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Plot Summary:
Sam Maddox, a troubled girl whose father committed suicide, has earned a reputation at her high school for being a bit promiscuous. When Sam begins seeing brilliant, MIT-bound Henry Sinclair, the two opposites really attract. Although Sam doesn't realize it, Henry is in the grip of an insane romantic obsession, and he will kill anyone who tries to put an end to his star-crossed - and increasingly deadly - romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark
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Golden Earrings (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ronnie and Sara are best friends and roommates. And for Ronnie, Sara is her whole world. She does everything with her and their small group of friends. But one day, Sara suddenly disappears and Ronnie is left with a hole in her life that she cannot deal with. And her apparent guilt over something she's done causes everything in her life to collapse. Despite her friends attempts to calm her, Ronnie sinks deeper and deeper into her loneliness. Until one day, Ronnie suddenly starts 'seeing' Sara. Or does she? No one else can see her except for Ronnie. Is it Sara's ghost? Ronnie's imagination? And why does Ronnie feel so guilty about Sara's disappearance? Sometimes, your friends aren't who you think they are.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, independent film
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Trois (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jermaine, a young struggling Atlanta lawyer, decides to spruce up his marriage with Jasmine, who's mentally recovering from an abusive previous relationship, by hiring Jade, a bisexual stripper/prostitute fighting a custody battle with her ex-husband for their four-year-old son, for a threesome menage-a-trois get together only to have all three of them suffer the after-affects when Jermaine begins acting possessive towards Jasmine and Jade which leads to Jade (or someone) stalking him and disrupting his private and professional life. Written by Matt Patay.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, independent film
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Sanctuary (2001)
Plot Summary:
A famous photographer, Jo Ellen Hathaway, has been being stalked for quite some time. She returns to the island she grew up on in an effort to get away from the stalker and get some well-needed relaxation time. On the island, she meets up with old friends and boyfriends and works on relationships with her family. However, she can't shake the feeling that she's still being watched.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional
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Red : The Dark Side (2007)
Plot Summary:
Neil Oberoi(Aftab Shifdasani), is a billionaire with a serious heart condition and is in need of a new heart. He finds a donor who has left behind the beautiful Anahita.(Celina Jaitley). They fall in love but the death of her husband has left the police baffled. They start to suspect Neil and Anahita's friend. He then falls in love with her and doesnt realise that she is betraying him and that she killed her husband.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir
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Blue Smoke (2007)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing an uncontrollable blaze burn her family's pizzeria to the ground when she was just 11 old, it's no wonder that Reena decides to become an arson investigator. Now, years later, she decides to visit the old neighborhood, where she finds true romance with a hunky carpenter named Bo Goodnight. But Reena is swiftly knocked off cloud nine when she discovers that a psycho connected to her past has resurfaced to wreak havoc in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sloan McBride is an 1980s music star who is trying to hold on to her career. She hires Jenny as her assistant and Jenny seems to be the perfect employee. However, Jenny is actually planning her revenge because she blames Sloan for ruining her mother's career and causing her suicide.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, humorous, realistic
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Mother's Milk (2013)
Plot Summary:
Claude is an easily overlooked statistics professor. After a childhood trauma left him motherless, he formed a dysfunctional craving. To satisfy the depraved hunger, he kidnaps Kim from the park and holds her captive in his basement. As the days pass and Claude’s truths are revealed, her fear slowly turns to comfort and compassion…or does it?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, captivating, suspense
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Sleeping with Danger (2020)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Ann Rule’s true crime collection Mortal Danger and Other True Cases. Paul Carter was like a knight in shining armor when he met flight attendant Grace Tanner and swept her into a passionate love affair. But her dream man quickly became her nightmare as his jealous rage ultimately led to a brutal attack. Incredibly, Grace was able to escape and go into hiding. Fearing for her life and the safety of other women Paul might seduce, Grace works with the police to bring Paul to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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You Get Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
After arguing with his girlfriend, Ali, Tyler lands in the arms of sexy new girl, Holly. The next morning, he finds that not only does Ali agree to take him back, but Holly is a new student at their school and is dead set on her new man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, thought provoking, enigmatic, entertaining, tense, melancholic
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Never Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, mesmerizing
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Killer Reality (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when work becomes downright murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, sexual
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Perfect Strangers (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense
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Lying in Wait (2001)
Plot Summary:
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith into a coma. When Keith comes out he is in a semi-vegetative state and must rely on Vera to look after him. Keith can't move or speak but reveals to Babee that he can still talk and starts to kill those that wronged him with Babee's help.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, independent film, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Stalker's Prey (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura's life is turned upside down when she is attacked by a shark while celebrating her 18th birthday. She's rescued by Bruce, a handsome young man just returned home from college. As she recovers, he becomes a local hero for his bravery. As the dust settles, Bruce seems smitten with his damsel in distress, but Laura is not ready to move past the boyfriend she lost in the attack.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
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Cyberstalker (2012)
Plot Summary:
After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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The Show (2017)
Plot Summary:
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, philosophical
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Broken Vows (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Broken Vows" tells the story of Patrick Flynn (Bentley), whose charm and charisma masks a profound psychosis. Patrick seduces Tara Bloom (Alexander), instantly becoming infatuated with the beauty. But when Tara rejects Patrick, he is sent spiraling into madness and delusion, erupting into psychotic rage. Tara is forced to find the strength to stop Patrick from destroying her love, her family, and her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic
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Mother's Boys (1993)
Plot Summary:
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes, into a murderous plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, realistic, neo noir, dark, independent film, serious
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The Perfect Guy (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a painful breakup, Leah seems to meet the perfect guy. But she soon discovers his violent side that disrupts her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological thriller, feel good, twist ending, psychosexual thriller
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Say Nothing (2001)
Plot Summary:
Housewife Grace Needham (Nastassja Kinski) has a one-night stand with Julian Grant (William Baldwin), who then becomes obsessed with sinking her marriage to husband Matt (Hart Bochner). The twist here is that Julian is a millionaire global powerbroker, and Matt works for him! It's a titanic battle of testosterone as the guys duke it out while Grace simmers angrily.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, tense, realistic, sexual
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Homecoming (2009)
Plot Summary:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, christmas horror, teen, serious, realistic
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American Satan (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, tense, gothic, slasher, mystical
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Obsessed (2009)
Plot Summary:
Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon. However, into this idyllic world steps Lisa, a temporary worker at Derek's office. Lisa begins to stalk Derek, jeopardizing all he holds dear.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, intense, disturbing, psychological thriller, erotic, romantic, psychological, scary
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, neo noir, sexy, psychological thriller, serious, psychosexual thriller, dark
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Swimfan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, erotic, serious, tense, slasher, sexual, disturbing
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Darr: A Violent Love Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, romantic, entertaining, romantic drama, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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The Crush (1993)
Plot Summary:
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, tense, intense, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, teen
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Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
Plot Summary:
A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological thriller, realistic, psychotronic
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Fear (1996)
Plot Summary:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, suspense, psychological thriller, teen, neo noir, serious, erotic