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Plot Summary:
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, surreal, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, creepy, art house, suspense
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Borderland (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, bleak, suspenseful, rough, brutal, psychological thriller, slasher, splatter
Similar in 88%
Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
Plot Summary:
A soldier returns home to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his dimwitted brother while he was away.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, tense, bleak, rough, stylized, depressing, suspenseful, neo noir, grindhouse
Similar in 81%
Waz (2007)
Plot Summary:
There is something horribly wrong with the bodies found in the dark city streets. Some are mutilated while others have the Price equation (wΔz = Cov (w,z) = βwzVz) carved into their flesh. Detective Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott unearth the meaning of the odd equation and realise each victim is being offered a gruesome choice: kill your loved ones, or be killed. Before long it becomes clear that the perpetrator has suffered a similar fate and is now coping by seeking a way to solve this philosophical dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, neo noir, slasher
Similar in 75%
Funny Games (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological, scary, psychological thriller, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, bloody
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
Plot Summary:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, bloody, dark comedy, splatter, surreal, extreme horror, rough, psychological, cult classic
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The House of the Devil (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, satanic, disturbing, creepy, grindhouse, cult classic
Similar in 78%
Maniac (1980)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, splatter, scary, controversial, bloody, psychological, frightening, brutal
Similar in 76%
Irreversible (2002)
Plot Summary:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: art house, bleak, disturbing, psychological thriller, surreal, non-linear, stylized, sexy, offbeat, harsh
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Don't Look Now (1973)
Plot Summary:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, disturbing, atmospheric, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, surreal, erotic, gothic
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Creep (2004)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, tense, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, sexy, serious
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Starry Eyes (2014)
Plot Summary:
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, light, stylized, intense
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Plot Summary:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, atmospheric, gothic, neo noir, suspense, lovecraft, scary, suspenseful, dark
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V/H/S (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anthology, disturbing, scary, suspense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, creepy
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Suicide Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy, bloody, suspenseful, controversial, splatter, cult classic
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The Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, scary, gothic, psychological, suspense, satanic, enigmatic
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A Field in England (2013)
Plot Summary:
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, black and white, stylized, tense, atmospheric, psychedelic, art house, experimental, avant garde, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Hellraiser (1987)
Plot Summary:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, slasher, demonic, suspense, disturbing, creepy, psychological, splatter, dark fantasy
Similar in 82%
Frailty (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, mind bending
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Audition (1999)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark, bloody, surreal, controversial, suspenseful, suspense
Similar in 78%
Midsommar (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, enigmatic, psychological, suspense, rough, mind bending, suspenseful, cult horror
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The Cure (1997)
Plot Summary:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, surreal, detective
Similar in 83%
REC (2007)
Plot Summary:
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, disturbing, creepy, frightening, psychological, atmospheric
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A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Plot Summary:
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, scary, atmospheric, twist ending, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense, dark, surprise ending
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The Orphanage (2007)
Plot Summary:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, gothic horror, atmospheric, disturbing, serious, suspense, dark
Similar in 79%
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance Soo-hyun, a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: bleak, psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, bloody, suspense, serious, twist ending, rough
Similar in 75%
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Plot Summary:
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, gothic, psychological, southern gothic, mind bending, mysterious, tricky
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Angel Heart (1987)
Plot Summary:
The down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered, by a mysterious man named Louis Cyphre, to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself as Harry Angel goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, detective, scary, satanic, neo noir, twisted, surprise ending, sexy, suspense
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Plot Summary:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, dark, bad ending, suspenseful, spooky, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy
Similar in 83%
Borgman (2013)
Plot Summary:
Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, dark, art house, psychological thriller, tense, mind bending
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Se7en (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 18000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, detective, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, scary, tense, bad ending, atmospheric