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Plot Summary:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychedelic, psychological, disturbing, lovecraft, psychological thriller, thought provoking, surreal, mindfuck, scary
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The Titan (2018)
Plot Summary:
On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, sad, psychedelic, mysterious, smart, disgusting, surprise ending, independent film
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Color Out of Space (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, suspenseful, surreal, tense, splatter, cult classic, exciting, rough, captivating
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Synchronic (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, lovecraft, tense, captivating, scary, philosophical, atmospheric, enigmatic, surreal
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High Life (2018)
Plot Summary:
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Germany, Poland, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, thought provoking, psychotronic, exciting, futuristic, art house, visually stunning, captivating, psychological thriller
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The Thaw (2009)
Plot Summary:
At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the unsuspecting students who are forced to quarantine and make necessary sacrifices, or risk infecting the rest of the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, dark, underground film, splatter, natural horror, surprise ending
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Sea Fever (2019)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, rough, scary, dark, nautical, perverse
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Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tragic ending, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, space horror, captivating, futuristic
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Sphere (1998)
Plot Summary:
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, mind bending, tense, suspenseful, breathtaking, exciting, atmospheric, clever, confusing
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Altered States (1980)
Plot Summary:
A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, mind bending, scary, suspense, philosophical, suspenseful
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Pandorum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: futuristic, scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, twist ending, clever, dark
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Captive State (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, intense, surprise ending, scary, psychological
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: dark, suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, absurd, apocalyptic, psychotronic, psychological thriller, surprise ending
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The Thing (2011)
Plot Summary:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious, futuristic, psychotronic, tense, intense, lovecraft
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The Void (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark, lovecraft, creepy, suspense, surreal, stylized, satanic, scary, psychological, atmospheric
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The Thing (1982)
Plot Summary:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 456000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, tense, dark, bloody, creepy, lovecraft
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The Signal (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: futuristic, surreal, suspense, mind bending, suspenseful, mindfuck, mind blowing, psychological, tense, atmospheric
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Alien (1979)
Plot Summary:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 931000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, minimal cast, frightening, captivating, creepy, visually stunning, atmospheric
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Black Swan (2010)
Plot Summary:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 808000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal, sexy, twist ending, psychological thriller, mind bending, visually appealing
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Plot Summary:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, psychedelic, cerebral, thought provoking, atmospheric, intellectual, visual, visually stunning
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Prometheus (2012)
Plot Summary:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 635000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, dark, suspense, philosophical, tense, space horror, lovecraft
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Sunshine (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, philosophical, psychological, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, captivating, intense
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Arrival (2016)
Plot Summary:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 747000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, philosophical, reflective, twist ending, futuristic, visually stunning, enigmatic, cerebral, thought provoking
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Ex Machina (2014)
Plot Summary:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 575000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, futuristic, twist ending, mind bending, thought provoking, intellectual, tense, minimal cast, cerebral
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Underwater (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough, psychotronic, psychological thriller, minimal cast, retro, captivating
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Cloverfield (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 416000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, clever
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Bird Box (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, emotional, psychological, scary, rough, slasher, psychological thriller
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The Mist (2007)
Plot Summary:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 333000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, surprise ending, depressing
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eXistenZ (1999)
Plot Summary:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, mind bending, psychedelic, twist ending, cerebral, disturbing, tense, philosophical, atmospheric
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 637000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: futuristic, neo noir, tech noir, thought provoking, detective, visually stunning, aesthetic, philosophical, entertaining, visual
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 443000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, surreal, twist ending, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, horror comedy, surprise ending, suspense