Movies like Shadowtown
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Shadowtown (2020)
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Original name: Skuggahverfið
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, tense, captivating, dark, suspenseful, creepy, sinister, psychological horror ...
Plot:
inheritance, death, house, deception, lie, secret, strong female character, estate, evidence, uncover truth, supernatural, isolation, haunted house, family secret, grief, schizophrenia, mental illness, female protagonist, small town, slow burn, investigation, intrigue, legacy, identity, mysterious death ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
iceland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller and suspense films with plots about slow burn, isolation, investigation, female protagonist, claustrophobia, family drama and small town mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Shadowtown: Leave (2022), In Her Mother's Footsteps (2006), The Secret (2010), Frank the Bastard (2013), Home, Not Alone (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young woman tries to find her origins after having been abandoned as an infant at a cemetery wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols, but as she gets closer to answers a malevolent spirit is telling her to leave.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, female protagonist, supernatural horror, abandoned baby, abandoned, supernatural, satanist, secret, undercover, obsessive quest, identity, occult ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Soon after Kate moves into the house she inherits from her father, she begins to see strange images of young women being murdered. At first it appears as if she's losing her mind, but Kate soon discovers that her visions may be hereditary. As ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The life of a woman changes completely after the murder of her mother and when she comes to live with her aunt, she realizes that she keeps a secret that has remained hidden and protected for centuries.
Style:
tense, suspense, mystical, captivating, sinister ...
Plot:
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90%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sara Wilson and her 18-year-old daughter, Jordyn, move into their dream home in a great neighborhood to make a fresh start. But when strange occurrences start happening in the house, Sara can’t help but feel danger is lurking closer than she ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, starting over, danger, pursuit, mother and daughter, new house, house, relocation, daughter, woman, mother daughter relationship, home invasion ...
Similarity:
84%
5K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Matt, an influencer and young parent to newborn Julius, discovers a dark secret from his dementing father's past. He starts an in-depth investigation, which consequently opens a Pandora's box of secrets and unravels more family dramas than ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, enigmatic, exciting ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, investigation, father, secret, secret past, childhood home, accident, undercover, family home, factory, house ...
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81%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits a small island in New York and discovers it has a dangerous history.
Style:
tense, disturbing, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
island, remote island, female protagonist, problem, dark secret, undercover, threat, murder, murder mystery, secret, isolation, dark past ...
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68%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When her grandmother is brutally murdered, Regine, a fragile young woman must return to the countryside she has struggled to escape in order to engage with the family guilt she’s tried to shut out of her life - and to connect with the brother she ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, secret, murder investigation, death of grandmother, death, dysfunctional family, guilt, confronting the past, female protagonist, family problems, getting home, family relations ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
In 1994, at the age of sixteen, Clotilde Idrissi suffered a road accident. Clotilde is the only survivor, unlike her brother Nicolas and his parents, who died instantly. Twenty-five years later, she returns to the scene of the tragedy with her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
family secret, life is a bitch, troubled past, confronting the past, learning the truth, uncover truth, secret, changing lives, female protagonist, self discovery, introspection, haunting ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Jasmine returns to her childhood home on her brother's death. Is the house now haunted by spirits or by living beings trapped by emotional bonds?
Style:
atmospheric, tension, creepy, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunted house, loss, ghost, supernatural, family drama, mysterious past, female protagonist, trauma, grief, memory, secrets, isolation ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
a vision, investigation, amnesia, supernatural power, memory lapse, uncover truth, repressed memory, confronting the past, tragic past, memory, supernatural, secret past ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 911 operator receives a ghostly call from a child murdered thirty years before and becomes obsessed with unraveling the crime. What she discovers shatters her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, danger, nightmare comes true, murder, uncover truth, grief, murder mystery, haunting, twists and turns, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A story that follows a family of four leading harmonious and contented lives. When a mysterious visitor starts residing in their basement, their lives are turned upside down as strange events begin to occur.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, mystical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
privacy invasion, noisy neighbor, neighbor, life is a bitch, changing lives, mysterious stranger, mysterious man, mysticism, undercover, lifestyle change, life, secret identity ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Donna May is a grief counselor who suddenly finds herself grieving and alone after the hit-and-run death of her husband, Robert. Soon after Robert's death, Donna's estranged adopted son, Kevin, appears at her house, claiming he has cleaned ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, escape attempt, adopted son, psychopath, secret, mother son conflict, grief, rescue, manipulation, woman in danger, family relations, family drama ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, art house, psychotronic ...
Plot:
isolation, mysterious stranger, grief, loss of child, loss of faith, house, church, wife, death, murder, psychopath, runaway ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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248
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A single mom moves to a small town hoping for a fresh start. Soon she discovers dark secrets hidden in this quaint town that she may not be able to escape.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, female protagonist, single parent, undercover, secret, puzzle, threat, problem, small town life, murder, investigation, deception ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
indiana
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A string of mysterious murders happen in an aristocratic mansion. The owners of the mansion seek CBI officer Sethurama Iyer's help to find the person responsible for the deaths.
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, cold case, justice, motive, haunted house, family secret, revelation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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415
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Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
fear, secrets, woman, secret, undercover, deception, female protagonist, lie, intrigue, seaside town, character study, lawyer ...
Similarity:
48%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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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, psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
alabama
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, dark secret, secrets, seduction, seductress, lifestyle, life philosophy, identity, family secret, revelation, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A detective, along with his team and with help of a suspended Police Sub-Inspector, goes in search of a missing girl, Karthika. What follows is shocking revelations about Karthika, who became the victim of power and economic exploitation.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, obsession, grief, motherhood, loss, lifestyle, mentally unstable, new neighbor, tragic past, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, supernatural ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
42%
519
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, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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232
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anna gets released from a Polish prison on parole after fifteen years behind bars. Once free, Anna has but one goal - to find a woman whose name is Dorota.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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