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Plot Summary:
Accomplished horse trainer is deceived by her husband, unfairly sent to prison, and she re-makes herself and eventually gains revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: ridiculous
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A Face to Die For (1996)
Plot Summary:
A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a result, she is sent to prison, gets plastic surgery, and returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher
Similar in 83%
The Horseplayer (1990)
Plot Summary:
A blonde (Sammi Davis) seduces a quirky liquor-store worker (Brad Dourif) as inspiration for her artist boyfriend (M.K. Harris).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Chain (1996)
Plot Summary:
When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Wrong Husband (2019)
Plot Summary:
Melanie suspects her husband Derrick is not the man she married. Now she must embark on a quest to find out what's wrong--studying his odd behavior, following his every move, and probing into his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 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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The Other Wife (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kate is devastated to learn that her husband Billy has been living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful
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Fever (1991)
Plot Summary:
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Forfeit (2007)
Plot Summary:
An armored car guard's elaborate plan for revenge is threatened by his relationship with an old friend -- a brilliant and unpredictable television preacher.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, psycho film
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And Baby Will Fall (2011)
Plot Summary:
Expectant parents become prime suspects in the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was last seen at their garage sale. Model citizen David Rose runs a garden center and is a devoted house-father. Like his wife Ivy, who suffered two stillbirths, their new neighbor Melinda is near to giving birth. Just after David showed her around in the Rose home, Melinda goes missing. Although no corpse is found, just circumstantial evidence more likely to be planted then stupidly left behind, police detective Blanchard treats David as his sole suspect, soon arrested, even after nosy neighbor Bindel is knocked down while David is in jail. School buddy Theo does his best to counsel the couple, yet Ivy doubts her husband's innocence just because of indications he may have had an affair with Melinda since high-school, and starts snooping with her best friend Jody. The worst crime is still being hatched.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, crime thriller, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful
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Retina (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman participates in a medical study. After a series of nightmares and unusual side effects, the line between dreams and reality is blurred. She finds herself on the run from those involved, desperate to uncover the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative
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Motives (2004)
Plot Summary:
Motive is an edgy thriller that centers around Emery Simms, a highly educated and successful business tycoon who happens to be married to the quintessential wife Constance. Things go dangerously awry when the thrill seeking Emery engages in an adulterous fling with the wildly free-spirited and exotic Allanah. Timing couldn't be any worse when the politics of high society, shady business deals, bad press, and a violent murder collide, they threaten to destroy more than just his shaky marriage. As police probe into his situation, they uncover a labyrinth of deception, agendas and motives, where the stakes are enormous and nothing is what it seems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, sexual, sexy
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An Unfinished Affair (1996)
Plot Summary:
When a man ends a regretful love affair that occurred during his wife's illness, his mistress plots revenge by targeting his family's most treasured possessions, a priceless painting and his son.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, noir, neo noir
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Love Walked In (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, sexual, sexy
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El Cortez (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, independent film
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Motives 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vivica A. Fox and Shemar Moore return for this thrilling sequel to Motives that picks up three years after the events of the original film. Innocent convict Emery Simms is serving time for a crime he didn't commit; while most convict's claims of innocence are shoddy at best, Emery has every reason to protest his wrongful incarceration. Meanwhile, in the outside world, Emery's ex-wife (Fox) has married his best friend and the pair is struggling to build a normal life together. When Emery is killed in prison and his brother Donovan (Brian J. White) discovers the truth about what killed his ill-fated sibling, his quest to cut through the complex web of lies and deceit which previously ensnared Emery threatens to bring about deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Open Marriage (2017)
Plot Summary:
A couple (Tilky Jones, Nikki Leigh) agree to an open relationship with their friends (Kelly Dowdle, Jason Tobias) but are ill-prepared for the jealousy, heartbreak and betrayal that soon follow.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: light, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Perfect Wife (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, twisted, scary, realistic
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Missionary (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious
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The Detention Girls (1969)
Plot Summary:
A pretty young college student is arrested during a demonstration. She is taken to a notorious detention center, where she is subjected to sexual harassment by lesbian inmates and guards, and becomes the target of a sadistic, bullwhip-wielding warden.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Symmetry (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dwudziestosześcioletni Łukasz, niesłusznie posądzony o napad na starszą kobietę, trafia do aresztu śledczego. Adwokat wynajęty przez matkę bezskutecznie próbuje go stamtąd wydostać. Pod wpływem dramatycznych wydarzeń w celi przejściowej Łukasz za wszelką cenę chce znaleźć się wśród grypsującej części więźniów. Świat gitów wymaga jednak przestrzegania panujących tu twardych zasad. Reżyser uzyskał zgodę Ministra Spraw Wewnętrznych na realizację zdjęć w więzieniu na Białołęce.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Lockdown (2000)
Plot Summary:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, hood, crime drama, bleak, independent film
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Lured Innocence (2000)
Plot Summary:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mind bending, sexual, sexy
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Obsessive Love (1984)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to create a relationship with the soap star who is the object of her obsession.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexy, soap opera
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Man of Her Dreams (1997)
Plot Summary:
After suspecting her husband is playing the field, a nervous woman finds a sympathetic ear in the form of a strange man. The drawback is that her sensitive new-found friend is an obsessive psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Animal Instincts (1992)
Plot Summary:
A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance he finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, retro, steamy, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, hot
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The Price of Desire (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mac (Dan Frank) and Monica (Kira Reed) want to add an element of sexual intrigue to their marriage so they begin picking up men and playing games with them. Monica gets to add a little spice to her life, while Mac can fulfill his voyeuristic desires. But when they make their indecent proposal to the wrong man, everything changes, and Mac and Monica find they may pay for their desires with their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film
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Scorned 2 (1997)
Plot Summary:
Amanda Foley has confusing nightmares and flashbacks that lead her to seek professional help. Nothing can shed light on her repressed memories, until she happens to catch her husband a college professor, having sex with one of his students. Then the past becomes dangerously clear.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, sexy, independent film, detective, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Night Eyes (1990)
Plot Summary:
A Beverly Hills home-security guard is seduced by a rock star's wife he monitors by video.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cult classic, independent film, sexual, erotic, hot
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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