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Secrets of Eden (2012)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Chris Bohjalian’s New York Times best-selling novel, “Secrets of Eden” centers on Stephen Drew, an adored small-town minister, and the brutal and sadistic murder-suicide of Alice and George Hayward, the town’s most beloved parishioners. Dark secrets begin to surface.
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
murder, small town, murder investigation, pastor, clergy, society, social relations, under the surface, religions or cults, minister, small town life, infidelity, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, deadly, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, vermont
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, tense, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about murder, deadly, small town, danger, investigation, dishonesty and small town life mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Secrets of Eden: Cheaters' Club (2006), Awakened (2013), Fatal Trust (2006), Godspeed (2009), Megachurch Murder (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A controversial therapist assembles a group of discontented wives and prescribes using adultery to save their failing marriages, only to have her patients killed off one by one.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, housewife, therapy, wife, strong female presence, husband wife relationship, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
519
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, murder, twists and turns, parents and children, haunted by the past, small town life, small town, mental illness, ghost, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom lives and now works in the sheriff's department, and ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
family relations, psychopath, danger, small town, male female relationship, murder, serial killer, love, death of father, doctor, running, ex lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
566
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, life turned upside down, small town, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, church, social relations, small town, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved
Style:
tense, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, homecoming, social relations, unlikely criminals, manipulation, under the surface, dishonesty, small town life, small town, murder, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, social relations, dishonesty, society, law enforcement, lifestyle, murder, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
legal investigation, murder, protagonist as suspect, legal action, couple relations, false accusation, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, society, legal, injustice, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In "An Amish Murder", the peaceful Amish farming community of Painter’s Mill, Ohio, is shattered when a series of brutal murders leaves the town with a sense of frailty and loss of innocence. Among the most affected by the tragedy was ...
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
murder, amish, police investigation, religions or cults, society, law enforcement, winter, nypd, snow, religion, performer's life, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
militia, small town, injustice, vigilantism, society, father son relationship, guilt, execution, good versus evil, guilty verdict, murder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A small town pastor is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years later.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, pastor, forgiveness, small town, investigation, faith, police investigation, small town life, murder investigation, social problems, killing, redemption ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Maggie returns to her hometown to dedicate a scholarship in her late husband's name. While there, she reconnects with old friends and comes to believe that her husband's death is tied to the mysterious deaths of several old classmates..
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
old friend, small town, homecoming, career woman, school, danger, investigation, murder, couples, high school, high school life, fashion show ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
uncover truth, life is a bitch, redemption, social relations, siblings relations, countryside, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, small town, down on your luck, small town life ...
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
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402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, psychic power, danger, serial killer, talking to the dead, new neighbor, death, fugitive, sex, train, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
909
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood) stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, uncover truth, father son relationship, law, court case, couple relations, adaptation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, twisted, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
farm, youth, family in danger, murder, danger, small town, religions or cults, family relations, redneck, child in peril, serial killer, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, investigation, witch, social relations, sexual harassment, twists and turns, life is a bitch, mean girl, danger, society, social issues, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, curses spells and rituals, danger, small town, human host, showdown, evil, murder, ghost, paranormal, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, tense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mental illness, uncover truth, false accusation, missing person, life is a bitch, vengeance, social relations, small town, grief, loss, revenge, family feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
492
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda Crew stars as Leigh Parrish, a successful actress on a trip home to visit her small town roots. While dodging the careful eye of her manager (Dustin Milligan), Leigh, steps out from the lights and cameras and into the shadows of her old ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
violence, haunted by the past, small town life, actor's life, social relations, obnoxious boss, small town, celebrity, female protagonist, society, dark past, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, woman in danger, who done it, danger, haunted by the past, dishonesty, homecoming, murder, twists and turns, family secret, murder investigation, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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