Movies like Purgatory 2017
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Purgatory (2017)
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Original name: Chistilishche
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Mariya gets lost in the forest and under mysterious circumstances ends up in a purgatory haunted by demon, evil doppelganger and ghosts of her own misdeeds.
Style:
experimental, underground film, art house, psychotronic, surreal, surprise ending, road movie, crying, independent film, mystic ...
Plot:
life after death, curse, ghost, death, purgatory, paranormal phenomena, missing person, demon, murderer, drug addict, teacher, religion, art, murder, paranormal, church, suicide, christianity, corruption, christian, professor, suffering, small town, transformation, friend ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia, jerusalem, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, scary, suspense and bleak films with plots about death, murder, fear, violence, supernatural, supernatural power and rescue mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Purgatory: Jaws 19 (2015), Death Files (2020), Siren Head (2020), Secret of Slenderman 2 (2014), Interstelar (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
The beaches of the Baltic Sea are terrorized by a shark. The military manage to destroy it, but the shark returns in spectral form.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, kazakhstan, ukraine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
alien invasion, space adventure, invasion, accident, death, escape, boy, star wars, alien, village, victim, fan ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia, paris france
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia, Belgium, Spain, Ukraine
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Two locksmiths find an abandoned flash drive and decide to lock into its contents. What they find will be the worst nightmare of their lives.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ireland, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
The ancient monster named Siren Head terrorizes Russian land. No one knows who is it and what is it want. Mysteriously disappearances of people, unsolved murders and other things happening in the locations of this monster. Who will next?
Style:
underground film, experimental, surreal, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A year after the events of Tayna Slendermena (2013) Sergey goes hiking in the Grand Canyon of Crimea with a small group. The further in the forest the group goes, the more evident it becomes that Slender Man has returned to finish the job...
Style:
experimental, independent film, underground film, amateur film
Plot:
found footage, camping, terror, forest, videotaping, tourist, missing person, evidence, amateur, hiking, urban legend, travel ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
russia, ukraine, crimea
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A group of men go into space but never come out.
Style:
experimental, art house, captivating, parody, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
russia, siberia, crimea
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A girl paralyzed. A rabid dog. A duel to death for survival.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, crying ...
Plot:
death, dead sister, haunted house, ghost, hallucination, delusion, desperation, isolation, killing, disability, animal attack, supernatural ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
To the sorcerer, who believes that he has gained immortality, death itself suddenly comes and informs him that he has only a few hours left to live. Expecting a quick death, the sorcerer rewinds his life in his head, remembering how he came to such ...
Style:
slasher, splatter, experimental, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
sorcerer, death, amateur, crazy, surrealism, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, vengeance, evil, murder, hunting ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's ...
Style:
suspense, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
a vision, fear, burglary, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, violence, murder, missing person, home invasion, chase, killing, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Siena is able to see signs that people will die. The sign appeared on Brama, someone she loves. Siena tries hard to prevent Brama's death.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A group of high school students who are spending the night in a old mansion. When they learn that the house is haunted they set to look out for ghosts just for fun , but they find out soon enough that the urban legends are real.
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
house, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, heroes, society, loss, revenge, death, paranormal investigation, victim, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ib and Boum decide to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After reneging on the promise, the vengeful ghost of Ib returns 20 years later to haunt Boum and her 15 year old daughter, Bell.
Style:
bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychotronic
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suicide, revenge, woman in danger, supernatural power, mother and daughter, killing, paranormal investigation, exorcism, obsessive quest, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jacob Hunt has had some very bad breaks in life. His wife left him, his friends have all abandoned him, and his children barely see him! Jacob has been given an amazing gift and the chance he needs to get back on his feet and start anew. Jacob has ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspense, bleak, satanic
Plot:
demonic possession, priest, death, paranormal, demon, paranormal phenomena, killing, vengeance, fear, murder, ghost, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
30
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the sudden loss of his fiancee Emma, Matt becomes obsessed with finding life after death. For seven years, Matt and his younger brother Michael visited over one hundred Ghost House cases in the U.S.- every one of them turning into a ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
paranormal phenomena, paranormal, ghost, young adult, murder, death, vengeance, peril, violence, paranormal investigation, deadly creature, chase ...
Time:
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Place:
texas
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
6 eager contestants enter a pinoy horror-reality show to survive till daybreak of horror inside the famous Laperal White House in Baguio City. A million pesos is at stake but as the first night draws to a close and each one is being found dead, ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
haunted house, game of death, ghost, spirit, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, evil spirit, killing, escapades, paranormal investigation, exorcism, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Mad scientist's serum turns a bush of nettle into a vicious killing machine.
Style:
slasher, experimental, underground film, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
monster, murder, killing, rescue, vengeance, supernatural power, chase, good versus evil, peril, creature, death, mission ...
Time:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the bizarre death of their father, two siblings must uncover the root cause of their mother's sudden paranormal terror to save her.
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspense, slasher, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted, supernatural, revenge, supernatural power, fear, violence, death, boy, voodoo, house, killing ...
Time:
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Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ksyusha barely remembers her father: he went missing when she was a child. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, despite being in a coma. The man is returned home in this condition. His wife has now remarried. The family is thrown into disarray ...
Style:
scary, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the mysterious death of their young son, a couple desperately flees to a remote lake house to escape the unrelenting haunting following them only to discover the mysterious entity is still very much a part of their lives.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lake, supernatural, ghost, couples, supernatural power, killing, mission, violence, loss of son, demon, chase, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, scary, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot:
exorcism, ghost, fear, demon, vengeful ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, hunting, supernatural ability, murder, characters in danger, evil ...
Time:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Marco Vasquez and his family have seen tragedy and despair throughout their lives at the hands of an evil entity. Now that Marco is about to start a family of his own, he is forced to return to his childhood home where it all began to put a stop to ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, haunted house, family relations, killing, paranormal investigation, demon, ghost story, paranormal, death, deadly creature ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
As the protagonist is haunted by nightmares caused by the events of first two movies, he decides to kill Slender Man to end the nightmare once and for all.
Style:
experimental, underground film, suspenseful, dark, sinister ...
Plot:
found footage, nightmare, amateur, forest, urban legend, fear, paranoia, supernatural, revenge, isolation, trauma, desperation ...
Time:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Life circumstances, curiosity, corruption, ignorance. Four sinister stories based on folk legends. A bunch of friends gathers around an Ouija board. Two hunters wake up in a hut in the middle of woods. A young guy arrives at a rural community on a ...
Style:
scary, suspense, psychotronic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, ghost, shaman, boy, abandoned house, murder, fear, supernatural power, escapades, hunting, evil, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
While monitoring Internet traffic for the Department of Homeland Security, Agent Martin Takagi comes across the intimate video chats of a couple, temporarily living in different parts of the world, who begin to discover their new home is haunted.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
internet, found footage, friends, paranormal, evil, fear, vengeance, ghost, paranormal phenomena, escapades, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls apart. To make things worse Gunnar is in the middle of a trial, being charged with illegal sales and ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted by the past, mission, marriage, supernatural power, killing, escapades, society, good versus evil, paranormal investigation, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
20%
217
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Peter and Margaret Eastwood believe they've purchased their dream home to start their lives together but this house seems to be hiding something dark and terrifying in every corner.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
haunted house, paranormal, ghost, evil spirit, poltergeist, haunted, exorcist, british, possession, paranormal phenomena, peril, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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