Movies like The World of Silence
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The World of Silence (2006)
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Original name: 조용한 세상
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A famous photographer with the ability to mind read returns after leaving due to his lover's suicide as she became aware of his ability. He becomes a guardian for a young girl, in midst of a serial killer's hunt.
Style:
detective, psychological, emotional, twisted, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murderer, murder, photographer, murder investigation, suicide, murder mystery, serial murder, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, trauma, investigation, child abduction, isolation, grief, loss, guilt, cat and mouse, obsession, stalking, supernatural ability, mature, urban, guardian ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The World of Silence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, psychological thriller and detective films with plots about investigation, obsession, murder, serial killer, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity and urban mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The World of Silence: Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Close My Eyes (2017), Four Hands (2017), Crazy Dog (2012), The Deal (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
Style:
tense, twisted, crime drama, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, showdown, killing spree, investigation, murder victim, violence, danger, murder confession, cat and mouse, interrogation, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, busan, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Adapted from same-name popular manga. Hyeon-woo is visually impaired but always listens to people. Then one day, Chong-soo comes along and talks about the murder that occurs in his book. However, the murder in the novel becomes real and Hyeon-woo is ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, tension, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, serial killer, saving a life, blind man, blindness, murderer, salvation, rescue, killing spree, serial murder, woman, fear ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!" Growing older, this promise became an obsession. Now, Jessica (28) is suffering from ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, sisters, trauma, murder, family bonds, revenge, paranoia, post traumatic stress, obsession, claustrophobia, confrontation, witness protection ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago Marco's father was brutally murdered by a cold-blooded serial killer known as the Crazy Dog. Since then, he has been ceaselessly trying to unveil the chain of events that have resulted in dad's death. Marco contacts Raul ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, cold case, investigation, killing spree, serial murder, murder investigation, obsession, killing, secret revealed, uncover truth, crime solving, unsolved crime ...
Similarity:
30%
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868
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, murderer, killing, jail, partners in crime, criminal, killing spree, serial murder, murder, forensics, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, female protagonist, murder mystery, online dating, internet dating, problem, crime solving, murderer, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
26%
614
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A psychopath, who claims to be a saviour for men, murders women who are involved in more than one relationship. Who is he, and what made him such a monster?
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
psycho killer, serial killer, sex crime, killing, murderer, homicidal maniac, killing spree, serial murder, passion, murder, misogyny, violent ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder mystery, family secret, investigation, female victim, family drama, murderer, murder, guilt, loss, revenge, grief, tragedy ...
Similarity:
25%
392
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A mother who loses her child to psycho killer's killing spree goes in search for answers
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, crime thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, serial killer, battles, tragic love, love affair, love story, uncover truth, murder investigation, murderer, fight, family tragedy ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Finland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a psychiatric hospital, an alleged serial killer, his therapist, and a police detective seek to solve a brutal cold case before their obsessive quest for the truth consumes them all.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
trauma, psychiatrist, psychiatric hospital, obsession, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder investigation, investigation, mind game, cold case, secrets ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, stalker, deception, danger, male female relationship, relationships, murder mystery, forensics, murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
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Story:
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.
Style:
detective, suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, asperger's syndrome, murder investigation, police investigation, murderer, murder mystery, forensics, murder, serial murder, brutality, psychopath ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
taiwan, taipei
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, South Korea
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A cat-and-mouse game engages between a blind woman and a serial killer when the former becomes the witness of a kidnap performed by the latter.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, tension ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, cat and mouse, cat versus mouse, witnessing a crime, abduction, witness, murder, homicidal maniac, woman in danger, criminal, blindness ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
a vision, investigation, amnesia, supernatural power, memory lapse, uncover truth, repressed memory, confronting the past, tragic past, memory, supernatural, secret past ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A police inspector suspects a serial killer is afoot in the university city of Bologna, luring in his victims through online video chats before murdering them and assuming their identity.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, blind man, unsolved crime, murder mystery, murder, serial murder, murder investigation, murderer, blindness, blind character ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has to place his trust in the hands of a smart but volatile female cop, Sam Cross. The secret they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, cover-up, murder, stalking, killing, serial murder, murder mystery, pursuit, secret, murderer, killing spree, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, murder, investigation, misdirection, evidence, doubt, suspicion, secrets, guilt, cat and mouse, macabre, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, crime scene, police procedural, evidence, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her ...
Style:
tense, detective, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, mind game, crime investigation, secret, homicide detective, ritual, murderer, uncover truth, police investigation, murder, serial murder ...
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
memory loss, investigation, identity crisis, runaway, experiment, memory lapse, scientific experiment, losing-it hero, experiment gone awry, secret identity, on the lam, false memory ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
190
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. This thriller follows the travails of two detectives who are on the trail of a ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, who done it, uncover truth, crime solving, murderer, sleuth, killing ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A girl who lost her father to a serial killer, a detective and a killer are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, detective, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, killing, murderer, vengeance, serial murder, police detective, homicide detective, criminal, killing spree, murder, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 911 operator receives a ghostly call from a child murdered thirty years before and becomes obsessed with unraveling the crime. What she discovers shatters her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, danger, nightmare comes true, murder, uncover truth, grief, murder mystery, haunting, twists and turns, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, riddles and clues, amateur detective, investigation, murder, partner, small town, serial killer, serial murder, murder mystery, kids in trouble, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Man Who Cleans knows you can find a lot of secrets in trash. People tend to lie but their trash never does. The Man Who Cleans thought he was invisible, until he met the Girl with the Purple Hair Lock. Girl with the Purple Hair Lock breaks into ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, lake, water, murder, killing, murderer, suicide, killing spree, uncover truth, crime solving, serial murder, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, coma, murder, husband wife relationship, police protagonist, serial murder, accident, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, guilty conscience, police ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Set against the haunting backdrop of a small lake town, this chilling thriller unravels a meticulous revenge set over a period of 7 years, all beginning with the accidental death of an innocent girl.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, problem, murder mystery, disposing of a dead body, secret, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, murderer ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
21%
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