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Plot Summary:
Set in and around the remote tidal island of Amen, Unhappy Birthday is the fictional story of three outsiders' battles against the twisted morals of an antiquated community. Inspired by British cult classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror, the film explores the fear of isolation and nature versus nature. A special birthday party becomes a living nightmare for City-dwelling couple Sadie and Rick and their friend Johnny. They visit Corinne, an enigmatic local on the island of Amen, which is accessible only by invite and seemingly impossible to get off. A mysterious family connection with Corinne brings horrific consequences as they find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the island's wild nature.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, homoerotic
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Open Cam (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gay serial killer in Washington, DC uses dating web site to stalk victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, sexual, lgbt cinema, sex comedy, sexy, sexploitation film
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Seeing Heaven (2010)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young escort, Paul, suffers from trip-like dreams he doesn't understand. These visions are shared by his clients, both scaring and exciting them. Paul is searching for his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen since childhood, and hooks up with enigmatic film director John Baxter. Desired by everyone but lost to himself, Paul is persuaded to make one adult film, which will help him discover himself, and in the process find his twin. But the journey he goes on is a dark one, involving dangerous clients, an unscrupulous rival producer, and unsafe sex. In discovering his true past, Paul is in danger of destroying himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Into the Lion's Den (2011)
Plot Summary:
As the three out-of-towners toast the end of their journey, someone at the bar is watching them and setting a deadly trap. Now, as closing time draws near, a night of unspeakable horrors is about to begin. Jesse Archer (Violet Tendencies, Going Down in LA-LA Land) and Ronnie Kroell (Eating Out: Drama Camp, Bravo's Make Me a Super Model) headline in this bold, uncompromising thriller that plunges into the depths of human depravity. With its unpredictable plotline and raw performances, Into the Lion's Den is a twisted nightmare that viewers won't soon forget.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, slasher, queer cinema
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Lucky Bastard (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rusty is a successful architect with the life of his dreams. However, when his boyfriend leaves town, Rusty meets a mysterious drifter names Denny who opens Rusty up to a strange new world.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, realistic, independent film, sexual, queer cinema
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Triple Crossed (2013)
Plot Summary:
With a tour in Afghanistan behind him, war-torn Chris Jensen struggles to assimilate back to life in California. Drifting and living out of his car, he soon discovers that few are willing to deal with the remnants of a damaged career military man. Chris is self medicating; desperate to silence the echoes from the front lines. When an opportunity finally presents itself, he makes the hard decision to employ his most coveted talents honed in special ops. A job is a job and Chris knows civilian life can be just as cut-throat as time on active duty. But just how close does he have to get to Andrew Warner to secure the kill?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, psychological, sexy, captivating, erotic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Drink Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
James and Andy, a sexy gay couple, seem to have everything they ever dreamed of…but things are about to change. Andy loses his job and they take in a handsome stranger called Sebastian. Nightmares come to life as Andy realizes that Sebastian is hiding a dark secret. Could Sebastian be the killer stalking the streets of their neighborhood? A classically sexy thriller- with a delicious vampiric touch, DRINK ME is a highly erotic and exciting film.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, sexy, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Socket (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Bill Matthews is struck by lighting. While recovering at the hospital where he works, he begins an intimate relationship with Dr. Craig Murphy, who invites Bill to join a strange group of lightning survivors.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexual, homoerotic, sexy, queer cinema
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The Wicker Tree (2011)
Plot Summary:
Director Robin Hardy's reimagining of his eerie 1973 film, The Wicker Man. Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
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Endgame (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak. A helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop, Dunston, Tom is dragged deeper into a vicious circle of blood money, vice and ruthless violence from which their seems no way out. Until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment, Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood, Tom heads downstairs to his neighbors, Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question, Max and Nikki speed Tom to their desolate cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space, Tom begins to realize a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotion flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, rough, serious, erotic, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Crossway (2008)
Plot Summary:
A very interesting thriller about the coming of age of a troubled young man searching his place in this world. Teenage boy Jonathan (Fabien de Marchi) is having a hard time living with his father and stepmother. On a whim, he steals some money and embarks on a journey of forbidden pleasures. He spends the night in abandoned building and wakes up bound and is held prisoner by Antoine (Johan Libéreau), a young drug dealer wanted by the police. The two boys forge an ambiguous relationship between violence, compassion and fascination. Victim, Jonathan ends up taking a liking to his tormentor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Speechless (2012)
Plot Summary:
A guy is found by the police swimming naked. He can't, or refuses to, speak and is sent to a hospital. Since no diagnosis can be made, he will be transferred to a mental hospital, when his male nurse decides to take another route. Slowly the reason for his speechlessness becomes clear. Together with the nurse's girlfriend and a female friend of the silent stranger, their history is explained.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, unusual plot structure, contemplative, homoerotic, queer cinema
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Lose Your Head (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, dark, queer cinema
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No Night Is Too Long (2002)
Plot Summary:
Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets Tim on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder. In a flashback, he tells his story of cruelty, love and a soul-destroying guilt that offers little chance for redemption.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, sexual, lgbt cinema, controversial, sexy, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Tattoo (1981)
Plot Summary:
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, neo noir, slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Retreat (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, minimal cast, psychological, atmospheric, offbeat, sad
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A Siren in the Dark (2009)
Plot Summary:
Cameron, a Police Officer with psychic abilities, is called upon to interview an accused teen in hopes of finding the whereabouts of the teen's missing gay lover. His investigation immediately spirals into sordid tales of drug abuse, sexual obsessions, and a mysterious man living on a deserted mountain road.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, sexual, lgbt cinema, crying, freeze frame, sexy
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First Born (2007)
Plot Summary:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense
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White Settlers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Young urban couple Ed and Sarah are set to begin a new life when they move from London into an isolated borders Scottish farmhouse. After falling in love with the 19th century Castle Farm and seeing its potential as a fixer-upper they are anxious to get started on the renovations. In bed on their first night Sarah thinks she can hear noises in the darkness but Ed is disbelieving saying it’s her imagination playing tricks. Persisting in her fear they are not alone in the house, she forces Ed to investigate. When he doesn’t return after a scarily long period, she goes downstairs to investigate only to be confronted by a welcoming committee of masked intruders. As she desperately searches for Ed, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues with the mysterious assailants. But what do they want and what horrors do they have planned for the two newcomers?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, psychological, serious, realistic
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An American Terror (2014)
Plot Summary:
Josh wakes each day to a series of Hells. Between uncaring parents and bullying at school he has little to live for. After a brutal event and ensuing humiliation of an online video, Josh and his friends decide to take revenge by staging a massacre at the homecoming dance. Searching for weapons, they find a man who perpetuates a far more murderous darkness than even their plot might suggest. Trapped in his lair, and finding a kidnapped girl from the opposite clique, the boys learn a lot about each other’s character and their own. Even if Josh can rescue the captive cheerleader, he must still lead them both out in time to stop his friend from completing the pact to massacre their school. An American Terror is an explosive and surprising modern day horror mash-up. Totally and relentlessly disquieting – great atmosphere and sound and perfectly gruesome.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, slasher
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José (2018)
Plot Summary:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. Jose spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, Jose is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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Wild Awakening (2016)
Plot Summary:
Toni and Emma are brother and sister who owns a stable farm. Ramon and his son, Aaron works for them. Toni is openly gay and loves to party, Emma has a crush on Aaron who is a closeted gay who is afraid that his father might find out, but his father also has a secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, homoerotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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M/M (2018)
Plot Summary:
Wayward Canadian, Matthew, crushed by the isolation of being new to Berlin, turns his sexual desires toward Matthias that spiral into a dark fixation of assumed identity. Soon, this obsessive power struggle between the two, careens toward brutal passion and violence in a bid for dominance.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, melancholic, contemplative, experimental, gay cinema
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Downriver (2015)
Plot Summary:
James has served time for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found in the river. A visit from his victim's mother upon parole sends him on a quest to find the truth. With little time and danger at every turn, James risks his freedom and his life to uncover the trail of sins that might give closure to the grieving mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Vampire Boys (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jasin and his vampire brood's time is running out. In order for them to survive, Jasin needs to find a mortal to turn into a vampire to spend eternity with. Los Angeles provides plenty of young candidates. The brood has their eyes set on Tara, a young, gorgeous blond college student. Tara is open to the idea of becoming a vampire, but someone else enters the picture to disrupt the brood's plans. Caleb, a fresh face college student new to Los Angeles, keeps dreaming of a mysterious stranger. At school, Caleb meets the stranger, Jasin, and they have an instant connection. The problem is that time is short, and Jasin needs to convince Caleb that eternity as a vampire can be a very sweet life.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, homoerotic, captivating, sexy, independent film, lgbt cinema, psychotronic, gay cinema, campy
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Cal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting and looting almost a nightly occurrence. It is not a warm homecoming as his sick mother remains stubbornly homophobic and wants nothing to do with the now openingly gay Cal while his battered Auntie Jane, now living in a run down council house, dulls her stagnation with welfare funded booze and disturbing attempts to sexually seduce her nephew. Navigating his way across this new landscape he meets a young student who needs his help. However his act of kindness brings him into contact with a lawless drug dealing pimp and a race against time to make peace with his mother and get out of town as quickly as possible. An intense tale of a family mired in poverty, angry and lost but still searching for love, respect and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense, gloomy, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The Blue Elephant (2014)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Dr. Yehia returns to El-Abbaseya Hospital five years after the death of his family. His return coincide with the arrival of a new patient, Sherif, a friend from college, who is accused of murder.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, realistic, twisted
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Axed (2012)
Plot Summary:
A strict father loosens up enough to let his children take a day off school for a trip to the countryside. But things turn darker when the family realize he is planning to make it their last outing ever.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, scary, realistic, black comedy
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And Soon the Darkness (2010)
Plot Summary:
When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, tense, bleak, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal
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The Watch (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cassie, a psych student, was kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcise her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once she's alone, strange things start happening. Or is she just paranoid? Cassie is terrified that her past may be coming back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, psychological, serious
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Mr. Jones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, surreal, mockumentary, grindhouse, psychological horror, creepy, lovecraft, spooky