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What No One Knows (2008)
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Original name: Det som ingen ved
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Thomas´ sister dies in an accident, he discovers that her death may be connected to their deceased father´s work in military intelligence. As Thomas embarks on an investigation he soon finds himself and his family under surveillance by an unknown group of people.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, political thriller, psychological thriller
Plot:
politics, terrorism, family relations, parents and children, bio weapon, family problems, haunted by the past, estrangement, death in the family, big brother, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, down on your luck, life turned upside down, reconnaissance, journalist, brother sister relationship, paranoia, surveillance camera, missing daughter, deadly, woman drowned
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, deadly, haunted by the past, danger and murder mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like What No One Knows: King's Game (2004), Everything Will Be Fine (2010), Fear Me Not (2008), Playback (2010), The Stone Merchant (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car ...
Style:
political thriller, realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, journalist, politician, political scandal, parliament, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, journalism, trust, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A writer-director known for becoming obsessed with his own stories, Jacob Falk stumbles upon photographs of prisoners of war being tortured by Danish soldiers.Suspecting a political conspiracy, Falk falls into a frenetic chase to reveal the mystery ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
chase, uncover truth, dishonesty, disorder, obsession, state affairs, life turned upside down, eye, nordic, on the road, chases and races, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig - without telling his family. Because of dangerous side effects, the trial is subsequently abandoned but Michael ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental illness, family problems, death in the family, dysfunctional family, doctors and patients, midlife crisis, estrangement, couples, losing-it hero, love and romance, life is a bitch, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia
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71%
629
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A detective must uncover the truth behind the death of his daughter. But the truth hits close to home.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
investigation, riddles and clues, estrangement, family relations, danger, parents and children, murder, death in the family, police detective, murder investigation, father daughter relationship, porn industry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense
Plot:
obsessive quest, danger, assassination attempt, manipulation, terrorism, state affairs, race against time, against the rules, politics, terrorist attack, special agent, fall in love ...
Place:
middle east, cappadocia turkey, rome italy, afghanistan, turkey ...
Similarity:
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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:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. Back with his family, friends, and ex-comrades, including his former lover Inga, Jens’ ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
family relations, haunted by the past, friendship, parents and children, couple relations, life turned upside down, under the surface, dishonesty, betrayal, couples, terrorism, state terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
woman in danger, dangerous attraction, obsession, parents and children, family relations, couples, sociopath, murder, store, danger, woman, art exhibition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman is tortured by the sudden disappearance of her only child years before. Obsessed with having another baby, she is devastated and driven to emotional crisis when discovering her new husband is infertile. Gripped by despair, the woman begins ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, mind bending ...
Plot:
obsession, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, friendship, family problems, murder, family life, death in the family, trying to get pregnant, mysterious disappearance, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
53%
566
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, life turned upside down, small town, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alaska
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
nightclub, siblings relations, life turned upside down, unlikely criminals, society, nightlife, down on your luck, disorder, nothing goes right, family business, european, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
trial, haunted by the past, undercover, family life, hidden truth, dishonesty, stasi, testimony, whodunit, lawyer, female protagonist, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 2012, year 1990, year 1969
Place:
germany, east germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father (Dirk Bogarde) returns.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, single parent, dishonesty, danger, kids in trouble, homecoming, siblings relations, parents and children, secret ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, village, battles, gory, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, family in crisis, parents and children, fall in love, death in the family, single parent ...
Place:
india, asia, canada
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536
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, couples, parents and children, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, thoughtful, life turned upside down, family in crisis, down on your luck, gift, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problems. One day at the shooting range he meets the mysterious Renaud who promises him a solution to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
contract killing, parents and children, moral dilemma, conspiracy, couples, danger, family problems, family in crisis, contract killer, pig, money, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
dishonesty, family relations, introspection, rivalry, hopes, vengeance, parents and children, homecoming, political corruption, haunted by the past, strong violent content, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
dominican republic, latin america
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family relations, family problems, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, love, rivalry, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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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:
44%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ridden by guilt for not being able to have a child, wife decides to conceive by cloning. The daughter she gives birth to is therefor almost identical to her. The child starts to grow rapidly and slowly replaces mom in the household.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
incestuous relationship, experiment gone awry, family problems, disorder, couple relations, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family in crisis, illicit affair, human clone, doctor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Plot:
assassination, politics, murder, political corruption, political conspiracy, moral dilemma, kidnapping, conspiracy, frame up, state affairs, emotionless, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adapting a Dutch bestseller inspired by a shocking real-life crime, Menno Meyjes (screenwriter of The Color Purple and Lionheart) directs this excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
couple relations, restaurant, family relations, life is a bitch, under the surface, family problems, couples, haunted by the past, parents and children, juvenile delinquency, family in crisis, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister.Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, family problems, death in the family, siblings relations, family reunited, mother son relationship, family secret, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
legal, uncover truth, injustice, introspection, rivalry, courtroom, courtroom drama, family problems, righting the wronged, haunted by the past, judge, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, starting over, estrangement, hopes, on the road, criminal heroes, u.s. mexico border, mexican immigrant, boy, mexican american border, little boy ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.
Style:
captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, family problems, domestic disturbance, youth, domestic abuse, family drama, resilience, survival, courage, female empowerment ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe
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