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Plot Summary:
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags:
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Blood Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two wealthy young brothers living on a plush estate give refuge to a petty criminal who is on the run from the police. Neither the boys' parents or their staff know about the fugitive's presence, which leads them open to exploitation. Sure enough, they soon discover the fugitive has no intention of leaving.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, bleak
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Dead Silent (1999)
Plot Summary:
Julia Kerrbridge is working hard to become a doctor. Suddenly, Julia finds herself the guardian of her young niece, Amanda, after her parents were found murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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The Hide (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, minimal cast, stylized
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The Secret Pact (1999)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the killing of his parents, a young teenage boy is put in a witness relocation program and sent to a boarding school in Canada to start a new life. He soon befriends a fellow student whom is a hit man looking for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sky High (2020)
Plot Summary:
A commentary on Spanish society dressed as a thriller about the misadventures of a gang of young petty criminals after the real estate crash.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Confine (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pippa is a physically and emotionally scarred former model living as a recluse in her meticulous Georgian flat. When a heist taking place in the same building goes wrong, Pippa's home is broken into by the charismatic Kayleigh. Pippa is taken hostage by this unpredictable and volatile thief who's looking for a temporary hideout, but when outside forces close in, Kayleigh takes a darker path to get her way. As the confined space becomes a fighting ring, in a tense struggle to get out Pippa learns how to stand up for herself once again.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, realistic
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Presumed Dead in Paradise (2014)
Plot Summary:
A rebellious teen becomes embroiled in a dark conspiracy that involves her late father, after everyone thinks she drowned while vacationing with her estranged stepmother on an island.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Lighthouse (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two lighthouse keepers clash, making their duties difficult even before a freak storms hits and strands them at the lighthouse for months. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, bleak, melancholic, psychedelic, tension, minimal cast
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Welcome to Curiosity (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, scenic, suspense
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Sixteen (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jumah is about to turn 16 and is already in need of a fresh start. Burdened with the shameful legacy of a past as a child soldier in the Congo, he lives with his adoptive mother in west London, where he struggles to keep a lid on his history of violence. One night, enjoying a rare carefree evening out with a new friend, Jumah witnesses something that draws him seemingly inescapably into his old ways. As he and others around him begin to question whether he can ever stop being a soldier, he’s set on a path to find out who he truly wishes to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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This Is Not a Love Song (2002)
Plot Summary:
The small time criminal Heaton is anxiously waiting for the release of his close friend Spike, after spending a couple of months in prison for being caught with 87g of marijuana. Heaton robs a truck, meets Spike outside the penitentiary and travels with him through the country to drink some beers and celebrate his freedom. However, they run out gas and try to steal from a farm, but the owner arrives and arrests Heaton. Spike takes his shotgun and accidentally kills his daughter. They runaway through the wilderness while the locals organize a militia to hunt the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crying, freeze frame
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White Lie (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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True True Lie (2006)
Plot Summary:
After 12 years in an asylum, as she is reunited with friends and family, Dana begins to realize the events that led to her stay there may not have been imaginary.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, realistic
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All That Divides Us (2017)
Plot Summary:
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two childhood friends. A vanishing. Blackmail. A clash between two worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Defense of the Realm (1985)
Plot Summary:
A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government cover-up,Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam the MP's assistant to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political thriller, noir, neo noir, political, cult classic, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Honour (2014)
Plot Summary:
A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
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Graduation Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students that document the events of their senior year in this suspenseful 'Found Footage' thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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Hotwired in Suburbia (2020)
Plot Summary:
High school friends Emily and Max make extra cash by hot-wiring cars but when their shop teacher discovers what they're up to and gets involved, things get a lot more dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Going Off Big Time (2000)
Plot Summary:
After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark comedy
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Telling Lies (2008)
Plot Summary:
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Guvnors (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, hood, rough
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Experiment (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young woman, Anna, walks the streets of a foreign city. Her mind full of pain. No memory of who she is. and plagued by nightmarish visions. Then she meets Morgan, a man who also has no memory. Forced to trust each other, the two feel a mysterious connection. A strong powerful feeling that bonds the two together Unknown to them their every action is being guided by unseen forces from the dark underground shadows of the city. Anna and Morgan are part of a frightening experiment that will have a terrifying and shocking conclusion. There is no escape in this dark psychological thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, mind bending, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Stranded (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - and it's there that the nightmare begins. The captain of the boat forgets to pick the girls up, leaving them stranded and forcing them to use a deserted house as a makeshift shelter. Then, one by one, the girls start to vanish. With Carina's big day the last thing on the girls minds they start to wonder whether they will see out the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Low Tide (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable, seems willing to do anything to get the money.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, depressing, weird
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Avalanche (1994)
Plot Summary:
Duncan (Hasselhoff) is a murderous thief. When he jumps out of his plane, it crashes into the Rockies and produces an avalanche. A quiet family trapped inside their house will rescue him. They will have to survive the disaster and the madman.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Deviation (2012)
Plot Summary:
Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when Frankie takes a hostage, the deadly game of cat-and-mouse truly begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic
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Deadly Excursion (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Stowaway (2021)
Plot Summary:
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, emotional, suspense, heroic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Plot Summary:
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, political thriller, rough, realistic, stylized, fast
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Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Plot Summary:
Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending, realistic