Best movies like Comedy of Innocence
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Plot Summary:
Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the videos he was shooting on the side - the tail of a cat scampering away, a window, and a veiled woman's face - an intriguing picture... Later that day, Camille's mother, Ariane, meets up with her son in the park. The boy appears perturbed. He is leaning against a tree, eyes cast down. He says that now he wants to return to his "real home" and his "real mother.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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Eroded (2011)
Plot Summary:
"It is said that when left unhealed, the past can destroy our lives. When Billy Reid and his sister Sheila lose loved ones in a horrific accident, they must face the aftermath together. For Billy, that aftermath and the secrets that lie within could devastate what's left of his family. As he struggles to find his way forward, he is left with only memories. But memories are sometimes tricky things and have the power to conceal the truth.".
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, independent film, tense
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Hush Little Baby (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young mother suffers her worst nightmare -the drowning of her young daughter. Two years later, Jamie gives birth to another girl. After a series of suspicious accidents, Jamie becomes haunted by fears that her dead daughter's vengeful spirit has returned in her new baby. Is she right, or is guilt over her daughter's death pushing her sanity over the edge? Written by Anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, realistic, cult film
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Addicted (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, romantic, dark, romantic comedy, mind twisting, twisted, surprise ending
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Afterwards (2008)
Plot Summary:
Newly divorced lawyer Nathan Del Amico is shaken up after he meets a doctor who claims that he can sense when select people are about to die. Though he doesn't believe the doctor, events in Nathan's life slowly make him think he's not long for this world.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic
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The Demon (1978)
Plot Summary:
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: slasher, erotic, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, crying, sexy
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Mark of an Angel (2008)
Plot Summary:
Elsa, a woman with a long history of depression in the midst of a divorce from her husband of 12 years develops an obsession with a seven year old girl she sees at a birthday party when she comes to pick up her son Thomas. Determined to find out more about the girl, Elsa uses Thomas as a way into the girl's family by aiding to develop a friendship between Thomas and the girl's brother Jeremy so that in turn Elsa can then befriend the girl's mother Claire. She uses Thomas more and more in her pursuit of this obsession telling her employer and fellow employees that Thomas is seriously ill so that she can run off watch the girl (Lola) wherever she goes. Elsa even tells her parents lies that she is going out with a friend so they will baby-sit so Elsa can even go as far as hiding in the bushes outside of Lola's house and watching her at night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, psychological, emotional, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, stylized
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Forgive Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
Violette, an expectant wife, who opens a nasty barrel of worms by filming a documentary about her dysfunctional family, to be shown to her (as yet) unborn son.Through her ever-present lens, Violette begins to unearth one nasty family secret after another.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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How I Killed My Father (2001)
Plot Summary:
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative, talky, gloomy
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In Your Image (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ridden by guilt for not being able to have a child, wife decides to conceive by cloning. The daughter she gives birth to is therefor almost identical to her. The child starts to grow rapidly and slowly replaces mom in the household.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
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The Mole (2011)
Plot Summary:
Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his father's picture on the cover of a Polish tabloid newspaper. The headline "traitor" is written next to his name. Zygmunt is a genuine hero of the struggle against totalitarianism and a recognized member of the "Solidarnosc" labor movement of the 80s. But now, Zygmunt is suddenly accused by the paper of having acted as a secret informer called THE MOLE by the communist regime.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, political thriller, captivating, political
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Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
Plot Summary:
A mystery set in the environs of Lausanne concerning several plots which wind their way through the elegant homesteads of a couple of well-heeled French-Swiss denizens. Mika is the couture-attired, oh-so-perfect head of Muller Chocolates--a company that manufactures Swiss chocolates. Andre is her suave, concert pianist husband whose first wife died years ago in a mysterious car accident. When Jeanne, a beautiful young woman, enters the home of Mika and Andre, raising questions about her possible relationship to the family, tensions mount, alliances shift, and all the while, Mika prepares and faithfully serves her special recipe for hot chocolate each evening.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, tense, suspenseful, art house, neo noir, slasher, anthology, clever, serious
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The Pact of Silence (2003)
Plot Summary:
Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, surprise ending
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The Last Sign (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, realistic
