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Plot Summary:
A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychosexual thriller, psychotronic, psychological thriller, surreal, cult classic, lgbt cinema, crying, homoerotic, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965):
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The Washing Machine (1993)
Plot Summary:
A police detective investigates the murder of a man found dismembered in a washing machine and is drawn into a web of deceit and murder by the dead man's lover, Vida, and her two sisters, Sissy and Ludmilla.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic, freeze frame, weird
Similar in 75%
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Plot Summary:
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, political, slasher, perverse, detective, freeze frame, black and white, french noir
Similar in 88%
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, detective, eighties
Similar in 82%
Rat Fink (1965)
Plot Summary:
Lost b-movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crying, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 78%
The Killing Kind (1973)
Plot Summary:
Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women pop up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, psychological thriller, cult classic, classic horror, independent film, scary, tense, rough, serious
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So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, erotic, sexy, suspense, psychological thriller, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Plot Summary:
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, psychosexual thriller, noir, suspense, cult classic
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The Resident (2011)
Plot Summary:
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric, scary, tense, surreal, disturbing, psychotronic
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Wild Things (1998)
Plot Summary:
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, erotic, surprise ending, tense, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir, sensual
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Freeway (1996)
Plot Summary:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy, road movie, cult classic, teen, clever, controversial
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The Bedroom Window (1987)
Plot Summary:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry instead steps forward, trying to help nab the criminal. However, he never saw the suspect and, when his lies are uncovered, the police begin to suspect his motives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense, psychological, realistic, serious, sexy, psychosexual thriller, detective
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police detective Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson) is convinced of Stacey’s guilt and, over the objections of his partner, plants evidence to get him behind bars. When Stacey is released on a technicality, he threatens to go after Kessler and his family, leaving Kessler to defend himself against a killer with little help from the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, scary, psychological, retro
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Tightrope (1984)
Plot Summary:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, detective, sexual, intense, neo noir, suspense, sexy, tricky
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Body Double (1984)
Plot Summary:
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers -- with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, sensual, atmospheric, enigmatic, cult classic, tense, harsh
Similar in 75%
Cruising (1980)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, detective, sexual, erotic, sexy, cult classic, intense, slasher
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Klute (1971)
Plot Summary:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, detective, psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, talky, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 82%
Blow Out (1981)
Plot Summary:
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, intense, political thriller, serious, captivating, realistic
Similar in 83%
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, scary, sensual, slasher, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Plot Summary:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, rough, suspense, detective, suspenseful, slasher, psychosexual thriller, retro
Similar in 80%
Blue Velvet (1986)
Plot Summary:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 212000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surreal, dark, detective, cerebral, disturbing, postmodern, controversial, erotic, atmospheric
Similar in 85%
Basic Instinct (1992)
Plot Summary:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, suspenseful, detective, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller
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The Body (2012)
Plot Summary:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, mind blowing, detective, serious, psychological thriller, mind twisting
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Deceived (1991)
Plot Summary:
A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the supposed death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. After his supposed death, strange developments begin to be discovered by Adrienne regarding Jack's past. Developments that lead her to believe she has been Deceived.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, spectacular, twisted, crying, psychological, tense, bleak
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Disturbia (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 245000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, intense, psychological thriller, scary, teen, clever, slasher
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Blink (1993)
Plot Summary:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, neo noir, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, gloomy
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Trust (2010)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, emotional, teen, serious, sexy, psychological, disturbing, sincere, depressing, social
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Mr. Brooks (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending, serious, melancholic, intense, detective, enigmatic
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8MM (1999)
Plot Summary:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, rough, grim, detective, enigmatic, captivating
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The Girl on the Train (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tricky, intense, detective, crying, clever
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The Pledge (2001)
Plot Summary:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, detective, suspense, enigmatic, intense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, disturbing