Movies like Black Circle Boys
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Black Circle Boys (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
Style:
gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, lovecraft, independent film, realistic, f word
Plot:
gang, occult, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, social decay, friendship, youth, teenage life, society, violence spree, parents and children, heavy metal, murder, serial killer, paranormal, goth, loser, white trash, family relations, melancholy, ritual murder, school, friends, high school life, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to Black Circle Boys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, youth, death, teenage life, blood, teenager and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Black Circle Boys: Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000), Killing Mr. Griffin (1997), Little Athens (2005), Megan Is Missing (2011), Jimmy and Judy (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, obsession, sexualized violence, murder, suburbs, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, friendship, protective male, youth ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The high school students didn't mean to kill Mr. Griffin. They wanted to make him suffer. But when their mean English teacher turns up dead, they have to find out who killed them before the police arrests them all.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, sexual attraction, emotional abuse, choice, kidnapping, high school, teachers and students, high school life, murder, teenage life, vengeance, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, eviction, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, drug dealing, vengeance ...
Place:
arizona, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Fictional drama based on actual events, about two teenage girls who encounter an Internet predator.
Style:
mockumentary, suspenseful, twisted, sexual, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, internet, teenage girl, pedophile, best friend, rape, missing person, teenage life, rape of a girl, psychopath, blood, sexual assault ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style:
sexy, serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
on the run, found footage, vandalism, revenge, teenage life, society, murderous pair, danger, love, violence, manipulation, erotica ...
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A down to earth school psychologist tries to help a mentally ill student who actually believes his brother is coming back from the grave for revenge on the students who killed him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, danger, supernatural, social relations, ghost, fear, psychiatrist, death of brother, investigation, death, flash forward, winter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, teenage life, youth, teenage love, social relations, rivalry, family relations, murder, social network, danger, blood, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man and his family return to his home town, but he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.
Style:
slasher, suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stephen king, ghost, supernatural, high school, monster, haunted by the past, murder, family in danger, childhood, investigation, youth, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Style:
harsh, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, curse, juvenile delinquency, murder, homelessness, tragedy, lifestyle, danger, parents and children, single father, violence, boy ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia, usa, iceland, nebraska ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
Style:
christmas horror, disturbing, slasher, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school bully, homoeroticism, bully, kidnapping, amusement park, bullying, dog attack, violence, sexual harassment, teenager, orphan, small town ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
38%
155K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style:
suspense, teen, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, telekinesis, prom, revenge, high school, stephen king, blood, psychic power, supernatural ability, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of college students escape their troubled lives but only to find themselves fighting for their lives from a revenge seeking mad man.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, youth, strong violent content, danger, woods, survival, vengeance, rivalry, friendship, mind game, teenager, camp ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Style:
gothic, teen, dark, satanic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, high school, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, bullying, black magic, goth, revenge, coming of age, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, seattle, san francisco
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy ...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goth, serial killer, murder, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, investigation, uncover truth, gory, suburbs, killing spree, supernatural being, true crime ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style:
tension, serious, psychological, realistic, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, brother brother relationship, abusive boyfriend, emotional abuse, secret relationship, little brother, mother child relationship, physical abuse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of her private-school world, and it holds the rights to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, bleak, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, supernatural, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, high school life, danger, dealing with death, parents and children, haunted by the past, twists and turns, teenager, haunting ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep into the woods far from any distractions the world provides. Here, the children are taught the ways of the Lord, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, woods, curses spells and rituals, youth, danger, confined, isolation, resort, clergy, society, supernatural, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, boarding school, life is a bitch, youth, teenage life, friends, love and romance, society, social differences, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school girl wrongly branded as the school slut embraces her 'bad reputation' and takes revenge on the kids who have made her life a living hell.
Style:
slasher, suspense, serious, suspenseful, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, high school, public humiliation, alcoholic mother, sexual harassment, sexual humiliation, domineering mother, teenage life, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, rape victim ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack & Emily to run, play and imagine. Documenting this lifestyle change, David decides to film ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, christmas horror, creepy, psychological ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, evil child, found footage, psychopath, killer child, twins, valentine's day, disturbed child, family problems, danger, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, dark, sexy, horrifying ...
Plot:
ghost, revenge, orphan, spanish civil war, disappearance, child abuse, gold, boarding school, haunted, coming of age, supernatural, orphanage ...
Time:
1930s, year 2001, year 2000, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
portugal, south america, spain, europe, madrid ...
Similarity:
36%
152K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
Style:
suspense, bleak, dark, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
skinhead, murder, violence, brutality, survival, friendship, punk, punk band, neo nazi, killed by a dog, violent, revenge ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, astoria oregon
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
single mother, female nudity, teenage boy, family relations, parents and children, social differences, teenage life, summer, life is a bitch, sex scene, making love, butler ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A shy teenager accidentally kills a mocking peer, and his mother helps him hide in a spare room in their house. Problems arise when the mother goes for an operation and dies, and the house is sold to a new family, with the teen still living inside.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
murder, voyeurism, hidden room, death of mother, mysterious character, voyeur, social misfits, teenage life, parents and children, secret, teenager, loner ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, dark comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, coming of age, halloween, blood, teenager, transformation, gory, goth, full moon, dark humor, goth girl, high school ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
united kingdom, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story follows Danika, a woman whose fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster. Bierko plays Tomei's husband, while Hall is her psychiatrist and confidant.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, mentally unstable, mental illness, family relations, infidelity, fear, nanny, obsession, danger, dishonesty, parents and children, love affair ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student (Derrel Maury) engineers acts of revenge.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, threesome, teenage murderer, murder of a nude woman, female pubic hair, nudity, rape, bullying, revenge, female nudity, murder, gym ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Similarity:
36%
654
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, thanksgiving, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, lgbt, family problems, survival, youth, rehabilitation, drug dealing, society ...
Place:
boston, los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a backstreet murderer.
Style:
satanic, psychotronic, psychological, slasher, grim ...
Plot:
boy, voodoo, homosexuality, male nudity, occult, possession, psychopath, supernatural, nude young male, nudity, child in peril, incest ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, tangier morocco, manhattan new york city, usa, morocco
Similarity:
36%
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