Movies like Shadow of the Cat 2021
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Shadow of the Cat (2021)
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Original name: La sombra del gato
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gato lives with his teenage daughter Emma and a small group of people, on an isolated farm, without phone or internet. But Emma, tempted by curiosity, gets a mobile phone and activates it, making herself visible to the world. Hours later he runs away from the farm. Gato sets out on his search accompanied by his friend Sombra, with whom 17 years ago, they were about to be captured by a sect. Together they must rescue Emma who has been kidnapped by the same organization to carry out a bloody ritual.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, emotional, melancholic, suspenseful
Plot:
father daughter relationship, social misfits, family relations, life is a bitch, father and daughter, society, alienation, estrangement, remote location, isolation, self discovery, teenage protagonist, family drama, coming of age, family secret, rescue mission, identity, search for mother, survival, betrayal, intimate, slow burn, daughter, group, abusive father ...
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Most similar movies to Shadow of the Cat
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about coming of age, survival, isolation, supernatural, rescue mission, family drama and revenge mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Shadow of the Cat: Tyger Tyger (2019), Marker (2005), Kleks Academy (2023), Galaxy Games (2022), Dream Breaker (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman and her group of selfless thieves rob a pharmacy and hit the road to distribute medication, but find themselves trapped in the fringe lands of a law-less psychedelic city.
Style:
psychedelic, captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mute character, drug addiction, life is a bitch, outsider, acid trip, burglar, society, heist, mute, social misfits, female protagonist, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a bizarre virus which has randomly plagued the women in her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, small town, supernatural, survival, self discovery, teenage love, youth, danger, life is a bitch, social misfits, society, mutant ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A seemingly ordinary girl finds her way into the eponymous Academy to explore the world of fairy tales, imagination and creativity. With the help of a crazy, talented teacher, she develops her unique abilities and also stumbles upon a clue that will ...
Style:
fairy tale, psychological, captivating, modern fairy tale, surreal ...
Plot:
family secret, magic, school, imagination, problem, teenage protagonist, undercover, teenager, secret, supernatural, teenage girl, self discovery ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of young adults are sent to a faraway planet to compete in the prestigious Sol Invictus games. When disaster strikes and the teams are stranded without equipment or communication, they must work together to survive long enough to be rescued.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
alien planet, group, teamwork, stranded, survival, space, teenage boy, space and aliens, planet, alien life-form, alien creature, teenager ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Chen Duling as a young woman who must fight her way through a mysterious, holographic game world designed by her late father to avenge his death.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
virtual reality, rescue mission, gamer, mysterious disappearance, secret, teamwork, disappearance, game of death, escape from reality, mind game, young adult, friendship ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known ...
Style:
tense, heartfelt, period piece, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, treasure hunt, man versus nature, family drama, father daughter relationship, camping trip, coming of age, resilience, endurance, nature ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate man gets involved in a risky plan to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican border in order to save his daughter's life. When the deal goes awry, he is left for dead.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
smuggling, desert, betrayal, survival, financial problem, money problems, family problems, escapades, struggle for survival, stranded in the desert, smuggler, redemption ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years on his own in a post-pandemic Oklahoma, a 17 year-old doomsday prepper meets a pregnant girl who brings companionship, but also the danger of a gun-wielding group of survivors hellbent on building a new world.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, coming of age, teenager, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, teenage life, dream world, maturation ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four battle-weary Crusaders take on a mission to track down the evil predator who has abducted all the men and children from a devastated village.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, monster, predator, sword and sorcery, rescue mission, quest, monster hunter, mission, wrestler, adventure hero, heroic mission, crusader ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sara is a young woman who fails to understand the world she lives in. Trying to find meaning in life she would come to a mysterious place to undertake an adventure: it is a parallel universe, dark and fantastic, where life and death hang in the ...
Style:
tense, dark fantasy, futuristic, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
parallel universe, teenage girl, save the world, supernatural power, supernatural ability, paranormal phenomena, parallel world, teenager, saving a life, paranormal, alternate reality, metaphysics ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sybille, a divorced mother, can't stand watching her teenage son Samuel slip into a violent and meaningless life. She is also struggling with her own demons, past and present. As a last resort, she takes Samuel on a long journey across ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
hiking, hopes, family drama, lifestyle, travel, wildlife, family problems, camping trip, social problems, nature, family relations, road trip ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Tunisia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
N is coming from the desert to reach the north of Africa and make an illegal crossing to Europe. Alone in Tunisia, he decides to cross the solitary sea. He steals a boat and begins his journey, but it soon sinks into the water. From that moment, N ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, existential ...
Plot:
migrant, self discovery, nature, surrealism, shipwreck, journey, loneliness, border crossing, isolation, identity, soul searching, humanity ...
Place:
tunisia, mediterranean sea, north africa, poetic realism
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Young student Nikita suddenly gets into the past where he meets his own young parents, new friends and even a true love.
Style:
romantic, sincere, funny, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
sent to the past, obsessive quest, love and romance, parents and children, family relations, travel, student, experiment, science, youth, young love, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Near future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter, turning only ...
