Movies like The Pale Blue Eye

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The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
 6.6
 123K
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe
Style: detective, gothic horror, period piece, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological thriller, exciting ...
Plot: murder mystery, winter, edgar allan poe, murder, investigation, occult, military academy, hanged man, murder investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, who done it, crime solving, uncover truth, criminal, forensic, forensics, mission, renaissance, thoughtful, plot twist, book, historical figure, rape, revenge ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s, 2020s
Place: america, persia
Keyword: body

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Most similar movies to The Pale Blue Eye

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspenseful, psychological and tense films with plots about murder, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, uncover truth and murderer mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Pale Blue Eye: A Haunting in Venice (2023), Kiss the Girls (1997), Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001), Confession (2022), Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of ...
Style: detective, witty, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, medium, ghost, seance, victim, children, secret, murderer, investigation ...
Time: post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1947
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 81K
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style: detective, twist ending, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, twists and turns, woman in danger, police investigation, forensics, violence against women, investigation, killer, murder, profiler ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, north carolina, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, murder mystery, crime investigation, killings, police investigation, serial killer, who done it, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, investigation, private investigator ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.6
 963
Confession (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: lawyer, murder, attorney, murder investigation, sleuth, forensics, killings, accused of murder, uncover truth, framed for a crime, investigation, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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 ⇓
40%
 6.4
 88K
The Raven (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style: gothic, psychological, gothic horror, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, writer's life, unconventional method, murder investigation, murder, writers, edgar allan poe ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, edwardian era, 1800s ...
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
Twenty One Grams (2022)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: DySP Nanda Kishore is investigating a murder case soon after a death in his family. As he proceeds, he is surprised to see how certain connections emerge that hint the case is linked to his own life as well.
Style: thrilling, tense, psychological, captivating, detective ...
Plot: whodunit, investigation, police detective, undercover, murderer, homicide detective, murder investigation, moral dilemma, killings, police officer, forensics, uncover truth ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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CBI 5: The Brain (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: whodunit, murder, killings, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, sleuth, forensics, crime solving, serial murder, who done it, secret ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.1
 22
Veil (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The temptation to have a one night stand leads a man to a distant town and a woman with a dark agenda. When he doesn't return, it falls upon his black sheep sister to uncover the truth of what happened.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, city life, dark secret, crime solving, forensics, criminal, crime investigation, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.6
 398
Double Walker (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A young woman's ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, mystical, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, vengeful ghost, supernatural horror, ghost, murder, uncover truth, murder investigation, female protagonist, investigation, ghost girl, mysticism, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Lesson in Murder (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, tense
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, uncover truth, murderer, framed for murder, murder, secret, crime investigation, killings, murder mystery, crime solving, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.5
 6K
Mindcage (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a ...
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, supernatural thriller
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, investigation, sleuth, homicide detective, murder mystery, teamwork, crime investigation, murderer, forensics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.2
 574
Ferocious Wolf (2023)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Uruguay, Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A detective on trail of a suspected child killer, was arrested for the crime, but was allowed to walk free after a clerical error. The detective enlists the mother of the murdered child to exact a justice the legal system can't provide.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: crime investigation, who done it, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, police detective, murderer, teamwork, killings, threat, serial killer, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Angel Maker (2023)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 'The Angel Maker' is a psychological crime thriller following Laura, a cyber crimes detective pursuing a brutal serial killer.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, female police detective, computer hacker, murderer, murder mystery, serial murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, killings, killing spree, undercover ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Feisty, flame-haired reporter, Kendall O'Dell is drawn into an evil web of conspiracy beyond anything she could have ever imagined when she accepts a position at a small newspaper in isolated Castle Valley, Arizona. In the mix is a vanished ...
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: murder investigation, reporter, desert, law enforcement, murderer, vengeance, society, chase, heroes, murder, death, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.0
 471
Out of Control (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Against her father's wishes, a young female cop in Chicago pursues her dream of becoming a detective when she's brought on to investigate a major murder case.
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing
Plot: policewoman, murder mystery, homicide detective, forensics, police detective, murder investigation, partners against crime, female police detective, investigation, crime solving, female protagonist, coworker ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.3
 473
Death on Ice (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A body is found on a frozen village pond in the Waldviertel. Ironically, the former police officer Sepp Ahorner finds the dead man. When the Linz Commissioner Grete Öller and her young colleague Lisa Nemeth arrive in the sleepy village, the case ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot: forensics, who done it, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder, murder investigation, police investigation, secret, murder mystery, killings, murderer, crime solving ...
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style: gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder trial, confession, hanging, jealousy, protege, diary, detective inspector, death sentence, trial ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 1870s
Place: scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.6
 2K
Eeram (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: A police officer investigates his former lover's death which is believed to be a suicide by others.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating
Plot: attempted murder, murder investigation, private investigation, jealousy, murderer, murder mystery, murder, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, sleuth, uncover truth ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 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 ⇓
38%
The Rideshare Killer (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The young female CEO of a new ridesharing app must stop a serial killer who's using the app to lure victims into his car.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: crime investigation, secret, murder investigation, serial killer, private investigator, uncover truth, murderer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, workplace, amateur sleuth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.7
 312
Reaper (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. A young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in circumstances similar to those in his bestselling novel, "Reaper". Faced with increasing pressure ...
Style: detective, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, writer's block, murder mystery, murderer, killing spree, writers, sexual murder, canuxploitation, sheriff, motel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 5.5
 24K
Horsemen (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style: psychological, disturbing, detective, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, twists and turns, death, murder investigation, police, police investigation, torture, blood, psychopath, orphan, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 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 ⇓
38%
 6.8
 84K
Reptile (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Style: detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, police investigation, criminal, police psychologist, murder investigation, real estate agent, crime investigation, investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, secret, crime solving ...
Place: new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.7
 164K
From Hell (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, police investigation, conspiracy, prostitution, a vision, murder, violent, graphic violence, goth, psychic ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2001, 1880s, 1800s ...
Place: england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.8
 78K
The Good Nurse (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The true story of the pursuit and capture of Charles Cullen, one of the most prolific serial killers in history, who is suspected of having murdered up to 400 patients during his 16-year career as a nurse, earning him the moniker "The Angel of ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, doctor, investigation, true crime, nurse, criminal, hospital, medical profession, cover up, caregiver, patient, psychopath ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, year 1998
Place: new jersey, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Only the River Flows (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, neo noir
Plot: criminal, sleuth, police investigation, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving, forensics, secret, uncover truth, rural area, serial killer, who done it ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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