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Plot Summary:
A young woman on the run from a murderous rogue government agent hooks up with a pony-tailed taxi driver who reluctantly agrees to help her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nf713 (2009)
Plot Summary:
An extended sequence in which a man tortures a woman psychologically, physically and sexually. The woman is bound and restrained throughout and the man in question is in a position of absolute power and control over her. The man tortures the woman in order to make her confess her crimes against an unnamed 'State' but his ultimate aim is to break her down and make her fully compliant, eradicating her individuality and making her a mere number, 'NF713.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Cross Country (1983)
Plot Summary:
After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, detective, erotic
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The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)
Plot Summary:
A publisher of novels begins to receive packets containing macabre: members of a female corpse. The appearance of a mysterious woman who seems related packages will lead to a situation of dramatic denouement.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Lisbon (1999)
Plot Summary:
Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. But what is the secret of this woman? Why does she want to go to Lisboa?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie
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Deadly Weapons (1974)
Plot Summary:
After the mob hits a guy with a list, one of the hoods keeps the list for himself to blackmail the people on it. When the mobsters find out he's a double-crosser, they off him, which angers his busty girlfriend. She goes after them using the only two weapons she has.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, cult film
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Ace Jackson Is a Dead Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
Crime - A man has to pay back a gangster for stolen drugs to save his own life. - David A. Bynoe, Waliek Crandall, Buddy Love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, controversial, contemplative, experimental, independent film, tension, suspense
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Dead Easy (2004)
Plot Summary:
A married couple are about to face a series of difficult problems. The two engage in an escalating series of infidelities and mind games that could very well lead to their mutual destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Hit Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dan Selig is a bored thirty year-old math wiz who's looking for a way to change his life. His ray of light comes in the form of a curvy blonde named Alicia, who recruits Dan to join her blackjack card counting team for a one night Las Vegas score. Dan accepts the offer and meets Thomas, a Texas cowboy with a violent past. Alicia trains Dan and Thomas in the art of card counting and as the team hits the felt in Sin City, we learn that the perfect crime isn't so perfect. When things go from bad to worse, Dan will find out the hard way that with millions up for grabs, the only question is, who's playing who?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
Plot Summary:
A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film
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A Crime (2006)
Plot Summary:
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, serious, neo noir, realistic
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Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
Plot Summary:
Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Skull: A Night of Terror! (1987)
Plot Summary:
A gang of escaped convicts take over a farmhouse and hold the woman living there hostage. It turns out that her husband is a cop, who among other things is in trouble because he has accidentally killed an innocent girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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Captive (1986)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, tension
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Blackheart (1998)
Plot Summary:
Crime - Ray and Annette are a couple who scam, lie and seduce to get wealth from unsuspecting wealthy people. Annette also has a penchant for bisexual encounters and serial murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Betrayal of the Dove (1993)
Plot Summary:
A divorced mother fears for her life after a friend gets her a blind date with a doctor.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Killing American Style (1988)
Plot Summary:
A gang of hot headed brutes lead by Tony Stone and sexual sadist John Lynch execute a robbery with some inside help. A bloody shoot-out with the LAPD ensues and the criminals are apprehended. After a brief stint in the slammer, the gang escapes a prison-bus with the help of Tony s brother Jesse who is critically wounded in the process. He needs a doctor, fast. A hospital visit too risky, they seek out other options. Now on the run, they commandeer a palatial residence, taking hostages. All - American good guy John Morgan returns home becoming a pawn; sent out to retrieve the doctor.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: retro
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Improper Conduct (1994)
Plot Summary:
A woman seeks her own brand of justice when her sister's sexual harassment case is smothered by acts of foul play.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, cult film
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Sweet Sexual Awakening (1978)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dellis, a young self-made shipowner, has no time for anything other than high class call girls in a luxurious resort. The girl suppliers are a photographer and owner of a model agency, Werner, and his girlfriend Samantha. A rich woman, Tina, who spends her time at the same resort, fascinated by Paul arranges to visit him taking the place of Samantha. When Samantha is found dead, Tina disappears and all suspicions fall on Paul.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy
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Sins of Desire (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a beautiful young girl dies mysteriously after being treated at a sex therapy clinic, her sister Kay (Tanya Roberts), goes undercover to find out who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 643
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychosexual thriller, erotic, independent film
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Victim of Desire (1995)
Plot Summary:
An SEC agent investigating $70M in missing funds and a murdered businessman gets involved with the man's wife.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film
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The Amateur (1981)
Plot Summary:
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
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American Perfect (1997)
Plot Summary:
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, who's coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, neo noir, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, tension, suspense
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Hunters of the Night (1984)
Plot Summary:
A small gang of criminals is planning to commit a gold heist not knowing that the new member of their gang is actually a police detective. But when his true identity is revealed to the gang they act like they wouldn't know about it and decide to use the detective to accomplish their plans about the heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult film, cult movie cast
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The Baby Sitter (1975)
Plot Summary:
Michelle, a French sculptor living in Rome, is told of a job babysitting a rich man's son by her new friend Ann, an actress. When she arrives at the boy's house, she discovers that he in fact has been kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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One Way Out (2002)
Plot Summary:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
Plot Summary:
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, sexy, suspense, rough, bleak, minimal cast, erotic
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Fierce People (2005)
Plot Summary:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark, art house, teen, indie film
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Knock Knock (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Chile, Israel, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, erotic, scary, slasher, tense, dark comedy
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Body Language (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, surprise ending, erotic, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fargo (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 711000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, clever, independent film, funny, absurd