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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cerebral, teen, bleak, serious, futuristic, disturbing, controversial
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Twelve (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, educational, cerebral, powerful, twisted
Similar in 84%
Blackrock (1997)
Plot Summary:
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, tear jerker, independent film, tearjerker
Similar in 86%
The Fraternity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Some students at Runcie prep school form an elite club. The group is implicated in a cheating scandal and one of the club members dies mysteriously. Another member decides to try and discover the dangerous truth about Runcie.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Similar in 88%
Fathers & Sons (1992)
Plot Summary:
A beach runner and bookworm (Goldblum) has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy with a serial killer coming between him and his son. The ensuing E.S.P. experiences and danger bond father and son.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, serious, realistic
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King of the Jungle (2000)
Plot Summary:
Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life's simple pleasures are brutally torn from him when he witnesses his mother gunned down by a neighborhood punk. Now Seymore must overcome the child within as he rises up to fight for some kind of justice. It's a fight that will take him out into the streets where there are few friends and many enemies -- and one of them is a killer who wants him silenced.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, tense, disturbing, independent film, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Similar in 75%
O (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the school's star basketball player and future NBA hopeful. Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, tense, serious, teen, clever, erotic, scary, sweet, realistic
Similar in 82%
Cherry Crush (2007)
Plot Summary:
A High school Photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychosexual thriller, surprise ending, twisted, sexual
Similar in 82%
Around the Fire (1998)
Plot Summary:
Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, disturbing, touching, independent film
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Wasted (2002)
Plot Summary:
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious, gloomy, biting, suspense
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Maryjane (1968)
Plot Summary:
A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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Bad Reputation (2007)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl wrongly branded as the school slut embraces her 'bad reputation' and takes revenge on the kids who have made her life a living hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror, scary, realistic, independent film
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Light It Up (1999)
Plot Summary:
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: hood, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, inspirational, thought provoking, feel good
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White Rabbit (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, disturbing, dark, grindhouse, action thriller, poetic, realistic, comic
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Jimmy and Judy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, cult classic, teen, independent film, realistic, tension
Similar in 78%
Heart of America (2002)
Plot Summary:
Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential viewing for anyone who was captivated by Michael Moore's 'Bowling For Columbine'. It is the last day of high school and the unthinkable is about to happen. Distraught at the constant abuse and bullying they have been subjected to, two students have made a suicide pact. But before they take their own lives, they are determined to cause chaos and murder amongst their fellow students.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense, bleak, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
Lockdown (2000)
Plot Summary:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, hood, crime drama, bleak, independent film
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Norfolk (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure gives the green light for the father to complete one last mission; he is a mercenary, hired to assassinate a group of revolutionaries holed-up in a remote, disused civil service outpost. A mission that threatens to destroy not just the compound but the love between a father and his son.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, disturbing, bleak, realistic, independent film
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Black Circle Boys (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, lovecraft, independent film, realistic
Similar in 83%
Wasted on the Young (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, realistic
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Red (2008)
Plot Summary:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means available to him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: emotional, suspense, touching, tense, serious, disturbing, psychological horror, cult classic, realistic, gloomy
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State's Evidence (2004)
Plot Summary:
When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate thrill, as he documents the day's events, anticipating the grand finale: Scott plans to commit suicide on camera. His friends become fascinated by his idea and decide to join the action for various reasons; home problems, romance and even boredom. They pull behind their leader and set out to make history. The rush is instantaneous. Emotions run wild. Pressure mounts as shocking details are revealed. The search for the final adventure takes an unexpected turn down a dark road. This journey turns out to be much more than what Scott and his friends had ever anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, surreal
Similar in 78%
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Plot Summary:
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, clever, teen, independent film, realistic, cynical, gloomy, sexy
Similar in 77%
Fierce People (2005)
Plot Summary:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark, art house, teen, indie film
Similar in 84%
The Giving Tree (2000)
Plot Summary:
Nine former schoolmates, staying at a secluded mountain cabin for a reunion, try to figure out why one of their friends and their hostess would invite them there and commit suicide which prompts them to look into the mysterious and dark past of their 10th friend.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, talky, sexy, suspense, sexual, independent film, contemplative
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Firstborn (1984)
Plot Summary:
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tension, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, biting, crying
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Shadow Hours (2000)
Plot Summary:
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy stranger, Stuart, enters Michael's life, taking Michael through a tour of the seediest and slimiest parts of L.A. underbelly. Is Stuart leading Michael to hell, or salvation?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, neo noir, rough, psychological thriller
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Bad Boys (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, tense, serious, entertaining, bleak, suspenseful, epic
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Blue Spring (2001)
Plot Summary:
Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bleak, realistic, disturbing, serious, manga
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Acts of Worship (2001)
Plot Summary:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, gloomy
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On the Ice (2011)
Plot Summary:
In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, independent film, tense, sincere, serious, suspenseful, crying