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Plot Summary:
In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in sight and, in the middle of all this, a young, suffering girl pushes back as best she can. She is known as the "Poisoning Angel," an isolated child, mistreated by life and rocked by morbid thoughts. She will become one of the world's most notorious serial killers and will sow death, perhaps merely to be looked at and loved.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, non-linear
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Gwen (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, gothic, slasher, demonic, bleak, psychotronic
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Virgins (2018)
Plot Summary:
Teenage Lana is languishing in her run-down hometown on Israel’s sun-soaked north coast—until an older, attractive writer arrives with tales of a mermaid sighting off the shore of the declining resort town.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
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Angel Face (2018)
Plot Summary:
A single mother abandons her 8-year-old daughter after meeting someone in a nightclub.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, touching, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rasputin (2010)
Plot Summary:
Grigorij Efimovic Rasputin (1869-1916) the mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. The saint-demon and the simple peasant. About the plot against Rasputin, hated and feared at the highest levels of government because of his surreal influence on the Tsar.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, factual, independent film
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150 Milligrams (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Countess (2009)
Plot Summary:
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, stylized, serious, gothic, costume drama, dark, slasher, period piece, realistic
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Last Screening (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary, bleak, serious, realistic, slasher
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Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Aileen Wuornos’s early life, this Is the true story of America’s most notorious female serial killer, who went on a killing spree in Florida in 1989 and 1990. What few people know, is that back in 1976 a young and beautiful Aileen Wuornos arrived in Florida searching for a new life that would help her escape her tragic past, married a wealthy Yacht Club President and had the chance to start again as part of Florida’s high society….or did she?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Kept (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies are piling up, and the leads the two LA homicide cops have point to Barbara, business manager for a successful architectural firm she runs with her husband Lance. The dead men were interns at the firm, and each of them was Barbara's lover (kept in a classy flat she owns and observed via closed-circuit TV by the applauding Lance). Kyle is Barbara's latest intern and lover, and he may be in danger. He also starts to fall in love with Barbara, and the feeling may be mutual. In the background are Erin, Lance and Barbara's myopic administrative assistant, and Tony, Kyle's one-time roommate who also knows Barbara. Can the cops solve this before too many more die?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, touching, bleak, captivating, disturbing
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D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
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Neerja (2016)
Plot Summary:
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: patriotic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, exciting, motivational, feel good, sad
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De Gaulle (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, tense, interesting
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The Giant (2017)
Plot Summary:
Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find that his younger brother, Joaquín, towers over him in height. Convinced that everyone will want to pay to see the tallest man on Earth, the siblings set out on a long trip all over Europe, during which ambition, money and fame will forever change the family’s fate. A story based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sentimental, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Meanest Man in Texas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Corsage (2022)
Plot Summary:
Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sisi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: period piece, psychological, captivating, disturbing, beautiful
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Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy, costume drama
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Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration (2011)
Plot Summary:
A film that focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, biblical
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Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lifetime biopic based on the story of Susan Wright. Susan appeared to be the model wife and mother, living the fairytale life, literally married to Mr. Wright. In a shocking turn of events, the media dubs Susan Wright the "Blue-Eyed Butcher" when her loving husband is discovered buried in the backyard, with close to 200 stab wounds.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Grim Sleeper (2014)
Plot Summary:
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, rough, mind bending
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Priest Daens (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: bleak, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, road movie, rough, sexy
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Milada (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial that was broadcast on the radio and shown in film clips. The film focuses on the time from 1945 to 1950 when the communists took over, but also goes back a little further in Horáková's life into the late 1930s.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
Plot Summary:
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, thought provoking, neo noir, dark, creepy, crime thriller, terrifying
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Helter Skelter (2004)
Plot Summary:
A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, captivating, detective, psychological, psychedelic, suspense
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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The Duchess (2008)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, costume drama, sexy, emotional, dramatic, period piece, historical drama, stylized, heartbreaking, touching
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A Mighty Heart (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, serious, factual, political, sad, captivating, inspirational, sincere, cult classic
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, intense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
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To Walk Invisible (2016)
Plot Summary:
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, dark, cult classic, historical drama, gothic, period drama
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Palau the Movie (2019)
Plot Summary:
After his father passes away at age 10, the lives of Luis Palau and his family are changed forever. Within a few years of his father's death, Luis, his siblings, and his mother are left nearly destitute. Luis is forced to discontinue his education at an elite boarding school in Argentina and provide for his family as they slip into poverty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, touching, captivating, suspense, christian film
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Citizen X (1995)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, factual, serious, realistic, grim