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Plot Summary:
Only the computer saw the murder...and it liked what it saw.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Running From The Guns (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dave (Jon Blake) and his buddy Peter (Mark Hembrow) are chased by a gang of thugs when they pick up the wrong box from a Melbourne warehouse in this comedy thriller. Instead of toys, the box contains a substantial amount of cash intended to be used in a money-laundering operation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Adventure, Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 89%
Out of the Body (1989)
Plot Summary:
An invisible force is killing women in Sydney and stealing their eyes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tragic ending, independent film
Similar in 87%
Blind Fear (1989)
Plot Summary:
A blind employee at a New England lodge is in danger when a gang of killers arrives to stay at the lodge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, independent film
Similar in 90%
Fever (1988)
Plot Summary:
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 76%
Deadly Strangers (1975)
Plot Summary:
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, offbeat, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, freeze frame
Similar in 86%
Ab ... Bas! (2004)
Plot Summary:
Career woman Somiya (Diana Hayden) meets her dream man in Karan (Shawar Ali). They soon wed, and for years all is blissful … till Somiya learns of her spouse's affair. Crushed, she confronts him -- but regrets it after Karan gets physical. Unable to endure his abuse and adultery, Somiya escapes with their daughter. When the irate Karan hunts them down and threatens to kill them, can Somiya summon her mettle and teach him a lesson he won't forget?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
Similar in 83%
Trade-Off (1995)
Plot Summary:
A man has an affair with a mysterious woman and shares with her his desire to end his troubled marriage. When his wife is found dead, his lover admits to the killing and persuades him to kill her husband in return.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 90%
Baton Rouge (1988)
Plot Summary:
Antonio dotes on his mute brother and promises him a better life, symbolized by Baton Rouge. He's a gigolo who moves in with Isabel, wealthy and separated from her husband. She has nightmares of rape in her own bed, so Antonio encourages her to consult a psychiatrist; they end up in the office of Ana, a young doctor. As part of the exam, Ana visits Isabel where she catches Antonio pocketing a blank check Isabel has signed. Ana pushes him into an elaborate scheme to blackmail Isabel, making it seem she has killed her husband during a nightmare. All goes smoothly until Antonio sees the body: it's not the man he thought was Isabel's husband. In whose game is he a pawn?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, detective
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When I Close My Eyes (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young girl finds scattered envelops in a field, then a postman's satchel, then a hanged man. Jump 20 years: the girl, now grown, lives with her aunt and has a job with the post office only because her dead uncle was a respected party leader. She's subbing at a small station when a robber strikes. He takes the loose cash; after he leaves, she finds lots more money in a metal box. She takes it. Suspicious police assign Ivan, who's from the council, to follow her. He does, trying to seduce her nightly during his surveillance. She sees the thief again by accident and makes contact.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective
Similar in 82%
West (2007)
Plot Summary:
Pete & Jerry are cousins living in Sydney's Western Suburbs, where life consists of drinking, getting stoned, getting in fights and hanging out. But things change forever when Pete and Jerry both fall in love with the same girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, crying, independent film
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The Blue Room (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, sensual, hot
Similar in 89%
Mr Wrong (1984)
Plot Summary:
Meg moves out of her parents' home and buys a beautiful old Jaguar in a bid for independence. She begins to get strange feelings about the car. It seems to have a presence beyond the usual "personality" attributed to eccentric old cars. Slowly she uncovers the shocking history of the car's previous owner, but not before the car exerts some tragic influence in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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The Informers (1963)
Plot Summary:
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: noir, detective, independent film, vintage
Similar in 76%
The Handyman (1980)
Plot Summary:
One of Canada's talented directors, actress Micheline Lanctot expresses an effective, engaging approach in this simple, poignant drama about Armand (Jocelyn Berube), a handyman with one problem romance after another. The quiet Armand settles into Montreal after his wife has left him and before long, he continues the momentum when an ill-considered liaison with a nubile woman ends on her insistence. Next, Armand gives his heart to a frustrated housewife, though this decision is hardly well thought out. In the meantime, a gay man who rents out a room in his apartment has unfulfilled longings directed at the unsuspecting handyman. L'Homme a Tout Faire won a Silver Medal for "Best Picture" at the 1980 San Sebastian Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Body Harm (1988)
Plot Summary:
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
Similar in 81%
Thief of Hearts (1984)
Plot Summary:
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, suspenseful, sexual, serious, realistic, scary, psychological, exciting, light
Similar in 90%
Hitting Home (1988)
Plot Summary:
Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film
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The Custodian (1993)
Plot Summary:
Det. Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his 'straight' life to partner in crime with his co-worker, Det. Church, in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He sides privately with a reporter, Reynolds, and an Internal Affairs lawyer, Ferguson, to expose them to the press. Once they have gathered enough information, all the corrupt police, including the newly recruited Quinlan are arrested. Ferguson then works to get Quinlan a reduced sentence for helping them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 85%
Kiss or Kill (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, road movie, independent film, detective
Similar in 90%
Two Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, disturbing, dark comedy, realistic, suspense, black comedy, neo noir, emotional, semi serious
Similar in 78%
Deadly Force (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, slasher, independent film, grindhouse, crime thriller
Similar in 76%
Thirst (1979)
Plot Summary:
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" (read: people) kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, slasher, retro, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 79%
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. The film is based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. The novel is also the source material for the 1949 film They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, sincere, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 79%
Squizzy Taylor (1982)
Plot Summary:
This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, period piece
Similar in 87%
American Gigolo (1980)
Plot Summary:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, intense, enigmatic, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Body Heat (1981)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, sexual, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tense, surprise ending, intense
Similar in 84%
The Bank (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the "greed is good" ethos. Which way will he go? What does he have to hide?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, clever, thought provoking, serious, realistic, biting, tense
Similar in 86%
Heaven's Burning (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, cult classic, crime drama, detective, exciting, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 88%
Tell No One (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, detective, serious, clever, dramatic, neo noir
Similar in 84%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological