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Plot Summary:
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, tense, serious, rough, realistic, suspense, dark, tear jerker, poignant, bleak
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Neighboring Sounds (2012)
Plot Summary:
Life in a middle-class neighbourhood in present day Recife, Brazil, takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm. The presence of these men brings a sense of safety and a good deal of anxiety to a culture which runs on fear. Meanwhile, Bia, married and mother of two, must find a way to deal with the constant barking and howling of her neighbour’s dog. A slice of ‘Braziliana’, a reflection on history, violence and noise.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, spectacular, post-horror, offbeat, realistic, biting
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No Return (2010)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on a man who is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Tic Tac (1997)
Plot Summary:
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coincidences are going to change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: non-linear, offbeat, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, contemplative, telenovela
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Turk's Head (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, serious, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic
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The Candidate (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Avalon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people around him, he desperately seeks a way out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, gloomy
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Waste Land (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, realistic, stylized, gloomy, detective
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Wolf (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boxer is making a name for himself inside the ring. Outside the ring, he is sucked into a world of crime. He becomes increasingly entangled in his own ambition.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, bleak, serious, psychological, suspenseful, black and white
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Felony (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense, detective
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The Invader (2011)
Plot Summary:
An African immigrant living illegally in Belgium is desperate to find his own sense of belonging.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, tense, bleak, realistic, contemplative
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The Ape (2009)
Plot Summary:
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, tense, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, crying
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Resilience (2006)
Plot Summary:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Everything Will Be Fine (2010)
Plot Summary:
A writer-director known for becoming obsessed with his own stories, Jacob Falk stumbles upon photographs of prisoners of war being tortured by Danish soldiers.Suspecting a political conspiracy, Falk falls into a frenetic chase to reveal the mystery behind the photos which leads him to discover a truth more disturbing than he imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychological thriller, political thriller
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Justice (2014)
Plot Summary:
A foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In a society like ours, you have only two choices—to be a victim or a victimizer. She makes her choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak
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White Knuckles (2010)
Plot Summary:
A sweet housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't bear another day. She starts to poison his food just to see if he might change. When he falls ill, both are awakened to the raw reality of life and death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, realistic, suspense, mumblecore, independent film
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The Fool (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, realistic, suspense, bleak, serious, harsh, political, brutal, thought provoking
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The Major (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, touching, suspense, disturbing, realistic, gloomy
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If Nothing Else Works Out (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, touching, serious, clever, offbeat, bleak, realistic, gloomy
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Plot Summary:
Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might be a monstrous kidnapper. Even though she wants to believe in his innocence, she finds herself searching for evidence to the contrary. What is her father's true identity? And how will she deal with the burden of discovery if her suspicions are confirmed at the end of her final pursuit of the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, twisted
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Murk (2005)
Plot Summary:
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, tense, serious, suspenseful, perverse, mind blowing, realistic, masterpiece
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Bypass (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, gloomy
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Mad Ship (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, period piece
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Brothers (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Danish officer, Michael (Thomsen), is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: emotional, tense, disturbing, serious, melancholic, psychological, realistic, captivating, sincere, touching
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White Man's Burden (1995)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, rough, feel good, unusual plot structure, bad ending, political
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Final Recourse (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating
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California Scheming (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen, independent film
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The Mortician (2011)
Plot Summary:
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Fear Me Not (2008)
Plot Summary:
Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig - without telling his family. Because of dangerous side effects, the trial is subsequently abandoned but Michael continues to take the pills. Having lost all control, Michael's repressed instincts resurface with a force and violence that no-one could have predicted.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, disturbing, psychological thriller, mindfuck, experimental
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Whitewash (2013)
Plot Summary:
The brutality of winter and the power of the mind are aptly portrayed in this dark comedy set in Northern Quebec. Bruce (Thomas Haden Church) is merely trying to survive a harsh winter when he meets Jean. Conflict leads to an accidental death, and Bruce finds himself in a complicated and unexpected place. Grappling with his guilt, Bruce creates a prison from which he cannot escape. Haden Church perfectly utilizes his comic talent in this wry, well-crafted film.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, serious, mind bending, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing woman, Merete. Soon Carl and Assad are on a journey through Scandinavia's darkest corners to find a psychopathic killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious, noir, dark, detective, disturbing, realistic