Movies like Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer

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Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
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Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Chris Watts stoically yet smirkingly pleaded to television cameras for the safe return of his missing pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, dark secrets loomed just beneath the surface.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, emotional
Plot: dark secret, investigation, mysterious disappearance, family problems, disappearance, society, family secret, social problems, secret, uncover truth, mind control, mystery, crimes

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Most similar movies to Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films with plots about uncover truth, investigation, family problems, disappearance, secret, mysterious disappearance and crime investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer: Missing Bride (2017), On the Farm (2016), Elon Doesn't Believe in Death (2016), Lost Girl (2019), Greshnik (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Missing Bride (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, telenovela
Plot: family secret, crime solving, investigation, mysterious disappearance, mother son relationship, private investigation, family relations, family problems, uncover truth, disappearance
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95%
 7.0
 61
On the Farm (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on a true story, a powerful study of the dysfunction and disorder in the police and criminal justice systems that allowed a wily psychopath to murder nearly 50 marginalised women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, social problems, slave trade, society, sex slavery, secret, sex slave, social relations, sex worker, uncover truth, disappearance, mysterious disappearance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 75 min.
Story: As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, enigmatic, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: puzzle, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance, family problems, social problems, secret, disappearance, investigation, sex, female pubic hair, oral sex, masturbation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 7.1
 504
Lost Girl (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
Style: enigmatic, captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: relationship problems, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, marital problem, family problems, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, uncover truth, female nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Greshnik (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Vlad was five his mother was killed. And the only person whom Vlad blames for her death is his father . On the 20th anniversary of the tragedy the young man decides to gather all his relatives together to dot all the i's and cross all the ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: murder mystery, uncover truth, family secret, father son relationship, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, family tragedy, character change, changing lives, family relations, murder, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story: The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt for Justice tells the story of Mari Gilbert’s search for the truth behind what happened to her daughter Shannan, a sometime escort who disappeared after a ‘date’ on Long Island. After Shannan ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial murder, missing child, mysterious disappearance, missing person, evidence, serial killer, who done it, murder mystery, unsolved crime, murder investigation, chase, society ...
Place: usa, long island
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86%
The Preacher's Sin (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Evan Tanner's life is spiraling out of control when his live-in niece is arrested for the second time, his boss imposes on him an unacceptable contract, and to top it all he discovers he has a son from a one night affair during the war... When ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: affair, illegitimate son, moral dilemma, uncover truth, relationship problems, dark secret, family problems, choice, secret, investigation, uncle niece relationship, murder investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Lost Without Trace (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Latvia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Anna and Victoria left their homes at 8 a.m. And never came back. An investigator from Saint Petersburg arrived to a small Latvian town in an attempt to find the connection between the two missing women.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance, sleuth, police investigation, secret, murder mystery, crime investigation, disappearance, crime solving, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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The Promise (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story: What's the worst that can happen to a police officer? Definitely an unresolved investigation. This is what happens on Boxing Day 1999. Charlotte Meyer, an 11-year-old girl, disappears without a trace. Captain Pierre Castaing, in charge of the ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, enigmatic, tense, suspense
Plot: missing person, investigation, disappearance, crime investigation, crime solving, police investigation, mysterious disappearance, cold case, uncover truth, police officer
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.7
 88
Vanished (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A mother of two mysteriously disappears one morning. Her husband isn't worried as they've had rough patches; his wife just wanted to give him a scare and will come home soon. But her lover is convinced she has been murdered by her husband.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: vanished man, secret, sleuth, murder investigation, mysterious disappearance, uncover truth, who done it, undercover, crime investigation, investigation, crime solving, disappearance
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.6
 882
The Dark Heart (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story: Sanna is the 21-year-old daughter of a rich landowner in southern Sweden. Her father, Bengt, makes his fortune by leasing his vast expanse of inherited land to hardworking family farmers, many of whom struggle to make ends meet. Stern and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: murder investigation, investigation, puzzle, crime investigation, uncover truth, obsessive quest, male female relationship, family problems, disappearance, sleuth, couple relations, relationships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 289
Defamed (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Luisa loves her teaching profession and is popular with her students because of her fresh teaching methods. But shortly after she refused to give a student a high school recommendation, a nude photo of her appears on her school's website. Her ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, enigmatic, suspense
Plot: investigation, private investigation, uncover truth, cyberbullying, social network, secret identity, social problems, mysterious disappearance, mysterious villain, female protagonist, bicycle, blood ...
Place: bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Good and Evil (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Il bene e il male is an Italian television series.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: lifestyle, moral dilemma, social problems, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, society, murder, suicide, secret
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Who Killed JonBenét? (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The disturbing true story of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty queen whose murder in her Colorado home remains unsolved.
