20 movies like Escape From East Berlin, ordered by similarity : Custody(2017), Fugue(2018), Ben Is Back(2018), Everest(2015), Somebody Is Waiting(1996), Get Out(2017), A Quiet Place(2018), Out of the Blue(2006), Dark River(2017), Lights Out(2016), Victim(1961), Shifty(2008) ...
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France
1962
94 Minutes
Don Murray Christine Kaufmann Werner Klemperer Ingrid van Bergen Karl Schell Kai Fischer Bruno Fritz Alfred Balthoff Horst Janson
chauffeur friend pretty woman mother uncle emotional tense household east berlin tunnel communism family daunting task freedom escape quest 1960s
Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
90 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Nastassja Kinski Johnny Whitworth Rebecca Gayheart Shirley Knight Brian Donovan Gary Bairos
young man mother father sibling truck driver girlfriend tense emotional united states bank house backyard road bank robbery accidental death on the run death of mother alcoholism family relationships transformation
Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is going off the rails.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
New Zealand
2006
102 Minutes
Karl Urban Matthew Sunderland Lois Lawn Simon Ferry Tandi Wright Paul Glover William Kircher Georgia Fabish Fayth Rasmussen
murderer older man mother daughter boyfriend survivor disturbing tense emotional profound new zealand small town house street beach mass murder violence arson david gray survival
Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Teresa Palmer Gabriel Bateman Alexander DiPersia Billy Burke Maria Bello Alicia Vela-Bailey Andi Osho Rolando Boyce Maria Russell Elizabeth Pan Lotta Losten
woman brother creature friend family member parent creepy dark intense house bedroom car office school street nightmares creatures danger stress survival
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
100 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Sylvia Sims Dennis Price Nigel Stock Peter McEnery Donald Churchill Anthony Nicholls Hilton Edwards Norman Bird Derren Nesbitt
barrister wife criminal friend homosexual detective dark emotional tense london household courtroom homosexuality blackmail suicide investigation affair trial quest pursuit
A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2008
86 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Daniel Mays Jason Flemyng Nitin Ganatra Jay Simpson Dannielle Brent Francesca Annis Kate Groombridge Jason Maza Jordan Long Rory Jennings
drug dealer drug addict brother man friend emotional engaging gripping intense suspenseful tense thrilling uneasy unrestrained london drug addiction drug trade drugs family relationships
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2014
90 Minutes
Christina Cox Tina Ivlev Paula Trickey Rebekah Kennedy Blanca Blanco Matt Corboy Eric Scott Woods Joe Howard Mandy Levin
woman kidnapped child kidnapper mother cult leader intense disturbing brooding thrilling emotional suspenseful cult headquarters brainwashing cult mother/daughter relationship desperation emotional abuse love rescue underdog
A woman spends five years trying to get her brainwashed daughter back from a cult.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
103 Minutes
John Goodman Mary Elizabeth Winstead John Gallagher Jr. Douglas M. Griffin Suzanne Cryer
woman man neighbor fiancée police officer brooding creepy intense car bunker house farm apartment accident danger survival kidnapping escape truth discovery
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter by a man who claims that the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Hungary
2016
88 Minutes
Jane Levy Dylan Minnette Daniel Zovatto Stephen Lang Emma Bercovici Franciska Töröcsik Christian Zagia Katia Bokor Sergej Onopko
young woman friend family member blind man veteran killer creepy dark intense detroit car restaurant house basement street friendship heist trapped danger survival
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2016
108 Minutes
Emma Booth Ashleigh Cummings Stephen Curry Susie Porter Damian de Montemas Harrison Gilbertson Fletcher Humphrys Michael Muntz
couple murderer teen girl bleak disturbing creepy intense emotional house room neighborhood yard kidnapping murder plot escape survival escape pursuit quest 1980s
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
83 Minutes
Kate Nowlin Tom Lipinski Chris Sullivan Rusty Schwimmer Ashlie Atkinson Ken Marks Rene Auberjonois Kirsten Gregerson
soldier woman husband veteran psychologist family member chilling emotional intense house street car afghanistan forest office afghanistan returning home post-traumatic stress disorder stress determination
A Marine sergeant with mental wounds can no longer bottle up her trauma, and a welcome home party provokes her into an explosive outburst. With nowhere to turn, she runs deep into the woods.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
Norway|Sweden
2015
105 Minutes
Kristoffer Joner Ane Dahl Torp Jonas Hoff Oftebro Edith Haagenrud-Sande Fridtjov Såheim Laila Goody Arthur Berning Herman Bernhoft Eili Harboe Silje Breivik Håkon Moe
geologist family wife scientist thrilling suspenseful emotional shocking intense gripping norway mountain tsunami earthquakes catastrophe fear danger family adventure pursuit
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
164 Minutes
Mohanlal Meena Kalabhavan Shajon Siddique Roshan Basheer Irshad Kunchan Baiju V.K. Ansiba Hassan Esther Asha Sarath
cable installer operator wife daughter police officer husband gripping brutal intense incredible thrilling moving india village house police station bus station bus protection family relationships
A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.