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Plot Summary:
The drama is centered on four friends and business partners who in one evening are forced to find a way to save their company and themselves. The impossible decision they face is agreeing on who will be the one to sacrifice their freedom to save the others from personal and financial demise. It is a race against time that will put their friendship and sanity to the test. Who will take the fall?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, hispanic, thinking, weird
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Yosemite (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island? (2019)
Plot Summary:
On their last night together, four longtime flatmates' lives are suddenly upended when a secret is revealed during the course of an evening celebration.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Breathless Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maria, a nurse whose daughter was killed by three militiamen, travels from Colombia to Spain with her younger son in order to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, suspense, serious, gloomy
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The Preacher's Sin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Evan Tanner's life is spiraling out of control when his live-in niece is arrested for the second time, his boss imposes on him an unacceptable contract, and to top it all he discovers he has a son from a one night affair during the war... When his niece is murdered, and signs point to Tinsey - his boss' daughter - Evan is confronted with making the toughest decision of his life. Risk everything he's achieved in his life or do the righteous thing! But Tinsey will stop at nothing to keep her secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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The Shame (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple, not knowing how to deal with their new adopted son's behavior, decides to give him back.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lazaro's Girlfriend (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lazarus is a Cuban appeal that makes a living in Madrid. When his girlfriend Dolores travels from Cuba to Spain to live with him, he is in prison for kidnapping and attempted rape. Dolores tries to survive with a broken heart, but his sympathy and sensuality will make adjusting to life in Madrid and try to exceed the Lazarus drug addiction.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, erotic
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Park Hwa-young (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hwa-young is an 18-year-old student living alone. Her friends call her “mom” and use her house as their place to hang out, but don’t really include her in their clique. Hwa-young pays particular attention to one of the friends, Mijeong.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, weird
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Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and discovering what it means to be women in a rural town marked by violence. Their mothers train them to flee death, to escape those who turn them into slaves or ghosts. They create their own impenetrable universe, but one day one of the girls doesn’t make it to her hiding place in time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film
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Last Man Club (2016)
Plot Summary:
A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last remaining members of his B-17 bomber crew with the help of a beautiful accomplice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Heaven's Door (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Paris Prestige (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot, his probation officer, urges him to work at LE PRESTIGE, his brother's bar located right next to the Moulin Rouge, in the heart of Pigalle - one of Paris’ most diverse and rawest neighborhoods. But deep wounds between the two brothers make this collaboration difficult from the start, and even more so when Nasser decides to get back in the game by throwing exclusive parties against his brother's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Art of More (2015)
Plot Summary:
A working-class social climber finagles his way into the world of New York City auction houses by using the smuggling skills he learned as a soldier in Iraq.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tokyo Shaking (2021)
Plot Summary:
March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its scope. Among them, Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank, has to face this nuclear crisis. Torn apart between fol- lowing the company’s instructions and going back to her husband and children who are still in Hong Kong, she will find herself defending honor and given word, despite the pervading terror and chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Goodbye to Our Kindergarten (2011)
Plot Summary:
One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a promise to each other “not to cry no matter what happens”.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The lady and the girls settle down in a country mansion, to form a relationship that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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This Town (2007)
Plot Summary:
This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their doings. Every character has a dilemma, and they all come to terms with it in their own way. But morally, are they wrong? Or are the victims of their own surroundings? There is no clear answer, making the viewer the ultimate judge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lost Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Upstarts (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to do good while making millions, three college graduates create a startup. But as business begins to flourish, their own bond starts to fray.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Human, Space, Time and Human (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the thugs and their leader is directed at the first class passengers, but then more and more indiscriminately against the rest of those on board. Rape is followed by murder and it’s not long before the first of numerous and increasingly brutal mutinies takes place.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Skipping Stones (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Young Adult Matters (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and cruelty of the world. Nevertheless, their naivety and pureness to endure through the hardships of life will stir complex emotions that will question your judgment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Price (2017)
Plot Summary:
Seyi, a 24-year-old Nigerian-American, works on Wall Street. Desperate to succeed because of his outsider status-due to class and race-he commits a crime, insider trading, which brings his entire world crashing down on him. Seyi's troubled circumstances force him finally to confront his tumultuous relationship with his ailing father, his romantic relationship with his privileged white girlfriend, and his racial and immigrant backgrounds-with nothing less at stake for him than his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Kammatipaadam (2016)
Plot Summary:
Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Oleg (2019)
Plot Summary:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a Polish criminal.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Reminiscence (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Father and the Foreigner (2010)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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The Challenger Disaster (2019)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the O-ring seals will fail and kill everyone on board. The Company, Marshall Space Flight and NASA made a business decision. He made a human decision.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Out of the Blue (2008)
Plot Summary:
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its second channel BBC Two from 19 May 2008. The BBC eventually decided not to commission a second series, and the final episode aired on 29 January 2009. The rights to show the first series in Australia were purchased by Network Ten, while in the UK, Channel 5 has picked up the repeat rights to Out of the Blue, and began airing all 130 episodes on digital sister channel Fiver in February 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
Plot Summary:
3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Wrong Side of the Tracks (2021)
Plot Summary:
When his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighborhood, a fed-up war veteran takes matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing