Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parent's for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries …lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, abduction, paranoia, racism, drunkenness, fear, drinking, jealousy, kidnapping, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare, satire |
Locations: | lake, wheelchair, woods, elevator, airport, forest |
Characters: | maid, psychiatrist, villain, photographer, policeman, detective, boy, doctor |
Story: | brain surgery, hypnotic trance, human brain, mounted deer head, killing a deer, black maid, female villain, suicide by shooting, telephone hangup, reference to tiger woods, airport security, female psychopath, flash camera, bolt upright after nightmare, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, suicide by gunshot, dog food, transportation security administration, stabbed with a letter opener, losing consciousness, broken car headlight, reference to greece, reference to jesse owens, medical operation, strapped to a chair, romance subplot, foosball table, fellatio slur, shot in the gut, reference to jeffrey dahmer, falling to the ground, testicles slur, letter opener, b word, floating in space, tattletale, sweatpants, transplantation, 26 year old, vagina slur, quitting smoking, ukelele, kicking someone, strange behavior, id, upstate new york, groundskeeper, transhumanism, social critic, objectification, inside the mind, sedation, footsteps, dragging a dead body, neurosurgeon, jump scare, dead body in car trunk, body switching, police siren, reference to 9 11, transplant, gazebo, roadkill, art dealer, car keys, loss of memory, lawnmower, chopping wood, story telling, bingo, trance, intercom, packing, eyes, japanese american, interracial kiss, 11 year old, hoodie, genetics, craziness, seizure, knocking on a door, looking out a window, name calling, sex slave, human monster, sarcasm, stabbed in the hand, paralysis, brainwashing, reference to barack obama, earphones, younger version of character, auction, brushing teeth, sports car, brain, dead mother, bench, stabbed in the eye, blind man, grandfather granddaughter relationship, cellphone, deer, stabbed in the leg, hit on the head, laughter, hypnosis, immortality, stabbed in the throat, nickname, crying man, brooklyn new york city, servant, crying woman, wilderness, scene during opening credits, exercise, shot in the stomach, race relations, reference to adolf hitler, addiction, fireplace, tea, shaving, hugging, eyeglasses, surgery, black american, maniac, older woman younger man relationship, loss of mother, missing person, evil man, suburb, prologue, flash forward, darkness, cult, apology, interracial relationship, stabbing, axe, strangulation, candle, wine, f word, telephone, dead body, car crash, running, reference to god, rural setting, best friend, psychopath, tears, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, rain, brother sister relationship, african american, new york city, party, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, independent film, bare chested male, two word title, kiss, gun, death, blood, fight, violence, flashback, dog, murder, police |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea…st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, revenge |
Locations: | woods, forest |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, hoodie, knocking on a door, reference to barack obama, younger version of character, dead mother, deer, crying man, eyeglasses, black american, evil man, prologue, apology, f word, telephone, dead body, car crash, running, reference to god, psychopath, tears, rifle, shooting, drink, watching tv, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, murder, flashback, fight, police, blood, death, violence, gun |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni…e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, fear, drinking, jealousy, suicide |
Characters: | psychiatrist, photographer, policeman |
Story: | flash camera, looking at oneself in a mirror, reference to greece, romance subplot, testicles slur, vagina slur, knocking on a door, looking out a window, name calling, sports car, hit on the head, laughter, nickname, tea, eyeglasses, prologue, apology, stabbing, wine, f word, dead body, reference to god, psychopath, rifle, drink, camera, watching tv, mirror, rain, brother sister relationship, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, police, violence, gun, murder, blood, kiss |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and… two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, fear, drinking |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | photographer, boy |
Story: | flash camera, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, b word, 11 year old, knocking on a door, younger version of character, cellphone, hit on the head, nickname, crying man, fireplace, missing person, prologue, flash forward, cult, apology, stabbing, axe, strangulation, f word, telephone, reference to god, rural setting, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, mirror, brother sister relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, two word title, flashback, police, kiss, death, blood, dog, violence, gun, murder |
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the co…de to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, drunkenness, drinking, kidnapping, revenge |
Locations: | elevator, airport |
Characters: | policeman, detective |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, art dealer, knocking on a door, name calling, auction, cellphone, hit on the head, laughter, nickname, servant, scene during opening credits, shaving, eyeglasses, flash forward, apology, wine, f word, telephone, dead body, running, reference to god, rifle, shooting, drink, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, party, title spoken by character, photograph, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, fight, flashback, gun, blood, death, kiss, murder, police, dog |
Themes: | paranoia, fear, kidnapping, suicide, revenge |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | psychiatrist, doctor |
Story: | killing a deer, looking at oneself in a mirror, genetics, stabbed in the eye, deer, interracial relationship, strangulation, f word, rifle, camera, computer, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, bare chested male, independent film, flashback, violence, murder, fight, blood, death |
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnap…s Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | woods, forest |
Characters: | villain, boy |
Story: | female villain, female psychopath, telephone call, human monster, earphones, fireplace, maniac, evil man, darkness, stabbing, axe, telephone, dead body, car crash, running, best friend, rural setting, psychopath, rifle, shooting, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, brother sister relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, independent film, death, dog, murder, flashback, gun, blood, violence, police |
Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abil…ities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, paranoia, fear, kidnapping |
Locations: | woods, forest |
Characters: | policeman, boy |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, intercom, knocking on a door, earphones, cellphone, shot in the stomach, eyeglasses, suburb, prologue, cult, apology, telephone, car crash, reference to god, rifle, shooting, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, rain, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, two word title, gun, murder, police, fight, blood, death |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al…ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, kidnapping, suicide |
Locations: | lake, woods, elevator, airport, forest |
Characters: | photographer, policeman, detective, boy, doctor |
Story: | mounted deer head, telephone call, intercom, sports car, bench, cellphone, deer, missing person, prologue, flash forward, apology, telephone, dead body, running, tears, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, brother sister relationship, photograph, police, cigarette smoking, murder, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, gun, death, flashback, blood, violence, dog, fight |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom…as Pynchon. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, paranoia, fear, kidnapping, revenge |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | photographer, policeman, detective, doctor |
Story: | telephone hangup, flash camera, telephone call, id, police siren, loss of memory, knocking on a door, bench, hit on the head, laughter, nickname, black american, older woman younger man relationship, missing person, prologue, flash forward, cult, f word, telephone, dead body, running, reference to god, shooting, rain, brother sister relationship, party, title spoken by character, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, two word title, death, gun, blood, kiss, violence, flashback, murder, fight |
Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the "incident". Once a successful travel writer, she is forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation openly shun her, even …to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn, fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva's complacent husband, just attributed it to Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as his ultimate act in defiance against his mother. This is why We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drinking, jealousy |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | policeman, boy, doctor |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, knocking on a door, looking out a window, name calling, earphones, hugging, suburb, flash forward, apology, wine, f word, telephone, running, psychopath, tears, drink, watching tv, computer, mirror, rain, brother sister relationship, new york city, party, photograph, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, flashback, violence, kiss, blood, death, murder |
A once handsome playboy, Cesar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to …find the truth. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, suicide |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | psychiatrist, policeman, doctor |
Story: | eyes, immortality, flash forward, car crash, running, reference to god, shooting, drink, watching tv, computer, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, flashback, gun, blood, kiss, murder, police, death |
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has …fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, jealousy, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | wheelchair, woods, forest |
Characters: | psychiatrist, boy |
Story: | human brain, telephone call, sedation, stabbed in the hand, brain, hit on the head, hypnosis, flash forward, stabbing, strangulation, reference to god, psychopath, tears, rain, brother sister relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, gun, kiss, dog, death, flashback, murder, violence, blood, fight |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape…d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, fear, kidnapping, suicide |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | psychiatrist, villain, policeman, doctor |
Story: | telephone call, broken car headlight, neurosurgeon, seizure, maniac, evil man, darkness, axe, car crash, running, reference to god, psychopath, tears, rifle, shooting, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, rain, photograph, murder, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, fight, flashback, death, violence, police, blood, gun, kiss |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | flash camera, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, addiction, eyeglasses, black american, prologue, flash forward, apology, stabbing, wine, f word, telephone, reference to god, best friend, tears, drink, mirror, blood splatter, new york city, party, title spoken by character, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, mother son relationship, father son relationship, bare chested male, police, fight, flashback, murder, kiss, blood |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career…. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. This is why The Iceman (2012) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | fear, drinking |
Story: | telephone call, police siren, knocking on a door, younger version of character, bench, crying man, shot in the stomach, shaving, eyeglasses, flash forward, apology, stabbing, strangulation, wine, f word, telephone, dead body, reference to god, best friend, psychopath, tears, shooting, drink, watching tv, car accident, blood splatter, new york city, title spoken by character, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, two word title, dog, death, murder, flashback, blood, violence, gun, kiss, police |
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager fo…od rations and committing horrific acts. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | policeman, boy, doctor |
Story: | telephone call, intercom, blind man, stabbed in the throat, race relations, black american, prologue, darkness, interracial relationship, stabbing, candle, wine, dead body, car crash, tears, rifle, shooting, blood splatter, rain, title spoken by character, african american, husband wife relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, fight, police, death, dog, murder, gun, blood, kiss |
A group of young adults set up tent near the abandoned summer camp where a series of gruesome murders are said to have taken place back in 1980. The perpetrator was a grieving mother, driven insane by the drowning of her child, Jason, whom she believed was neglected by the camp counselors. As legend… has it, the last survivor of the attacks beheaded the woman. But then Jason came back, and now he is a vengeful and inexorable killer, wielding crossbows, swords, axes and other sharp instruments. The legend proves horribly true, as these campers quickly discover. Six months later, the brother of one of those campers distributes posters of his missing sister. The police believe she took off with her boyfriend; but he knows better. The brother crosses paths with an uptight young rich guy who is having his girlfriend and friends over at his parents' cabin. The brother ends up at the cabin himself just before his sister's attacker sets upon them all. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, revenge |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | villain |
Story: | female psychopath, telephone call, human monster, stabbed in the hand, dead mother, stabbed in the eye, cellphone, stabbed in the leg, hit on the head, stabbed in the throat, scene during opening credits, fireplace, maniac, missing person, evil man, prologue, darkness, cult, stabbing, axe, strangulation, candle, dead body, psychopath, blood splatter, brother sister relationship, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, african american, bare chested male, death, dog, blood, violence, police, murder |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | drunkenness, fear, drinking, revenge |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | policeman, detective, boy |
Story: | dragging a dead body, name calling, hit on the head, tea, prologue, flash forward, candle, dead body, car crash, running, tears, drink, watching tv, computer, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, rain, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, fight, dog, flashback, murder, police, death, violence, blood |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e…xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
Locations: | woods, airport, forest |
Characters: | photographer, policeman |
Story: | flash camera, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, police siren, 11 year old, fireplace, eyeglasses, black american, prologue, f word, telephone, running, best friend, camera, computer, mirror, car accident, rain, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, dog, police, murder, death |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen…ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. This is why Before I Go To Sleep (2014) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, fear |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | elevator, airport |
Characters: | psychiatrist, boy, doctor |
Story: | brain, looking at oneself in a mirror, camera, car accident, telephone call, loss of memory, seizure, bench, hit on the head, crying woman, flash forward, apology, strangulation, f word, telephone, running, best friend, mirror, blood splatter, party, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, independent film, violence, fight, flashback, kiss, blood |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t…o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | brushing teeth, black american, prologue, dead body, running, psychopath, rifle, shooting, drink, watching tv, computer, blood splatter, rain, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, independent film, gun, death, kiss, murder, police, blood, violence, fight |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de…tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | policeman, detective |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, kicking someone, knocking on a door, sports car, cellphone, shot in the stomach, apology, stabbing, f word, telephone, reference to god, psychopath, tears, shooting, drink, watching tv, mirror, blood splatter, rain, brother sister relationship, party, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, bare chested male, two word title, police, murder, death, dog, gun, violence, blood |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc…alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, suicide, revenge |
Locations: | woods, elevator, forest |
Characters: | policeman, boy, doctor |
Story: | telephone hangup, telephone call, knocking on a door, grandfather granddaughter relationship, eyeglasses, prologue, flash forward, apology, stabbing, candle, f word, telephone, dead body, car crash, running, reference to god, tears, rifle, shooting, drink, computer, blood splatter, brother sister relationship, title spoken by character, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, independent film, bare chested male, two word title, kiss, dog, murder, fight, flashback, blood, gun, death |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | fear, drinking, jealousy, kidnapping, suicide, revenge |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | flash camera, telephone call, suicide by gunshot, sedation, earphones, cellphone, hypnosis, prologue, flash forward, stabbing, strangulation, running, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, blood splatter, rain, brother sister relationship, new york city, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, flashback, fight, death, police, blood, dog, kiss, violence, murder |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma…ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." This is why 15 Minutes (2001) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, fear, drinking, jealousy, revenge |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | psychiatrist, policeman, detective, boy |
Story: | telephone call, stabbing, axe, f word, dead body, psychopath, drink, camera, watching tv, blood splatter, new york city, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, dog, police, death, murder, blood, fight, violence |
Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder…. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, paranoia, drunkenness, fear, jealousy, kidnapping |
Locations: | woods, elevator, airport |
Characters: | policeman, detective |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, 26 year old, looking out a window, auction, sports car, laughter, shaving, eyeglasses, evil man, apology, stabbing, telephone, running, rifle, camera, mirror, car accident, photograph, cigarette smoking, murder, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, fight, gun, police, death, kiss |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house… and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, fear, kidnapping, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | maid, villain, policeman |
Story: | female villain, female psychopath, looking at oneself in a mirror, roadkill, human monster, stabbed in the hand, stabbed in the leg, stabbed in the throat, scene during opening credits, maniac, evil man, cult, axe, strangulation, f word, dead body, psychopath, rifle, blood splatter, brother sister relationship, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, police, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, independent film, death, violence, flashback, dog, murder, blood |
The college friends Paul, Karen, Bert, Marcy and Jeff rent an isolated cabin in the woods to spend a week together. When they arrive, a man contaminated with a weird disease asks for help to them, but they get in panic and burn the man, who falls in the water reservoir and dies. The whole group, exc…ept Karen, makes a pact of drinking only beer along the week without knowing where the dead body is. When Karen drinks tap water and gets the disease, the group begins their journey to hell. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, fear, drinking, revenge |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | deer, stabbed in the leg, stabbed in the throat, shot in the stomach, fireplace, black american, axe, f word, dead body, rifle, car accident, blood splatter, rain, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, father son relationship, independent film, bare chested male, death, murder, dog, police, blood, violence, flashback |
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte…ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, fear, drinking |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | wheelchair, elevator |
Characters: | boy, doctor |
Story: | female psychopath, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, paralysis, stabbed in the eye, laughter, missing person, flash forward, strangulation, telephone, psychopath, drink, watching tv, computer, mirror, rain, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, independent film, bare chested male, violence, death, murder, kiss, flashback, blood, dog |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na…me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. This is why We Own The Night (2007) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | fear, drinking, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | photographer, policeman |
Story: | telephone call, bench, stabbed in the throat, brooklyn new york city, prologue, f word, car crash, tears, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, blood splatter, new york city, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, dog, death, flashback, violence, murder, police, blood, gun |
Themes: | paranoia, fear, jealousy, suicide, revenge |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, dragging a dead body, stabbed in the hand, stabbed in the leg, stabbed in the throat, prologue, strangulation, f word, car crash, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, brother sister relationship, new york city, party, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, flashback, gun, death, violence, murder, dog, blood, fight |
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more i…nvested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? (Read More)
Themes: | suicide |
Locations: | lake |
Characters: | photographer, policeman, boy |
Story: | suicide by shooting, suicide by gunshot, knocking on a door, name calling, apology, candle, f word, tears, shooting, camera, computer, rain, brother sister relationship, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, violence, fight, gun, kiss, murder, blood, police, death |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo…k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, drinking |
Locations: | lake, airport |
Characters: | maid, photographer, policeman, boy |
Story: | telephone call, brushing teeth, maniac, prologue, flash forward, stabbing, wine, dead body, running, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, blood splatter, rain, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, police, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, death, violence, gun, murder, blood |
SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, fear, drinking, jealousy |
Locations: | woods, elevator, airport, forest |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | telephone call, romance subplot, id, reference to 9 11, seizure, knocking on a door, crying woman, eyeglasses, black american, flash forward, apology, f word, telephone, reference to god, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, new york city, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, kiss, dog, flashback, murder |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece…s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. This is why The Air I Breathe (2007) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, suicide |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | photographer, policeman, boy, doctor |
Story: | flash camera, looking at oneself in a mirror, nickname, flash forward, running, rifle, shooting, drink, camera, watching tv, mirror, car accident, rain, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, independent film, fight, flashback, death, gun, police, violence, murder, blood, kiss |
Two teenage Russian boys have their father return home suddenly after being absent for 12 years. The father takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake in the north of Russia that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Themes: | fear, drinking |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | photographer, boy |
Story: | telephone call, dragging a dead body, wilderness, axe, telephone, running, tears, drink, camera, rain, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, independent film, bare chested male, fight, death |
In a continuation of the plot of Halloween, Michael Myers shows off his indestructability by resuming his murder spree despite being gunned down with six bullets in the original movie. Laurie Strode is once more his intended victim, with Dr. Sam Loomis again in hot pursuit.
Themes: | blindness, paranoia, fear, jealousy |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | villain, policeman, detective |
Story: | telephone call, human monster, stabbed in the eye, hit on the head, stabbed in the throat, maniac, prologue, darkness, stabbing, strangulation, psychopath, shooting, watching tv, car accident, blood splatter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cigarette smoking, two word title, violence, death, murder, police, blood, kiss |
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert da…ta, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, fear, drinking |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, knocking on a door, reference to barack obama, younger version of character, tea, eyeglasses, black american, cult, apology, f word, telephone, reference to god, tears, drink, computer, mirror, blood splatter, new york city, party, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, father son relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, flashback, blood, kiss, murder, death |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th…e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, fear, kidnapping, suicide |
Locations: | woods, airport, forest |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, sex slave, auction, stabbed in the throat, black american, stabbing, f word, car crash, running, rifle, shooting, mirror, rain, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, african american, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, bare chested male, gun, blood, fight, violence, murder, death |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate…ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. This is why Don't Say A Word (2001) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, fear, kidnapping, revenge |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | psychiatrist, photographer, detective |
Story: | stabbed in the leg, brooklyn new york city, scene during opening credits, fireplace, prologue, flash forward, axe, f word, telephone, tears, camera, watching tv, new york city, title spoken by character, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, dog, flashback, death, murder, police, violence, blood, fight |
Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choos…e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, drunkenness, drinking, kidnapping |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | detective, policeman |
Story: | telephone call, black american, prologue, telephone, dead body, car crash, rifle, shooting, drink, watching tv, car accident, brother sister relationship, new york city, title spoken by character, photograph, african american, bare chested male, gun, murder, police, blood, violence, flashback, death |
In the world of high-end art auctions and antiques, Virgil Oldman is an elderly and esteemed but eccentric genius art-expert, known and appreciated by the world. Oldman is hired by a solitary young heiress, Claire Ibbetson, to auction off the large collection of art and antiques left to her by her p…arents. For some reason, Claire always refuses to be seen in person. Robert aids Oldman in restoring and reassembling some odd mechanical parts he finds amongst Claire's belongings, while also giving him advice on how to befriend her and deal with his feelings towards her. Also a friend of Oldman, Billy Whistler helps him to acquire a secret private collection of master paintings. (Read More)
Themes: | fear, drinking, jealousy |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, looking out a window, auction, scene during opening credits, tea, eyeglasses, missing person, prologue, apology, candle, wine, f word, telephone, drink, mirror, car accident, rain, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kiss, blood |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | drunkenness, fear, drinking, suicide |
Locations: | lake, elevator |
Characters: | maid, psychiatrist, photographer, boy |
Story: | telephone call, packing, dead mother, scene during opening credits, eyeglasses, loss of mother, missing person, wine, dead body, running, tears, shooting, drink, camera, mirror, rain, brother sister relationship, new york city, party, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, bare chested male, flashback, dog, death, gun, police, violence, kiss, murder, blood |
Death stalks the dreams of several young adults to claim its revenge on the killing of Freddy Kruger. Chased and chastised by this finger-bladed demon, it is the awakening of old memories and the denials of a past of retribution that spurns this hellish vision of a dreamlike state and turns death in…to a nightmare reality. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirror, human monster, younger version of character, stabbed in the eye, stabbed in the leg, stabbed in the throat, evil man, car crash, car accident, blood splatter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, bare chested male, death, dog, flashback, murder, blood |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced …with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. This is why Lat Den Ratte Komma In (2008) is one of the best movies like Get Out (2017). (Read More)
Themes: | fear, drinking, suicide, revenge |
Locations: | lake, woods, forest |
Characters: | policeman, boy |
Story: | suburb, looking at oneself in a mirror, telephone call, dragging a dead body, looking out a window, hit on the head, addiction, hugging, dead body, drink, mirror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cigarette smoking, blood, father son relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, police, kiss, dog, murder, death |
One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately for the former, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys playing kill the counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe.
Themes: | fear, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | lake, woods |
Characters: | boy, villain, policeman |
Story: | female villain, female psychopath, human monster, stabbed in the throat, maniac, prologue, darkness, cult, stabbing, axe, candle, dead body, running, rural setting, psychopath, blood splatter, independent film, bare chested male, death, kiss, violence, police, murder |
Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is …also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, suicide |
Mood: | nightmare, satire |
Locations: | woods, forest |
Characters: | photographer, boy |
Story: | roadkill, stabbed in the throat, missing person, suburb, stabbing, candle, dead body, running, drink, camera, watching tv, blood splatter, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, independent film, blood, death, dog, fight, gun, kiss, murder, police, violence |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a…lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Themes: | abduction, fear, kidnapping, suicide, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | detective, policeman, doctor |
Story: | addiction, telephone call, intercom, hit on the head, stabbed in the throat, fireplace, eyeglasses, maniac, evil man, prologue, stabbing, telephone, dead body, psychopath, tears, shooting, computer, mirror, car accident, blood splatter, rain, title spoken by character, photograph, police, murder, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, death, gun, kiss, blood, flashback, violence |
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Themes: | paranoia, fear, jealousy, kidnapping, revenge |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | inside the mind, dead body in car trunk, car keys, loss of memory, trance, interracial kiss, auction, brain, hypnosis, flash forward, interracial relationship, strangulation, f word, blood splatter, rain, title spoken by character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, flashback, violence, blood, death, murder |