Flashback sequence movies and TV shows – page 4

List of flashback sequence movies

Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 5.4
 1K
The Evictors (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the 1940s, a young couple moves into a remote house near a small town in Louisiana. The house has a history of violence that seems to be repeating itself…
Style: grindhouse, psychological, creepy, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, plot twist, macabre, killer, haunted house, village life, plague, afterlife, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, village, legends and myths ...
Time: year 1979, 1940s, 70s, year 1939, year 1934 ...
Place: usa, louisiana
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 387K
Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, train, survival, distopia, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, end of the world, social differences, winter, capitalism, snow ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: britain, south korea, east asia
Is relevant ?
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Diamonds in the night is the tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists. The film goes beyond the ...
Style: black and white, avant garde, spiritual, surreal, no music ...
Plot: holocaust, surrealism, children in wartime, boy, nazi, shoah, social outcast, coming of age, renaissance, memory, language barrier, entertainment ...
Time: 1940s
Place: eastern europe, germany, ussr, central europe, czechoslovakia
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 22K
The Cure (1997)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style: psychological, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, amnesia, hypnosis, monkey, hallucination, interrogation, murder mystery, mind control, stranger, psychosis ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, okinawa japan
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 7.6
 358K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
Is relevant ?
The Night Porter (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic ...
Style: psychological, serious, controversial, disturbing, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, hotel, sadomasochism, nazi, eroticism, guilt, dangerous attraction, bdsm, haunted by the past, sexual perversion, holocaust, sexual abuse ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1940s, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place: hungary, germany, vienna, italy, frankfurt germany ...
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 201K
The Judge (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, small town, trial, jury, courtroom drama, homecoming, legal, judge, court, murder trial, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: indiana, boston, peru, massachusetts, usa ...
Is relevant ?
The Postcard Killings (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A New York detective teams investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London, and recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, ex husband ex wife relationship, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, incest, honeymoon, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
Time: 2020s
Place: stockholm sweden, london, amsterdam, munich germany, madrid ...
Is relevant ?
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to ...
Style: gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, suspense ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, pedophile, witchcraft, woman in danger, adultery, folk horror, rescue, femme fatale, father daughter reunion, strong female character, transformation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Is relevant ?
The Moth Diaries (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?
Style: gothic, suspenseful, stylized, slasher, horrifying ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vampire, boarding school, supernatural, obsession, friends, mysterious character, social relations, youth, danger, haunted by the past, newcomer, roommate ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 141K
Lights Out (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and ...
Style: dark, scary, creepy, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental illness, ghost, supernatural, paranormal, macabre, darkness, child in peril, brother sister relationship, depression, violence, monster, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Is relevant ?
 5.4
 255
13 Gantry Row (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of the living room walls covered with iron plates that reveal an expanding sepia stain. Afterwards, ...
Style: atmospheric, psychological thriller, ambiguous ending, independent film
Plot: haunted house, haunted, ghost, supernatural, old woman, troubled marriage, blonde, recluse, banker, old lady, flashback, mirror ...
Place: sydney australia
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 5.9
 5K
Wide Awake (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A feel-good comedy about the laughter, excitement and fun that come with being a kid! Joshua is a thoughtful 10-year-old looking for some simple answers to life's eternal questions. The problem is that no one - including his concerned parents ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, light, humorous, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, self discovery, boys' school, religion, life philosophy, existentialism, society, death in the family, human spirit, teenage life, baseball, happy ending ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: philadelphia, usa, rome italy
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 7K
Testament (1983)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, bleak, emotional, tense ...
Plot: nuclear war, cold war, nuclear holocaust, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, future, year 1983, 80s, near future
Place: california, usa, bay area
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 18K
The Day After (1983)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style: disturbing, futuristic, apocalyptic, harsh, serious ...
Plot: cold war, nuclear war, disaster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear holocaust, radiation, end of the world, dystopia, nuclear threat, nuclear ...
Time: 80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place: usa, kansas, soviet union, missouri, ussr ...
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 152K
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, witty, touching, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, idealism, communism, society, cold war, culture clash, childhood, amnesia, communist ...
Time: year 2003, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin ...
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 102K
42 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, emotional, touching, factual ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: racism, baseball, african american, athlete and trainer, civil rights, rise to the top, hopes, human spirit, racial segregation, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1947 ...
Place: africa, new york, usa, new orleans, pittsburgh ...
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 115K
Frequency (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style: psychological, feel good, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, radio, father son relationship, investigation, parallel universe, butterfly effect, time, altering history, murder, serial killer, changing the past or future, rescue ...
Time: future, year 1969, year 1999, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: new york, usa
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 6.4
 4K
The 24th Day (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tom and Dan's one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: gay, infidelity, gay lead character, first gay sexual experience, hostage, kidnapping, gay interest, unlikely criminals, couples, couple relations, mind game, confined ...
Place: philadelphia
Is relevant ?
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and ...
Style: cute, light, sweet, light hearted, retro ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: animal, sailing, youth, dancing, animal lover, broadway, bomb squad, literary, myth, sea, carnival, camel ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1967, 1840s, victorian era
Place: africa, england, europe
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 7K
Madman (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, forest, exploitation, woods, maniac, camp ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 819
Outing Riley (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: gay, family relations, self discovery, forbidden love, eccentric family, best friend, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, opposites attract, mistaken identity, parents and children ...
Place: chicago, usa
Is relevant ?
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, depressing, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: suicide, suburbs, depression, overbearing parent, suicide attempt, teenager, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, yale university
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 139K
Gamer (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, action packed, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mind control, distopia, virtual reality, cyberspace, dystopian future, cyberpunk, danger, contests and competitions, computers and web, chases and races, technology, hacker ...
Time: year 2009, near future, 2000s, 2030s, future ...
Is relevant ?
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Style: slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, creepy, classic horror ...
Plot: murder, paranormal, serial killer, exploitation, virus, love triangle, guillotine, bare butt, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, bare chested male, nudity ...
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 18K
Being Flynn (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During his twenties, a young man works at various homeless shelters in Boston, where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: homeless, father son relationship, absent father, homeless shelter, writer's life, poet, writers, estrangement, family relations, life is a bitch, social misfits, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts, new york
Is relevant ?
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his ...
Style: political, social, black and white, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prison, kitchen sink realism, runner, running, loser, juvenile delinquent, rebellion, working class, prison life, angry, social realism, coming of age ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: london, england
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 29K
Firefox (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called "Firefox". Naturally, the British are worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon, as rumours say that the jet is indetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, espionage, chase, submarine, fighter pilot, fighter jet, aviation, aerial combat, military ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: soviet union, russia, moscow russia, england, asia ...
Is relevant ?
Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
Style: anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: godzilla, monster, kaiju, mutant, creature, giant monster, spaceship, humanity in peril, good versus evil, captain, self sacrifice, memory ...
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, witch, magic, magical, school, good versus evil, witchcraft, chosen one, wizards and magicians, young heroes, boarding school, boarding school life ...
Time: year 2009, year 1997, year 1996, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe
Is relevant ?
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie