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My Mother's Secret (2012)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, family relations, parents and children, couples, family secret, danger, family problems, murder investigation, father daughter relationship, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, pregnant woman, relationship problems, secret, private investigation, homecoming, birth mother, biological father, parents, babies and infants, baby born, dilemma, pregnancy, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, canada
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Most similar movies to My Mother's Secret
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, captivating and suspense films with plots about family relations, danger, family problems, parents and children, investigation, family secret and murder mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like My Mother's Secret: Remember Me, Mommy? (2020), Teenage Bank Heist (2012), House of Good and Evil (2013), The Tenth Circle (2008), Sorority Surrogate (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rebecca, a respected teacher at a private girls school, has her life turned upside down when a new scholarship student arrives who might be the daughter she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, relationship problems, girls' school, teenage girl, girls' boarding school, youth, teenager, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heist, investigation, danger, confined, race against time, on the run, parents and children, friendship, abduction, woman with a gun, wrestling, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
starting over, family in danger, family tragedy, crumbling marriage, isolation, family problems, unhappy marriage, family relations, marriage crisis, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on Jodi Picoult's best-selling novel, "The Tenth Circle" tells the powerful story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rape, family relations, family problems, investigation, parents and children, couples, life is a bitch, college, teenage life, family life, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A surrogate mother faces an uncertain future when the couple who hires her dies in an accident.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
college, custody, surrogate mother, pregnancy, friendship, youth, rivalry, family problems, family relations, danger, on the run, dilemma ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
270
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, semi serious ...
Plot:
betrayal, couples, pregnancy, dishonesty, couple relations, blackmail, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance, cape cod massachusetts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet Ariane, to the consternation ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
overprotective parent, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, rebelliousness, teenage life, youth, family problems, family relations, parents and children, social differences, parents separation, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An equestrian discovers her family's estate harbors an unfathomable secret.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, entertaining
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, estate, family problems, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, love interest, family life, family secret, family conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An Alberta small-town police chief officially finds no suspect in the bloody stabbing to death of 'working girl' Jane McGill. Her daughters are adopted two years later, trough his friend Alvin, by a London couple who don't qualify yet ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
adoption, murder, haunted by the past, uncover truth, domestic disturbance, family relations, family problems, parents and children, family in danger, sister sister relationship, suspicion, world war two ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
army investigation, murder, family relations, police investigation, life is a bitch, military, law enforcement, parents and children, family problems, investigation, who done it, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Expectant parents become prime suspects in the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was last seen at their garage sale. Model citizen David Rose runs a garden center and is a devoted house-father. Like his wife Ivy, who suffered two stillbirths, ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, infidelity, love affair, family relations, police detective, family problems, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, pregnancy, babies and infants, mysterious disappearance, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
vengeance, family relations, love affair, danger, nanny, attempted murder, adultery, urban, disorder, couple relations, crime gone awry, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Imaginary friends are a perfectly normal thing to have when you're a kid - that's why when Suzanne's six-year-old stepdaughter, Molly, starts talking to a "nonexistent" pal, she writes it off as the child's harmless way ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, ghost, friendship, family relations, mysterious character, supernatural, parents and children, uncover truth, death of mother, children, danger, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After losing hope of conceiving a child on their own, Christy and Mitch turn to surrogacy in hopes of creating the perfect family. However, their confidence is quickly shaken when they discover that the young woman might not be as perfect as they ...
Style:
sexy, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, pregnancy, obsession, psychopath, family relations, under the surface, woman in danger, danger, mentally unstable, couples, dishonesty, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cassie Ross is scarred by the suicide of her mother, which occurred when Cassie was a child. She is convinced that her father was to blame for her mother's death. Cassie's older sister, Laura, has always sided with their father, so for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
psychopath, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, homecoming, danger, vengeance, murder, winter, relationship problems, retribution, family tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a DNA test helps Candace connect with her birth parents, she realizes some family histories are better left untold.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family relations, family secret, dysfunctional family, family problems, eccentric family, kids and family, mother daughter relationship, birth mother, female protagonist, threat, biological father ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
661
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, multicultural
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, killing, problem, family problems, assassination plot, uncover truth, murderer, murder investigation, secret, crime solving, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, uncover truth, doctors and patients, society, dishonesty, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, theft, kidnapping, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Family dynamics take a messy turn when a woman learns she has a half sister at her mother's funeral. As her perfect life starts to unravel, she suspects her new sister is to blame for her Mom's death.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, dysfunctional family, half sister, family secret, murder mystery, murder, uncover truth, relationship problems, female protagonist, family problems, life is a bitch, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, captivity, on the road, danger, isolation, dangerous attraction, couples, under the surface, doomed love, tragic romance, nuclear testing, native american reservation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, on the run, danger, family problems, woman in danger, family relations, parents and children, bounty hunter, social commentary, female protagonist, cultural conflict, forced marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Elizar Perla is a recently retired cat burglar who has succumbed to the temptation of one final score. The target is David Gray, famous for his collection of art and other rarities. Soon after the job, Elizar disappears, leaving his daughter Marty ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
heist, missing person, dishonesty, danger, escapades, rivalry, cat burglar, collector, betrayal, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When teenager Cami Winters falls in love, she falls hard. Her single mother, Tori, has no idea that Cami has fallen in love with a boy named 'Jake' she met on a social networking website. Although Cami believes Jake's a 23 year-old ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
online dating, older man teenage girl relationship, dangerous attraction, danger, teenage love, deception, murder, convict, maniac, social network, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
110
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film follows Michael Todd, a lonely college student, with no direction in his life; he is assigned a research paper about a local New Orleans legend, the tale of Erica Fisc, a girl who disappeared some twenty years prior. As he looks into the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, danger, uncover truth, on the run, urban legend, fear, obsession, chase, suspicion, survival, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dark Harbor tells the story of Olivia, a young mother on the verge of childbirth who finds her future threatened by a hidden darkness from her family's past.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
pregnant woman, family secret, father and daughter, secret, getting home, dark past, mother daughter relationship, family relations, secret past, religious fanatic, teenage mother, missing father ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, family problems, pregnant woman, pregnancy, family relations, female ghost, ghost, dysfunctional family, psychological manipulation, survival, deception, secret identity ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, secret, dark secret, family problems, family relations, housewife, dysfunctional family, dark past, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a woman’s son goes missing and the prime suspect is released due to lack of evidence, she and her teenage daughter decide to play vigilante.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
missing child, missing son, kidnapping, cyberbullying, abuse, boy, parent child relationship, high school student, uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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