Whodunit movies

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Deliberate

Overview

When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

Themes

Poverty and abandonment, Risk in rescue operations, Urban legend vs reality, Deceptive guardianship, Loyalty among caregivers, Cycles of poverty and abuse

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Playful Adventurous Fast-paced Witty Sun-drenched

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Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Rivalry and deception, Risk and resilience, Pursuit of treasure, Mutiny and power struggle, Memory and ancestry

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Claustrophobic Bleak Restrained Clinical Relentless

Overview

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Themes

Illegal medical experiments, Body autonomy and control, Identity and transformation, Captivity and confinement, Surveillance and secrecy, Adoption and kinship

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Tense Claustrophobic Brutal Atmospheric Relentless

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Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

Themes

Deception as survival tactic, Death as omnipresent threat, Wrinkles in reality, Lifespan extraction motive, Collective fate negotiation, Premonition as fate

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Immersive Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced

Overview

Ten years after the original Woodsboro murders, one of the survivors returns home to promote their new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Media sensationalism, Self referential satire, Jealousy as motive, Fame seeking culture, Peer pressure among teens

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural

Overview

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

Themes

Secrecy and guardianship, Bullying and retaliation, Boundaries and intrusion, Vulnerability and resilience, Protection versus danger, Otherness and isolation

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Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Dry Deliberate

Overview

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.

Themes

Public ritual spectacle, Rumors shape reputation, Outsider seeking belonging, Concealed past exposed, Power of storytelling, Truth versus myth

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless Fast-paced

Overview

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Secret power networks, Science versus superstition, Illusion and manipulation, Authority and secrecy, Ambition and conquest

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Deliberate

Overview

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Themes

Abuse of power, Fear of the unknown, Gendered power dynamics, Puritanical authority, Landowner dominance, Village surveillance

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Restrained

Overview

Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.

Themes

Moral ambiguity, Group loyalty under pressure, Marital double life, Shared spaces secrets, Trust under suspicion, Secret affairs risk

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