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Plot Summary:
The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. Unwillingly becoming embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye, Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and as the memories come flooding back, he confronts the truth about the death of his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, psychological, tense, thrilling, psychotronic
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Ghost Lab (2021)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a haunting in their hospital, two doctors become dangerously obsessed with obtaining scientific proof that ghosts exist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark fantasy, anamorphic
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Whispers (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young couple grieving the recent death of their daughter move to the countryside where they are haunted by their tragedy and a sinister darkness.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, scary, disturbing, twisted
Similar in 82%
Arise from Darkness (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the early events of psychic Lazaro Ruben Torres, clinically declared dead five times. In the process of trying to reconnect with his daughter Lazaro discovers the man who killed her.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, art house, hispanic
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The Dunes (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a domestic counselor's ex-wife attempts to move to the other side of the country with their son and new boyfriend, he decides to do whatever is necessary to keep it from happening.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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The Drowning (2016)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating
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The Nightmare Nanny (2013)
Plot Summary:
Stay-home mom Annie is reluctant to return to work, until she finds Amber, the perfect nanny for her 3-year-old daughter Jenny. But as Annie's young daughter grows closer and closer to Amber, Annie begins to feel like she's being pushed out of her own life. When Jenny suddenly vanishes one day,Annie's search for her missing daughter leads her to the terrifying truth about the dark past of the woman she trusted with her child.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, enigmatic, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Like Father Like Son (2005)
Plot Summary:
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective, realistic
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Hunter's Creed (2020)
Plot Summary:
After losing his wife, a man reunites with his church buddies to film the hunting show they’ve always wanted to make together. Before long, he senses a dark presence in the woods eventually bringing him face to face with death and his faith.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, tense, independent film
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Tommy (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Murk (2005)
Plot Summary:
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, tense, serious, suspenseful, perverse, mind blowing, realistic, masterpiece
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Penguin (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rhythm, a pregnant woman, is traumatised by nightmares about the unsolved kidnapping of her first child, Ajay. Soon, she embarks on a harrowing mission to solve the mystery of Ajay's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Something Wicked (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from their past collide with sinister forces of the present.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, scary, serious, captivating, independent film, realistic, surprise ending
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Sorority Surrogate (2014)
Plot Summary:
A surrogate mother faces an uncertain future when the couple who hires her dies in an accident.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Inhabited (2003)
Plot Summary:
After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil 'fairies' are equally dismissed, but get worse. Self-appointed handyman warns Iver Hagen them for 'things worse than ghosts' and ever scarier things happen. Ma irrationally believes the house bad yet refuses long to have Gina examined by Dr. Werner, who has a patient Olive obsessed by similar trolls. By the time the pieces are fitted, it may be too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense
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Book of Blood (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of "highways" transporting souls to the afterlife.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, demonic, classic horror
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The Dead Will Tell (2004)
Plot Summary:
Emily Parker is haunted by visions of a woman from the past soon after receiving an antique engagement ring from her fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, mind bending
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Afterlife (2005)
Plot Summary:
University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, mind bending, psychological horror
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Who's Stalking Me? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially close eye on Amanda. Taken by his generosity and commitment, Amanda begins to feel safer--unaware that she's letting the real threat get closer than ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
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I Dream of Murder (2006)
Plot Summary:
Johanna is a therapist on the verge of a midlife crisis. When one of her patients is found brutally murdered, she takes it upon herself to solve the mystery. But why is this stressed-out shrink willing to risk her marriage, her career and her entire life to solve the crime? As the case unravels, so do the dark inner demons that Johanna has been trying to hide for the past 20 years!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Chronicles of Evil (2015)
Plot Summary:
A detective accidentally kills a man and disposes of the body to protect his career. The next day he sees that someone has hanged the corpse from a crane for all to see. He takes charge of the murder investigation to protect himself and find out who did it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, crime thriller, psychological, captivating, dark, action thriller, twisted
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The Mourning (2015)
Plot Summary:
20 years after going MIA in Desert Storm, Aaron returns home under mysterious conditions, not having aged since his disappearance, and must reestablish relationships with loved ones before an imminent return to an ambiguous other-worldly existence.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: mystical, psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mysterious
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A Near Death Experience (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Awakened (2013)
Plot Summary:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, independent film, psychotronic
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The Curse of Downers Grove (2015)
Plot Summary:
The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, slasher
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Seven Devils (2015)
Plot Summary:
A series of vignettes that explore the seven deadly sins.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mystic
Similar in 78%
White Noise (2005)
Plot Summary:
An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: twist ending, scary, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, suspense, atmospheric, psychological thriller, clever, mystical
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After.Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, mind bending, twist ending, atmospheric, suspense, offbeat, enigmatic, suspenseful, creepy
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Dream House (2011)
Plot Summary:
Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, scary, serious, enigmatic, intense
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The Sixth Sense (1999)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological thriller, mind bending, touching, tense
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Stay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, gloomy, mindfuck, suspense, mind blowing, mind bending