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Plot Summary:
An American woman in Italy falls in love with a man, unaware that he has an insane wife hidden in the attic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Jakarta (1988)
Plot Summary:
A CIA agent roams the streets of New York haunted by the death of the beautiful woman he fell in love with while on assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped and drugged, the destination is Jakarta once again where he tries to unravel the mystery that is the city which broke him three years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, independent film
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Bittersweet Love (1976)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half brother and half sister, thanks to his father (Robert Lansing) and her mother (Lana Turner).
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, sad, crying
Similar in 83%
Passion of Mind (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Marie, a widow in Provence with two daughters, locks her bedroom door and goes to sleep, she dreams about Marty, a literary agent in Manhattan who dreams equally vividly about Marie. The women look alike. Marie meets William who begins to court her. Marty meets Aaron, an accountant, becomes his friend and then his lover. Both women tell their lovers about their dream life. William is jealous, Aaron is accepting. Even though they've become lovers, Marie won't fall asleep next to William. Marie goes on holiday with William to Paris, and Marty wakes up with an ashtray from the hotel on her night stand. Are they the same person? What will unlock reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, philosophical, romantic, erotic, psychological thriller, anamorphic, romantic drama, independent film, atmospheric
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1989 - A Spy Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a double agent is targeted by the American foreign intelligence service CIA.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, serious, suspense, intense
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The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (2017)
Plot Summary:
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Voice from the Stone (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, erotic, surprise ending, dark, stylized, minimal cast
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Down the Shore (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set on the Jersey shore, the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a secret from their past is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, realistic, psychological, serious, suspense, atmospheric, gloomy, independent film
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Rome Adventure (1962)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful American schoolteacher vacationing in Rome is courted by two men. Released in 1962, starring Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, Rossano Brazzi and Angie Dickinson.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, serious, realistic
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Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
Plot Summary:
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, spooky, psychological thriller, psychotronic, weird, cult film
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The Stranger (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir
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Lost Child (2017)
Plot Summary:
An army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, suspenseful, southern gothic
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Veiled Truth (2006)
Plot Summary:
A woman's past comes back to haunt her when the pimp she helped put behind bars is released and after revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wicked Deeds (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wife begins to confuse fantasy with reality after she is seduced by the hot tub repairman and others while her husband is out of town.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Fourth Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
Valerie's husband Darryl leaves for work as usual, but never returns. She hires private eye Shepard to find him. Soon he discovers that David had a second identity and obviously doesn't want to be found. But since Shepard is strongly attracted to the pretty Valerie, he investigates further and gets involved more than professionally.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective, thrilling, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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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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Rollover (1981)
Plot Summary:
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, romantic drama, independent film
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My House in Umbria (2003)
Plot Summary:
Emily Delahunty (Maggie Smith) is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General, a retired British Army veteran, Werner, a young German man, and Aimee, a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, talky, gloomy
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Das Geheimnis des Königssees (2008)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a hotel at the river of a lake lives deeply embittered since his girlfriend disappeared in mysterious circumstances more than 20 years ago. But when one day he sees on television a young woman with a remarkable resemblance to her, he decides to hire her. Her presence increases his sick obsession to recover his lost love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Forbidden Secrets (2005)
Plot Summary:
While going through a difficult divorce from her domineering, businessman husband, Alexandra moves back into her old childhood home, where she's forced to re-examine the circumstances surrounding the murder of her aunt by her insane mother several years ago when Alexandra was a young girl. As a series of bizarre and unsettling incidents prod Alexandra to investigate her past, she finds herself wandering deeper into danger as her past comes back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Harrow (2016)
Plot Summary:
Miller lives alone in an abandoned Alabama slaughterhouse. His memory and sanity are shattered and his only company is the spirit of his lover, who was murdered a decade ago. Ruth arrives, desperate to discover the truth about her mother's death. She stays with Miller for three nights. Together they piece together the fragments of his memory, but they are horrified at what they uncover.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Kiss and Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
A reckless night of indiscretion and lust leads a woman into the dark world of blackmail and murder. When revealing photos of her sexual tryst unexpectedly surface, Katy is forced to submit to whatever her tormentors desire.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, tense, erotic
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Siesta (1987)
Plot Summary:
Claire (an American) wakes up in a terrible state at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state (blood-soaked and bruised), she has flashbacks from the past few days. She thinks she's killed someone, but isn't sure, and now she's wandering the Spanish streets without money or a clear memory.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, surreal, erotic, neo noir, mindfuck, twisted, independent film
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The Au Pair Nightmare (2020)
Plot Summary:
Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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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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Sister, Sister (1987)
Plot Summary:
A congressional aide (Eric Stoltz) explores an old Louisiana mansion two kooky sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey) run as a guest house.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, gothic horror, sex comedy, southern gothic, psychological thriller, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic
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Rebecca (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, gothic, suspenseful, enigmatic, intellectual, period piece, romantic drama, thrilling, psychological thriller
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The Stepfather (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dougie Molloy is a widower, whose daughter disappeared three years ago. At the time, he was suspected of murdering her. Three years later, Dougie falls in love with divorcee Maggie Shields but has a difficult relationship with her daughter, Scarlett. The day after the couple get married, Scarlett disappears, and Dougie is again the prime suspect.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, controversial
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Color of Night (1994)
Plot Summary:
When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexual, sensual, serious, psychosexual thriller
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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls finds themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago, as well as their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: slasher, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
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Stealing Beauty (1996)
Plot Summary:
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, stylized, teen, visually appealing, aesthetic, touching, heartbreaking, sex comedy