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Plot Summary:
After a car accident leaves her boyfriend in a coma, April’s panic attacks return and make her life a living hell. However, once she accepts the kindness of a stranger trying to help her, she realizes that he might not be the stranger she thought he is.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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My Daughter's Deadly Roommates (2023)
Plot Summary:
New beginnings have disastrous consequences as a young woman starts college and quickly finds herself trapped inside a secret society that has sinister motives. As the society isolates her from her family with increasing intensity, she must decide whether to resign herself to their deadly manipulation, or if she will fight back to stop them once and for all. ~Courtesy of MyLifetime.com.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Message (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young wife and mother of two children is challenged to overcome her passive beliefs on religion after a serious car accident. Receiving haunting images of her past she is forced to make a decision that will decide her fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, christian film
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The Cover Girl Murders (1993)
Plot Summary:
The scene is a remote tropical island, where several top swimsuit models converge for a magazine photo shoot, orchestrated by publisher Lee Majors. The girls are lovely, the scenery gorgeous, the weather couldn't be pleasanter. Only one hitch: one by one, the models fall victim to mysterious fatal accidents. You know by now that these are no accidents.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Door in the Woods (2019)
Plot Summary:
Redd, Evelyn and their son, Kane, find a strange door, bound in padlocked chains, standing upright in the woods. After installing it in their home, strange occurrences lead Evelyn to discover their town's long history of missing children who were never found. Now, Kane has joined their ranks and Redd and Evelyn must strike a bargain with an evil entity to secure his return.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, demonic
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The Institute (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, retro
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Courage (1984)
Plot Summary:
Marathon runners are taken captive in desert by right-wing militia.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Cool Surface (1993)
Plot Summary:
A writer returns to Hollywood after finishing his novel in the wilderness. Still smarting from his girlfriend's suicide and his publisher's criticisms of his novel, he becomes intrigued by the neighbor couple's abusive relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, neo noir, sexy
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Twisted Love (1995)
Plot Summary:
Janna Riley is the awkward and shy girl nobody ever seems to notice. Not being able to live up to her mother's expectations of popularity, Janna walks through the school hallways alone, though her eyes are always on a certain football player, Bo Callahan. Laughed at and made fun of by the in-crowd, Janna sees her opportunity to become accepted when a fateful motorcycle "accident" lands Bo into her arms and under her doting care. Bo's vulnerable condition enables Janna to kidnap Bo and, in the style of Stephen King's "Misery," the viewer is held captive for every thrilling second.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Maddening (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this psycho-thriller, a little girl and her mother find themselves the focus of a crazed couple's delusions. The horror begins after Cassie has a fight with her husband David and takes off in the car with their young daughter Samantha. Cassie takes a wrong turn and ends up in the home of the evil Mr. and Mrs. Because Cassie and Samantha closely resemble relatives the couple recently lost, the duo hold the frightened mother and daughter captive in their home. Soon the two victims find themselves psychologically and physically abused, particularly Cassie who is threatened with torture and rape. Will David find them before the Scudders kill them both?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, erotic
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Copper Bill (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two thieves attempt to steal 80 million dollars of hidden Texas drug money from the famed ranch belonging to a dead member of the Cowboy Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 778
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: twist ending, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, surprise ending, independent film
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The Stranger Inside (2016)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her husband become the target of their fertility doctor.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Two Shades of Blue (1999)
Plot Summary:
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack Reynolds, she eludes authorities by changing her identity and becoming the woman she wrote about in her book, Judith Anderson. To find the real killer, Susan goes undercover as a relay operator for the hearing impaired to contact District Attorney Beth McDaniels who is deaf. While relaying intimate phone conversations between Beth and her boyfriend Calvin, Susan discovers her own dark side when she becomes entangled in this voyeuristic world of deceit, intrigue and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, realistic, surprise ending, independent film, erotic, sexual, sexy
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Killer Daddy Issues (2020)
Plot Summary:
An equestrian discovers her family's estate harbors an unfathomable secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Suspect (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, their experiment takes an unplanned turn.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating, clever, realistic
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Enter the Dangerous Mind (2013)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, twisted, serious, independent film
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The List (2007)
Plot Summary:
A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads to unimaginable evil. Fresh out of law school and full of hope for the future, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death--and then by the terms of the will: the elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychological, tense, mind bending, realistic, christian horror
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Alone (2020)
Plot Summary:
"Alone" follows a writer seeking peace and solitude in the countryside in an attempt to recover from tragedy and finish her book. However, as the welcoming country house turns into a living hell, she soon realizes that her inner demons are not the worst of her problems.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: harsh, scary, bleak, suspense, surreal, intense, psychological, serious, disturbing, atmospheric
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Marriage of Lies (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Rachel’s husband disappears, the police have one suspect: her. While trying to prove her innocence, she uncovers many secrets about the man she married.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark
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The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
Plot Summary:
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her husband in to void the prenupt. The stranger decides to turn her imagination into reality much to the wife's surprise.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, noir, psychosexual thriller, detective, scary, serious, realistic, non-linear
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Dark Tide (1994)
Plot Summary:
Brigitte Bako plays Andi, who visits her husband Tim working on a tropical island. Tim is collecting venom from poisonous eels, and his boat crew are mesmerised by his pretty wife. In particular, one of the crew members becomes obsessed with Andi. While Tim is concentrating on his work to the detriment of his marriage, Andi shares an intimate afternoon with the obsessed crewman, but then refuses to continue the affair. This causes the jilted lover to begin a series of escalating violent events that ultimately leads to a deadly showdown with Tim and Andi.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dead Beat (1994)
Plot Summary:
In 1965, Rudy, a Midwestern high-school kid, moves to Albuquerque; lonely and friendless, he's attracted to Kit, slightly older, with a car, his own apartment, and spending money. Kit loves Elvis and loves the ladies; plus, he's a complete phony: his tan is fake, he wears lifts, he lies to girls, and he pretends to care about Rudy. Kit also shares a dark secret with two other devoted followers, Jimmy and Martha. He meets his match in Kirsten, a spoiled rich girl who gives as good as she gets. When she and a younger cousin disappear, Rudy must choose between loneliness and the law. Written by.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, period piece, dark comedy
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Tough Luck (2003)
Plot Summary:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, erotic, neo noir, independent film
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Dangerous Touch (1994)
Plot Summary:
An erotic thriller about a promiscuous radio sex therapist who is dragged into blackmail by a young hustler.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Killer Grandma (2018)
Plot Summary:
Melissa, a happily married woman with an eight-year-old daughter, invites her husband's mother to live with them, only to realize that Grandma is unhinged and wants to kidnap Melissa's daughter to replace her own dead child.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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The Devil's Dominoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Drones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware of Sue’s privileged status as daughter of a well-respected general. This, however, will be no ordinary mission: as they train their sights on an unarmed terrorist suspect, a power struggle erupts between the smart, sophisticated Sue and the dogged, blue-collar Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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Deadly Excursion (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Triple Threat (2022)
Plot Summary:
The families of twin sisters are "infiltrated" by a mysterious triplet, who was separated from them at birth by their adopted mother. Her deadly plan is to frame one of the twins for murdering the other’s husband, and then assume the identity of his widow by killing her too... but not if the framed sister has anything to say about it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful Lauren gets married with an older man. She is unexpectedly confronted with her ex, an escaped criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, sexy, psychological thriller, neo noir
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Danger Beneath the Sea (2001)
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful