Best movies like America
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Plot Summary:
América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other latinas, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Trainer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Annie, 28 and recently divorced, is doing everything she can to get her life back on track. When she decides to join the New Life Fitness gym she's inspired and excited about her new trainer Alex, 20-something, who quickly becomes a friend. Alex is young successful and full of life. But that success comes at a price. Sadly Alex is psychotic and has been murdering her trainees for years. Turns out working out really can be murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
Mind Prey (1999)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 80%
Friends 'Til the End (1997)
Plot Summary:
Heather and Suzanne were childhood friends, both singers, who have always been competing against each other. The insecure Suzanne, who usually lost all the competitions, grows emotionally disturbed and hyper-competitive and carrying a grudge against Heather. The young woman, under a false name, enrolls the same college where Heather goes, with the intention of destroying her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: ridiculous
Similar in 76%
An Appointment with Mr. Vield (2017)
Plot Summary:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a result. And blames Mr. Vield for both. As a result, she turns to a rather unusual solution for how to eradicate him from her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 76%
Lethal Pursuit (1988)
Plot Summary:
A rock star babe and her hunky honey find themselves targeted by her psychotic ex, whose insane jealously sparks a deadly game of desert cat-and-mouse.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Forgetting the Girl (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes overwhelmingly turbulent, forcing him to take desperate measures.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological horror, psychological
Similar in 88%
Double Edge (1992)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 89%
The Stranger Game (2006)
Plot Summary:
A hard-working mother hires a male nanny to take care of her son, but soon discovers that he is an antisocial psychopath bent on destroying her family.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young girl is kidnapped and molested by a classmate's father. The man she identifies is arrested and jailed, but is later released on bail. He calls the girl's mother and threatens to kidnap her daughter again, and this time kill her and make sure her body will never be found. She goes to the authorities for help, but there's nothing they can do until he actually tries something. Afraid for her daughter's life, the mother decides to take matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Down Will Come Baby (1999)
Plot Summary:
Leah Garr wants to move from Phoenix to take a new job in Denver to help her family (Husband Marcus and Daughter Robin). When Robin goes to camp to give her parents time to sort things out, something unexpected occurs. On Robin's return from camp she finds out her mom is taking the new job in Denver, only returning each weekend to visit. During this turmoil in Robin's life, A new lady, Dorothy, befriends Robin, moves into the same apartment complex and spends a lot of time with her and her father Marcus. Leah is concerned about this because she does not know very much about Dorothy or her intentions. It soon becomes clear that Dorothy is after much more than friendship with the Garr family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sad
Similar in 81%
Bump in the Night (1991)
Plot Summary:
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son Jonathan leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead he is picked up by Lawrence a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Pursued (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Similar in 86%
Deconstructing Sarah (1994)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about an advertising executive Kelley who leads a double life, looking for men in dive bars at night. However, when she goes missing, it causes her best friend Ticotin to turn detective and infiltrate the seedy underworld to discover what happened.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 76%
Forgotten Evil (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman with amnesia tries to restart her life until the past comes back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense
Similar in 76%
Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
Told through a looping, non-linear narrative from each of the characters' points of view, the film reconstructs the stories of a Yugoslav hit man, his former lover and her police officer boyfriend, as their paths cross in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear, neo noir
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Mother Knows Best (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
Similar in 79%
The Sweetheart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sex, lies, and deception of a con man. Heartbroken over her parents breakup and recovering from a car accident, Jane becomes suspicious of her mother’s new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
Similar in 79%
Break-Up Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Barbara learns that nude photos of her daughter have been put up on a revenge porn site, she vows to get them taken down. But the site's administrator and his followers refuse, threatening Barbara's family in retaliation. Barbara doesn't back down, but in doing so, her and her daughter's lives are systematically destroyed both online and off.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Sorry, Haters (2005)
Plot Summary:
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspense, erotic, multicultural, talky, surprise ending
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Cyberstalker (2012)
Plot Summary:
After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
Similar in 89%
Doctor Death (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a skiing accident, Sarah's life is saved thanks to a brilliant surgeon, Dr. Vincent. But when Dr. Vincent mistakes Sara's gratitude for love, he becomes obsessed with her, determined to have her at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, scary, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Pool Boy Nightmare (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Gale as she has a brief affair with pool cleaner Adam, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's high school age daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a twisted game of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 84%
Psycho BFF (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Renee's shy teenage daughter Deandra finally makes a friend, Olivia, she is thrilled. After Olivia's initial bossiness turns into emotional abuse, Renee forbids the relationship from continuing, prompting the girls to run away together. Renee embarks on a desperate search for her daughter, before she's gone for good.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Broken Vows (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Broken Vows" tells the story of Patrick Flynn (Bentley), whose charm and charisma masks a profound psychosis. Patrick seduces Tara Bloom (Alexander), instantly becoming infatuated with the beauty. But when Tara rejects Patrick, he is sent spiraling into madness and delusion, erupting into psychotic rage. Tara is forced to find the strength to stop Patrick from destroying her love, her family, and her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic
Similar in 85%
Stalked by My Ex (2017)
Plot Summary:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 77%
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, neo noir, sexy, psychological thriller, serious, psychosexual thriller, dark
Similar in 85%
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
Plot Summary:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Similar in 79%
Devil's Pond (2003)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, serious, suspense, scary
Similar in 83%
Bad Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bad girl Amy, 17, is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy's friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers Chloe's secret she finds herself fighting for her life, and for the future of the family she herself tried to destroy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark
Similar in 85%
Fear (1996)
Plot Summary:
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, suspense, psychological thriller, teen, neo noir, serious, erotic