20 movies like Dark Encounter, ordered by similarity : Higher Power(2018), I'll Follow You Down(2013), The Unseen(2016), Blade Runner 2049(2017), The Clovehitch Killer(2018), Strangerland(2015), The Machine(2013), Ad Astra(2019), Fast Color(2018), Synchronic(2019), The Scent of Rain & Lightning(2017), Searching(2018) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
UK
2019
98 Minutes
Laura Fraser Mel Raido Sid Phoenix Grant Masters Spike White Alice Lowe Nicholas Pinnock
missing girl family parent police officer townspeople bleak disturbing frightening gripping somber small town united states crime scene missing persons ufo unexplained phenomenon secret discovery pursuit 1980s
8 y.o. Maisie went missing in 1982 and a memorial is held a year later. That evening, strange lights, sounds etc. are observed in the woods outside. Aliens.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Ron Eldard Colm Feore Jordan Hinson Marielle Jaffe Austin Stowell Jade Tailor Mei Melancon
scientist father detective daughter wife bleak disturbing frenetic gripping wild united states town city street abuse of power unexplained phenomenon saving the planet science gone awry family unlikely hero
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world, or destroy it.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
2013
92 Minutes
Haley Joel Osment Gillian Anderson Rufus Sewell Victor Garber Sarah Manninen Sherry Miller John Paul Ruttan Brandon Firla Kiara Glasco Susanna Fournier
scientist college student time traveler missing person father son emotional engaging gripping rousing somber princeton, n.j. university time portal city home lecture hall time travel relationships family
After a scientist disappears during a business trip, his son (Haley Joel Osment) and wife (Gillian Anderson) struggle to cope, then they make a bizarre discovery years later that may bring him home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
Canada
2016
104 Minutes
Aden Young Camille Sullivan Julia Sarah Stone Ben Cotton Max Chadburn Alison Araya Maxwell Haynes Kurt Ostlund Eugene Lipinski Nickolas Baric Linda Darlow
factory worker daughter estranged father somber bleak brooding dark melancholy gritty town abandonment missing persons invisibility horror discovery escape 2010s
A man who abandoned his family now risks everything to find his missing daughter, including exposing the secret that he is becoming invisible.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|Australia
2015
111 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joseph Fiennes Hugo Weaving Lisa Flanagan Meyne Wyatt Maddison Brown Nicholas Hamilton Jim Russell Sean Keenan Martin Dingle-Wall
teen girl teen boy parent police officer community member mother tense striking somber raw frightening disturbing desert rural community outback australia small town town storm disappearance
A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2013
91 Minutes
Caity Lotz Toby Stephens Denis Lawson Lee Nicholas Harris Sam Hazeldine Helen Griffin Sule Rimi Jonathan Byrne Ben McGregor Jade Croot Pooneh Hajimohammadi
scientist soldier researcher cyborg android mother brutal disturbing patriotic suspenseful tense uneasy military base secret location underground office ocean laboratory cyborgs artificial intelligence
In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
China|USA|Brazil
2019
124 Minutes
Brad Pitt Tommy Lee Jones Ruth Negga Donald Sutherland Kimberly Elise Loren Dean Donnie Keshawarz Sean Blakemore Bobby Nish LisaGay Hamilton John Finn
astronaut father engineer space traveler intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing raw space space center space station spaceship space travel missing persons secret supernatural adventure discovery mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Anthony Mackie Aaron Moorhead Jamie Dornan Katie Aselton Ally Ioannides Shane Brady Bill Oberst Jr. Betsy Holt Devyn Tyler Natasha Tina Liu
paramedic best friend daughter missing person gripping gritty intense intricate new orleans house crime scene street accident drugs psychedelia time reality discovery mystery pursuit
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Maggie Grace Maika Monroe Justin Chatwin Mark Webber Bonnie Bedelia Logan Miller Will Patton Aaron Poole Brad Carter Blake Robbins Bryan Whorton
young woman daughter parent killer convict family gripping gritty gutsy outlandish raw united states oklahoma family secrets destruction dramatization western films mystery adventure discovery
A young woman investigates the murder of her parents when rumors suggest the man convicted of the crime may not be the killer after all.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
96 Minutes
Amy Ryan Nick Robinson Margaret Qualley Blythe Danner Brian Cox Greg Kinnear Mena Massoud Connor Jessup Vanessa Burns
boyfriend girlfriend high-school sweetheart family parent adoptive parent creepy dark eerie melodramatic uneasy tense family home school dance suburb united states forest home pregnancy supernatural
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2018
89 Minutes
Andrew Scott Bronagh Waugh Christa Beth Campbell J.D. Evermore Catherine Dyer Sandra Ellis Lafferty Jason Davis Griff Furst
garbage collector boy detective single father suspect mother engaging gripping suspenseful thrilling brooding gritty town office small town united states forest crime scene missing persons mysterious deaths
When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Kevin Durand Lukas Haas Bianca Kajlich Nick Damici Sabina Gadecki Steve Agee Heath Freeman Billy Paterson
logger sheriff deputy townsperson monster father brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping uneasy woods united states small town church forest unexplained phenomenon curse missing persons
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
UK
2018
115 Minutes
Natalie Portman Jennifer Jason Leigh Gina Rodriguez Tessa Thompson Tuva Novotny Oscar Isaac Benedict Wong David Gyasi Sonoya Mizuno John Schwab
biologist soldier husband monster creature scientist creepy dark uneasy frightening thrilling base camp house woods forest secret location cabin creatures mutation saving the planet
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
91 Minutes
Adrian Glynn McMorran Magda Apanowicz John Cassini Frank Cassini Aleks Paunovic Bill Marchant Kimi Alexander Cecilly Day
clairvoyant romantic interest mentor friend criminal brooding gripping intense melancholy melodramatic offbeat suspenseful thrilling united states clairvoyance time travel organized crime love secrets discovery
A man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2005
108 Minutes
JR Bourne Caroline Cave Deborah Grover Frank Adamson Joyce Gordon
husband wife boss daughter mother-in-law parent bleak disturbing tense emotional family home canada art gallery office assault family dysfunction trust failing career marital problems investigation
Warner isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end career in fund raising, cramped town house, old car, clothes... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada|USA
2016
102 Minutes
Noomi Rapace Peter Stormare Kerry Bishé Michael Chiklis Ari Millen Lesley Manville Jean Yoon Percy Hynes-White Morgan Kelly Paul Popowich Jonathan Potts
alien woman abductee researcher abductor geneticist chilling creepy disturbing frightening gory intense secret location medical building united states genetic abnormalities genetic experiments secret society research alien
A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2020
97 Minutes
Mary J. Blige Nat Wolff David Zayas Anika Noni Rose Demetrius Gross Sue-Lynn Ansari Ian Casselberry Sylvia Grace Crim Renell Gibbs
police officer murder victim supernatural being young person corrupt police officer bleak disturbing brooding dark gripping precinct house crime scene house street murder investigation supernatural phenomenon cover-up police corruption discovery mystery
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.