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Plot Summary:
Shortly after the end of World War II, a con man on the run finds himself in a passionate love affair that may well cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, dramatic
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The Exam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, shaken and insecure by the defeated revolution of 1956 and prodded by a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security personnel must take an exam to challenge and verify their loyalty. But to be effective in this shadowy world of suspicion and lies, of secrets within secrets, where nothing and no one can be trusted, the subjects must be unaware they are being tested. Focused on the secret machinations of a totalitarian state’s paranoid need for absolute control, The Exam is a fascinating, Kafka-esque portrait of an era gone by – but it’s a mindset still very much active today.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, visual, surprise ending
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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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Siew Lup (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mia, an ex-prostitute, is trapped in a loveless marriage with the abusive Quan (Sunny Pang, who also stars in Headshot in this year’s Festival lineup), a butcher who runs a roast meat shop. When she meets sensitive funeral director Wu, their passion for one another escalates into an affair. But the path to true love is fraught with jealousy, forcing someone to make a deadly move.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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Forsaken (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a rural town where football is war and the quarterback is king, comes a tense re-imagining of MACBETH with a bloody twist to prove that Lady and King Macbeth didn't kill for power - They killed for love.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Sinister Surrogate (2018)
Plot Summary:
Josh and Danielle have found the perfect surrogate, Kailee, to bear their child. But when Kailee gives birth to a beautiful baby girl, the happy couple learns how deep and dark a mother's love can go. But is it really Kailee whom they need to fear, or is she just a pawn in someone else's game? Someone who will stop at nothing to take what she views as hers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009)
Plot Summary:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an unusual Venice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Your Name Poisons My Dreams (1996)
Plot Summary:
Angel Barciela and the police inspector Francisco Valduque meets after several years in the funeral of Buendía engineer. Both expect to see Julia, the daughter of the deceased and one of those involved in the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear, detective
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A Tale of Three Cities (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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An Organized Killer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Grace's life begins to unravel when a woman with sinister intentions moves into her guest house.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Is There a Killer in My Family? (2020)
Plot Summary:
True-crime author, Carly, and her husband Kevin take a vacation at a historical mansion on Crawford Island. Kevin thinks it will be a chance for them to reconnect, but Carly plans to research the puzzling unsolved murder of Diana Crawford.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
Plot Summary:
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, touching, surprise ending, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, sexual, twist ending
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False Pretenses (2004)
Plot Summary:
Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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8:28 AM (2010)
Plot Summary:
A married woman runs a successful gallery and falls for a man she met accidentally.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Ardor (2002)
Plot Summary:
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, erotic
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Hacker's Game (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love story between two hackers, Soyan and Loise. Like many other hackers, Soyan works for a company he previously hacked.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Next-Door Nightmare (2021)
Plot Summary:
When young couple Sarah and Kyle move next door to Helen, a charismatic older woman, they have no idea she's a deeply disturbed psychopath who will stop at nothing to become Sarah's surrogate mother, and grandmother to the child she is expecting. Julia Borsellino, Mark Taylor, Deborah Grover, Marium Carvell star. (2021).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Female Workers: Romance At Work (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nam-geun is having sex with the youngest female employee at work every lunch time and Kim is learning sex from a married superior. Lee is going around, poking everyone here and there. All of them get horny once work starts. One day, Hee-soo, the sexiest worker, comes back from China and she's become even sexier. The male workers start to beg her for sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Right Temptation (2000)
Plot Summary:
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense, realistic, sexual, surprise ending, neo noir
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The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Kansas City, the deranged middle-age Donna Germaine stabs and kills her lover, when he calls off their relationship to stay with his wife. Donna uses an excuse to move to the house of her aunt, and she becomes obsessed in their neighbor, the executive William Costigan. The sick Donna plots an evil scheme to take William from his wife Jeannie Costigan.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, complex
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Outlanders (2007)
Plot Summary:
After his father's death, Adam hitchhikes to London from his hometown in Poland to find his older brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Trust (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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The Deal (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kat and Borja appear to be a perfect couple, but as in every marriage they keep secrets, lies and infidelities that will come to light the night an unexpected visitor arrives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Her Infidelity (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a one-night stand with her son's attractive teacher, a troubled wife finds herself stalked by the dangerously obsessed man.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Cradle of Lies (2006)
Plot Summary:
Following a whirlwind romance, a woman begins to unravel the dark secrets of her husband's past when his obsession to produce a male heir turns deadly.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Stalked by My Ex (2017)
Plot Summary:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Inner Sanctum (1991)
Plot Summary:
A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his wife. The nurse begins to suspect that she was hired because of unproven allegations that she murdered someone's wife in a similar situation, that the husband wants her to murder his wife.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, absurd, sexual, erotic, tension, realistic, sexy, serious, suspense
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Consuming Passion (2008)
Plot Summary:
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Sexual Intrigue (2008)
Plot Summary:
A mystery start when all the psychologist's patient are murdered, exactly after each one of them have a session. Who is the killer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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Lust, Caution (2007)
Plot Summary:
During World War II a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Taiwan, USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: sexual, disturbing, sexy, erotic, tense, neo noir, captivating, sensual, suspense, political
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Match Point (2005)
Plot Summary:
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, psychological, talky, clever, cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, erotic