treatment
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and realistic films with plots about investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, murder, serial killer, deadly and police mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Treatment: Prisoners (2013), The Captive (2014), Black Tide (2018), Daddy's Little Girl (2014), The Silence (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, serial killer, torture, twists and turns, vigilantism, police investigation, plot twist, brutality, vigilante, cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, disappearance, police officer, alcoholic, father son relationship, police, forest, mother daughter relationship, investigation, crime scene, danger, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, death of daughter, torture, pedophile, revenge, hardcore, abuse, father, extreme, grief, depression, family problems ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Style:
disturbing, serious, emotional, psychological, action thriller ...
Plot:
rape, police investigation, child killer, pedophile, missing child, serial killer, danger, uncover truth, haunted by the past, small town, brutality, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hospital, racism, missing child, kidnapping, vengeance, police detective, lone hero, multiple storylines, police corruption, psychopath, investigation, missing person ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, new jersey, paris france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sean Veil is an ultra paranoid murder suspect who takes to filming himself round the clock to provide an alibi, just in case he's ever accused of another crime. Problems arise however when the police do come calling and the one tape that can ...
Style:
bleak, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
female on male rape, obsession, haunted by the past, uncover truth, false accusation, life is a bitch, mental illness, police investigation, psychopath, paranoia, mental disorder, alibi ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, cold case, police detective, murder mystery, unsolved crime, under the surface, false identity, uncover truth, police partner, homicide detective, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, psychopath, profiler, twists and turns, secret service, telephone call, u.s. senator, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
suspense, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, kidnapping, woman in danger, police investigation, violence against women, forensics, murder mystery, plot twist, investigation, profiler ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 2014, 2010s, year 2009 ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, law enforcement, private detective, partner, police procedural, investigation, moral ambiguity, obsession, decapitation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, crime scene, police procedural, evidence, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a young man who, through a series of surreal visions, comes to believe that he is a serial killer targeting pedophiles.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
pedophile, serial killer, haunted house, killer child, investigation, vigilantism, moral dilemma, vigilante, crime investigation, identity crisis, ambiguity, obsession ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, criminal, reward, homicidal maniac, murder mystery, psycho killer, murder, uncover truth, killing spree, danger, police ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, investigation, murder, dishonesty, race against time, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, female nudity, murder, unsolved crime, female pubic hair, lesbian, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, motel, violence ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bermuda, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A C-list celebrity gets kidnapped and held hostage after a night-club appearance. When the police interrogate the man she accuses, they question whether she's after justice or a front-page story.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological
Plot:
kidnapping, celebrity, police, investigation, law enforcement, mysterious man, evidence, clue, uncover truth, investigator, escapades, testimony ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
police inspector, serial child killer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, murder, child murder, suspect, rape, false accusation, courtroom, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, violent, dark hero, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police, investigation, murder, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, detective inspector, law enforcement, reluctant partners, danger, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
seoul, korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, uncover truth, haunted by the past, pedophile, unsolved crime, rivalry, danger, killer, serial killer, pedophilia ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, police investigation, religions or cults, law enforcement, private detective, society, kidnapping, partner, police procedural, investigation, missing person, religious community ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
loss of child, haunted by the past, dead child, missing child, law enforcement, police investigation, dealing with death, uncover truth, corpse, life is a bitch, interrogation, police detective ...
Time:
1950s, year 2009, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
Similarity:
24%
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