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Plot Summary:
In search of his sister, a renegade criminal seeks answers at a sordid hotel where he encounters a sinister guest and romances a mysterious waitress.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense
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Piggy (2012)
Plot Summary:
London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax. Written by Anonymous (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, captivating
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Tribal Get Out Alive (2020)
Plot Summary:
After retiring from active duty, former elite military operative Caitlin Ross now runs a private security firm. She, however, becomes the target when her private security firm accepts a contract from a young millionaire.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 76%
Corbin Nash (2018)
Plot Summary:
A rogue police detective in search of his parents killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, captivating, suspense, scary, exciting, tense, suspenseful, queer horror, independent film
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Adam Chaplin: Violent Avenger (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional country of Heaven Valley, the film is the story of a man, Adam, who following the suspicious death of his wife begins to investigate her murder and in doing so, discovers the involvement of local mafia boss: Denny Richards. Unable to trust the police, corrupt and controlled by Denny, Adam, consumed by anger, summons a demon who offers him superhuman strength and dark powers. The demon follows him during his trip, promising to lead Adam to the door of the murderer if he does everything the demon asks. This unleashes a bloody war that will bring Adam, the demon on his side, against the police department with all its dark allies. The fight begins and it will be extreme!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Italy, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, slasher, bloody, suspense, controversial, grindhouse
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Catch .44 (2011)
Plot Summary:
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, predictable, crime thriller, realistic, independent film, surprise ending, neo noir
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For the Sake of Vicious (2020)
Plot Summary:
An overworked nurse returns home to find a maniac hiding out with a bruised and beaten hostage. When an unexpected wave of violent intruders descend upon her home, it becomes a fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, slasher, exciting, suspenseful
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She Wolf (2013)
Plot Summary:
She Wolf is a serial killer who traps her men in the subway in Buenos Aires. She seduces, has sex with them and kills them. But one of those men is a police officer who is investigating her crimes. Running away from him she meets a dealer with whom she stars a relationship. This romance unravels a war between her three personalities: the monster woman, the sensual woman and the human woman who can still love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, detective
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Viktor (2014)
Plot Summary:
After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to uncover the circumstances behind his son Jeremy's brutal murder. He is backed by his lover Alexandra, and by his ex-partner-in-crime, choreographer Souliman.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Russia
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, contemplative
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Fox Trap (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a terrible accident leaves a young girl disabled, five years later, the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Eden Lodge (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young couple arrive at a retreat in the English countryside in the hope of saving their failing marriage. But when the people around them start to be picked off by a vicious killer, the weekend becomes a matter of saving their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Primal Shift (2015)
Plot Summary:
A naive and socially repressed June hits the road with her new boyfriend, Max, on their first romantic trip down the coast. When a hitchhiker suddenly winds up dead in their RV, June can't deny the overwhelming thrill and lust for blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, road movie
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Johan Falk: Slutet (2015)
Plot Summary:
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's family, to try to kill his wife, could be the biggest mistake the organization has done. GSI closes up around Johan's family, and the final battle begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Demolisher (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bruce is a repairman tormented by a crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife Samantha, an ex-policewoman. Bruce’s increasing hypersensitivity to the injustice suffered by his wife steers him down a dark path of vigilantism. His disintegrating mental health, paranoia and overwhelming sense of doom causes Bruce to channel his rage towards a young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, weird, psycho film
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Hideout (2021)
Plot Summary:
Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological
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Antibody (2002)
Plot Summary:
After a terrorist with an implanted nuclear detonator gets shot, a team of scientists must defuse the bomb by miniaturizing themselves and going into his bloodstream. His organism's antibodies start to mass against them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense
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Down (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman (James Marshall) and reporter Jennifer Evans (Naomi Watts) begin separate investigations. Newman gets resistance from superiors at his company, which manufactured the elevator, while additional elevator incidents cause several gruesome deaths. The police get involved and suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, funny, slasher, perverse, fast, campy
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The Hunt (2012)
Plot Summary:
Since the dawn of time man has always hunted something or other.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Reunion (2015)
Plot Summary:
An unstable mental patient goes on an overnight rampage to terrorize an ex-rock star and his friends, only to discover she is linked to him in mysterious ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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Bachelor Party (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bachelor Party is a 2012 Malayalam–language Indian action film directed, co-produced and filmed by Amal Neerad. The film stars Asif Ali, Indrajith, Rahman, Kalabhavan Mani, Vinayakan and Nithya Menen in the lead roles while Prithviraj makes a guest appearance, and Padmapriya and Remya Nambeesan appear in musical item numbers. The film's screenplay is by noted authors Unni. R and Santhosh Echikkanam while the critically acclaimed original music and background score are composed by Rahul Raj. The film released on June 15, 2012, to negative reviews.Its plot is loosely based on Johnnie To's Exiled, a 2006 Hong Kong action film and has been given thanks in the opening credits. This film was released with high expectations and was declared as hit in box office.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, stylized
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Vendetta (2013)
Plot Summary:
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
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The Devil's Tomb (2009)
Plot Summary:
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, perverse, classic horror, psychotronic, religious horror
Similar in 77%
Skeleton Man (2004)
Plot Summary:
A co-ed group of Special Forces agents search the wilderness for a predator type creature that has been on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark, slasher, awful
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White Wall (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, everything has changed. Basic human rights have become the rarest of luxuries. No one knows when this started but everyone knows how. The VXII, the deadliest virus ever created, spread like wildfire and decimated the majority of the world's population. The non-infected survivors now cling to life in four quarantined cities behind a wall. Shawn Kors and his brother, Jude, survived the VXII only to grow up in a squalid internment camp for orphaned children. Under the care of the militia, they were pitted against other children in backwoods death matches. Shawn, Jude, and the few who escaped became notorious for their incredible fighting skills. They have since parted ways. Shawn now makes a comfortable living as a janitor at the local medic station. He spends his days dreaming of curing the VXII. When Shawn discovers the discarded body of a fellow internment camp friend, he is forced out of hiding and pulled into a rabbit hole of conspiracy and violence.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
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Moving Target (1996)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, intense, independent film, realistic, exciting
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The Bucks County Massacre (2010)
Plot Summary:
On Saturday, May 17th, 2008, police responded to a residence in a remote area of Bucks County, Pennsylvania for the report of a missing person. Upon their arrival, a routine investigation was performed and it was determined that the situation did not require police intervention. When the police returned the next morning to do a courtesy follow up, the house was immediately found to be the scene of a crime.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, realistic, independent film
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Greetings to the Devil (2011)
Plot Summary:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Max Payne (2008)
Plot Summary:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: stylized, neo noir, noir, suspense, visual, action packed, bleak, exciting, suspenseful, intense
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The Longest Nite (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 481000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intellectual, serious, entertaining, action packed, tense, clever, road movie
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Crawl or Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, space horror, captivating, suspense