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Vanished (2012)
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Original name: La Disparition
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother of two mysteriously disappears one morning. Her husband isn't worried as they've had rough patches; his wife just wanted to give him a scare and will come home soon. But her lover is convinced she has been murdered by her husband.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, thrilling, suspense, crime thriller, noir, twist ending, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
investigation, missing person, murder investigation, sleuth, undercover, crime investigation, who done it, mysterious disappearance, secret, crime solving, uncover truth, vanished man, love triangle, domestic drama, infidelity, family secret, small town, cold case, slow burn, jealousy, deception, parenthood, grief, suspicion, intimate ...
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Most similar movies to Vanished
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological, captivating and thrilling films with plots about investigation, uncover truth, moral ambiguity, crime solving, secret, police procedural and crime investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Vanished: 5 Minutes Too Late (2019), CHiLDREN (2006), Celia's Lives (2006), Instinct (2007), Hara is missing (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The destiny of the man who led the gendarme team after a LGBT film screening in Bucharest, revealed through an investigation by Liliana Calomfir, a young journalist known for her daring reporting.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
gay slur, journalism, investigative reporter, investigation, lgbtq, female journalist, journalist, private investigation, lesbian, crime solving, uncover truth, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
bucharest, romania
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank robbery case with his senior at work, Jinnai. It is released safely, but Muto falls in love at first ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
kidnapping, secret, mysterious disappearance, investigation, disappearance, uncover truth, crime solving, family problems, cold case, hostage situation, moral ambiguity, trauma ...
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84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, suicide attempt, murder, sexual abuse, relationships, problem, male female relationship, investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
D.C.I. Thomas Flynn is called upon to solve the riddle of a murder scene without a corpse. When the body is finally discovered, it soon becomes clear that a terrifying serial killer is on the loose. Meanwhile, the detective has issues of his own to ...
Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, homicide detective, murderer, murder investigation, sleuth, who done it, secret, murder ...
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
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Story:
A young girl goes missing and a big investigation starts.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, missing person, relationship problems, sleuth, crime solving, mysterious disappearance, puzzle, crime investigation, undercover, uncover truth, secret ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
The mysterious murder of a teenage girl and the disappearance of her sister shake up a small town.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, mysterious ...
Audience:
adult, teen drama
Plot:
small town, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, reporter, missing person, murder, who done it, crime investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After the death of her policeman father, Xiaomai begins to look over his old journals filled with notes about the cases he investigated over the years. The mention of a purple scarf in the notes particularly catches her attention, prompting her to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, serial killer, love, female protagonist, murder investigation, secret, murder mystery, puzzle, disappearance, murderer, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young police chief Sandra Mohr returns to her hometown of Graz with a bad feeling. Together with her new boss, Sascha Bergmann, she is tasked with solving the death of a journalist who was planning to write an article on abuse of office and nepotism.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, thrilling, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving, problem, uncover truth, sleuth, police procedural, corruption, murder, abuse of power ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
DS Mary Jane Croft runs the under-resourced Missing Persons Unit.
Style:
detective, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police procedural, race against time, forensics, secret, teamwork, mysterious disappearance, crime solving, uncover truth, female detective, investigation, undercover, police detective ...
Place:
dover england
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A major turnaround of events takes place in the lives of Aravind and Poorni, a newly married intimate couple, when her sister visits for a job interview. Aravind mysteriously disappears, leading to revelations of his affair with a client. As ...
Style:
tense, suspense, twisted, psychological, realistic
Plot:
affair, infidelity, marriage, suspicion, deception, disappearance, betrayal, secret, family drama, family conflict, mistrust, black ops ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"MMOF" is unflinching and deals with the fury of a man pushed to the limits. Deepak (a mild-mannered, honest to the bone man) who tries to make ends meet by running a Cinema Theatre passed onto him by his father along with his family. A ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, killing, secret, murderer, crime solving, murder, murder investigation, theater, uncover truth, problem ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
51%
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, tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, private investigator, murder mystery, investigation, homicide detective, female detective, crime investigation, sleuth, murder, secret, murderer, forensics ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A medical examiner investigates his friend's mysterious death in a car accident.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
medical examiner, investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, car rollover, who done it, police investigation, accident, uncover truth, crime investigation, forensics, autopsy ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
suspicion, french resistance, loyalty, betrayal, mistrust, love triangle, couple relations, ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend, love affair, infidelity, love interest ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
47%
170
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, relationships, private investigation, brother, religious faith, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, affair, faith, male female relationship ...
