North by Northwest
1959USA★ 85 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia. Same energy: tense, relentless, and escalating.
Unlocked
스마트폰을 떨어뜨렸을 뿐인데
2023South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Kim Tae-joon★ 7.3
Available in English: subtitled
A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebleakhaunting
Pacing
escalatingrelentless
Story
pursuitsurvivalinvestigation
Emotion
paranoiafeeling powerless
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsold ways vs. new world
Feel
exhaustinggut punchquietly haunting
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Unlocked
If Unlocked hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Three Days of the Condor
1975USA★ 7.35 pt match
Like Unlocked, this one is rooted in paranoia and feeling powerless. The feel is the same: tense, bleak, and escalating.
Rear Window
1954USA★ 8.34 pt match
Like Unlocked, this one is rooted in paranoia and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, and escalating.
Searching
2018USA★ 7.64 pt match
Like Unlocked, this one is rooted in paranoia and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, escalating, and relentless.
Contraband
2012USA★ 6.33.5 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. Same energy: tense, escalating, and relentless.
Psycho
1960USA★ 8.43 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: tense, haunting, and escalating.
The Fugitive
1993USA★ 7.53 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia. Same energy: tense, bleak, relentless, and escalating.
7500
2019USA★ 6.23 pt match
Like Unlocked, this one is rooted in feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, bleak, relentless, and escalating.