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List of missing friend movies
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to the ...
Style:
sinister, tense, psychological thriller, dread, surreal ...
Plot:
missing person, isolation, journey, female friendship, supernatural, friendship, investigation, claustrophobia, exploration, post apocalyptic, slow burn, end of the world ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M"
Style:
anthology, suspense, psychological, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
hardcore, violence, brutality, murder, survival, multiple storylines, life & death, justice, male objectification, courage, animal attack, animal cruelty ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, rough, extreme horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, murder, virus, serial killer, cannibalism, deadly virus, female nudity, brutality, infection, dark humor, threesome, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
south africa, africa, china, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, controversial, extreme horror, dark comedy ...
Plot:
restaurant, serial killer, cannibalism, food, violent, extreme, transgression, police, prison, murder investigation, killing spree, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
macau, china, asia, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, ...
Style:
anthology, surreal, scary, grindhouse, stylized ...
Plot:
nightmare, violence, animal cruelty, death, brutality, murder, male nudity, violent, killing an animal, danger, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, japan, vancouver, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's frat row, loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brother's murder at the hands of the serial killer known as ...
Style:
slasher, parody, spooky, slasher horror, splatter ...
Plot:
massacre, sex scene, serial killer, adult humor, twins, revenge, vulgar, absurd humor, gross out humor, serial murder, graphic violence, absurd violence ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, violence, rape, revenge, rapist, sexual abuse, serial killer, danger, female vigilante, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
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108K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
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145K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, gory, survival, forest, massacre, danger, youth, manhunt, blood, chase, disfigurement, brutality ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Live action adaptation of the cartoon and comic. The story focuses on a high school boy who boards with an all-female family. When he discovers that he can turn invisible, it naturally leads to risque situations, particularly involving the girls ...
Style:
sex comedy, satirical, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
invisible man, invisibility, peeping tom, voyeurism, supernatural ability, supernatural power, satire, sex, bare legs, disappearance, passive aggressive behavior, gym teacher ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.
Style:
slasher, erotic, slasher horror, psychotronic, detective ...
Plot:
sleaze, maniac, misogyny, sexual frustration, sociopath, dead woman, psychopath, woman in jeopardy, serial killer, gym teacher, perversion, sexual attraction ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, venice california
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41K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, ghost, fog, vengeance, death, ship, prophecy, supernatural, betrayal, island, justice, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2005, 19th century, 2000s, 1870s, 21st century
Place:
california, oregon, usa
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91K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses ...
Style:
gothic, creepy, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lighthouse, ghost, revenge, supernatural horror, haunted house, small town, blood, radio station, sword, campfire story, murder, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, northern california, usa, pacific ocean
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Malta, USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the newly renovated Hotel Optima in Malta has a grand reopening, Chloe and her team from Destination Traveler Magazine, head over to cover the travel scene in Malta and sees someone fall to their death, right past her hotel window.
Style:
semi serious, melancholic, talky, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
corpse, mercenary, u.s. embassy, journalist, fbi agent, female protagonist, blackmail, partner, buddy cop, suspicion, murder investigation, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malta, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Close friends Marcus and Holly begin their freshman year at a tough public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland. When Cassie, a well liked senior at the school, disappears suspiciously, both of their lives change forever. Together, will they ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
Plot:
bullying, best friend, friendship, friends, parent child relationship, small town, twists and turns, popularity, suburbs, youth, social relations, dark secret ...
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42K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, stalker, trap, female villain, stalking, nightmare, obsessive love, obsession, held captive, roommate, female stalker ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, france
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85K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style:
suspense, art house, exciting, ambiguous ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
class differences, metaphor, suspicion, arson, asian, anger, aspiring writer, childhood friend, rural setting, stalking, tragic love, bare breasts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea, india
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, adult animation, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, monster, bestiality, nightmare, body horror, cowardice, danger, nightmare comes true, dangerous attraction, couples, fear, bullying ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, europe
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39K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A girl invites her six friends to spend summer vacation with her at her aunt’s house in the countryside. However, the girls don’t know the aunt’s secret......
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, horror comedy, creepy, experimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cat, surrealism, ghost, haunted house, evil wins, possession, skeleton, kung fu, white cat, coming of age, characters murdered one by one, piano ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia
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72K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
Style:
scary, surreal, harsh, psychological, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
disfigurement, gory, body horror, macabre, abduction, captivity, dark humor, death, transformation, obsession, monster, walrus ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woods, urban legend, youth, danger, murder, chase, child in peril, friendship, high school, psychopath, young heroes, siblings relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, year 1953, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
black magic, violence, mysterious event, escape attempt, ghost, investigation, murder, bondage, murder investigation, female protagonist, chase, friend ...
Time:
2010s, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
oceania
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33K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Style:
surreal, creepy, scary, slasher horror, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural, chimpanzee, telepathy, psychic power, teenage girl, serial killer, killer, mysticism, insect, female psychopath, investigation, violent woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
europe, switzerland, zurich switzerland, alps, munich germany
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While experimenting with a new flight maneuver, Colonel Alex Long and Phil encounter a mysterious light over a mountain range. Phil becomes transfixed, flies into the light and disappears. Alex barely manages to come back and is in shock. The ...
Style:
suspense, tense, mysterious, period piece
Plot:
aviation, fighter jet, conspiracy, military, air force, disappearance, investigation, cover up, skepticism, isolation, alien encounter, reconnaissance ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style:
suspense, retro, disturbing, spooky, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, group of friends, friendship, private investigation, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, basement, murder suspect, surveillance, neighbor, child killer ...
Time:
year 1984, 2010s, 80s
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style:
independent film, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, fight, teenage boy, murder, manipulation, terrorism, friendship, school, humiliation, male victim, boy, immigrant ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A decade after the disappearance of his best friend and musical partner, Guille receives the offer from a label to finally release an album that never saw the light of day. His friend Pablo tries to help him overcome loss and grief, and release the ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, melancholic, emotional, romantic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, musician, missing person, disappearance, loss of friend, musician's life, music band, grief, loss, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, she will announce to the police his machinations with foreign ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychotronic, crying, poliziottesco, freeze frame ...
Plot:
food, hotel, restaurant, motel, photography, woods, mountain resort, photograph, murderer, murder of a woman, missing friend, drunken girl ...
Place:
prague, central europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 classic. On the eve of the Second World War, a train carrying an assortment of passengers, pulls out of a small town in Bavaria. When one of the passengers, a kindly old lady, mysteriously disappears the other ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, mind game, secret agent, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, american abroad, train, world war two, railway, intrigue ...
Time:
1930s, year 1979, pre world war two, year 1939
Place:
germany, london, austria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
missing person, kidnapping, disappearance, amateur detective, investigation, sexy girl, murder, online dating, best friend, internet, teenage life, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
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