Secret past movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant secret past movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, psychological and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with secret past, betrayal, violence, dark past, runaway, murder, escape, redemption, haunted by the past and secret plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as secret past: Petta (2019), The Bourne Identity (2002), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Banger Sisters (2002), Mrs Wilson (2018), A Simple Favor (2018), Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021), Erasing His Dark Past (2019), Unbreak My Heart (2023), Fena: Pirate Princess (2021).
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him.
Style:
rough, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
secret past, warden, violence, tough guy, brawl, hand to hand combat, martial arts, love interest, fight, one man army, fistfight, gang war ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style:
political thriller, intense, action adventure, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
spy, amnesia, cia, espionage, secret agent, hitman, secret service, one against many, on the run, black ops, secret past, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, touching, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, fashion, cat, woman, secret past, love, destiny, love of one's life, eccentricity, writers, love and romance, party ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, los angeles, brazil ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, rock star, secret past, odd couple, drug abuse, female protagonist, road trip, female bonding, women, family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
los angeles, phoenix arizona, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
Alison Wilson thinks she is happily married until her husband Alec dies and a woman turns up on her doorstep claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Alison is determined to prove the validity of her own marriage - and her husband's love for ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, slasher ...
Plot:
secret past, british intelligence, secret life, death of husband, cold war, widow, world war two, uncover truth, writers, couples, investigation, family relations ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place:
india, britain, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mommy vlogger Stephanie joins her best friend Emily's husband, Sean, to investigate her sudden disappearance from their small town.
Style:
exciting, sexy, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
missing person, ruse, investigation, deception, murder investigation, blackmail, female friendship, missing woman, death, small town, secret, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
michigan, london, new york, connecticut, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
12-year-old Griffin Campbell and his family move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of an abandoned hotel rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who disappeared decades ago. Griffin befriends Harper, a bright-eyed, ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, tense, mystical, spooky
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
secret passageway, secret past, sent to the past, investigation, time travel, mysticism, family secret, supernatural, dark past, teenager, crime solving, little boy ...
Time:
2020s, 60s, 20th century, 21st century
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Karen Miller has it all. The perfect marriage, the perfect husband, the perfect life. But when her husband disappears on a business trip and is presumed dead, Karen's perfect life falls apart. She begins to realize that her perfect husband was ...
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
secret past, dark past, missing husband, married, loss of spouse, marriage, secret life, husband, wife, dark secret, undercover, husband and wife ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Romance blossoms between a young man and a woman who is searching for her estranged daughter in Europe. After their relationship failed, a twist of fate brings him and her daughter together.
Style:
romantic drama, serious, sincere, captivating, tear jerker ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret past, family secret, mother daughter reunion, heartbreak, family drama, bad mother, woman, undercover, mother and daughter, husband, birth mother ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
TV show
Story:
Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena being the only one able to unlock ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing, action adventure ...
Plot:
pirate, sea voyage, secret past, orphan, samurai, female protagonist, empowerment, strong female lead, freedom, resilience, pirate ship, piracy ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
secret past, police, protection, hidden identity, workplace, working undercover, tragic past, hidden truth, secret, redemption, second chance, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ji-woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak-sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
mathematics, school, math teacher, mathematician, secret past, security guard, private school, mentor, friendship, student, genius, unlikely friendships ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A troubled high school student discovers the truth behind his hidden abilities.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
secret past, memories, supernatural power, superpower, supernatural ability, battles, teenager, fight, manhunt, showdown, runaway, puzzle ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Two agents—and former lovers—must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening the UK while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, twisted, tense ...
Plot:
secret past, dark past, spy thriller, agent, cybersecurity, espionage, tragic past, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, political intrigue, government agent, betrayal ...
Place:
london, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.
Style:
ambiguous ending, serious, realistic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
love triangle, adultery, jealousy, dysfunctional marriage, quarrel, secret past, extramarital affair, marital argument, architect, infidelity, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Koshi Torako has everyone fooled. Her classmates see her as the perfect honor student, unaware of her secret delinquent past. But her new picturesque school life is thrown into chaos when she bumps into Shikanoko Noko, a girl with antlers! Mayhem ...
Style:
anime, tsundere, satirical, funny, shounen ...
Plot:
deer, slice of life, school, absurdism, secret past, high school life, schoolgirl, teenager, adolescence, teenage life, teenage girl, satire ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the early 1980s, and about a fictional visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations confronts the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the ...
Style:
clever, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
computer, programmer, technology, gay interest, inventions and discoveries, computers and web, existentialism, computer system, businessman, identity crisis, secret past, marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, dallas texas, syria, usa
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, espionage, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, tough guy, fighting the system, one man army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, moscow russia, tangier morocco, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Slovakia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, childhood, fish out of water, greed, courage, lion, youth, misfit, bittersweet, country, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2003, 1910s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
texas, africa, middle east, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A fugitive from justice may also be a killer.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot:
secret past, mafia, killing, murderer, family problems, bandit, husband wife relationship, runaway, secret identity, gang, mysterious past, confronting the past ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Major Korenev (Fox) continue to fight criminals after terrorists gang liquidation.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
secret past, confronting the past, manhunt, murderer, murder, troubled past, counter terrorism, social problems, terrorism, disturbed individual, police officer, mentally unstable ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, gothic, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
stephen king, vampire, confronting the past, small town, monster, supernatural, secret past, family curse, family relations, father son relationship, secret, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 31 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from their pimp and his henchmen, three women embark on a wild and crazy journey in search of freedom.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense
Plot:
money, freedom, ex prostitute, strong female lead, pimp, criminal, prostitute, fugitives, on the run, escapades, secret past, criminal gang ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, India, Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, entertaining, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, amnesia, espionage, hitman, revenge, on the run, chase, assassin, dark past, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Catherine Gaits, married, has an affair with Peter Thornton and has made it very clear that this one time will stay one time. But Thornton is obsessive and doesn't give up. He blackmails her to try to renew their relationship.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, realistic
Plot:
sexual blackmail, dangerous attraction, obsession, dishonesty, couple relations, danger, stalking, infidelity, secret past, couples, sexual content, bare breasts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood. His new life is soon disturbed by strange events.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, scary, crying ...
Plot:
violent sex, haunted by the past, homecoming, countryside, secret past, hallucination, old dark house, secret, childhood trauma, painting, sex scene, female nudity ...
Time:
2000s, 1940s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, horror comedy, scary ...
Plot:
dark humor, dysfunctional family, disfigured face, christianity, secret past, bossy woman, socially awkward, secret, sadism, guilt, brother sister relationship, old woman ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, rough, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural ability, government agency, body horror, secret past, monster, burned alive, conspiracy, exploitation, scientist ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1955 ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
For rookie cop Linda Blair and serial killer Clive Barker, the biggest challenge they'll both face, is looking in the mirror.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, rough, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, survival, secret past, investigation, revenge, police, murder, pursuit, mind game, sociopath, haunted by the past ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, surprise ending, anamorphic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, one man army, murder, assassination, super soldier, danger, secret identity, revenge, hired killer, mission, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, singapore
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