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Plot Summary:
The film follows Michael Todd, a lonely college student, with no direction in his life; he is assigned a research paper about a local New Orleans legend, the tale of Erica Fisc, a girl who disappeared some twenty years prior. As he looks into the truth behind what really happened to the girl, he finds the truth is more sinister then he could have ever imagined. And now, those who killed her begin to come after him. Some mysteries are better left unsolved because now Mike must run for his life, and his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic
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My Mother's Secret (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Similar in 79%
The Skulls III (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, slasher
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 76%
Borderline Murder (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, humorous, realistic
Similar in 77%
Enter the Dangerous Mind (2013)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, twisted, serious, independent film
Similar in 89%
Paranormal Abduction (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young women suffering memory loss and psychological issues after surviving a brutal attack, tries to piece together the clues surrounding her attack and its similarities to a series of recent murders. During the investigation, she struggles to maintain her sanity as her world gets more surreal and reality starts to unwind around her. Following the clues that lead her down the "rabbit hole" she finds herself fighting to wake up from this nightmare...before she becomes the next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Shadow of Fear (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a new boy is employed to work in a coffee shop, he turns out to be a schizophrenic who refuses to take his medication, and makes the life of the popular young waitress who works there a misery.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, captivating
Similar in 81%
Presumed Dead (2006)
Plot Summary:
A famous crime novelist's protigie disappears before the release of author's first new book in years. Is the seeming crime an elaborate publicity stunt, or was this author so desperate for material that he created his own sinister inspiration? Despite his cunning defense on trial (the trial that made his book a best seller), Detective Cooper suspects the latter. She's determined to separate fiction from reality, but the deeper she gets in the story, the more twisted the plot becomes.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic, surprise ending, detective
Similar in 88%
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
Similar in 89%
A Dark Reflection (2015)
Plot Summary:
A journalist digs deep into the world of aviation and discovers some uncomfortable truths. And a conspiracy trail dating back to 1954. But why is no one saying anything?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 81%
Killer Reality (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when work becomes downright murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, sexual
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Nexus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. The police are called and the following day, Holly is accused of the murder of her husband. Holly unwittingly finds herself at the center of a small town conspiracy and must harness all her inner strength to save her daughter and clear her name.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Fatal Call (2012)
Plot Summary:
Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a nightmarish roller coaster ride, accused of murder and running from the law and a mysterious stranger out to kill him. Surviving by quick thinking and his wits, Mitch must confront both his past and present and find a solution before time runs out!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
Similar in 88%
Slip (2006)
Plot Summary:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is compelled to do their bidding so their souls may rest in peace. One of these souls leads her to Cal, a young car thief who is one car away from going legit. Unfortunately, Cal is wrongfully accused of stealing from his partners and now they want him dead.Sarah, drawn by the spirit of Cal's murdered nephew, becomes an avenging angel, awakening a dark spirit of her past while risking all to save a total stranger. Now in a race for their lives as well as their souls, Cal and Sarah soon discover that there are far more fearsome things than men with guns.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 87%
The Devil's Dominoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Drones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware of Sue’s privileged status as daughter of a well-respected general. This, however, will be no ordinary mission: as they train their sights on an unarmed terrorist suspect, a power struggle erupts between the smart, sophisticated Sue and the dogged, blue-collar Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Similar in 82%
Teenage Bank Heist (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real time, ticking clock thriller, as the girls are on the run from the police, we learn that the real motivation behind the robbery is something unexpected.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, realistic
Similar in 83%
The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
Holy Ghost People (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Only Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, bleak
Similar in 87%
The Fourth State (2012)
Plot Summary:
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Similar in 80%
Kaaterskill Falls (2001)
Plot Summary:
A romantic road trip to the Catskills for some much-needed time alone turns bumpy for Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs) in this indie film directed by Josh Apter and Peter Olsen. After picking up a hitchhiker, Lyle (Anthony Leslie), their dream vacation becomes a nightmare, especially when he appears at their cabin hours after they drop him off at the side of the road. At Kaaterskill Falls, the mounting tension takes its toll.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, scary, realistic
Similar in 85%
Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, bleak, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 81%
Happy Camp (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to the childhood town where his brother was abducted 20 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, scary, independent film, fake documentary
Similar in 84%
The Devil's in the Details (2013)
Plot Summary:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, teen, exciting, rough
Similar in 78%
Favor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees which begins the unraveling of their friendship and ultimately leads both to murderous acts they never thought themselves capable of.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, twisted, realistic, independent film
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Fatal Justice (2012)
Plot Summary:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Terrible Angels (2012)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to question, leaving Ben to decide whether to go on with the investigation or leave Linda to the fate of the prison system.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic
Similar in 83%
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
Similar in 85%
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