Movies like The Scent of Rain & Lightning

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The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2017)
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The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a young woman learns her parents' killer has been released from jail, she is forced to revisit old wounds while discovering the destructive power of hate and the true cost of family secrets fully revealing themselves.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, extraordinary
Plot: murder investigation, revenge, murderer, investigation, murder, hate, dysfunctional family, family secret, female protagonist, secret, tragic past, confronting the past, mysterious past, secret revealed, uncover truth, female nudity, male nudity, male pubic hair, pubic hair, mystery

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, suspense and psychological films with plots about investigation, murder, murder investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, murderer and secret mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Scent of Rain & Lightning: Euphoria (2013), I Want to Know Your Parents (2022), Blood (2018), The Girl in the Bathtub (2018), Reaching Distance (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 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 ⇓
95%
I Want to Know Your Parents (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: bullying, murder mystery, murderer, investigation, crime investigation, secret, murder, murder investigation, life is a bitch, problem, social problems, middle school ...
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79%
 7.1
 3K
Blood (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death - she has an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games and the lies family tell each other.
Style: disturbing, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, family relations, uncover truth, tragic past, family secret, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, crime solving, private investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Girl in the Bathtub (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Julia Law, a young paralegal, is found dead in a bathtub. Her boss, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, is questioned by the authorities.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional
Plot: scandal, mysterious death, murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation, crime solving, puzzle, male female relationship, murder, murderer, secret, lawyer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Reaching Distance (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister's killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has a complex past with much more than one passenger.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: photographic memory, killer, memory, confronting the past, memories, fantasy becomes reality, promiscuous past, family problems, murder, investigation, murder investigation, flashback sequence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 5.1
 114
Naked Sins (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Cole and Erica run an upscale escort service which sets their clients up on anonymous and impromptu "dates" at hotels. They discover one of their female clients murdered, and that the man who signed up for their service on the same day ...
Style: erotic, sexy, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: erotica, couples, murder, escort, marriage crisis, sexploitation, sex, murder of wife, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery ...
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61%
 5.8
 363
Reminiscence (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing
Plot: murder, childhood friend, murderer, murder mystery, reunited friends, group of friends, friends, murder investigation, problem, old friends reunited
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56%
 3.5
 569
Murder.com (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Devastated upon receiving news that her estranged sister has been brutally murdered and frustrated that local police refuse to offer much help, a promising South Beach lawyer unearths some sordid details about her late sibling in this thriller ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: murder mystery, loss of sister, private investigation, internet dating, murder investigation, investigation, hidden truth, forensics, secret, uncover truth, sleuth, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 6.5
 3K
As You Are (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
Style: disturbing, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, murder, lgbtq, investigation, gay interest, coming of age, confronting the past, police investigation, uncover truth, mother son relationship, friendship ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 4.3
 1K
Grey Lady (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, male female relationship, murder, police detective, island, police investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, serial killer ...
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55%
Acceptable Risk (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When her husband, Lee, is murdered, Sarah Manning comes to realize that she knows nothing about his past. Sarah begins to question who Lee actually was and what he did in his work for a powerful global organization. And why did Lee, a salesman, need ...
Style: detective, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, spouse, crime investigation, confronting the past, investigation, family secret, dark past, secret, uncover truth, murder investigation, police, female detective ...
Time: future
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, montreal
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54%
Aurora Borealis: Northern Light (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Aurora Borealis is a story of family that is rich in twists and turns. It breaks the depths of the relationship between mother and daughter. A successful lawyer in Vienna, Olga is called back to Hungary when her old mother, Mary suddenly falls ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: mysterious past, lawyer, female protagonist, confronting the past, family secret, secret past, life is a bitch, secret, mother daughter relationship, family relations, cat, holocaust ...
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.7
 19
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 ⇓
53%
 6.1
 218
First Love (2021)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character ...