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Liz and Andrew are on their anniversary trip in Hawaii when Liz wakes up to discover her husband missing and evidence of an invasion all around her. But with no witnesses, she's immediately labeled the prime suspect. Without any help from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapping, crime solving, kidnapped man, accused of murder, protagonist as suspect, mysterious disappearance, suspect, accusation, uncover truth, framed for murder, abduction ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,
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psychological, thrilling, captivating, detective, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder investigation, killing, who done it, crime solving, uncover truth, sleuth, murder, murderer, homicide detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, investigation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A re-imagination of the Celso Ad Castillo classic, "Nympha" tells the story of an orphan woman named Nympha living in a backward province with a narrow minded aunt who is a religious fanatic.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, woman, murder mystery, family secret, uncover truth, social problems, murder investigation, problem, crime solving, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself responsible for the death of a patient.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, detective, crime drama ...
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, doctor, medical malpractice, uncover truth, private investigation, attorney, problem, secret, crime solving, private detective, lawyer ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A detective, along with his team and with help of a suspended Police Sub-Inspector, goes in search of a missing girl, Karthika. What follows is shocking revelations about Karthika, who became the victim of power and economic exploitation.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, police procedural, battles, uncover truth, secret, private investigation, crime solving, private investigator, police investigation, problem, sleuth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Argentina, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Isabel and her family take possession of her mother’s villa in rural Mexico where they reconnect with their long-time domestic worker Maria. But things have never been the same since Isabel’s mother left. Once so well looked after, the house is ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, violence, missing person, organized crime, drug traffic, mysterious disappearance, divorce, vanished man, undercover, drug dealing, breakup ...
Similarity:
40%
322
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
When the case of the brutal beheading of scores of sparrows across the villages of West Bengal lands up at Kolkata Police's department of unusual cases, veteran inspector Kanaichoron Das and newcomer Shoubhick start their hunt for the serial ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, murder, crime solving, sleuth, crime investigation, who done it, murderer, uncover truth ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In Hyderabad, two police officers Abhay and Adhya join forces to solve a series of kidnappings of which all the victims are girls, with one other interesting commonality.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police officer, police, abduction, female victim, crime solving, sleuth, crime investigation, forensics, who done it, police detective, vanished man ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shivan revolves around a couple who are very much in love but one day the woman is found dead and the man is found guilty and imprisoned. But once he is in jail he recollects certain memories that change everything.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
love, innocence, flashback, memory, murder, wrongful conviction, investigation, prison, justice, moral ambiguity, guilt, character study ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Krishna Dev aka KD, a laidback cop working in Andhra Pradesh State HIT, takes on a gruesome murder case. As KD unravels the layers of the crime, the stakes rise unbelievably high and the threat comes unusually close.
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, murder mystery, sleuth, crime solving, police investigation, police detective, crime investigation, uncover truth, fight, murder investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A greedy police chief learns that a wealthy businesswoman has been wrongly accused of murder and strikes a deal with her – her freedom for a large sum of money. As the case progresses, a revelation that a sadistic politician and the businesswoman ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, deception, murder, corruption, who done it, murder investigation, police investigation, crime solving, secret, police detective, problem ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An ex-cop searches for a missing teen as a favour to her parents.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
triad, investigation, street kid, missing girl, uncover truth, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, vanished man, crime investigation ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On a family visit, a young man and his girlfriend set out to discover why his eccentric uncle has been mysteriously confined to one room for years.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, mental health, social problems, family problems, eccentric family, life is a bitch, secret, uncle nephew relationship, family secret, empathy, intimate ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
35%
278
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three scenes from the marriage of Lou and Jacques as they wander around France.
Style:
erotic, melancholic, tense, art house, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
domestic drama, infidelity, loss, intimate, character study, regret, haunting, festival, love triangle, small town, cheating, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
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