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Plot Summary:
A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, gothic, psychosexual thriller, bizarre, queer cinema
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The Haunting Passion (1983)
Plot Summary:
Dan was a successful football player, but when his contract expired recently, it wasn't renewed due to his age. Together with his wife Julie he decides to make a new start and they move into a romantic and lonesome house. While Dan starts a second career as newscaster, she's home alone and suffers from frightingly realistic erotic dreams, in which she has sex with an unknown man. Soon this demon even haunts her in broad daylight and attacks friends and husband out of jealousy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, detective
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Tirza (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jörgen's world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life which makes sense - his beloved daughter Tirza - is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying uncertainty, Jörgen goes searching for her, but the heat, his drinking and bad memories combine to unhinge him. His only ally is a child prostitute called Kaisa. Together they journey into the wilderness on Tirza's trail to discover her fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, suspenseful, twisted, realistic, non-linear, gloomy, serious, atmospheric
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That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
Plot Summary:
A rich but lonely woman, Frances Austen, one day invites a boy from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him live there.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, depressing, neo noir, slasher, disturbing, controversial, intense, psychosexual thriller, psychological, independent film
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The Wait (2013)
Plot Summary:
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 731
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, surreal, mumblecore, art house, independent film, tense
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Wild Cactus (1993)
Plot Summary:
A married couple vacationing in the desert are held hostage by a pair of psychopaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, sexual, sexy
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Nobody Knows Anybody (1999)
Plot Summary:
Película española basada en la novela homónima escrita por Juan Bonilla. Simón, un aspirante a escritor frustrado que se dedica a escribir crucigramas para un periódico, recibe un misterioso encargo: debe incluir la palabra Adversario el próximo Domingo de Ramos en su crucigrama, bajo amenaza. Tras acceder a este chantaje, Simón ve como se suceden una serie de catástrofes que le hacen sospechar de su compañero de piso, Sapo, distanciarse de su novia, Ariadna, y buscar la ayuda de María, una compañera del periódico, para investigar estos extraños sucesos. Todo esto ocurre con la ciudad de Sevilla como telón de fondo y durante la Semana Santa más multitudinaria de España, lo que contribuye a la confusión con nazarenos con pistolas láser, juegos de rol en el recinto de la Expo 92 y acusaciones que acaban inculpando al propio Simón de los crímenes cometidos.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, erotic, hispanic, metafiction, psychological thriller
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The Dinner (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapting a Dutch bestseller inspired by a shocking real-life crime, Menno Meyjes (screenwriter of The Color Purple and Lionheart) directs this excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak
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The House of Usher (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three years after her lover, Rick Usher, and her best friend, Maddy Usher, had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation, Jill Masters receives a phone call with news of Maddy's death. Her last wish was for Jill to attend her funeral. Conflicted, Jill returns to the house of Usher, a remote New England enclave. Her love affair with Rick is rekindled as she learns he suffers from the same malady that robbed his twin sister, Maddy, of her sharp mind before taking her life. His affliction is manifested in a rare nerve condition, which renders him hyper-sensitive. Under the watchful eye of the caretaker, Nurse Thatcher, Jill appears to be haunted by the ghost of Maddy, and the secret of the house of Usher is exposed.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, sexy, scary, psychotronic
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The Turn of the Screw (1999)
Plot Summary:
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, spiritual, slasher, costume drama, psychological horror, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious
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C Me Dance (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teenage dancer in training for the Los Angeles ballet discovers that she is dying of cancer, only to discover that the Devil is real after getting the miracle that she and her father both prayed for. Shortly after discovering that her dream of joining the Los Angeles Ballet has come true, 17-year-old Sherri (Christina DeMarco) receives a devastating report from her doctor: she's dying of cancer, and her days among the living are numbered. Falling back on their faith, Sherri and her father, Vince (Greg Robbins), begin to pray. One night, following an extensive prayer session, a miracle occurs. But the Devil (Peter Kent) has taken note, and now he's determined to claim Sherri's soul though whatever means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy, christian film, psychotronic
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Presence of Mind (1999)
Plot Summary:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella Jones). She is hired by their uncle, the Master (Harvey Keitel), who became the guardian of the youngsters after the death of their parents. While the governess is initially enthusiastic about her job, Miles and Flora soon prove to be quite a handful, and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Lauren Bacall), who oversees most of the activities at the Master's estate, is openly antagonistic to her. Before long, the governess discovers the house bears a dark secret involving Miss Jessel (Dayne Danika), the previous governess, and Fosc (Agusti Villaronga), the Master's former valet. El Celo was the first feature from director Antoni Aloy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, psychotronic
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First Born (2007)
Plot Summary:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense
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Secret Ceremony (1968)
Plot Summary:
A tormented rich girl hires a sex worker to act as her mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, deep, psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ghost Son (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Ghost Son" takes place in South Africa. A married couple Stacey and Mark live on the farm with their black teenage maid. Mark and Stacey love each other deeply. Unfortunately Mark dies in a tragic truck accident.Stacey returns to the farm and decides to remain there since she feels close to Mark.She is also carrying Mark's baby. After delivering the baby Stacey quickly becomes sure that her infant son is possessed by Mark's spirit. The evil force tries to kill Stacey to bring her to Mark.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, South Africa, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, mystic
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Missionary (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious
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Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, emotional, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
Plot Summary:
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, erotic, period piece, scary, tense
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The Intended (2002)
Plot Summary:
A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, serious, realistic, gloomy, independent film, neo noir
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Dark Obsession (1989)
Plot Summary:
Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Mother's Boys (1993)
Plot Summary:
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes, into a murderous plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, realistic, neo noir, dark, independent film, serious
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Playback (2010)
Plot Summary:
A detective must uncover the truth behind the death of his daughter. But the truth hits close to home.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, independent film, sexual, sexy
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Under Still Waters (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, independent film
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Inhale (2010)
Plot Summary:
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, mind blowing, exciting, realistic, independent film, fast
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Hush (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, scary, emotional, serious, atmospheric, realistic, psychological thriller, dark, erotic
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A Good Marriage (2014)
Plot Summary:
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, slasher, cult horror
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Final Analysis (1992)
Plot Summary:
Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, psychological, twist ending, enigmatic, suspense, intense
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, spooky, exciting, splatter, intense, creepy
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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
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The Woman in Black (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, atmospheric, terrifying, suspenseful, twist ending, dark, creepy
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Dream House (2011)
Plot Summary:
Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, scary, serious, enigmatic, intense