Movie

Death of a Loved One

2013 · 90 min

A slow-burning island mystery that keeps you uneasy, with a secret romance and a vanished body tightening the trap.

Directed by: Birger Larsen
Genres: Crime
Starring: Tuva Novotny, Ola Rapace, Linus Wahlgren

Overview: Puck has been invited by her tutor at the university to celebrate midsummer at his secluded cottage on an island together with a group of friends, among them Einar Bure. Puck and Einar are having a secret relationship, and he is the reason she says yes to the invitation. Having been out on a romantic spree with Einar, Puck finds one of the female guests murdered. Einar contacts his friend Christer Wijk, but upon Christer's arrival, the dead body has disappeared. The contact with the outside world is broken when the island's only boat goes missing. They are trapped on the island - and someone among them is a killer...

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: Death of a Loved One

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Directed by: Birger Larsen
Genres: Crime
Starring: Tuva Novotny, Ola Rapace, Linus Wahlgren

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
deception
mystery
betrayal
survival
Places: single country house
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

Titles like Death of a Loved One

Movie

Roses, Kisses and Death

2013

A slow, rose-scented country-house mystery where polished surfaces hide stifling secrets and quiet suspicion.

Same composer: Karl Frid · Tense · about deception and mystery

Also: Same composer: Karl Frid
Via: tense
deception
mystery
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 90 min

Details

Roses, Kisses and DeathHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Paradise Murdered

2007

A clammy, claustrophobic whodunit where island calm curdles into paranoia and every friendly face starts to look guilty.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception · single location

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
single location
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 110 min

Details

Paradise MurderedHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

They Were Ten

2021

A slow-burning, claustrophobic mystery that keeps you guessing as paranoia builds among strangers trapped in paradise.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

They Were TenHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

A Haunting in Venice

2023

A moody, storm-soaked whodunit that trades glamour for gothic dread, keeping you uneasy as ghosts and motives blur together.

Tense, eerie · about deception and mystery · single location

Via: tense
eerie
deception
mystery
single location
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 104 min

Details

A Haunting in VeniceHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Harper's Island

2009

A slow-building island wedding turns into a tense, body-count mystery where every guest could be the killer.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

Harper's IslandHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Black Island

2021

Quiet island unease slowly tightens into dread as buried secrets surface around a fragile young outsider.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 105 min

Details

Black IslandHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Girl Who Dared

1944

A creaky old-dark-house mystery that trades on atmosphere and sudden scares, more cozy than truly frightening.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception · single location

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
single location
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 56 min

Details

The Girl Who DaredHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Hierro

2019–2021

A brooding, slow-burning mystery that immerses you in an isolated island community where secrets simmer beneath the surface.

Tense · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details

HierroHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Landslide

1937

A claustrophobic old-fashioned whodunit that traps you with its characters, building quiet suspense from scarcity and suspicion.

Tense · about isolation and deception · single location

Via: tense
isolation
deception
single location
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 67 min

Details

LandslideHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

The Decagon House Murders

2024

A slow-burning, claustrophobic puzzle that keeps you tense and guessing as suspicion festers among the group.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

The Decagon House MurdersHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Night Train

1959

A clammy, claustrophobic ride where strangers' glances and rumors curdle into suspicion under flickering carriage lights.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception · single location

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
single location
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 97 min

Details

Night TrainHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Ten Little Indians

1987

A slow, suffocating paranoia settles in as strangers are picked off one by one in a grand, isolated house.

Tense, eerie · about isolation and deception

Via: tense
eerie
isolation
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 137 min

Details

Ten Little IndiansHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres: crime
Directed by: Birger Larsen
Written by: Charlotte Orwin, Jonna Bolin-Cullberg
Starring: Tuva Novotny, Ola Rapace, Linus Wahlgren, Suzanna Dilber, Peter Viitanen, Andreas Utterhall, Ida Engvoll, Fanny Risberg
Music: Pär Frid, Karl Frid
Cinematography: Mats Axby
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

TMDB IMDb Letterboxd Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Death of a Loved One

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Death of a Loved One

Where to watch in the UK

Details