Movies like The Retaliators
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The Retaliators (2021)
3K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.
Style:
scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, pastor, revenge, holiday horror, violence, vengeance, murder investigation, murderer, investigation, death, investigator, christianity, father and daughter, murder mystery, who done it, law enforcement, evidence, suspicion, clue, uncover truth, christmas, virus, torture, decapitation, strip club ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Retaliators
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, scary, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about murder, violence, death, revenge, chase, vengeance and investigation mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Retaliators: The Dare (2019), Ravage (2019), Nun's Deadly Confession (2019), Hoodman (2021), Re-Cut (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
game of death, murderer, abuse, vengeance, captivity, trapped, revenge, sadistic horror, vigilante, extreme violence, strong violent content, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, female protagonist, rape and revenge, woods, corrupt sheriff, decapitation, survival, captive, murder, woman in jeopardy, self defense ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dr. Morten Holst is a psychiatrist who struggles with as many problems, if not more, as his wide range of unique patients. A detective finds himself in a threatening situation when he gets caught in the doctor's game while unraveling a ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, mysterious event, police investigation, murder investigation, revenge, society, testimony, youth, death, evidence, vengeance, investigator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An urban legend haunts a small town as a troubled young woman seeks to find her missing child. A relentless detective pieces together clues that lead them both to a suspected killer. As the mystery unfolds so does the frightening realization that ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, psychological, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police, murderer, revenge, society, investigation, brutality, police investigation, police officer, uncover truth, violence, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
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434
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When twin girls are found dead in their family’s barn, reality star turned TV-reporter Meredith Phillips and her de-facto camera crew are dispatched to rural Wisconsin to investigate the gruesome deaths. In their relentless drive to break the ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, murder, murder investigation, violence, society, murderer, evidence, police investigation, investigation, chase, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A young woman wakes up in a room she assumes is a police interrogation room. A detective tells her she is the only survivor of a mass killing that evening. As the Detective has the woman recount the night and the killings, other memories are dredged ...
Style:
bleak, scary, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
interrogation, woman, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, murder mystery, investigator, police officer, police detective, death, police investigation, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
When a murder suspect is found dead, homicide detective Doug Ellis is forced to close one case, only to open another. But his obsession with the truth places him squarely in the middle of the case he's supposed to be investigating.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, tense, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
murderer, obsession, murder, police investigation, murder investigation, police detective, heroes, who done it, partners against crime, uncover truth, society, buddy cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
142
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wen and Han. As the duo search for clues to identify the headless victim, they find it all pointing to a top plastic surgeon Kao who seems to have a complex history with Han in the past.
Style:
bleak, scary, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, brutality, uncover truth, murderer, vengeance, police detective, maniac, violence, homicidal maniac, graphic violence, psycho killer, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, chase, murder investigation, violence, evidence, brutality, investigation, psychopath, fear, writers, disguise, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An inexperienced detective and a psychologist must learn to work together to stop a masked killer who's terrorizing their small town.
Style:
scary, suspense, contemplative, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, police investigation, interrogation, uncover truth, chase, graphic violence, murder, victim, murder mystery, suspicion, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An unedited memory card from a camera shows Leah Sullivan's school project about a cold case murder that doesn't seem to be so cold after all.
Style:
bleak, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
found footage, cold case, mass murder, murder, investigation, murder investigation, partners against crime, death, vengeance, uncover truth, chase, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Directed by Christopher Forbes.
Style:
scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
who done it, police detective, partner, law enforcer, graphic violence, law enforcement, uncover truth, cabaret, partners against crime, society, heroes, interrogation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A reporter finds her life in danger when the story she has published results in several murders that come closer to her.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
reporter, murder, murder investigation, serial murder, revenge, investigation, investigator, victim, death, partners against crime, chase, death threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
5K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The lines between reality and fiction, and good and bad blur when both a nihilistic detective and a serial killer's affairs with a mysterious girl overlap.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, graphic violence, partner, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, who done it, murderer, society, death, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.
Style:
mockumentary, tense, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, zombie, investigation, serial killer, investigator, mexican border, violence, death, society, murder investigation, partners against crime, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, mexico
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A renowned health supplement company, run by a ruthless businesswoman, is selecting and abducting young women as part of an experiment bio-hacking babies’ DNA to enable her clients to reverse the aging process. When Mia goes to investigate, she ...
