Movies like Out of the Black
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Out of the Black (2001)
375
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, suspense, talky
Plot:
uncover truth, life is a bitch, redemption, social relations, siblings relations, family relations, parents and children, family in crisis, countryside, down on your luck, small town, small town life, father, accident, truth, mysterious character
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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Most similar movies to Out of the Black
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about family relations, small town, parents and children, danger, life is a bitch, small town life and deadly mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Out of the Black: Awakened (2013), Secrets of Eden (2012), Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012), The Iris Effect (2005), Deadline (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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: 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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating
Plot:
murder, small town, murder investigation, pastor, clergy, social relations, under the surface, religions or cults, society, minister, small town life, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, overprotective mother, abduction, uncover truth, parents and children, twists and turns, family problems, child abduction, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, Dr. Sarah Hathaway hired private eyes trying to find her missing son, the painter Thomas, who ran away from their home ten years ago after a quarrel with her. She finds a clue in a catalog of a panting exhibition in San Petersburg ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, investigation, mind game, uncover truth, haunted by the past, estrangement, family relations, private detective, obsessive quest, missing child, riddles and clues ...
Place:
usa, russia, los angeles, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
100%
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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:
40%
265
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sixteen years after the Drakes' young daughter was kidnapped by her nanny, a woman appears claiming to be the long-lost child.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, danger, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, orphan, family relations, criminal heroes, parents and children, dishonesty, child abduction, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Criminal psychologist Cameron Grainger is Detroit’s go-to hostage negotiator. Blaming herself when a crisis she’s handling goes wrong and a young man is killed, she removes herself from service. But she is called back into sudden and terrifying ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
criminal psychologist, family relations, danger, siblings relations, forced into action, woman in danger, nypd, confined, strong female presence, hostage negotiator, two sisters, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.
Style:
emotional, serious, suspenseful, sincere, mind bending ...
Plot:
family in crisis, faked death, uncover truth, starting over, family problems, parents and children, couple relations, family relations, life is a bitch, leadership, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a body is found floating in an upstate New York river, hard-drinking cop Joe Weldon is left with few clues. After uncovering the man's identity - an enigmatic simpleton named Hap - Weldon is led to the crooked hustler who took advantage of ...
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, introspection, murder, law enforcement, misfit, small town life, redemption, mysterious character, small town, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, couples, family in danger, redemption, estrangement, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, hopes, mentally unstable, family problems, disorder ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
missouri, usa
Similarity:
27%
864
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
captive, neighbor, captivity, woman in danger, couples, family relations, dishonesty, psychopath, basement, relocation, crazy neighbor, chamberplay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
"It is said that when left unhealed, the past can destroy our lives. When Billy Reid and his sister Sheila lose loved ones in a horrific accident, they must face the aftermath together. For Billy, that aftermath and the secrets that lie within ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, supernatural, family problems, memory loss, family in crisis, loss, car accident, destiny, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
Style:
emotional, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adoption, rescue, danger, parents and children, life turned upside down, family relations, woman in danger, abduction, runaway teen, mother daughter conflict, search and rescue, family reunited ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After an alcohol induced blacked-out night of drinking, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he attempts to redeem himself to her she must decide whether or not she will take him back as her mother, Angela, continuously ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
hitman, siblings relations, crime gone awry, danger, disorder, revenge, brutality, mental illness, life is a bitch, abusive relationship, domestic violence, marital abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, law enforcement, legal investigation, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, twists and turns, legal, parents and children, rivalry, investigation, family secret, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A mother's dementia reignites a past of crime and lust, forcing her daughter to make difficult decisions.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mentally unstable, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, love affair, love and romance, elderly, family drama, dementia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
21%
531
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot:
starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, teenage life, obsession, on the run, investigation, family problems, hiding, small town, psychotherapist, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn't know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
drug dealing, going straight, forced into action, society, social relations, family relations, small town, parents and children, store, profanity, muslim, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Stay-home mom Annie is reluctant to return to work, until she finds Amber, the perfect nanny for her 3-year-old daughter Jenny. But as Annie's young daughter grows closer and closer to Amber, Annie begins to feel like she's being pushed ...
Style:
serious, enigmatic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
missing child, nanny, family relations, parents and children, woman in danger, danger, couples, single parent, suspicion, twists and turns, woman seduces a man, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bloom Towne is a small-town sheriff under the thumb of the well-established, deeply influential Mayor Dick Cavanaugh's family. When Bloom's two teenage sons, Nate and Skylar accidentally shoot and kill Dick during a deer-hunt, Bloom's ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
small town, manhunt, chase, escape, on the run, violent content, woods, parents and children, murder, revenge, brother brother relationship, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
college, family relations, redemption, college life, life is a bitch, starting over, homecoming, social relations, college friend, bittersweet, small town, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, memory loss, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, deep south, media, journalism, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In front of his 15-year-old son, a father loses his temper and strikes his younger daughter, thinking she's trying to run away from him. Jump ahead ten years: the dad is dead, the mom is gone, and the son, Luke, is raising his now grown sister, ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
bad father, small town, family relations, family problems, small town life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, youth, lesbian subtext, death of father, abusive father ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Kathryn Vale (Lena Olin) is a reclusive ex-movie star with a dark secret and a daughter hoping to follow in her mother's movie-star footsteps. When Kathryn attempts to make a career comeback, she is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
blackmail, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, parents and children, actor's life, rivalry, desire for fame, power relations, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Holly & Nathan Teller live in a small town in Pennsylvania. Holly is on the cheerleading team and has a close relationship with her younger brother Nathan, who is subjected to bullying at school. Nathan is taken for a car ride one day by ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, investigation, small town, haunted by the past, social relations, danger, riddles and clues, secret place, woman in danger, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, alcohol abuse, social relations, family problems, small town life, small town, hollywood, dysfunctional family, youth, life is a bitch, religion, bare chested male ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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