Mysterious past movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mysterious past movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with mysterious past, murder, death, violence, blood, female nudity, rivalry, flashback, anti hero and love plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mysterious past: Dark (2017), Banshee (2013), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Impetigore (2019), Believer (2018), Wildling (2018), Orphan Black (2013), The Equalizer (2014), Tell Me Your Secrets (2021), Hidden Diary (2009).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Style:
mysterious, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, investigation, mysterious past, time machine, cave, missing child, time portal, deja vu, small town, disappearance, alternate dimension ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2019, 50s, 80s, year 1953 ...
Place:
germany, chernobyl, europe
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144K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, shooting, female nudity, organized crime, cop, gory, hidden identity, law enforcement, hacker, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Style:
scary, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, demonic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, old dark house, supernatural horror, mysterious past, addiction, haunted, sibling relationship, past coming back to haunt, haunted castle, supernatural, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, South Korea, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Enticed by a promise of inheritance, a young woman returns to the village of her birth. Unbeknownst to her, the villagers hide a sinister plan -- one that may require her very own death.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, black magic, folk horror, village, passionate sex, ritual sacrifice, cursed, remote location, sex, hometown, runaway, terror ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A detective goes undercover in a drug ring and allies with a member of the drug ring in order to take it down.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
master villain, undercover cop, drug dealer, mysterious past, fighting crime, investigation, danger, gang leader, rivalry, murder, showdown, fight club ...
Place:
south korea
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15K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.
Style:
suspense, spooky, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, teenage girl, forest, puberty, mysterious past, teenage protagonist, mysterious man, wilderness, legend, freedom, captive, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
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124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, strong female lead, female protagonist, sapphic, strong female character, shooting, danger, lesbianism, clone, heroine, conspiracy, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, new york
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461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, thrilling, exciting ...
Plot:
mysterious past, criminal, victim, troubled past, tragic past, secret past, haunted by the past, dark past, past coming back to haunt, relationship problems, dark secret, confronting the past ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mysterious past, murder, parent child relationship, estrangement, haunted by the past, family problems, parents and children, bittersweet, small town, doctor, beach ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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243K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
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166K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, fighting crime, unlikely partners, chases and races, space travel, spaceship, escapades, outer space, buddies, machismo ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Wolverine and the X-Men was an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation. It is the fourth animated adaptation of the X-Men characters, the other three being Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men: The Animated Series, and X-Men: Evolution.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, epic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
mutant, superhero, supernatural, superhero team, supernatural power, heroic mission, danger, genetically altered, super villain, mysterious past, superpower, imaginary ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of nowhere, with no memories except a recurring dream. He is sent tumbling down the proverbial rabbit hole ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, private investigation, mysterious past, memory, white rabbit, memory lapse, amnesiac, secret, sleuth, private detective, losing-it hero ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Kako (Fumi Nikaido) is a female high school student. She lives at a restaurant run by her family in Kitashinagawa, Tokyo. Unexpectedly, Kako's aunt, Mikiko (Kyoko Koizumi), suddenly appears. Kako thought her aunt died 18 years ago. Her whole ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, sincere, serious
Plot:
japanese teenager, long lost relative, aunt niece relationship, mysterious past, teenage girl, criminal, roommate, bomb, life turned upside down, runaway, terrorist, japanese schoolgirl ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Joseph Rouletabille (Bruno Podalydès), a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson (Sabine Azéma), who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, danger, law enforcement, journalism, mysterious past, mysterious event, locked room, plot twist, perfect crime, millennial, room ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, cynical, apocalyptic, postmodern ...
Plot:
time travel, dystopian future, apocalypse, alternate reality, memory, prophecy, chaos, distopia, dark humor, alternate history, amnesia, drug ...
Time:
future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, syria, middle east, nevada, southern california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Magkaribal is a Philippine suspense drama about love, fashion, and family which began on June 28, 2010 on ABS-CBN. The show was launched as part of the half-term show line-up by ABS-CBN as a part of its celebration for the 60th Anniversary of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, psychological, touching, surprise ending
Plot:
sibling rivalry, mystery woman, sister sister relationship, revenge, love, romantic obsession, betrayal, villainess, separation, mysterious past, deception, death of mother ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, boys love, male pubic hair, public nudity, male objectification, sex scene, male male relationship, teenage life, bare chested male, insomnia, haunted by the past, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, atlantic ocean, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, daring rescue, partner, justice, danger, confined, haunted by the past, one man army, crime boss, revenge, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, mississippi
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, spy action ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, secret life, double agent, government agency, disguise, love, female assassin, femme fatale, female killer, kickass women, terrorist, true love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in Catalonia, Painless weaves two stories: in one, starting during the Spanish Civil War and running through to the '60s, an asylum attempts to rehabilitate children who feel no pain, by teaching them physical suffering. In the second, in ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
uncover truth, haunted by the past, emotionless, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, child in peril, secret, spanish civil war, torture, mysterious past, violence, franco regime (francoism) ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
love triangle, foreigner in japan, missing woman, female friendship, suspicion of murder, mysterious past, female protagonist, investigation, job, psychopath, female nudity, photography ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 1989
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Touka Gettan is set in the land of Kamitsumihara, where traces of magic and legend can still be seen. The land has been under the protection of the Kamiazuma clan since it was founded. The story revolves around Tōka Kamiazuma, the main ...
Style:
anime, exciting, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, supernatural power, magic, mysterious past, supernatural being, mysticism, friends, adventure hero, satire, surrealism, flutist, mansion ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment.
A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, warrior, death, danger, post apocalypse, vengeance, master warrior, murder, fantasy world, heroes, brutality, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
southern usa, north america, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Edwin and Netta with their two children, Adam and Sekar going to Netta's hometown at Temanggung. Netta were suspected as the cause of Lampor terror at her hometown, a demon who bring a flying casket.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, sinner, hometown, mysterious past, devil, supernatural power, supernatural, demon, murder, heroes, hunting, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a mysterious death at the Abbey, Sister Talia finds herself caught in the center of the internal investigation. With strict orders from the newly elected Mother Superior, she must uncover the truth behind the death and ensure the Abbey remains ...
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, nun, murder investigation, investigation, mysterious past, gossip, catholic, catholicism, murder mystery, female protagonist, church, convent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
108
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young couple, Pauline and Alex, moves from Paris to a quiet neighbourhood in the French countryside. Pauline loves to take care of her garden and the plants. She is also fascinated with her older neighbour Gilles who lives alone. They spend much ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, touching, contemplative
Plot:
mysterious man, obsession, love, jealousy, husband wife relationship, village life, gardening, mysterious past, french countryside, espionage, anthropologist, house ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Prequel to 2004 coming-of-age live-action film Hana & Alice. After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls "The Boonies" and must enroll as a ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, friendship, amateur detective, school, neighbor, following someone, past, mysterious past, investigation, teenager, high school, bullying ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
460
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, danger, hidden identity, dishonesty, estate, stranger, mysterious past, paranoia, disorder, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, saint tropez, provence
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