Movies like A Closed Book

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A Closed Book (2009)
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A Closed Book (2009)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper is diverted away, strange things happen around the house and he becomes increasingly dependent on his new assistant.
Style: psychological, captivating, serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
Plot: blindness, rivalry, femme fatale, twists and turns, danger, gain trust, mind game, estate, haunted by the past, boss and employee, power relations, revenge, secretary, intrigue, blind character, blind man, elderly, mysterious character, game, pedophile, writers, female nudity, suicide, mansion, sexy woman ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, oxford university, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological and realistic films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, dishonesty, mind game, twists and turns and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like A Closed Book: The Lady Vanishes (2013), Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008), Alone (2002), The Devil You Know (2013), Sleuth (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: train, female protagonist, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, amateur detective, danger, fall in love, disappearance, dishonesty, mind game, backpacking ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Style: neo noir, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: dishonesty, stalking, danger, mind game, obsession, uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, twists and turns, writers, murder, violent content, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.2
 666
Alone (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Experience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices of the past Alex searches for the one girl who can silence the horror of a tortured soul. As the quest becomes darker and more sinister ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, woman in danger, danger, psychopath, mentally unstable, stalking, twists and turns, eye, violent content, law enforcement, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
The Devil You Know (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Kathryn Vale (Lena Olin) is a reclusive ex-movie star with a dark secret and a daughter hoping to follow in her mother's movie-star footsteps. When Kathryn attempts to make a career comeback, she is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. The ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Plot: blackmail, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, ambition, parents and children, actor's life, desire for fame, rivalry, power relations, artists and showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Sleuth (1972)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder mystery, revenge, extramarital affair, adultery, writers, mind game, rivalry, insurance, romantic rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, riddles and clues ...
Time: year 1972, future, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Black Box (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: hospital, haunted by the past, memory loss, unfulfillment, investigation, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, heroes, danger, crime investigation, twists and turns, parallel universe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 4.7
 4K
Trauma (2004)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, obsession, investigation, haunted by the past, psychopath, ghost, mysterious character, mind game, danger, starting over, supernatural ability, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: waitress, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorce, widow, estrangement, power relations, artists and showbiz, twists and turns, writers, father daughter relationship, letter, translator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Movie in collections
 5.1
 464
Playmaker (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: manipulation, power relations, mentally unstable, rivalry, murder, actress, twists and turns, mentor, love affair, danger, psychological manipulation, faked death ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
The Killing Game (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, murder, danger, death, mind game, strong female presence, riddles and clues, foster home, child abduction, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 4.4
 1K
The Employer (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, rivals, secret identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Perfect Tenant (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a ...
Style: psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot: psychopath, mind game, mysterious character, split personality, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural, intrigue, chase, mentally unstable, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 4.0
 284
Knockdown (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Six years ago Jack "The Ripper" Stemmons, an American boxer had his career destroyed by a St. Louis bookie. After Jack seeks revenge he is forced into hiding. Jack disappears half way around the world in Thailand. There he falls victim to ...
Style: suspenseful, independent film, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: boxer, haunted by the past, past, starting over, danger, rivalry, boxing, body double, russian mafia, domestic violence, superstition, heroin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
Style: sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, artists and showbiz, writer's life, sex scene, uncover truth, danger, missing person, writers, disappearance, wife, female nudity, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Terrible Angels (2012)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: uncover truth, danger, law enforcement, abduction, police detective, investigation, violent content, confined, isolation, woman in danger, life is a bitch, captivity
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Well (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Story: An injured woman trapped in a deep well must outsmart a manipulative stranger with keys to her dark past to save her daughter from a terrifying ordeal.
Style: minimal cast, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: haunted by the past, hidden truth, cat and mouse, strong female character, psychological manipulation, female warrior, tough girl, strong female lead, female hero, mind game, self delusion, trapped ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.5
 207
Telling Lies (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, couples, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, who done it, investigation, life turned upside down, twists and turns, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Crimes of Passion (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While in competition for a job promotion, the female competitor sues her male counterpart for sexual harassment. Blackmail and murder follow closely behind.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, touching ...
Plot: femme fatale, sexual harassment, dishonesty, workplace, power relations, cons and scams, blackmail, strong female lead, murder, twists and turns, fraud, villainess ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Movie in collections
 5.2
 559
The Rendering (2002)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dangerous attraction, blackmail, trial, prison, psychopath, woman in danger, haunted by the past, mind game, manhunt, false accusation, obsession, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
I Know What I Saw (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, danger, losing-it hero, serial killer, uncover truth, rivalry, dishonesty, twists and turns, suspicion, youth, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Plot: amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, death row, frame up, false accusation, injustice, law enforcement, legal, murder mystery, alibi, incest ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: england, antarctica, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to ...
Style: gothic, captivating, serious, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family secret, family relations, twins, writer's life, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, sibling relationship, writers, storytelling, secret past, dark past ...
Place: england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Kovak Box (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?
Style: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: scapegoat, danger, mysterious character, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, rivalry, supernatural, race against time, psychopath, murder, destiny, supernatural ability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Beneath the Dark (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy's Motel and Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot: road trip, erotica, isolation, disorder, couples, confined, danger, mysterious character, nothing goes right, infidelity, haunted by the past, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.1
 10K
The Treatment (2014)
Genre: Crime, 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 ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, biting, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police, pedophile, kidnapping, child killer, child abuse, life is a bitch, missing child, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.4
 2K
Nemesis Game (2003)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, mind game, murder, uncover truth, investigation, danger, obsession, riddles and clues, dangerous attraction, college, nemesis, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.9
 1K
Corridor (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Lonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, the intrusive Lotte, he realizes there is something wrong with the place. Each time he leaves his apartment, ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: apartment building, danger, murder, student, neighbor, uncover truth, suspicion, mental disorder, psycho, nordic, paranoia, stalker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
A Sister's Secret (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: homecoming, murder, family relations, workplace, dishonesty, vengeance, betrayal, family business, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 3.9
 260
One in the Gun (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style: neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, greed, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, murder, wealth, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.2
 1K
Samrat & Co. (2014)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for reasons that appear natural but are not known; leading horticulturists have examined the fading ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, psychological, suspense, intellectual
Plot: whodunit, private detective, mansion, friendship, investigation, murder mystery, partner, ghost, crime scene, mysterious character, danger, expert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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