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Plot Summary:
A teenage girl is imprisoned by her former boyfriend in a motel room and forced to consume drugs and alcohol so she can be sold into human trafficking. Her only hope is her mother, who is determined to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Franklin: A Symphony of Pain (2015)
Plot Summary:
The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, serious, suspense, bleak, dark, mind bending
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Luba (2018)
Plot Summary:
A poor single mother, who is trying to turn her life around, is thrust into a fight for survival when her ex-husband relapses and spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Wijster (2008)
Plot Summary:
On 2 December 1975, a journalist is one of many passengers on the slow train that is kidnapped near Wijster by young South Moluccans. After some terrifying moments, he makes contact with the hijackers and starts acting as their go-between. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, as well as his mistress keep themselves abreast of things through the media. The train hijacking lasts for twelve days and claims a few lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Flesh Merchant (1993)
Plot Summary:
A team of L.A. detectives hunt down the ringleaders of a sex-slave operation in this thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tender Loving Care (1973)
Plot Summary:
Teenage nurses give love therapy. Lots of action when they try to straighten out the corrupt hospital staff.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Live Once, Die Twice (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nicole Lauker unexpectedly loses her husband to a boating explosion accident that claims the lives of two people. An FBI investigation sparks speculation that it may not have been an accident after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Wildcat (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East who is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Cargo (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers' plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Mother's Milk (2013)
Plot Summary:
Claude is an easily overlooked statistics professor. After a childhood trauma left him motherless, he formed a dysfunctional craving. To satisfy the depraved hunger, he kidnaps Kim from the park and holds her captive in his basement. As the days pass and Claude’s truths are revealed, her fear slowly turns to comfort and compassion…or does it?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, captivating, suspense
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A Mother on the Edge (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over an year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Trance (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sonia, a girl from St Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany. But she is suddenly kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. She will be dragged from country to country and resistance will only bring her misery and humiliation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Russia, France, Portugal
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, queer cinema
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I Do or I Die: A Killer Arrangement (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a teenage daughter realizes her traditional Romani parents have arranged a marriage for her, she must fight for her independence — and her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Break-Up Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Barbara learns that nude photos of her daughter have been put up on a revenge porn site, she vows to get them taken down. But the site's administrator and his followers refuse, threatening Barbara's family in retaliation. Barbara doesn't back down, but in doing so, her and her daughter's lives are systematically destroyed both online and off.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Paradise Highway (2022)
Plot Summary:
A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, road movie
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Escape (2012)
Plot Summary:
Husband and wife doctors Paul and Kim Jordan need a drastic change. Distraught by the inexplicable death of their baby, Paul (C. Thomas Howell) convinces Kim to abandon their American lives and join a medical mission in Thailand. It seems to be just the distraction they need, until the day Paul is kidnapped by human traffickers who need a surgeon to operate on their wounded leader. Kim is left alone in a strange country, trying desperately to find her husband with no proof of what happened. While captive on the gangs' secluded island, Paul is caged with Malcolm Andrews (John Rhys-Davies), an Englishman being held for ransom. With nothing to do but talk, the two men quickly clash over philosophy, as Malcolm relies on a bold faith in God and Paul believes no god would allow these evils to happen in the world. Paul takes another hit when he finds his patient's condition much worse than he can handle on his own in such primitive conditions... Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Off Jackson Avenue (2008)
Plot Summary:
Off Jackson Avenue is an interwoven crime story set in New York City involving a Mexican woman who has been tricked into sex-slavery by an Albanian pimp and must find a way to break out; A Japanese hit man who is in town to do a job for the Chinese mob and must finish his assignment despite the fact that he is haunted by his recently-dead mother's ghost; And a local car-thief who must go on one last stealing spree to raise enough money to buy a tire store and go legit. A smack-bang tale of ambition, survival and fate, Off Jackson Avenue reminds us that there are still some parts of New York City that you won't find on any map.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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She Has a Name (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jason, an American lawyer, poses as a john to build a legal case against a pimp trafficking girls to Bangkok. Can he win the trust of a young prostitute known only as Number 18 and convince her to risk her life to testify against her pimp?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, christian film
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The Archer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Archer champion Lauren Pierce escapes a corrupt juvenile correctional facility with Rebecca, a fierce but alluring inmate. Together they must survive a desperate warden who is bow-hunting his prey to make sure his secret stays buried.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, intense
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Trafficked (2017)
Plot Summary:
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, crime drama
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Red Ridge (2006)
Plot Summary:
Red Ridge chronicles the scandalous true events currently taking place in small towns along the Texas/Mexico border. Innocent young women are being kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery and prostitution. Like the independent films Monster and Boys Don't Cry, Red Ridge exposes the darkest side of man's inhumanity to man with shocking clarity and spine chilling horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Quarries (2016)
Plot Summary:
To escape her abusive boyfriend, Kat joins a wilderness expedition with a group of women, all of whom are struggling with the uncertainty of life. What was supposed to be an opportunity for personal discovery quickly becomes a fight for survival, forcing each one to discover the strength within themselves that they didn't even know they possessed. While being brazenly chased by a pack of predators, the strong quickly set themselves apart from the weak. In a battle of will, stamina, and heart, these very virtues present themselves at the most crucial moment. With death looming, each is left with what is truly important - the strength within oneself.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic, slasher
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A Mother Knows Worst (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tragedy strikes when Olivia and Harry Davis’ newborn baby doesn’t survive the birth. 6 months later the young couple have come to terms with their loss and are rebuilding their lives, they may even be ready to try again for a family soon. But when Olivia meets glamourous Brooke Marsden and her baby girl, she is overwhelmed by a feeling of love and longing. She quickly becomes obsessed with Brooke and her baby, which worries Harry. Is Olivia going crazy’ Or is a mother’s instinct always right’ Katie Leclerc and Jeff Schine star.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Final Recourse (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating
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The Jammed (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Stolen Dreams (2015)
Plot Summary:
Laura Paddington is overcome with joy when her daughter, Zoe, returns to her after being abducted 17 years before--but is Zoe really her long lost child?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Stolen by Their Father (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Allison Riley disappears. When the police refuse their requests, her parents, Joanna and Case, reluctantly hire John Belton, a private investigator with a reputation for questionable procedures and a dark past. Quickly, Belton realizes that Allison was coerced by a young handsome boy she met on social media and had been trafficked, and they are on a race against time to get her back.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing
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Eden (2012)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Chong Kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, sexy, disturbing, crime drama, captivating, independent film
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Return to Paradise (1998)
Plot Summary:
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspense, sad, weeping, sincere, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating
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Caged No More (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aggie, A 67 year-old Black Cajun, has just stepped into her worst nightmare. Her two granddaughters have disappeared, and the only clue she possesses is a forgotten laptop. Aware she only has a short window of time, she feels helpless to save them as her money and influence are scarce. Desperate to get her girls back, Aggie risks everything to cross paths with Richard and Lottie DuMonde, two of the wealthiest and most connected people in New Orleans. Certainly, once they hear her story, they will help. But what Aggie doesn't foresee is the dark world she's about to step into, or the dangers accompanying the rescue needed to bring her girls home.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: