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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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Hangman (2001)
Plot Summary:
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of which are linked somehow. Detective Roos (LDP) is on the case. He finds himself drawn to Grace Mitchell (Madchen Amick), who is somehow connected to all of the victims. Hangman is a story of pure vengeance, against everyone who burdened the killer's mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film, atmospheric, serious, slasher, realistic, mind bending, detective
Similar in 85%
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 81%
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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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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A Twist of Faith (1999)
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
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Memory (2006)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Taylor Biggs is haunted by a past that's not his own. A hallucinatory drug gives him the power to see visions of vicious crimes, visions made all that more disturbing when he discovers that the murderous memories may belong to the father he never knew . Biggs's mother, whose own failing memory makes her powerless to help him unravel his family history.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, psychological thriller, suspense
Similar in 78%
The Butcher (1970)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, cynical, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, neo noir, slasher, surreal, anthology, perverse
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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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American Crime (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the case attracts a colleague from the nationally syndicated television show "American Crime" as well. Together with Jessie's camera-man and later joined by her producer he tries to solve the mysterious case. Written by Oliver Heidelbach (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Try to Remember (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, scary, tense, mind bending, suspenseful
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Bloody Murder (2000)
Plot Summary:
Julie McConnell is one of a dozen camp counselors working to re-open a summer camp when a series of murders and disappearances begin commited by a hockey masked killer who may be the urban legend killer Trevor Moorehouse. When Julie looks into the murders by herself, she finds that she may be the killer's next target when she gets too close to some dark secrets of the camp which may lead to the killer's identity.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, queer horror, independent film, splatter, teen horror, 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
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No One Can Hear You (2001)
Plot Summary:
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster (Barry Corbin) is not listening to her concerns, which leads Trish to wonder is he or his deputy might be involved. Then Lisa, her boyfriend Ben and her sister Amy receive threats.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, independent film, tense, realistic
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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
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After Alice (2000)
Plot Summary:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, the cop spirals deeper and deeper into the case where the horrors of the past and present come together.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, surprise ending, detective
Similar in 78%
The Keeper (2004)
Plot Summary:
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, scary, slasher, realistic
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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
Similar in 82%
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 77%
Empire of the Wolves (2005)
Plot Summary:
When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they infiltrate in the Turkish mafia trying to find the answer to the crimes. Meanwhile, the worker Anna Heymes is being submitted to a brain treatment and has severe headaches and glimpses of memories and visions. When these two parallel events collide, disclose that the Turkish organization "The Wolves" is behind them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, detective, crime drama, grim, fast, gloomy
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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
Similar in 76%
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 79%
Rampage (1987)
Plot Summary:
Rampage delves into the subject of legal insanity, so often the default defense in modern-time gruesome crime trials. Alex McArthur plays an outwardly normal guy who goes on incredible killing and mutilating sprees until (and even after, when he escapes for a short time) he's captured. When he comes to trial, the liberal DA (Michael Biehn) is torn between his own leftist leanings and the reality of the heinous crimes for which the accused is being tried. He must argue for the death penalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, psychological, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's" Leatherface, the story of real life serial killer Ed Gein is told once again. Nicknamed "The Butcher Of Plainfield," Gein was responsible for a rash of gory murders that sent shock waves through his rural Wisconsin town, and across America, in the late 1950's. Prepare to enter the evil mind and twisted world of "The Butcher Of Plainfield.".
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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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
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The Riverman (2004)
Plot Summary:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, detective, realistic, suspense
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The Zodiac (2005)
Plot Summary:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, independent film, realistic