Best movies like Forbidden Sun
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Plot Summary:
Olympic gymnastics coach Francine Lake and her twelve gorgeous students train on the Island of Crete. The rigors of training preclude most sexual activity with the locals, thus the girls spend their evenings in quiet frustration.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dead of Summer (1970)
Plot Summary:
A woman left alone in Morocco by her architect husband begins to lose her mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Monaco
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending
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Blade on the Feather (1980)
Plot Summary:
A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Without Apparent Motive (1971)
Plot Summary:
A serie of murders is comitted in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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Fair Play (2023)
Plot Summary:
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, erotic
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The House of Hanging (1979)
Plot Summary:
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags:
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A Passion to Kill (1994)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist gets involved with his best friend's wife who may be a murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, slasher, independent film, soap opera
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Revenge (1971)
Plot Summary:
A British family takes revenge into its own hands in avenging their recently slain daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, noir, offbeat, independent film, poliziottesco
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The Second (2018)
Plot Summary:
The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Terroir (2014)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy wine maker Jonathan Bragg (Keith Carradine) hires Tuscan wine detective (Gaetano Guarino) to discover the source of a mysterious bottle of wine. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Only Mine (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tormented and left for dead by a scorned lover, a woman finds the strength within herself to recover and retaliate against her abuser.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense, crime drama
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The Body (1974)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Madonna: A Case of Blood Ambition (1990)
Plot Summary:
A man is convicted of raping and murdering a child and sent to prison. He is shortly afterwards beaten to death by other inmates. His daughter blames the jurors who convicted him for his death, and she hatches a scheme to murder each of the jury members, often seducing them herself first.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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22 Female Kottayam (2012)
Plot Summary:
22 Female Kottayam, also known as 22FK, is a 2012 Indian rape and revenge film directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead roles. The film deals with the travails of a nurse who was victimised for no fault of hers and who takes revenge on her tormentors in a rather unusual manner. Set and filmed in Bangalore, the film released on April 13, 2012, and received strongly positive reviews from critics. It was also well received at the box-office.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Submission of a Woman (1992)
Plot Summary:
Giallo tinged home invasion movie full of tension. Luisa's home is invaded one night by a crazed admirer who thinks he has the right to take sexual advantage of her because of her occupation as a nude model. Directed by experienced film editor Alessandro Lucidi.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Dark Tide (1994)
Plot Summary:
Brigitte Bako plays Andi, who visits her husband Tim working on a tropical island. Tim is collecting venom from poisonous eels, and his boat crew are mesmerised by his pretty wife. In particular, one of the crew members becomes obsessed with Andi. While Tim is concentrating on his work to the detriment of his marriage, Andi shares an intimate afternoon with the obsessed crewman, but then refuses to continue the affair. This causes the jilted lover to begin a series of escalating violent events that ultimately leads to a deadly showdown with Tim and Andi.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Scoring (1995)
Plot Summary:
Eric Lazlo is doing the musical score for a movie in which the female star tries to kill the male star using a variety of poisons, poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, etc. When Eric starts to see a prostitute, Abbey, he finds his life imitating art.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Driftwood (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doesn't remember anything. He has no name and no past. His dependence lies on Sarah. A role that makes her forget her loneliness and she decides to therefore lie about their situation... She says that they are situated on an island, where no one can reach them. From now, his life lies in her hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic
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Vengeance (1980)
Plot Summary:
Four hoodlums break into a jeweller's house and brutally murder him, his wife and daughter. On the run they kidnap Jenny, a Senator's grand daughter and her boyfriend, but discover that the two will not be taken easily. In the melee that follows, the gang are blown away one by one, until the final vengeful confrontation between Jenny and the remaining gang member.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher
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Deadbeat (1976)
Plot Summary:
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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You Can't Take My Daughter (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman fights to keep her rapist from gaining custody of her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Her Name Is Carla (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, suspense, realistic, crying
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A Gun for Jennifer (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, controversial, grindhouse, independent film
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The Other Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, romantic, romantic drama, bleak, gloomy
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Backfire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, neo noir, independent film, surprise ending, tension, twist ending
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Nessun Dorma (2016)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful yet naive Jasmine has second thoughts about her arranged marriage with the most eligible bachelor in town because she is secretly in love with the dog-loving math prodigy Fong. One night, she is attacked on her way home. She wakes up and finds herself trapped in a room and tied to a bed naked. She was raped but managed to escape, and this leads to murderous outcomes.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Return to Sender (2015)
Plot Summary:
A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, psychological thriller, powerful
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Death and the Maiden (1994)
Plot Summary:
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, minimal cast, suspenseful, sexy, disturbing, rough, touching, captivating, clever
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American Gigolo (1980)
Plot Summary:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, intense, enigmatic, serious, realistic
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Bad Timing (1980)
Plot Summary:
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: controversial, erotic, disturbing, art house, non-linear, psychological, atmospheric, sexual, scary, noir