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The Black Box (2005)
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Original name: La Boîte noire
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, mind twisting, mind bending
Plot:
hospital, haunted by the past, memory loss, investigation, unfulfillment, heroes, life is a bitch, danger, losing-it hero, crime investigation, twists and turns, parallel universe, paradox, riddles and clues, cat, female nudity, murder, dream, coma, memory, bare breasts, amnesia, car accident, school teacher, psychosis ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe, paris france, texas
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Most similar movies to The Black Box
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, investigation, danger, female nudity, uncover truth and flashback mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Black Box: Iron Doors (2010), A Fall from Grace (2012), A Perfect Friend (2006), The I Inside (2004), Trauma (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
survival, captivity, isolation, self discovery, secret place, trapped, supernatural power, losing-it hero, heroes, danger, mind game, surrealism ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
memory loss, false accusation, uncover truth, investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, best friend, accident, car accident, danger, murder, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
memory loss, journalism, danger, hospital, uncover truth, investigation, mysterious girl, love, murder, gays and lesbians, media, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
memory loss, nightmare, time loop, paranoia, hospital, murder, uncover truth, mental disorder, dishonesty, puzzle, investigation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 2002, year 2000
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, obsession, investigation, haunted by the past, psychopath, mysterious character, mind game, supernatural ability, ghost, danger, starting over, murder ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
missing person, obsession, murder, missing girl, female nudity, male pubic hair, private investigator, murder investigation, nudity, sexual content, bare breasts, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dishonesty, stalking, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, mind game, obsession, danger, twists and turns, writers, murder, swordplay, bondage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Holly & Nathan Teller live in a small town in Pennsylvania. Holly is on the cheerleading team and has a close relationship with her younger brother Nathan, who is subjected to bullying at school. Nathan is taken for a car ride one day by ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, investigation, small town, haunted by the past, social relations, danger, riddles and clues, secret place, woman in danger, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, injustice, frame up, death row, false accusation, legal, law enforcement, murder mystery, incest, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
england, canada, antarctica
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.
Style:
independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rape, murder, insanity, nudity, violent content, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, heroes, mad scientist, haunted by the past, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
961
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a newspaper to guide him, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what looks increasingly ...
Style:
noir, slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
amnesia, private investigator, femme fatale, fashion model, false memory, parallel universe, photograph, murder, american abroad, hysteria, psychotherapy, car accident ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, london, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
blindness, rivalry, femme fatale, danger, twists and turns, gain trust, boss and employee, mind game, haunted by the past, estate, power relations, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, oxford university, europe
Similarity:
29%
310
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The guests of the Station Hotel have assembled to play a game of cards. The loser will sleep in room 207, a room rumored to be haunted. It hasn't been slept in for 20 years. As their lives tangle in a paranoid deadlock, the only escape becomes ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hotel, birthday party, murder, flashback, dream, sailor, suicide, masturbation, female nudity, room, motel, card playing ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, memory loss, investigation, murder, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, deep south, media, journalism, television reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
29%
897
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, elderly, clinic, death, alzheimer's disease, serial killer, mental illness, woman, police, old age, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
28%
690
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
parents and children, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, estrangement, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, investigation, murder, dead father, prostitute, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, missing person, disappearance, amateur detective, twists and turns, investigation, fall in love, danger, dishonesty, mind game, train, missing woman ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a man is involved in a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, uncover truth, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, tragedy, car crash, guilt, fatal accident, trauma, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
law enforcement, riddles and clues, murder, investigation, partner, danger, religions or cults, society, kidnapping, mafia, child in peril, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two years ago, Andy Barker suffered serious brain damage in a car accident. In the last two days however, memories have started creeping back, triggered by family portraits and strange locations. Andy has a brother who has gone missing and a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, human nature, bandit, fratricide, death of brother, losing-it hero, car accident, photograph, hit and run, dream, hanging ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, danger, investigation, uncover truth, hopes, murder, woman in danger, supernatural, starting over, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota, iowa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious
Plot:
countryside, supernatural, ghost, mentally unstable, heroes, confined, lifestyle, losing-it hero, writer's life, hallucination, writers, nightmare ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
missing person, lovers, uncover truth, riddles and clues, dangerous attraction, mental institution, danger, life is a bitch, photojournalist, mentally unstable, sanity, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
photograph, vengeance, murder, rivalry, obsession, dishonesty, psychopath, blackmail, photography, twists and turns, snow, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
private detective, haunted by the past, investigation, uncover truth, murder, sister, suicide, private investigator, sexual content, life is a bitch, strong female presence, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, uncover truth, murder, serial killer, memory loss, danger, terrorism, master criminal, life is a bitch, police officer, female fighter, brainwashing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, paris france, istanbul turkey, europe, turkey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
undercover, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, hitman, betrayal, dishonesty, politics, political corruption, murder, spy, agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A soldier returns home from the Iraq war only to be haunted by visions of the dead.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychological horror ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, murder, mental illness, supernatural romance, family in danger, uncover truth, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, family problems, life is a bitch, burn victim ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenage boy befriends an escapee from a mental institution who sees visions of horrible murders being committed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mentally unstable, confined, danger, gory, haunted by the past, mental illness, mental institution, escaped mental patient, nypd, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. She decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their ...
Style:
psychological, neo noir, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, obsession, twists and turns, identity, israeli, woman, female nudity, cell phone, police, hospital, neighbor, nightclub ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
25%
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