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Heart of the Storm (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her two daughters. Unable to count on estranged husband Wayne the women must use their wits to stay alive.
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, captivating, disturbing, intense, crime thriller, psychological
Plot:
storm, hurricane, survival, hostage, struggle for survival, family relations, trap, mother daughter relationship, trapped, home invasion, danger, escape, claustrophobia, isolation, swamp, flooding, desperation, convict, family drama, cat and mouse, tornado, single mother, power struggle, escape plan, hiding place ...
Place:
new orleans
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Most similar movies to Heart of the Storm
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, captivating and intense films with plots about survival, isolation, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, hostage and kidnapping mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Heart of the Storm: Stalked by My Ex (2017), Psycho Storm Chaser (2021), Crawlspace (2022), The Blackout (2014), Incident at Deception Ridge (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abusive husband, stalker, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, family problems, stalking, threat, danger, domestic violence, protective mother ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a massive hurricane threatens the Brody Peninsula, Abby Fields, a full-time nurse to a housebound coma patient, is forced to stay behind to care for her. This puts her directly in the hurricane's path, but even worse - it puts her directly ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
hurricane, serial killer, caregiver, storm, survival, killing, hidden truth, trap, death threat, serial murder, tsunami, murderer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After witnessing a brutal murder in a cabin, a man hides in a crawlspace while the killers scour the property for a hidden fortune. As they draw nearer, he must decide if the crawlspace will be his tomb or the battleground in his fight for survival.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, intense, grim ...
Plot:
small town, murder, trapped, trap, claustrophobia, struggle for survival, survival, home invasion, problem, threat, death threat, deathtrap ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
30%
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:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a double-crossing husband runs off with his wife's ransom money, her kidnappers come after him and the missing money. He leads them on a treacherous journey through the wilderness.
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological, cliffhanger
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom, danger, survival, hostage, betrayal, wilderness, extortion, bus, ex convict, revenge, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Trapped in their Hollywood Hills home, a family fights for survival when caught between a raging wildfire and a pack of savage coyotes.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
survival, survival horror, wildfire, struggle for survival, family drama, disaster, animal attack, home invasion, fear, family bonds, violent, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young botanist relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. While out on research, she comes to the aid of a downed plane only to find herself taken captive by an inexperienced drug mule who forces her to lead a trek across ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
desert, survival, hostage, drug dealer, female protagonist, drug, kidnapping, problem, drug traffic, drug dealing, bandit, drug smuggling ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, nature, struggle for survival, teenager fighting adult, recluse, violence, life risking, child fighting adult, child in peril, survival, backwoods, danger ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, sex trafficking, serial killer, paranoia, trauma, human trafficking, kidnapping, female protagonist, struggle for survival, trap, trapped, murderer ...
Similarity:
24%
575
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East who is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, held captive, captive, journalist, survival, hostage, investigative reporter, female journalist, abduction, trapped, investigative journalism, journalism ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars trespass into their home looking for easy money. But things don't go as planned. Tension and fear take over them all, victims and executioners, and mistrust, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tension, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, violence, husband wife relationship, robbery, burglary, fear, secret revealed, human nature, social decay, youth gang, antisocial behavior ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kidnapped and trapped by a winter storm, this slow burn thriller follows two strangers who must outsmart an unseen killer.
Style:
suspense, tense, thrilling, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
winter, kidnapping, survival, cold, slow burn, blizzard, isolation, hostage, sniper, danger, claustrophobia, man versus nature ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman, her new boyfriend and her single mother embark on a sailing adventure to Bermuda. However, when criminals suddenly attack their boat, the pleasure trip turns into a desperate fight for survival and a quest for vengeance.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
past, daughter, sailing, boat, survival, danger, sea, sea voyage, problem, sea disaster, sailboat, trap ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, isolation, locked in, elevator, trap, mind game, captivity, danger, social problems, trapped, psychopath, social relations ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cannabis farmer and his pregnant lover fight for their lives when ruthless criminals invade their property.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, marijuana, criminal, survival, cannabis, fight, drug, struggle for survival, gang, bandit, isolation, fear ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sarah Plummer is an FBI Agent whose family is taken hostage while she is on a flight to Washington, DC. "Turbulence" occurs when a mysterious stranger, Michelle, is seated beside her and Sarah is forced to make a decision that could cost ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Plot:
airplane, hostage, fbi agent, family in danger, female agent, spouse in danger, special agent, woman in danger, agent, female protagonist, child hostage, hostage situation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fugitive killer posing as a policeman arrests two campers in the Arizona mountains.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
rape, camping, danger, isolation, survival, deception, impostor, cat and mouse, confrontation, panic, wilderness, pursuit ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, con artists, threat, escaped prisoner, death threat, risk, murderer, criminal, suspicion, home invasion, survival, showdown ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot:
brother in law, hostage, murder, psychological manipulation, manipulation, brother brother relationship, vengeance, brothers, family relations, danger, youth, psycho ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
988
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk, and the six have 2 hours to decide who gets to live.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, deathtrap, isolation, survival horror, locked in, eye, kidnapping, race against time, moral dilemma, countdown, trapped in a building, struggle for survival ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A weekend vacation turns terrifying when computer scientist Samantha (Alexandra Paul) and her daughter are lured into the hands of a killer. Kidnapped and held hostage, Samantha is given a choice: she must use her expertise to help her captors carry ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, mother daughter relationship, psycho killer, abduction, danger, hostage situation, coercion, hacking, kidnapped, murderer, kidnapped woman, hostage ...
Similarity:
22%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower and his deaf daughter are held hostage and forced to dig under their house, revealing dark secrets from the past.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, tension, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, hostage, threat, widower, father, home invasion, problem, hidden money, father and daughter, single father, single parent, hostage situation ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A rock climbing adventure between two friends turns into a terrifying nightmare. After Kelly captures the murder of her best friend on camera, she becomes the next target of a tight-knit group of friends who will stop at nothing to destroy the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
mountain, struggle for survival, murder, trapped, survival, threat to kill, murderer, mountain climbing, murder witness, death threat, threat, witness ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A married couple on the brink of divorce becomes trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
quicksand, survival, jungle, husband wife relationship, marriage, swamp, rain forest, man versus nature, deathtrap, trap, trapped, struggle for survival ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, danger, forces of nature, race against time, salvation, storm, twister, trauma, survival, family drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, midwest
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A pleasant road trip takes a nightmarish turn for gemologist Sunny George when he meets with an accident. As his life hangs in the balance on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, Sunny must not only contend with the great adversity he is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
accident, survival, trapped, threat, escapades, struggle for survival, desperation, road trip, isolation, escape, male protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
248
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force ...
Style:
tense, suspense thriller, intense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, kidnapping, motel, fear, psychopath, threat, desperation, escape, survival, violent, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An art teacher's plans fall apart when he kidnaps a ballplayer's daughter to repay a debt to a ruthless mob boss.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
criminal, kidnapped girl, suicide by cop, abduction, debt, police, gang, kidnapping, school teacher, kidnapped, mob hit, crime boss ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
28-year-old medicine student Malina wakes up disoriented in a locked trunk and realizes, to her horror, that she is missing more than just her memory of what happened. With her phone as the only link to the outside world, the intelligent young woman ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, survival, female protagonist, memory loss, claustrophobia, car trunk, medical student, confined space, race against time, threat, abduction, amnesia ...
Similarity:
20%
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