Style:
suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
evil doctor, torture, police officer, uncover truth, evidence, violence, murderer, murder investigation, suspicion, danger, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
44%
161
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jack Fox, a burnt out detective, is being forced into early retirement, as the worst serial killer since the Boston Strangler begins a killing spree through the streets of Salem. When detective Steve Ryan moves to town with his family, Jack is torn ...
Style:
neo noir, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, chase, victim, evidence, murderer, death, law enforcement, revenge, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
648
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, masked killer, danger, murder, violence, xmas, comeback, pursuit, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
FBI agent Griff Krenshaw is dispatched to solve a murder at a federal correctional facility for inmates with a rare genetic defect that leads to psychosis and violence. Once there, Griff becomes convinced that the facility is plagued by a much ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
murder investigation, killing, paranormal, police detective, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, good versus evil, mission, law enforcement, hunting, peril, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After his best friend disappears, Tom Edwards is investigated by a relentless detective as he tries to lead a normal summer. Tom fears facing the truth and struggles to cope with the loss of his friend as the world around him seems to fall apart.
Style:
suspense, bleak, stylized, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, friendship, uncover truth, missing person, death, chase, murder, suspicion, murder mystery, police investigation, investigator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
375
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An investigative Journalist thinks she's found a killer, and breaks into his place to find the evidence. Only when he come's back it becomes a game of cat and mouse with deadly consequences.
Style:
slasher, scary, bleak, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, british, violence, kidnapping, blood, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, uncover truth, murder mystery, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Morgan, a troubled, drug-addled teen, must deal with her crazy grandma and a psycho caller when her father leaves her home alone. As the calls keep coming in, a paranoid Morgan is forced to face some of her worst fears and inner demons when she ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
drug use, brutality, murder, violence, drug, youth, homicidal maniac, characters killed one by one, maniac, killing spree, violent, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On a calm night in an average city a hardworking URYDE driver, Brandon, picks up just another fare, Judd. Using interactions that blur the lines between the technological world and the physical one, Judd explains a messy breakup. Brandon offers an ...
Style:
tense, psychological, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stolen identity, serial killer, psychopath, psychology, killing, escapades, criminal, murder mystery, maniac, kidnapping, violence, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A reluctant birthday celebration starts out innocently enough but quickly turns into three men’s desperate fight for survival.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
sadistic psychopath, murder victim, revenge, chase, death, violence, maniac, killing spree, woman in danger, psychopath, homicidal maniac, female victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
315
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
With the police stalling the investigation into her husband's murder, Deeksha decides to set up an investigation of her own to find the killers. However, as she gets closer to the truth, she invites trouble from some dangerous people
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
murder investigation, death of husband, police, murder, who done it, murderer, law enforcement, vengeance, graphic violence, husband wife relationship, evidence, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
243
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An independent film company sends a videographer ahead of a story to investigate a body farm where human decomposition is researched. The footage she sends back leads the rest of the team to follow her steps and uncover a grisly medical abyss.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forensic, who done it, murder investigation, murderer, evidence, violence, graphic violence, chase, uncover truth, murder mystery, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of college students escape their troubled lives but only to find themselves fighting for their lives from a revenge seeking mad man.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, youth, strong violent content, danger, woods, survival, vengeance, rivalry, friendship, mind game, teenager, camp ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Its hard for a family to stay together when killing is in their blood!
Style:
scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, family relations, violent, fear, death, woman in danger, society, pursuit, killing spree, chase, murder, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
10 years after the events of the original film, a rash of new meathook-murders makes Dan suspect this may be the same Killer responsible for the death of his twin Sister and her friends. Taking matters into his own hands he tracks down the maniac in ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicidal maniac, masked killer, psychopath, murder, maniac, violence, murder investigation, partners against crime, heroes, who done it, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
What if a man with a mental condition, living in a fantasy world and detached from all emotional responsibility, is in real life the prime suspect for a series of murders targeting young women? Bill Thompson awakens to reality when forced to ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder of a woman, uncover truth, falsely accused, false accusation, youth, murderer, murder mystery, suspicion, revenge, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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