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Plot Summary:
A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot camp where they are abused and brainwashed.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, realistic, independent film, erotic, psychological, psychological thriller, romantic, psychotronic
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The Searchers (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jocke has grown up in one of Stockholm's rough suburbs. Nowadays he spends the daytime getting into trouble at school and going into Stockholm in the evenings and getting into even more trouble. After being sentenced to prison he meets Tony. After their release they begin a series of robberies.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 89%
Blood Money (1996)
Plot Summary:
Hardened criminal Lester is in prison for armed robbery and murder. When his request for parole is refused, he escapes and hatches a plan for revenge and make him rich. He leads two gang members to the home of a witness who helped put him in jail. But the FBI and a SWAT team are on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
They Have Escaped (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, serious, realistic, sexy, tense, gloomy, road movie
Similar in 80%
Rider on the Rain (1970)
Plot Summary:
A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, rough, realistic, retro, neo noir, anthology
Similar in 89%
Sympathy (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bank robber and his hostage spend the night in a hotel where they are visited by a man who sends the story on an unexpected path full of twists and turns.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film
Similar in 79%
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Plot Summary:
A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. King, somewhat older, provides some leadership the kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult classic, independent film, rough, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
Similar in 82%
Death Clique (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective
Similar in 81%
The Limit (2004)
Plot Summary:
An elderly woman turns the tables on her kidnapper.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, tense, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
The Killing Jar (2010)
Plot Summary:
A stranger armed with a shotgun takes seven patrons hostage in a remote roadside diner. But as the body count increases, the desperate survivors discover that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, psychological thriller, independent film, realistic
Similar in 86%
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
Plot Summary:
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, tense, realistic, gloomy, weird
Similar in 83%
As Night Comes (2014)
Plot Summary:
Troubled 17-year-old Sean Holloway falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called 'The Misfits,' whose charismatic leader, Ricky, takes him under his wing. But as Sean becomes more and more entangled in the gang's anarchist ways, things begin to spiral out of control, and Sean realizes Ricky is a ticking time bomb on a rampage of revenge. On the eve of Halloween, as night comes, everything explodes….
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, slasher, rough, realistic
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The Least of These (2008)
Plot Summary:
A priest returns to his old Catholic high school to replace a priest who has gone missing, only to begin to suspect that the missing priest may have been murdered by someone at the school to hide a darker secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic
Similar in 86%
We'll Meet Again (2002)
Plot Summary:
Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a conspiracy of silence at the Lasch Medical Center and a shocking secret that could cost both women their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Similar in 79%
Letters from a Killer (1998)
Plot Summary:
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
Similar in 78%
Villa Captive (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young actress seeking a life away from adult movies moves to Florida insearch of a new identity. Her newfound peace is shattered when local thugsrecognize her.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, scary, serious, realistic, rough
Similar in 82%
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Plot Summary:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery which should set them up for life. The seemingly simple robbery is a great success, but the sale of the drugs afterward fails badly, and Mel and Bobbie are shot.The four take refuge with the Reverend, who charges them half of their haul from the robbery to care for them. In a desperate attempt to recover their losses, Mel involves the crew in a disastrous, ill-advised jewellery robbery, and they become caught up in a web of violence that rapidly spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, talky, controversial, suspense, erotic, psychedelic, rough, clever, serious
Similar in 75%
A Letter from Death Row (1998)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence...or does he? Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late...? Was this story told from Raine's point of view or from the book writers or from yours, the viewer - you decide.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Perfect Witness (1989)
Plot Summary:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Deadlocked (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney re-investigates the crime that his son's accused of.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, psychological thriller, psycho film
Similar in 77%
Triple Dog (2010)
Plot Summary:
On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, suspense, teen, psychological thriller, bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 90%
Accused at 17 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Similar in 78%
The Betrayed (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kidnappers force a young mother (Melissa George) to recover money stolen by her shady husband (Christian Campbell).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending, realistic, surprise ending
Similar in 86%
Eden (2012)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Chong Kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, sexy, disturbing, crime drama, captivating, independent film
Similar in 84%
The Glass House (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the parents of Ruby and her younger brother, Rhett, are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass, become their guardians. The children hear promises of a world of opulence and California fun -- all they have to do is move into the Glasses' gated house. Before very long, though, Ruby suspects that Erin and Terry may not be the ideal guardians they seemed to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, tense, exciting, teen, teen horror, suspense thriller, suspense, neo noir
Similar in 76%
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
Similar in 80%
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate, who knows more about the murders than he reveals, they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward. Meanwhile, Detective John Marsden, searches out the truth certain that they were not committed by one man. Fighting the bureaucracy of the day, Marsden lets his emotions get the best of him as he follows the trail of the murders.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, rough, realistic, suspense, spooky, suspenseful
Similar in 89%
Real Gangsters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, cynical, rough, independent film
Similar in 81%
Dog Pound (2010)
Plot Summary:
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, tense, realistic, independent film, social, crime drama, sexy, disturbing, hood
Similar in 88%
Coldwater (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, independent film, juvenile
Similar in 86%
Trust (2010)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, emotional, teen, serious, sexy, psychological, disturbing, sincere, depressing, social