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Plot Summary:
After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the astonishing results attract the attention of the illustrious scientist Dr. Newmeyer. Disillusioned security expert Joe Keyes must team up with his estranged wife to protect the girl and her mother from the obsessed scientist who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: action thriller, neo noir, independent film
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Murder in My Mind (1997)
Plot Summary:
Brain cells from a murdered woman are transplanted into an FBI agent, in the hopes of finding the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: experimental
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Divinity (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Tomorrow Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
The android Kent is programmed to travel back in time and save humanity from its future. His way leads to earth, which is going to be destroyed by a great rocket-disaster. As he wants to prohibit this, a mad scientist is in his way. But there are more problems: He has to act as a human. Computer-expert Jonathan Driscoll becomes his mentor and tries to help and repair him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Starquest II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sci-fi thriller directed by Fred Gallo.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 76%
Dancing with Danger (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Portland taxi dancer is a suspect in a series of murders involving her former customers.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Evil Obsession (1996)
Plot Summary:
As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, weird
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Liquid Dreams (1991)
Plot Summary:
In a slightly future America, a woman goes to the big city to visit with her sister, who is dead in her apartment. In order to find out what happened to her sister, she gets a job working at a dance club, a lower notch in the strip joint circuit. Some of her colleagues begin showing up dead as she uncovers a sinister hierarchy in the strip club management that is harnessing the sexual activity for their own twisted ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, independent film, detective, weird, cult film
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The Dark (1979)
Plot Summary:
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, detective, slasher, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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The Victim (2011)
Plot Summary:
Annie's (Jennifer Blanc) life is in jeopardy after she's witnessed the horrific rape and murder of her closest friend. Fleeing from two attackers (Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood) she stumbles across kyle (Michael Biehn), a recluse living in the middle of the woods. Kyle finds the stillness of the woods comforting. The ruggedly handsome loner stays far from civilization - that is - until a single knock on his door throws his solitary life into chaos. Two worlds collide in this psychological thriller that will make you question your trust in mankind.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, sexy, erotic, psychological, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Naked Souls (1996)
Plot Summary:
Edward is busy trying to unlock the secrets of reading and recording people's thoughts. He is very involved with his work leaving little room for girlfriend Britt. Longstreet comes along and offers Edward a place to do his research and have unlimited funding. There are, however, ulterior motives as Edward is also somehow unlocking the secrets of eternal life.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, bleak, serious, tense, suspense, sexy, independent film, suspenseful, slasher, hot
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Almost Human (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil is living inside of him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, psychotronic, disturbing, retro, psychological, suspense, mumblecore, grindhouse
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Seconds (1966)
Plot Summary:
A secret organisation offers wealthy people a second chance at life. The customer picks out someone they want to be and the organisation surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer's death, gets rid of the intended person and the customer takes on a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, tense, black and white, cerebral, grim, cult classic, psychedelic, psychological thriller, psychological
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Midnight Edition (1993)
Plot Summary:
After interviewing a convicted killer, a reporter becomes obsessed with his mesmerizing subject. When his life is threatened, he comes to his senses, but it may be too late to save his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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The Legend of DarkHorse County (2014)
Plot Summary:
As Jon (Shawn Welling / Michael Biehn) and Joy Ford (Tory Tompkins) move into the small town of DarkHorse, mysterious and supernatural occurrences threaten to tear the town apart. Teenage girl abductions and a chain of serial killings force good-ol'-boy Sheriff McElroy (Lee Majors / Larry Wade Carrell), the town's rugged symbol of justice, to use any means necessary to keep his beloved town from tumbling into chaos, and when Joy's nieces (Olivia 'ChaChi' Gonzales and Presley Bishop) are kidnapped, they must race to find the abductor and in turn come face to face with a monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in San Diego, the movie follows the desperate acts of Bill Templer head of a covert defense agency perpetrating a terrifying fraud on the American public - involving the imminent invasion of aliens - by leaking to the press a satellite image of an alien armada poised to strike earth. As terror of an alien attack spreads, the President of the United States orders the launching of Peacemaker, a surveillance satellite retrofitted with a nuclear warhead. Templer's elaborate plot is threatened when police detective Kevin Anjanette discovers that the alien images were faked. To protect his scheme, Templer swiftly unleashes the lethal head of his security, Ava Zurich, onto Anjanette. But it's soon revealed that an alien force actually does exist and is poised to strike if Peacemaker is used. In order to protect mankind from total annihilation, Anjanette must race to abort the nuclear bomb that will trigger the alien attack.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
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The Advanced Guard (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of aliens arrive on Earth as part of an advance invasion force. Their mission is to kidnap a small sample of humans and run them through a series of rigorous tests to determine if they would make suitable slaves. Harper, one of the alien experimenters, has beceme frustrated with her planet's endless cycle of conquest and extermination and begins to feel some sympathy for her human captives. While the prisoners see a glimmer of hope in the compassionate alien, will it be any use in stopping the enormous attack fleet just a few days from Earth?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cyber, exciting, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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Lifeform (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a human like form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows an interest in humans including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Timebomb (1991)
Plot Summary:
When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's hallucinating until another attack proves the dangers are all too real. The two of them go on the run, trying to discover the truth about Eddie's past and true identity before it kills them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Endangered Species (2002)
Plot Summary:
When police are puzzled by several horrific murders, they assume they have a serial killer on their hands. But soon they realise that the unimaginable has happened. A killing machine from another world has arrived on Earth determined to brutally execute human beings. Finding themselves out of their depth they are forced to rely on a mysterious alien hunter that has volunteered his help.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, slasher, rough, serious, fast
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The Shadow Effect (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, tense, erotic, mind bending, ambiguous ending
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Altered (2006)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, psychological, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological horror
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Unforgettable (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a neurobiology Linda Fiorentino which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but not without consequences. Liotta driven to solve the case injects himself with the serum, bringing him closer and closer to finding her killer but bringing him closer to death.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, rough, serious, exciting, psychological thriller, surprise ending, neo noir
Similar in 77%
The Wasp Woman (1995)
Plot Summary:
Janice Starlin is an aging model who owns a cosmetics company. When a researcher experimenting with wasps brings her a serum that will turn back the aging process, she decides to first try it on herself. The serum works, but it also turns her into a killer wasp woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, remake of cult film
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Plot Summary:
Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees to allow it. As soon as the link is established the two become a new Super computer and threaten the world with the immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossus begins to give its plans for the management of the world under its guidance. Forbin and the other scientists form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: intelligent, philosophical, apocalyptic, suspenseful, cyber, suspense, psychotronic, depressing, political, surreal
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The Puppet Masters (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, futuristic, cerebral, epic, apocalyptic, anamorphic, action adventure, space horror, serious
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Asteroid (1997)
Plot Summary:
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Solar Crisis (1990)
Plot Summary:
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence (Freddy) and a Japanese pilot (as a back up if the Artificial Intelligence fail) at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, anamorphic, independent film, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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The Hidden (1987)
Plot Summary:
An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI agent), lots of innocent people die in the chase.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric, stylized, serious, cult classic, intense, detective
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Limitless (2011)
Plot Summary:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 603000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, captivating, psychological, suspense, smart, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Aliens (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, space horror, epic, atmospheric, tense, creepy