Movies like Leave the World Behind
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Leave the World Behind (2023)
239K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, psychological, sinister, captivating, complex
Plot:
blackout, catastrophe, chaos, crisis, anxiety, apocalypse, terror, vacation gone wrong, vacation, problem, civil war, armageddon, desperation, social issues, slow burn, family relations, black, wealthy family, mistrust, nikola tesla, end of the world, deer, doomsday, city, speculation ...
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Most similar movies to Leave the World Behind
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller and psychological films with plots about claustrophobia, isolation, slow burn, paranoia, moral ambiguity, obsession and problem mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Leave the World Behind: Contagion of Fear (2023), Memento (2000), The Stay (2021), Six Feet (2022), The Letter (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A catastrophic train derailment sends the city spiraling into chaos. But the derailment is just the beginning. A biological gas attack sees crash survivors collapsing and dying within minutes. And the sickness is rapidly spreading.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train wreck, biohazard, pandemic, infection, problem, survival, catastrophe, freight train, struggle for survival, chaos, apocalypse, train ...
Similarity:
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two couples rent a secluded house for a weekend getaway, and encounter an odd caretaker while facing a dangerous secret.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
couples, caretaker, secrets, isolation, claustrophobia, mistrust, psychological manipulation, suspicion, paranoia, moral ambiguity, intimate, confrontation ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a professor of religious studies is forced to investigate why his students are being murdered, he discovers what ended his own life and is then reborn.
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
professor, occult, murder, satanism, mysticism, murderer, secret, undercover, puzzle, problem, supernatural, investigation ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A lone front desk attendant in an isolated motel must battle his anxiety disorder, cleaning obsession and possible motel contamination while serving quarantined guests in the middle of a deadly global pandemic.
Style:
tense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
motel, isolation, pandemic, hotel, loneliness, mental health, quarantine, anxiety, coronavirus, problem, social isolation, social problems ...
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Karen lives alone with her son since he was separated from her husband. One night she meets a man who has all the qualities to be perfect, and they begin a wonderful relationship. But calls from an unknown constant concern to Karen, as suspected her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mother, stalker, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, suspicion ...
Place:
kansas city
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, depression, mental illness, obsessed fan, possessed woman, female protagonist, problem, paranoia, character study, internet culture, identity crisis, stalking ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custody of her beloved daughter, Izzy. But Kate's despair soon turns to terror as she begins to have ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, divorced parents, divorced couple, female protagonist, protective mother, family drama, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, kids and family, divorced woman, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, twist ending, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, room, life & death, confronting the past, tragic past, troubled past, mental disorder, murder witness, murder, life is a bitch, problem, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Donna May is a grief counselor who suddenly finds herself grieving and alone after the hit-and-run death of her husband, Robert. Soon after Robert's death, Donna's estranged adopted son, Kevin, appears at her house, claiming he has cleaned ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, escape attempt, adopted son, psychopath, secret, mother son conflict, grief, rescue, manipulation, woman in danger, family relations, family drama ...
Similarity:
44%
469
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, psychopath, cons and scams, suburbs, suburban life, youth, family relations, computers and web, black market, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman discover her husband is having an online affair and that his internet lover is dangerously obsessed with him.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
stalker, woman seduces a man, obsession, stalking, problem, romantic relationship, family relations, relationships, family problems, unfaithful husband, relationship problems, affair ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
50%
622
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Claudia shows up at a bar to meet Luis, a doctor who contacted her through a dating app. Claudia doesn't suspect what fate has in store for her. A kidnapping that ends with an inevitable and unpredictable death. A suspense story with surprising ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, female protagonist, kidnapped woman, abduction, murder, murderer, internet dating, threat, problem, claustrophobia, escalation, mature ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Her pill-addicted mom wants to make sure that her daughter stays with her always and will do anything to destroy her relationship with men including getting the guys beaten up, poisoning a dog, cutting herself intentionally and bringing a gun to her ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sabotage, stalker, mother daughter conflict, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, problem, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family problems, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Georgia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As his condition worsens, he questions his life and career choices, and his relationship to his frustrated wife becomes more strained.
Style:
psychological, surreal, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, architect, truth, identity, identity crisis, love story, relationships, male female relationship, problem, mysterious girl, in love, love affair ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Annie, 28 and recently divorced, is doing everything she can to get her life back on track. When she decides to join the New Life Fitness gym she's inspired and excited about her new trainer Alex, 20-something, who quickly becomes a friend. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, stalker, serial killer, personal trainer, psycho killer, killing, murderer, murder, mental patient, homicidal maniac, mentally unstable, psychopath ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.
Style:
tense, surreal, captivating, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
private investigation, resort hotel, mental disorder, rescue, family relations, marital problem, investigation, saving a life, escapades, crime investigation, family problems, relationship problems ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
43%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man struggles with unexplained events inside a New York apartment where tenants are not who they appear to be.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
problem, mental disorder, paranoia, apartment building, supernatural, paranormal, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, male protagonist, slow burn, character study ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 19 years old Thomas wakes up in a hospital after three years in a coma. He doesn't remember anything. The psychologist Anna tells him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
memory loss, psychiatry, waking up from a coma, memory lapse, amnesia, problem, coma, repressed memory, mental illness, memory, psychology, hospital ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What if ... you let a stranger into your house to use your phone, but while you've been patiently waiting in the kitchen, he just disappears ... or does he? Félix, an architect who has just split up with his girl-friend and inhabits a huge ...
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
intruder, home invasion, hearing voices, european, ghost, surrealism, male nudity, masturbation, neighbor, female nudity, animal death, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Seven strangers find themselves unwitting participants in a U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong.
Style:
mysterious, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
airplane, group of strangers, danger, trapped, confined, twists and turns, post apocalypse, trap, mind game, captive, epidemic, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A self help writer and her family become the target of a troubled girl.
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, controversial, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, pursuit, psychological manipulation, stalker, obsession, woman, danger, female psychopath, twists and turns, psycho killer, family relations, attempted murder ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Meg is trying to readjust to normalcy after surviving a traumatic kidnapping — but her grounded sense of reality soon starts to deteriorate when she travels with her husband to his wealthy family’s isolated compound.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, post traumatic stress, life is a bitch, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, claustrophobia, slow burn, paranoia, introspection, macabre, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
43%
69
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A secluded island somewhere on a seas of the Northern Europe. A family of four has lived here for over ten years, perfecting the art of survival. They had moved onto an island to escape a falling civilization, to live in freedom, close to nature. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
island, isolation, family relations, life, family drama, male female relationship, problem, relationships, social isolation, social problems, marital problem, social issues ...
Similarity:
43%
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