Style:
tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting, melancholic
Plot:
space station, meteor shower, space, father, father daughter relationship, space mission, absent father, meteorite, catastrophe, father and daughter, human in outer space, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Finland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Style:
folk tale, atmospheric, emotional, pastoral, biting
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
empathy, self discovery, coming of age, island, rescue mission, friendship, magic realism, female empowerment, heartwarming, female protagonist, forest, creature ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sol, a 17-year-old teenager, moves with her mother to the Gonzalo's home, the actual mother's boyfriend. In this town, where from the beginning Sol only finds hostility, she must face bullying from her schoolmates and Gonzalo's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
teenager, supernatural, owner dog relationship, life is a bitch, human dog relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, magic, magical creature, small town life, social problems, adolescence ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alex is a charming adventurer who substitutes for a contestant shaman who dropped out at the shooting of a high-rated television show, popular among psychics. He repeats a prophecy on the air that he overheard backstage. He foretells that someone in ...
Style:
tense, esoteric, atmospheric, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, psychic, magician, mysticism, fate, prophecy, supernatural, rivalry, witchcraft, paranormal, magic, occult ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1914, a British nurse, Anne, escapes an attack on her outpost in Africa. Hunted by a German-led war party, and with help from her uncle, an Army Captain, and local warriors, she embarks on an epic journey across the African hill country. She must ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
rescue mission, world war one, enemy, soldier, warrior, fight, escapades, battles, life risking, wartime life, war, escape ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of greedy people were entering enchanted Forest in search of treasure and unexpectedly they over come hurdles in a mysterious way. did they find the solution and did escape from the hurdles in the forest
Style:
mysterious, suspenseful, sinister
Plot:
treasure hunt, quest, greed, supernatural, conflict, betrayal, escape, survival, haunting, folklore, magic realism, redemption ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Five hundred years ago, Grandmaster Tianxuan sealed the King of All Demons, in exchange for a prosperous and peaceful world. However, the good times were short-lived. Demons lurked in the peaceful town of Qui Yuan, and cholera resurfaced. In order ...
Style:
tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
monster hunter, good versus evil, supernatural, monster attack, monster, demon, demon hunter, save the world, hunting, hunter, rescue mission, rescue ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this modern adaptation of Rapunzel, a young girl who has lived her entire life in a room catered by her mother, the infamous scientist Dr. Gothen, must come to terms with her reality in order to expand her horizons.
Style:
romantic, dramatic, fairy tale, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, beauty, uncover truth, deception, relationships, female protagonist, love, coming of age, self discovery, fall in love, brawl, illness ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But could Firefly Marsh really hide a prehistoric creature like the one in Loch Ness? Twelve year-old ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, mysterious, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
monster, legend, lake monster, nostalgia, coming of age, creature feature, small town, fog, folklore, swamp, haunting, investigation ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mu Sheng, Jinglan, Siyan and others gathered in the Snake King Valley due to an unexpected turmoil. Only the snake-like flowers in the depths of Snake King Valley can prevent all tragedies from happening. Understand the true meaning of "all ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, tension, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
poison, giant snake, journey, battles, supernatural being, killer animal, animal cruelty, giant creature, mission, dangerous animal, death threat, escapades ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A greedy Indian persuades his tribe to sell the lonesome 'Spirit Island' for a congress center. Instead of transferring the historical graves on it like he tells his tribe, he plans to wipe them out. By accident a group of two Indian kids ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, tense, suspenseful, semi serious
Plot:
betrayal, native american, island, deception, remote island, greed, conservation, coming of age, corruption, ethical dilemma, rescue mission, secret plan ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of teens are tormented by the Grim Reaper and his pet after undergoing an experiment that allows them to revisit the dead.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, back from the dead, parents and children, life & death, grim reaper, cemetery, secret, funeral, danger, pets, blood ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Shui Sheng witnessed his father being killed by the "water monkey" monster when he was young. Ten years later, the water monster reappeared and killed the younger brother and father of the heroine Xiang Lan. In order to save her, Shui ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
monster, revenge, supernatural being, sea creature, death threat, struggle for survival, murder, mythical creature, creature, threat, fight, threat to kill ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and ...
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
norse mythology, legends and myths, ancient mystery, adventurer, archaeology, danger, coming of age, monster, riddles and clues, obsessive quest, escapades, imaginary ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A female vampire is inspired to kick blood and become human again when she inadvertently helps a charming alcoholic become clean. The only problem is, withdrawal could kill her.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vampire, love story, female vampire, addiction, recovery, alcoholism, blood, male female relationship, love affair, forbidden love, vampire human love, life ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Reeling from a family tragedy, a beautiful vampire who dreams of becoming human must unmask a deranged killer before the blame falls on her.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, vampirism, female vampire, killing, fight, desire, murder, vampire hunter, supernatural power, murderer, murder investigation, night ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frank (12) and his sister Caroline (16) arrive in mythical Attic Town in Shadowland, where the Great Syndicate is ruling and robbing citizens. An army of Shadows kidnaps anyone out after dark and the Patrolling Thieves make the daylight miserable ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, exciting, humorous, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
heroes, battles, magic, entertainment, supernatural power, legend, siblings, rescue mission, bravery, coming of age, underground movement, criminal syndicate ...
Similarity:
23%
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