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Plot Summary:
The heat is at record highs, the air conditioner is broken, the milk has gone bad, the repairman can't find the house... and then there's the neighbor. Lyle Wilder, a celebrated firefighter, whose scorn for the young Braverton family next door turns to outright assault as his heroic exterior begins to unravel from the inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psycho film
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The Colony (1995)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about a man who, along with his family, moves from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, they soon discover that life in The Colony is much more sinister than it first appeared.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
The End of Violence (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican gardener's family for a while. At the same time, surveillance expert Ray Bering is looking for what happens in the city, but it is not clear what he wants. The police investigation for Max's disappearance is led by detective Doc Block, who falls in love with actress Cat who is playing in ongoing Max's production.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, enigmatic, surreal, stylized, suspenseful, psychological, deep, realistic, contemplative, independent film
Similar in 77%
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
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4Closed (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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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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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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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, surprise ending
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Supremacy (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film
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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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No Man's Land (1987)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: stylized, neo noir, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, exciting, road movie
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Plot Summary:
Brad (Michael Shannon) has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place; Based on a true story, this gripping and unnerving blend of deadpan comedy, melodrama and raw tragedy is fleshed out by an expert cast, including Willem Dafoe and Chloe Sevigny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, surreal, disturbing, cult classic, surprise ending, bleak, dark comedy
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The House Next Door (2002)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as good-natured as they had initially thought.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Perfect Wife (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, twisted, scary, realistic
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Love Thy Neighbor (2006)
Plot Summary:
Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons know, evil not only dwells in the neighborhood...it lives next door. As strange and terrifying events unfold, Laura doesn't know whether her sinisterly sweet neighbor is to blame, if she's been targeted for revenge...or if she's losing her mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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In the Shadows (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach him to do stunts. While waiting for the word to kill this mentor, Eric discovers the joy of stunt work and of being part of a family. Meanwhile, several people are looking for the dead man's briefcase of money and a cloth bag of illegal drugs that he stole from an undercover FBI agent now desperate to get the borrowed drugs back to the bureau. The stunt coordinator says that 'we dance in the shadows of death.' Can Eric step out into the sun?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Love Her Madly (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three men are dangerously obsessed with the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, independent film, mind bending, neo noir
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Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly aggressive to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives cause the couple to fight back.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, harsh, rough, realistic, psychological thriller, enigmatic
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Darkness Falls (1999)
Plot Summary:
With his pregnant wife at death's door after a car crash, desperate husband John Barrett invades the home of Mark Driscoll and his rich, neglected wife Sally. He holds the couple hostage in order to understand the events that led to his wife ending up in a coma.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, dark, independent film, psychological thriller
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Below Utopia (1997)
Plot Summary:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live up to his brother's potential. However, this quickly becomes inconsequential, as blood-thirsty killers soon show up.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense, erotic, independent film, bleak
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Psycho Brother-In-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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Living in Peril (1997)
Plot Summary:
The young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the road. Walter calls the truck-company to complain. The driver gets fired. When Walter arrives to the apartment-block where he has rented a flat he meets the choleric landlord William and the others living there. But now the problems starts. The next morning somebody has ruined his drawing and Harrison dislikes what Walter has drawn. But soon everything gets out of hand. Walter gets into more trouble - one morning he finds rats all over his apartment and the next day he finds his beautiful neighbor killed in his bed - and he starts to think that it is the fired truck driver who is out to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: 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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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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The Prophet's Game (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting contestants into solving the riddles it supplies. If the contestants are wrong, somebody dies... somebody famous.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, bleak, realistic, suspense, serious
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Unlawful Entry (1992)
Plot Summary:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, exciting, noir
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Man of Her Dreams (1997)
Plot Summary:
After suspecting her husband is playing the field, a nervous woman finds a sympathetic ear in the form of a strange man. The drawback is that her sensitive new-found friend is an obsessive psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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The Boys Next Door (1985)
Plot Summary:
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trial of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, road movie, controversial, cult classic, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Call (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense, twist ending, realistic, serious, intense, teen