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The Sentinel (1992)
Plot Summary:
After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to understand why until he gets home and discovers a mummified head in his luggage. He suspects that someone at customs put it there, but is not sure. Instead of reporting the meandering body part, he decides to investigate it using the tools he has as a medical student. It appears to be the head of a Russian who died somewhere in Asia.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: controversial, anthology, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, weird
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Children's Play (2001)
Plot Summary:
Marianne and Jacques are a young middle-class couple who live in a chic Parisian apartment with their two young children. One day, Marianne receives an unexpected visit from two strangers, Mr and Mrs Worms, who claim to have lived in the apartment when they were children and who ask if they can just take a look around their former home. Marianne agrees, but no sooner have the mysterious Worms left than things take an inexplicable turn for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, psychotronic, weird
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First Born (2007)
Plot Summary:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense
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Ghost Son (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Ghost Son" takes place in South Africa. A married couple Stacey and Mark live on the farm with their black teenage maid. Mark and Stacey love each other deeply. Unfortunately Mark dies in a tragic truck accident.Stacey returns to the farm and decides to remain there since she feels close to Mark.She is also carrying Mark's baby. After delivering the baby Stacey quickly becomes sure that her infant son is possessed by Mark's spirit. The evil force tries to kill Stacey to bring her to Mark.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, South Africa, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, mystic
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The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
Plot Summary:
A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams. Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica's beauty, but when he looks through his lens, something strange happens - the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy, beautiful
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La séparation (1994)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, Pierre and Anne have been living together for a couple of years and they have the eighteen months son Loulou, who stays with the nanny Laurence during the day while they work. Their best friends are the couple Victor and Claire, who also is not married but live together. Out of the blue, Pierre feels Anne estranged with him and sooner she discloses that she is in love with another man. Pierre seems to accept her affair but their relationship rapidly deteriorates, and Pierre becomes violent with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, light, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure
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Red Lights (2004)
Plot Summary:
A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, transgressive, psychological, sexual
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Irresistible (2006)
Plot Summary:
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, psychological, tense, suspenseful, slasher, surprise ending, crying
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The Spiral (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, sequel to cult film
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Private Property (2006)
Plot Summary:
Since Luc granted a divorce to Pascale ten years ago, he paid generous alimony and left a fine country house as long as their twin sons remain at home. Pascale always acted as if she was the provider and head of the household, even now the inseparable brothers are twenty. But she started a secret affair with Flemish neighbor, cook Jan, whose ambition is to start a restaurant and B&B with her. As the boys learn she wants to cancel her job and sell the house for the project, college-man Thierry, who has a steady girl Anne, naturally refuses to let her spend dad's money meant for them. Gentler François, content to remain a handyman, would consider letting her and maybe working in the 'family business'. This causes trouble, even after Pascale moves out to Gerda's indefinitely, leading to tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexy, gloomy
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The Dark (2005)
Plot Summary:
Adèle and her daughter Sarah are traveling on the Welsh coastline to see her husband James when Sarah disappears. A different but similar looking girl appears who says she died in a past time. Adèle tries to discover what happened to her daughter as she is tormented by Celtic mythology from the past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, spooky
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Birth (2004)
Plot Summary:
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, controversial, sexy, enigmatic, melancholic, disturbing, artsy, art house, cerebral
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With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Plot Summary:
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy, atmospheric, intellectual, stylized, scary, humorous
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Half Light (2006)
Plot Summary:
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, surprise ending, stylized, intense, enigmatic, scary
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Hidden (2005)
Plot Summary:
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, art house, surreal, tense, neo noir, clever, bleak, confusing
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Tom at the Farm (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, serious, gloomy, sexy, sexual, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, realistic
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Dragonfly (2002)
Plot Summary:
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, scary, tear jerker, serious, mystical, spiritual, exciting