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, college student, female protagonist, uncover truth, problem, murderer, crime solving, investigation, secret, psychology, undercover, tragic past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling
Plot: murder, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, murder investigation, investigation, problem, who done it, uncover truth, serial killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Francesca Quinn, PI (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn’s fiancé is murdered, his sister hires her to find the killer. Frankie must work with Wyn, the local detective assigned to the case…who also happens to be her ex. As the one-time couple ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, murderer, private investigator, crime solving, homicide detective, secret, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
49%
The Ice Princess (2007)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Errica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: police, murder, police investigation, murder investigation, investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, crime solving
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Das Geheimnis des Königssees (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The owner of a hotel at the river of a lake lives deeply embittered since his girlfriend disappeared in mysterious circumstances more than 20 years ago. But when one day he sees on television a young woman with a remarkable resemblance to her, he ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: adopted daughter, investigation, search for mother, uncover truth, secret, hotel owner, family secret, secret revealed, private investigation, birth mother, underwater, rural setting ...
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47%
 5.8
 2K
Wild Indian (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing
Plot: native american, murder, confronting the past, hidden corpse, secret, indians, murder mystery, hidden truth, dark past, murderer, revenge, native american reservation ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, year 2019
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Witness Unprotected (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sam is a divorced freelance photographer who is struggling to put her daughter, Laurie, though college. She takes any job, even the dangerous ones, to keep the paychecks coming. Her latest assignment, given to her by a private investigation firm, ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: photographer, murder, murder mystery, threat to kill, murder investigation, investigation, threat, investigator, crime investigation, stalking, crime solving, murderer ...
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46%
Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits suicide, authorities discover a marriage of secrets and betrayal. While the investigation seems to ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: false identity, infidelity, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation, uncover truth, cheating wife, marital infidelity, husband wife relationship, internet dating, crime investigation ...
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44%
 5.5
 5K
Grudge (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: female police detective, criminal, murderer, murder, secret, killings, homicide detective, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, cold case ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: uncover truth, crime investigation, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, sleuth, crime solving, puzzle, asian, island
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40%
 4.2
 14K
Brazen (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mystery writer Grace Miller has killer instincts when it comes to motive - and she'll need every bit of expertise to help solve her sister's murder.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot: murder, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, life is a bitch, double life, private investigation, crime solving, secret identity, sisters, hidden identity, uncover truth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.2
 492
Causality (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Claudia shows up at a bar to meet Luis, a doctor who contacted her through a dating app. Claudia doesn't suspect what fate has in store for her. A kidnapping that ends with an inevitable and unpredictable death. A suspense story with surprising ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: kidnapped woman, online dating, kidnapping, abduction, problem, murderer, female protagonist, threat, internet dating, murder, nudity, female nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.3
 249
Paralytic (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A contract killer takes vengeance against a ruthless drug cartel, resulting in a mysterious puzzle that a small town sheriff must solve in order to stop untold horrors.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, murder mystery, hitman, organized crime, murderer, drug cartel, killings, murder, vengeance, criminal's revenge, puzzle, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Payne & Redemption (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of "Payne & Redemption" surrounds the psychological trauma endured by the film's main character, a weathered New York Detective, and his journey to seek redemption, after having to deal with a long line of traumatic ...
Style: neo noir, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murderer, investigation, psychologist, tragic past, haunted by the past, murder, confronting the past, anti hero, revenge, police detective, hard boiled
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Lava Field (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: When Reykjavik crime detective Helgi Marvin Runarsson is called in to investigate a suicide case on Snaefellsnes Peninsula, the case turns out to be far from simple. Pulled into a sinister trail of evidence, Helgi's own deeply hidden secrets ...
Style: detective, psychological, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, secret, confronting the past, suicide, crime solving, private investigator, suicide attempt, murderer, uncover truth, murder mystery ...
Place: iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.0
 234
In The Vault (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: One month into college, a freshman dies. Was it Murder? Or Suicide?
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: murder, murder mystery, college student, murder investigation, undercover, murderer, investigation, college, secret
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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