Movies like Stoker

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   Black Swan

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   2010 · 108 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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   A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dune Entertainment

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   The Perfection

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   2018 · 90 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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   When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   After.Life

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   2009 · 103 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

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   Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Eye

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   2008 · 98 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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   Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Reckoning

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 111 min · Drama · Horror

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   In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Harvest

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 104 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

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   After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Bachelors

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 99 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   The New Daughter

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 108 min · Horror · Thriller

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   John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering puberty.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Broken Flowers

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama · Mystery · Romance

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   An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates the man to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames, seeking answers.

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   • strong story and style similarity

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    The Girl in the Park

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    2007 · 109 min · Drama

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    A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does the illogical and increasingly irrational hope that the young woman may be the daughter she lost so long ago.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity

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