Best movies like Trance
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Plot Summary:
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans pushing him for autographs. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her. In an instant, she is caught "in a trance" and feels a murderous urge that is bigger than the both of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, controversial, deep, mondo, crime drama, crying, weird, beautiful, cult film
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Private Road (1971)
Plot Summary:
Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film
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Nashville Girl (1976)
Plot Summary:
A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. However, she discovers that her single-minded determination has caused her to lose things far more precious than fame or money when she gets involved with a group of corrupt music executives.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
Plot Summary:
Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, crying
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Miss Leslie's Dolls (1973)
Plot Summary:
Three attractive University students and their equally attractive teacher seek refuge in a house on a dark and stormy night. The house is occupied by the strange “Miss Leslie” and her strangely lifelike “dolls”.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, lgbt cinema, crying, psychotronic, independent film, weird, gay cinema, urban fantasy, campy
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Black Journal (1977)
Plot Summary:
Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: entertaining, crying, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, pre war
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Seeds (1968)
Plot Summary:
An angry, alcoholic matriarch tyrannizes her spoiled, grown-up children during an unwanted family get-together, where someone begins killing them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, sexy, crying, psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema, sexploitation film
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Lost Soul (1977)
Plot Summary:
Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, creepy, surprise ending, crying
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The Song of Sway Lake (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of his father’s suicide, young record collector Ollie Sway returns to the family lake house with his friend Nikolai in tow to lay claim to an invaluable jazz recording. An unexpected visit from Ollie’s estranged grandmother and a chance encounter with a girl from across the lake derail their search, forcing them to confront the Sway family history and a suffering that has resounded through generations.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: crying, period piece
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Hotel Fear (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark, disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, expressionism, neo noir, crying, freeze frame
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An Unlikely Romance (2013)
Plot Summary:
Luisa and Erika are prototypes of young women who plunge into relationships with the "wrong" men. Luisa (Berenika Kohoutová) wants to become an actress, which upsets her husband Igor to no end. Erika (Alzbeta Pazoutová) is trying to work as much as possible so that she can afford to study and thereby achieve a better outlook on life, but she unfortunately runs up against a boss who doesn't have the best intentions with her. Ultimately Luisa's husband demonstratively commits suicide. Erika accidentally kills her boss in self-defense... The women blame themselves for all these failures, and that has got to change. Both have to grow up and start living again. Perhaps even together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, romantic, compassionate, crying, gay cinema
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Deep End (1970)
Plot Summary:
15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: offbeat, controversial, artsy, psychosexual thriller, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual
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The Corpse (1971)
Plot Summary:
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: noir, slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious
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The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young newlywed couple from America returns to Geneva to visit Marcel's home town. Once there he is informed of his former lover's suicide and in turn is subjected to threats that accuse him of being responsible for her death and further, threaten his new fiancée's life. George Hilton plays a peculiar neighbor with voyeuristic tendencies who has an obsession with Deborah.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological thriller, neo noir, psycho sexual, crying, independent film, freeze frame
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Julie Darling (1982)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, erotic, disturbing, independent film, neo noir, crying, detective
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The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer uses a scythe to slash his murder victims--or maybe it's *her* murder victims?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, neo noir, crying, freeze frame, slasher horror
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Greatful Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, surreal, disturbing, crying, detective, freeze frame, dark comedy, weird
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Teddy (2020)
Plot Summary:
France, Pyrénées. Twentysomething Teddy lives in a foster home and works as a temp in a massage parlor. Rebecca, his girlfriend, will soon graduate. A scorching hot summer begins. But Teddy is scratched by a beast in the woods: the wolf that local angry farmers have been hunting for months. As weeks go by, animal pulsions soon start to overcome the young man….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, crying, psychotronic, horror comedy, urban fantasy
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Killing of the Dolls (1975)
Plot Summary:
Paul is the son of a gardener who works in a big mansion that has returned home with his parents after failling in his medecin degree. He is emotionally unstable. He collect dolls because he was educated as a girl because his sister died. After his arrival home murders begin to happen, is him the responsible?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, surreal, crying, psychotronic, detective, freeze frame, slasher horror, campy
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A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Plot Summary:
A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, gothic horror, controversial, neorealism, grindhouse, phantasmagoric, scary, atmospheric
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The Word (2014)
Plot Summary:
Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Denmark
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, realistic, gloomy, neurotic, crying
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Massacre at Central High (1976)
Plot Summary:
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student (Derrel Maury) engineers acts of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, cult horror, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Beast (1975)
Plot Summary:
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, serious, stylized, controversial, surreal, psychotronic, romantic, sexy, thought provoking
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Johnny Suede (1991)
Plot Summary:
A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, surreal, witty, semi serious, retro, artsy, cult classic, dark drama, indie film
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Shrew's Nest (2014)
Plot Summary:
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy, surreal, controversial, hispanic
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Martin (1977)
Plot Summary:
Martin sedates women with a syringe full of narcotics and then slices their wrists with a razor blade so he can drink their blood. Martin, who comes to live with his uncle and cousin in the dying town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has romantic monochrome visions of vampiric seductions and torch-lit mobs, but it is impossible to tell how seriously he takes them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, suspenseful, tense, grindhouse, disturbing, gothic, creepy, cult classic, cult horror
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The Roommate (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense, harsh, serious, teen, dark
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Trick or Treat (1986)
Plot Summary:
Eddie is your average 80's metal head teen. Now he's obsessed with his heavy-metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr who is killed in a hotel fire. Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which when played backwards brings Sammi back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll... it's life and death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, splatter, cult classic, retro, sexy, satanic, homoerotic, horror comedy, classic horror
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Bones and All (2022)
Plot Summary:
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark, atmospheric, splatter, existential, mindfuck, romantic drama, aesthetic, retro, crying
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Excision (2012)
Plot Summary:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, surreal, scary, tense, dark comedy, erotic, funny, slasher, controversial
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May (2002)
Plot Summary:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, dark comedy, suspense, creepy