Style: thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murderer, undercover, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, murder, child murder, killings, secret, who done it, murder investigation, unsolved crime
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Classified File (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Busan in 1978. Gil-young, a veteran detective got the special request from the parents of a missing child, Eun-joo to investigate her case. As the clever kidnapper eludes the police, the case becomes more and more of a mystery. When Joong-san, the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, child abduction, disappearance, police detective, twists and turns, danger, uncover truth, desperation, chase, kidnapping, true crime, helicopter ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: south korea, busan
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81%
Adam: His Song Continues (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional
Plot: child abuse, missing child, missing person, family problems, obsessive quest, dealing with death, society, kidnapping, death in the family, haunted by the past, child in peril
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Anniversary Nightmare (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Liz and Andrew are on their anniversary trip in Hawaii when Liz wakes up to discover her husband missing and evidence of an invasion all around her. But with no witnesses, she's immediately labeled the prime suspect. Without any help from the ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, accused of murder, kidnapped man, crime solving, protagonist as suspect, suspicion, kidnapping, murder investigation, secret, private investigation, abduction ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.1
 22
Veil (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The temptation to have a one night stand leads a man to a distant town and a woman with a dark agenda. When he doesn't return, it falls upon his black sheep sister to uncover the truth of what happened.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, city life, dark secret, crime solving, forensics, criminal, crime investigation, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Betrayed by Lies (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Serbia, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A married woman discovers her husband is living a double life in Paris, jeopardizing not only her marriage but her life.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: unhappy marriage, family problems, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, marital problem, relationship problems, family secret, secret revealed, husband wife relationship, criminal, adulterous husband, troubled marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 5.5
 380
Robe of Gems (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Argentina, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Isabel and her family take possession of her mother’s villa in rural Mexico where they reconnect with their long-time domestic worker Maria. But things have never been the same since Isabel’s mother left. Once so well looked after, the house is ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, weird
Plot: mysterious disappearance, divorce, investigation, police investigation, crime solving, drug, breakup, crime investigation, female protagonist, life is a bitch, uncover truth, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Virgin 2: Not a Porn Movie (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story: A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: life is a bitch, teenage girl, teenage life, money problems, violence, family problems, teenage protagonist, society, teenager, juvenile delinquency, social problems
Place: indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 7.3
 139
Stella (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant (maybe too much) she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her teacher, Céline, she fell when asked why she has a few bruises. ...
Style: captivating, tense, thought provoking
Plot: life is a bitch, kids in trouble, doubts and hesitations, uncover truth, parents and children, family secret, family problems, child abuse, doubt, dark secret, domestic violence, teacher ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Determination of Death (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot: money problems, financial problem, forgery, family problems, presumed dead, escapades, con trick, intrigue, marital problem, death
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 5.8
 444
Bad Hurt (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: secret, family problems, family conflict, husband wife conflict, family relations, marital crisis, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family secret, relationship problems, marital problem, conflict
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 4.6
 368
Kidnapped (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Savannah Duke-Morgan realizes her lifetime dream to bring her husband Brad and her five-year-old daughter Aria back to her birthplace on the Gold Coast of Australia until it turns into her worst nightmare when Aria goes missing from the resort’s ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: husband wife relationship, mysterious disappearance, family secret, family life, investigation, relationship problems, life is a bitch, family relations, dysfunctional family, disappearance, family problems, child kidnapping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.4
 27
Euphoria (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, female protagonist, family secret, uncover truth, multiple storylines, investigation, tragic past
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 8.4
 41K
Drishyam 2 (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: 7 years after the events of Drishyam, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, twisted
Plot: investigation, dysfunctional family, family secret, father daughter relationship, neighbor, husband wife relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, family relations, fish out of water, family problems, secret, criminal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 4.5
 330
The Harrow (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Miller lives alone in an abandoned Alabama slaughterhouse. His memory and sanity are shattered and his only company is the spirit of his lover, who was murdered a decade ago. Ruth arrives, desperate to discover the truth about her mother's ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: family problems, repressed memory, memories, murder, alone, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, loneliness, uncover truth, obsessive quest, family secret, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.6
 566
Fenris (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: When Emma hears that her father has stopped doing his job as a wolf researcher, she takes her son Leo to Østbygda to find out what's going on. At the same time, a young boy disappears without a trace from the village.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense, thrilling
Plot: uncover truth, investigation, crime solving, undercover, who done it, puzzle, small town, private investigation, disappearance, vanished man, problem, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Circle of Deception (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional
Plot: murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder, uncover truth, investigation, partners against crime, partner, violence, murderer, police officer, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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