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Plot Summary:
Vancouver Police Detective Henry Smith is one of those investigating the murder of Roman Catholic Father Martin, who was crucified in his own church.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like A Twist of Faith (1999):
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The Collector (2002)
Plot Summary:
Une policière, Maud Graham, suit un tueur en série qui agresse des femmes. En même temps, elle héberge un jeune prostitué et un fugueur de 12 ans. L'action se déroule dans la ville et capitale de la province du même nom, Québec.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, neo noir
Similar in 78%
Escape Clause (1996)
Plot Summary:
A man finds out that his wife has paid $10,000 to have him killed. Then both the would-be killer and the wife turn up dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
A Killer Within (2004)
Plot Summary:
Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered and his son unconscious in critical condition at the hospital. Now, fingered as a suspect by the police, Addison must race to find the real killer and prove his innocence before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, mind bending, tense, rough, serious, psychological, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
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Portraits of a Killer (1996)
Plot Summary:
An attorney takes the lawyer/client relationship too seriously. She ends up falling for her client, a very charming photographer who has been charged with a multiple murder. She wants to believe he is innocent but she cannot deny her suspicions.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 82%
The Cold Light of Day (1996)
Plot Summary:
A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, noir, independent film, scary, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Six-Pack (2000)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is on the loose in Paris and he seems to be an american citizen working in the US embassy and being in the middle of a french-american economical affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, perverse, scary, mind bending, bleak, neo noir, realistic
Similar in 88%
Jill Rips (2000)
Plot Summary:
A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, slasher, stylized
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The Midnight Hour (2001)
Plot Summary:
Alex Sheppard, a college student who hosts a late-night talk show on the campus radio station, finds herself in dire straits when she enrolls in the school her recently murdered sister attended in order to track down the killer. Little does Alex know the killer, a listener of her talk show, soon discovers her relationship to her murdered sister. Soon, Alex finds herself in the middle of a campus murder spree, and the killer's next potential victim.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, sexy, independent film, erotic, sexual, hot
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Slice (2009)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is preying on the rich and influential, exposing their sexual proclivities, dismembering them and dumping them and their severed body parts in various locations around Thailand. The police officer on the case is not even close to finding the killer, but given an ultimatum to solve it in 15 days, Papa Chin (Chatchai Plenpanich) turns to the one man he doesn’t want to use — an imprisoned hitman named Tai (Arak Amornsupasiri), who thinks the killer is a friend of his from childhood. Tai let out of prison while his girlfriend Noi is kept under close watch by Chin. Tai heads back to his hometown to search for clues about where his old friend might be. As he recalls his childhood and friendship with the troubled boy Nut, the events of the present day crystallize until Tai is confronted with a shocking reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, neo noir, bloody, suspense, detective, serious
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Slow Burn (2000)
Plot Summary:
The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
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Reflections (2008)
Plot Summary:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, convinced that he has his man. Marco has an airtight alibi though and further investigation of the suspect leads Agent Brindle to a shocking discovery.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bound by Lies (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, so does the killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, sexual, sexy
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Confession (2005)
Plot Summary:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate teen, Kelly must decide to keep his silence or throw away everything the priesthood holds sacred.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, detective
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Papertrail (1998)
Plot Summary:
A burnt out detective follows the trail of a serial killer who sends him messages about the murders.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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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
Similar in 89%
Angel of Death (2001)
Plot Summary:
The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets of the Old Town in time-honored ritual. But for one celebrant this Holy Week is different. For him Semana Santa is a time to kill. As the death toll mounts, it falls to detective Maria Delgado - mistrusted outsider from Madrid - to stop the bizarre killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, serious, disturbing, rough, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, independent film
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Tangled (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror, tense, slasher, detective, non-linear, surprise ending
Similar in 78%
Ladies Night (2005)
Plot Summary:
Insurance investigators track a serial killer who seduces women with access to big bucks, convinces them to embezzle, then kills them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, cynical, realistic
Similar in 78%
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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Brother's Keeper (2002)
Plot Summary:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help reluctantly convinced by an old boyfriend (Leland Orser). The tracks are directly related to the abuse that Lucinda and her brother suffered during his childhood, which seems to be in the suspect has caused a serious psychological disorder.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, realistic
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Perfect Prey (1998)
Plot Summary:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Freeway Killer (2010)
Plot Summary:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, realistic
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Out of the Darkness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, detective, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Zodiac Killer (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak
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When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Plot Summary:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film
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Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
Plot Summary:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, gloomy
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The Gunman (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, bleak, realistic
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Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Plot Summary:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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The Rosary Murders (1987)
Plot Summary:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, serious, neo noir, suspense, independent film, tense, rough, realistic