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Plot Summary:
25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the town forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, semi serious, suspense, teen, twisted, clever, offbeat
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After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
Plot Summary:
The intriguing relationship between three desperados, who try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, tense, suspenseful, surreal, cynical, erotic, psychological thriller, offbeat, psychological
Similar in 81%
The Killing Time (1987)
Plot Summary:
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff (Beau Bridges) and his lover (Camelia Kath) are cooking up a few misdeeds of their own: namely, to kill the mistress's husband (Wayne Rogers) and pin the crime on the fledgling deputy. But in this town of half-truths, nobody's secret is safe.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, independent film, mind bending, eighties
Similar in 89%
Meeting Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, mystic, twisted, realistic, independent film
Similar in 81%
Hotel Oasis (2001)
Plot Summary:
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, cynical, suspenseful, exciting, tense, touching, suspense
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Ten 'til Noon (2006)
Plot Summary:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, talky, suspense, cynical, non-linear, gloomy
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Lying in Wait (2001)
Plot Summary:
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith into a coma. When Keith comes out he is in a semi-vegetative state and must rely on Vera to look after him. Keith can't move or speak but reveals to Babee that he can still talk and starts to kill those that wronged him with Babee's help.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, independent film, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Blood Crime (2002)
Plot Summary:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. Enraged, Pruitt pummels the man. Once at the ER, however, she changes her mind and names a male nurse as her attacker. But before Pruitt can make amends, he learns that his victim, the son of Sheriff Morgan McKenna, is dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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McCanick (2013)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, neo noir, teen, non-linear, detective, rough
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Mysteria (2011)
Plot Summary:
A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events feed him inspiration for his script.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film
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Secrets From Her Past (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ten years ago, Kate Collins (Ashley Jones) was a different person. Literally. She was living in Chicago, working as a bartender, and going by her real name ‘Stephanie Wickers.’ That all changed when she witnessed the murder of her boss by a ruthless member of an up and coming crime syndicate named Alek Ravik (Al Sapienza). Knowing that Klebanov saw her, she faked her death, changed her name, and went into hiding in Philadelphia. When a crooked cop retires and young, eager Detective Miesen (Alain Chanoine) is chosen to head a new task force to tackle crime syndicates in Chicago, the unsolved murder case is reopened. Miesen believes that Kate/Stephanie is still alive and begins to look for her. Unfortunately, so does Alek.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic
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Deepwater (2005)
Plot Summary:
A drifter comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, mindfuck, tense, rough, neo noir, independent film, surprise ending
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Rushlights (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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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
Similar in 77%
The Client (2011)
Plot Summary:
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, detective, twisted
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Reasonable Doubt (2014)
Plot Summary:
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears come true when he realizes that he acquitted a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, psychological thriller, suspense, realistic, weird
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The Sisterhood of Night (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, dark, grindhouse, teen, tense, realistic, independent film
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Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Plot Summary:
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and forces the remaining four to "find" $1 million within a week's time or face certain death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, clever, biting, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
Similar in 84%
Out of Season (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
The Square (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological thriller, twisted, psychological, suspense
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Thin Ice (2011)
Plot Summary:
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological, dark, clever, neo noir, suspenseful
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Brigham City (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, suspense, serious, independent film, mind bending, suspense thriller, realistic, light
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Ripley's Game (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, neo noir, absurd, atmospheric, crime thriller, intense
Similar in 87%
Awakened (2013)
Plot Summary:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, independent film, psychotronic
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Beyond the Reach (2014)
Plot Summary:
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, exciting, serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, minimal cast, independent film
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Out of Time (2003)
Plot Summary:
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, atmospheric, serious, realistic, entertaining, detective
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Living in Fear (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ricochet (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Red Rock West (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie, suspense, rough, independent film, black comedy, clever
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Best Laid Plans (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical, psychological, clever, crime drama, twisted, independent film
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Fargo (2014)
Plot Summary:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 398000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, neo noir, dark comedy, captivating, clever, detective, anthology, witty, offbeat, suspenseful