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Plot Summary:
When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details and get close to her. A charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle - and person - in his way.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, disturbing, tense, dark, thrilling, captivating, suspense, erotic, surprise ending, atmospheric
Best tv shows and movies like YOU (2018):
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Alone with Her (2006)
Plot Summary:
The harrowing story of a disturbed young man's attempts to win the affections of an unsuspecting young woman. When Doug first sees Amy, he instantly falls for her and begins to watch her every move, going so far as to set up spy cameras in her apartment. However, as his fascination grows into obsession he's no longer satisfied with just watching.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mockumentary, psychological horror, erotic, scary
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Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013)
Plot Summary:
True story based on Jodi Arias, a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover, Travis Alexander, who was found nude in his home shower with a slit throat, 27 additional stab wounds and a bullet to the head. While investigating the violent killing, Mesa, Arizona police retrieved a digital camera from Alexander’s washing machine, revealing shocking images authorities claim Arias took during their sexual escapades, as well as during and after his murder. While Jodi pled not guilty and contends she killed Alexander in self-defense, police concluded that when he broke off their relationship, she stalked her ex-boyfriend and seduced him one final time before murdering him in cold blood. Her subsequent trial has been grand theater, dominating the cable news networks as she testified in her own defense and offered explicit insight into the sex, lies and obsession that led up to Alexander’s murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological, sexy, crime thriller
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
Plot Summary:
Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and the view changes: We are now following the view of the doctor instead of Angeliques. And things look quite different now.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, enigmatic, sweet, disturbing, allegory, tense, non-linear, psychological, twist ending
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Entangled (2019)
Plot Summary:
The friendship between two middle-aged couples is in jeopardy when one of them dies in a supposed "car accident".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, disturbing, erotic, sensual, entertaining
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Tell Me a Story (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tell Me a Story takes the world's most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, anthology, erotic, psychological, fairy tale, psychological thriller, disturbing, surprise ending
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Trauma (2018)
Plot Summary:
A three-part drama set in the trauma unit of a London hospital, a grieving father blames a high-achieving trauma consultant for the death of his teenage son.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, action thriller, medical drama, psychological thriller
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Confess (2017)
Plot Summary:
Auburn Reed is determined to put her challenging past behind her and get her future on track. Now in her mid-twenties and struggling to fund her custody battle for her only son, she stumbles upon the art studio of the talented and charming artist, Owen Gentry. The two wrestle with their developing romance and the secrets they're both keeping until they realize they may risk their future if they don't reveal their pasts to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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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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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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Body Chemistry (1990)
Plot Summary:
A research project on sexual response leads two doctors into an affair where their deepest passions and darkest fantasies are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sensual, psychological, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir, eros, serious, realistic
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The Boy Next Door (2015)
Plot Summary:
A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychosexual thriller, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, feel good, sexual
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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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Queen of Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
Reina Ortiz will suffer an accident that will cause her to forget the last eight years of her life, in which she became the wife of tycoon Victor de Rosas, Clara's mother and the owner of the most famous bridal atelier in Las Vegas. She doesn’t even remember the happiest moment of her life; when she fell in love with Nicolas Nuñez. Now Reina, who feels she doesn’t belong to this world of luxury and power, will strive to discover her own truth. Meanwhile, Nicolas is working for the secret service under a new identity as Javier Bolivar, is seeking revenge after Estefania Perez made him believe Reina and Victor were responsible for his unjust imprisonment. Entangled in secrets, tricks and deceptions in a double life of gamble under the framework of gold and precious stones trafficking, Nicolas and Reina will fight for the only thing they cannot leave to chance, their love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Plot Summary:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, sad
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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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Dark Desire (2020)
Plot Summary:
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, dark, semi serious, bleak, scenic, sensual, exciting, light
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Wicker Park (2004)
Plot Summary:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, suspense, emotional, psychological, contemplative, clever, mind bending, stylized, psychological thriller
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Stalker (2014)
Plot Summary:
A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which investigates cases of stalking -- including voyeurism, cyberharassment and romantic fixation. The history of recent transfer Jack Larsen -- whose personality and questionable behavior have been an issue in the past -- may help him in his assignment to her team. Her other detectives are young but eager Ben Caldwell and deceptively intelligent Janice Lawrence. Together they try to stop situations from spinning out of control -- and to keep their personal obsessions at bay.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, detective, realistic, thrilling, psychological thriller
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Elite (2018)
Plot Summary:
When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, erotic, intense, intellectual
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Sharp Objects (2018)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, bleak, southern gothic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, detective, realistic, rough
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, psychological thriller, erotic, sexy, captivating, psychosexual thriller
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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
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The End of the F***ing World (2017)
Plot Summary:
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: captivating, tragicomedy, ironic, dark comedy, road movie, slang, exciting, sentimental, entertaining, sad
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The Undoing (2020)
Plot Summary:
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 337 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, detective, thrilling, surprise ending, captivating, psychological, visually appealing, crime drama
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Mr. Mercedes (2017)
Plot Summary:
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating, neo noir
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The Following (2013)
Plot Summary:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, detective, dramatic, tense, disturbing, scary, psychological
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Prodigal Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, detective, exciting, surprise ending, thrilling, clever, suspenseful
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True Detective (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 618000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, atmospheric, anthology, gloomy, realistic, southern gothic, clever, stylized, captivating
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Mindhunter (2017)
Plot Summary:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, detective, psychological, thought provoking, crime drama, thrilling, suspense, disturbing, exciting, retro