| Help (2021) | 7.6 | |
| Anna and the Wolves (1973) | 7.3 | |
| Staying Vertical (2016) | 5.9 | |
| Fiction (2006) | 6.6 | |
| The Nest (2019) | 5.9 |
Isolated house movies and TV shows – page 4
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
Style:
art house, manga, allegory, dread, biting ...
Plot:
rape, gang rape, dysfunctional family, family relations, misogyny, female prisoner, sexual desire, desire, recluse, scared, destiny, matriarchy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid
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317
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One day, someone puts a bomb on Carlos car and kill his wife and leaves his daughter of 10 years old without legs. Eleven years later, he lives in Barcelona with his daughter but he never forgot the past, the hate, the suffering of that accident. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
vengeance, haunted by the past, terrorism, terrorist group, traumatic experience, obsessive quest, family relations, rivalry, parents and children, police officer, isolated house, small village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, basque country, spain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five years ago, Christine went after the baby she gave up for adoption, claiming he'd been stolen, and wound up killing Alex Williams' wife and the baby the Williams' had adopted. Now, Alex has remarried to a woman with a young son ...
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror, noir
Plot:
revenge, adoption, escaped mental patient, mental illness, murder, stalker, female antagonist, trauma, protective parent, cat and mouse, domestic violence, home invasion ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three erotic stories from classic writers Marguerite de Navarre, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne and Guy de Maupassant.
Style:
anthology, erotic, erotic drama, sensual, period drama
Plot:
seduction, literary, sexual content, sexual tension, revenge, nudity, jealousy, adultery, infidelity, marital strife, manipulation, forbidden love ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century, 18th century
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The life of a woman changes completely after the murder of her mother and when she comes to live with her aunt, she realizes that she keeps a secret that has remained hidden and protected for centuries.
Style:
tense, suspense, mystical, captivating, sinister ...
Plot:
family secret, life is a bitch, intrigue, mysticism, uncover truth, changing lives, showdown, supernatural, secret, murder mystery, lifestyle change, family tragedy ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and together they set out to expose the crimes of her father.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, detective, period piece, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, revenge, guilt, childhood trauma, dark secret, haunting, ghost child, supernatural, family secret, child witness, ghost story, father ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jussi Vares find two bodies of Turku outskirts of women, which has been shot in the head, and the man whose body is full of runes similar to the cuts, which suggest that the murder would have been part of the dark ritual. A year later, Vares is ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, private investigator, nordic, who done it, forensics, crime investigation, homicide detective, murderer, murder investigation, murder mystery, intrigue ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
When a young man falls for a seductive but mentally unstable fortune-teller, he begins to suspect her family is hiding a diabolical secret.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror, dark ...
Plot:
family secret, occult, fortune teller, supernatural, toxic relationship, dangerous attraction, suspicion, seduction, paranoia, manipulation, obsession, macabre ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
Style:
humorous, funny, dark comedy, absurd, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
death, gory, dark humor, vacation, group of friends, student, nothing goes right, accidental killing, youth, chainsaw, friends, freak accident ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
virginia, west virginia, usa, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, cerebral, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, home schooling, family drama, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, capitalism, parenthood, children, survivalist, socialism, precocious child, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s, near future, 21st century
Place:
washington state, nebraska, new mexico, xian, oregon
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339
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike reverie about four people whose weekend idyll in an isolated English seaside home becomes an ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
death in the family, introspection, isolation, couple relations, family relations, grief, couples, family problems, love, hallucination, cyberpunk, magic realism ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Robert d'Eglantine invites five of his friends to spend a week-end in his castle, lost in the woods. He explains to them that he studied secret documents on nazi scientific research during World War II. These researches were on time travelling ...
Plot:
time travel, french resistance, group of friends, world war two, isolated house, country house, countryside, wounded, wound, female nudity, changing the future, physicist ...
Time:
year 1944, year 2014
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the ...
