Movies like Missing Pieces 2000
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Missing Pieces (2000)
236
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, emotional, psychological, melancholic, suspenseful, dark, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, father son relationship, suicide, murder mystery, sleuth, life is a bitch, loss of child, private investigation, bereavement, uncover truth, grief, loss, family drama, loneliness, small town, guilt, estrangement, isolation, slow burn, revenge, conspiracy, corruption, redemption, road trip, christmas ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mexico
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Most similar movies to Missing Pieces
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and psychological films with plots about investigation, grief, revenge, slow burn, small town, moral ambiguity and isolation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Missing Pieces: Downeast (2021), After the Game (1997), Frank the Bastard (2013), Emulsion (2014), Reminiscence (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, card playing, poker, investigation, mysterious death, whodunit, secrets, betrayal, father son relationship, small town, deception ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
64%
989
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
EMULSION tells the story of a dejected salesman who is inadvertently drawn into a dangerous blackmail scheme that forces him to fight for control a life he never thought was worth living. Painting a murky film noir world where no one is exactly as ...
Style:
suspense, noir, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
grief, missing wife, obsession, tragedy, tragic past, life is a bitch, disappearance, bereavement, kidnapped woman, obsessive quest, loss of wife, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, childhood friend, investigation, reminiscence, murderer, reunited friends, murder mystery, murder investigation, friends, problem, group of friends, old friends reunited ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
niagara falls, investigation, private detective, nikola tesla, conspiracy, murder mystery, private investigator, murder investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
One day, Sedat, who works as a prison guard in Konya, is given the duty to take one of the prisoners, Musa, to his hometown. Musa does not intend to return until he finds out why his daughter was killed.
Style:
psychological, emotional, dramatic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
prison guard, investigation, prisoner, liar, lie, uncover truth, life is a bitch, hidden truth, loss, tragedy, father daughter relationship, getting home ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
bullying, investigation, suicide, mental health, adolescence, crime investigation, secret, murderer, murder mystery, murder investigation, murder, social problems ...
Similarity:
49%
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, twisted, psychological, emotional, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murder, suicide, photographer, murderer, murder mystery, murder investigation, mysterious disappearance, serial murder, vanished man, trauma ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago, he uses her letters to solve the mystery of her disappearance and crimes she may have been a part of.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, private investigation, crime solving, mysterious girl, uncover truth, undercover, criminal, crime investigation, secret, puzzle, missing person ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, fight, vengeance, criminal underworld, problem, investigation, father son relationship, secrets, family tragedy, grief, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Haeyoung is a hopeless girl. She lives with her father who runs a Chinese restaurant, and a younger sibling. One day, her father has a mysterious accident, which places her in a position of responsibility. She is now not only the head of the house ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, sibling relationship, determination, resilience, family relations, relationship problems, crime solving, father daughter relationship, family problems, accident, uncover truth ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fatal Memories is the story of two sisters dealing with the murder of their mother. One of the sisters, April, is the primary suspect in the investigation, but she is traumatized and unable to recall what happened. The other sister, Sutton, is ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
memory loss, sisters, repressed memory, tragic past, bereavement, jewel theft, amnesia, loss of mother, sister sister relationship, female protagonist, memory lapse, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be. But a child has disappeared. Their child. The police said it was a drowning accident. Yet the truth is that their little boy’s body was never found. Lucas, ten years old. How easy it ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
grief, bereavement, family tragedy, missing child, loss, relationship problems, family relations, disappearance, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, loss of child ...
Similarity:
42%
682
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, family secret, family drama, secrets, bereavement, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, loss of family member, grownups, loss of father, mother son relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, mumbai india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
alcoholism, female protagonist, ex convict, tragic event, social problems, tragic past, problem, murder, dark past, recovering alcoholic, life is a bitch, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mother reports her student daughter Lisa missing, but detective Aslak Eira is getting too little information, and she is found in a lake. The more they investigate, the less they seem to understand. Then Lisa's best friend goes missing too.
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
disappearance, investigation, murder, police investigation, missing person, sleuth, father son relationship, crime solving, uncover truth, forensics, police, race against time ...
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn’s fiancé is murdered, his sister hires her to find the killer. Frankie must work with Wyn, the local detective assigned to the case…who also happens to be her ex. As the one-time couple ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, private investigator, murder mystery, investigation, homicide detective, female detective, crime investigation, sleuth, murder, secret, murderer, forensics ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Lene seeks out her estranged husband in hope of reconciliation she finds him in bed with a new lover. Shocked, she flees the scene and embarks on a journey through the night that takes her on an existential rollercoaster ride of dreamlike ...
Style:
existential, dark, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, introspection, female protagonist, family drama, crush, marital infidelity, unfulfilled love, life is a bitch, family problems, tragic love, marital problem, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While searching through her late mothers attic, Rebecca uncovers sealed cards from a mysterious suitor that had been addressed to her widowed Mom over the past 12 Christmases. As she begins to wonder the identity of man, Rebecca hires a handsome, ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
christmas, family secret, investigation, investigative reporter, christmas eve, death of mother, uncover truth, female reporter, crime investigation, secret, mysterious character, private investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
40%
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181
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jakob Evans suffers an emotional breakdown after the death of his wife in a car accident. His loss and pain runs deep as he claims to have found her in bed with another man just before she died. Unable to accept her death and her infidelity, Jakob ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, emotional breakdown, infidelity, grief, mental disorder, character study, obsession, loss, introspection, cheating on husband, adultery, lovers ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits suicide, authorities discover a marriage of secrets and betrayal. While the investigation seems to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
infidelity, murder mystery, investigation, false identity, secrets, domestic drama, murder, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, internet dating, private investigation ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Argentina, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Isabel and her family take possession of her mother’s villa in rural Mexico where they reconnect with their long-time domestic worker Maria. But things have never been the same since Isabel’s mother left. Once so well looked after, the house is ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, violence, missing person, organized crime, drug traffic, mysterious disappearance, divorce, vanished man, undercover, drug dealing, breakup ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A soldier returns home to New York to solve the mystery behind his younger brother's sudden violent death.
Style:
psychological, captivating, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, soldier, investigation, killing, uncover truth, crime solving, troubled past, murder, secret past, tragic past, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane she was supposed to be on, Sofia breaks protocol and secretly begins investigating the crash.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, airplane crash, crime solving, police investigation, cause and meaning, uncover truth, brother sister relationship, unsolved crime, investigator, female protagonist, cover up, danger ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, parents, forest, lost in the woods, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, parent child relationship, family drama, punishment, isolation, loss ...
Similarity:
34%
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