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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
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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 86%
Tic Tac (1997)
Plot Summary:
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coincidences are going to change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: non-linear, offbeat, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, contemplative, telenovela
Similar in 81%
The New Girlfriend (1999)
Plot Summary:
A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film
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I Am Guilty (2005)
Plot Summary:
Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. He tries connecting with a girl, he engages in risky sex with strangers in public toilets, he goes to job interviews. He also sends an anonymous letter to a local Munich newspaper, claiming responsibility for a fatal road accident. He fitfully pursues notoriety as he goes through life nearly without affect. What will it take to get Armin to smile?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, disturbing, sexual, crying, sexy
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Our Mother's Murder (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Katalin Varga (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been keeping a terrible secret. Hitchhiking with two men, she was brutally raped in the woods. Although she has kept silent about what happened, she has not forgotten, and her son Órban serves as a living reminder.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bleak, tense, serious, realistic, psychological, road movie, dark, art house, disturbing, gloomy
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Outrage (1993)
Plot Summary:
Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a trail of bodies to the ultimate showdown with justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sensual
Similar in 88%
Descent (2007)
Plot Summary:
A college co-ed is brutally raped and struggles alone to rebuild her life, but when the chance for revenge comes she as a Victim sinks lower than her Predator.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, rough, brutal, suspense, erotic, dark, controversial, realistic, crying
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Freeze Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
Chihiro is raped by three men and it is captured on video camera. She leaves her hometown and prepares to marry a colleague five years later, when one of the rapists arrives and says the others are on their way. He behaves like her long-lost lover and mistreats her again. Chihiro takes revenge, kills him and puts him in a freezer. The other rapists are awaiting a similar fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, cult classic, grindhouse, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Bypass (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, gloomy
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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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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
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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
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Tucked Away (2007)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are giving way to visions of his abusive father, unlocking a suppressed violence he's unable to control. When ray brutally assaults a man in a parking lot, it leads to an investigation by an aging detective with a connected past. Neither is prepared as the secrets begin to unfold over a thirty-year-old murder they've both struggled to keep buried.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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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
Similar in 84%
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Plot Summary:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time to try and make peace with himself and his entourage, and even finds romance. Gale, whose life is spiraling down because of his obsession towards Booth, will bring himself on the very edge of sanity. At he end of the week, both men will find themselves on a collision course with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, emotional, suspense, intense, psychological, serious, existential, sentimental, cult classic
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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
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Beautiful (2009)
Plot Summary:
Searing and luscious, "Beautiful" tells the story of Daniel, a shy and introverted 14 year old boy residing in Sunshine Hills, a suburb living in the grip of fear following the rumoured abductions of three teenage girls. Daniel's two main obsessions are photography and Suzy, a 17 year old Lolita, a dangerous combination of youth and sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, mind bending
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The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002)
Plot Summary:
The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As procedure dictates, the police take each member of the household away individually to be questioned, and the remaining children - fourteen year old Michael Crowe and adolescent Shannon Crowe - are taken into protective custody until Cheryl and Stephen can be cleared. The police end up placing much of their focus on the sullen Michael, who they question without counsel and without discussion with his parents. The tone of the police questioning is that they believe Michael did kill his sister, the police lying, harassing and coercing in the process. Under the barrage of questioning, Michael eventually confesses, as do two of his friends, both questioned under the same threatening tone. Cheryl and Stephen, who are finally made aware of the questioning and the confessions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, rough, serious, sincere, thought provoking, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
The Jammed (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 75%
Blame (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. But as David watches the police close in on his missing friend, their innocent secret takes on a life of its own. When the real reason Emily wants to escape comes to light, David's world is shattered. Swept up in a situation out of his control, and with his feelings for his best friend growing stranger by the day, David is forced to take action.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, sad, independent film, teen, realistic, witty
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In Bar (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at gunpoint by five strangers. With their mouths, hands and feet tied, they are tortured, raped and murdered until the next morning. The gang who have captured them have no clear reason, they just want to punish these young people for everything left incomplete in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, art house, tense, realistic
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06/05 (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic
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Monument Ave. (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even from their and Teddy's relatives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film, neo noir, cult classic, rough, bleak, realistic
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The War Zone (1999)
Plot Summary:
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, depressing, heartbreaking, rough, emotional, controversial, atmospheric, brutal, serious
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In Her Skin (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, disturbing, crime drama, inspirational, mind bending, gothic
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon discovers, this world is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, suspense, intense, visually appealing, rough
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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