Style:
neo noir, black and white, psychotronic, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gangster, female nudity, infidelity, adultery, coward, castle, hostage, homophobic slur, nudity, death, isolation, farm ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
eastern europe, england, europe, poland
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690
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
vengeance, assassination attempt, injustice, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, vigilante, revenge, assassination plot, postman, suicide, isolated house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
Style:
grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
exploitation, femme fatale, rape, love triangle, dangerous attraction, couple relations, gory, gender, mysterious character, sexual relations, love affair, psychopath ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 18th century, 1770s
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to ...
Style:
gothic, captivating, serious, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family secret, childhood trauma, twins, family relations, writer's life, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, writers, aging, unsupportive parent, storytelling ...
Place:
england, united kingdom
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style:
adult animation, depressing, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, countryside, nuclear explosion, apocalypse, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Style:
neo noir, tense, erotic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
assassin, one against many, revenge, bare butt, one man army, organized crime, vengeance, bare breasts, sniper, rivalry, rough sex, superhero ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chile, seattle, montana, detroit, miami ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only other four female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame ...
Style:
scary, demonic, gothic, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boarding school, trance, haunted house, black magic, private school, troubled teen, possessed, ghost, talent, boarding house, schoolgirl, hearing voices ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Dominick Brascia brings us Hard Rock Nightmare about a young boy named John who is tormented by his grandfather concerning vampires and werewolves until he believes his grandfather is actually a vampire. This of course, leads to John killing his ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, suspense, teen horror, bloody ...
Plot:
hard rock, werewolf, grandfather, vampire, rock music, rock, rock and roll, revenge, murder, supernatural, singer, family curse ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, Ireland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
Style:
suspense, horror comedy, funny, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
male nudity, sea, father son reunion, father son relationship, terror, criminal, secret, hardcore, violence, father son estrangement, life is a bitch, estranged father ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
oregon, thailand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model Isabella, by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds all of the house’s various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug ...
Style:
slasher, scary, atmospheric, psycho sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, characters murdered one by one, killer, model, fashion, masked killer, whodunit, hardcore, sexploitation, fashion model, strangulation, macabre ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, ...
Style:
parody, not serious, exciting, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
adventurer, native american, map, escapades, dishonesty, buddies, betrayal, family relations, cons and scams, embezzlement, native, homosexual ...
Time:
year 2001, 19th century, 1860s, 1870s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers, and their haunted collection of dolls.
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, tense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
evil doll, doll, toys, killer doll, supernatural, youth, macabre, objects come to life, ghost, danger, haunted house, monster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house within three days, or otherwise his boss will fire him. Mister Filini comes to him, but he asks the impossible, a house with at least five bathrooms for a few thousand dollars. Incredibly, they find a ...
Style:
surprise ending, neurotic, dark comedy, psychotronic, freeze frame ...
Plot:
dracula, plot twist, frankenstein's monster, revenge, dead brother, vampire hunter, nobleman, sexually aggressive woman, aristocrat, seductive behavior, cello, drought ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, transylvania, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small-time con man on the run from the gangster husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women. There he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women. Shot on location in the French ...
Style:
neo noir, manga, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, hidden room, cat, femme fatale, jealousy, american abroad, pharmacy, investigation, private investigation, train, limousine, black cat ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france, french riviera, paris france, cote d'azur, monte carlo ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 181 min.
TV show
Story:
Lila, a 20-year-old beautiful student, suddenly disappears. A few weeks before her disappearance, Lila had created with her friends Soso and Rebecca an Instagram account called @lesSiffleurs on which she posted selfies with her daily basis street ...
Plot:
social media, disappearance, rape, police investigation, cyberbullying, accidental killing, death of girlfriend, depression, lesbian interest, isolated house, sexual harassment, death of friend ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim ...
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
woods, psychopath, rape and revenge, dark humor, serial killer, rape, murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, redneck, backwoods, revenge ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, chicago, new york, beverly hills
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, sexy, cult classic, dark ...
Plot:
werewolf, surrealism, little red riding hood, legends and myths, grandmother, woman in danger, wolf, dangerous animal, coming of age, girl, folk horror, beast ...
Time:
18th century, year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe
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