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Plot Summary:
Joanne Connors is a successful obstetrician whose life is turned upside down when her partner at their fertility clinic, Dr. Jake Hines, is brutally murdered. Trying to rebuild her life, Joanne attends a lavish charity function, where she meets Michael. But by the end of the evening, Michael is dead - murdered. It quickly becomes apparent that the assassin's intended victim was actually Joanne. She must now race to find out who wants her dead before the killer can strike at her again.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Paydirt (1981)
Plot Summary:
Cash-strapped Oregon winemakers turn to growing pot in order to finance their vineyard in this low-key thriller. Unsung director and environmental activist Penny Allen (who gave Gus Van Sant his first film credit doing sound on her 1979 feature Property) directs this time capsule of 1980s-era Portland shot at an actual marijuana field.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: indie film
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Poker Face (2022)
Plot Summary:
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatch plans of their own breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them win their way through a night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: powerful, disgusting, thrilling, psychological thriller
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Deadly Isolation (2005)
Plot Summary:
In a quaint and quiet island community off the coast of Maine, Susan is a young widow suffering from deep grief for the loss of her husband, Ron. Two escaped convicts suffer from their own kind of deep grief at the loss of their diamonds stolen in a heist they participated in the year before, spear-headed by Susan's now late husband. One of the convicts, poses as an old college friend of Ron's enabling him to get close to a still vulnerable Susan and even closer to the diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Guardian (1984)
Plot Summary:
The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patrol the building, but he seem a little over-committed to his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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36 Ghante (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three jailed convicts, Himmat, his brother Ajit, and Dilawar Khan break out of prison and take over the household of Editor Ashok Rai. The convicts will continue to hold the family hostage until their associate, Kamini contacts them in person.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tension, suspense, remake of american film
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Tension(s) (2014)
Plot Summary:
A tortured ex-Negotiator, once pride of the Boston Police Department is taken hostage in his home. A psychological confrontation takes place while the kidnappers demand that he completes a mysterious mission for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tension, surprise ending, suspense
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The Manson Family Massacre (2019)
Plot Summary:
A musician begins experiencing terrifying visions when she moves into the house where the Manson Family committed their infamous crimes.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Blind Man's Bluff (1992)
Plot Summary:
A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Just What the Doctor Ordered (2021)
Plot Summary:
Having escaped from the psychiatric prison, Dr. Albert Beck (Eric Roberts) hides out in an empty house–until its new owners unexpectedly arrive to move in! Forced into the attic to evade the recently widowed mother, Beck watches from above–undeniably attracted to her 18-year-old daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Night Vision (2011)
Plot Summary:
A womanizing reality-TV producer (Spencer) unwittingly sleeps with a mysterious woman (Alison), who turns out to be his own stalker. Alison then kidnaps Spencer and holds him hostage while she humiliates and abuses him, recording every moment on camera for her own twisted reality-TV show.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film
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Like Rabid Dogs (1976)
Plot Summary:
Three vicious, robbing, raping, scumbags lead by Rico, Cesare Barro, and his twisted girlfriend Germana, Annarita Grapputo, stick two fingers up at the law as they evade capture at every turn. Determined cop Tony, Jean Pierre Sabagh, tries as he might to find the masked maniacs even resorting to having his girlfriend and fellow police officer Silvia (Paola Senatore) pose undercover as a lady of the night. The trap pays off, almost. She’s stripped naked and almost knifed before the approaching law alert the troublesome trio who make good their escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, weird
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We the People (1994)
Plot Summary:
Alan and his pregnant wife, Amy, plan to spend a quiet weekend at their isolated vacation home in the woods. They are joined by two other couples, Bill and Sheri and then Charles and Liz. Suddenly they're confronted by two gun-toting killers, Bobby and Red. The three couples try to accomodate the killers' demands but tensions climb and violence erupts.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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If I Die Before I Wake (1998)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family is held hostage and terrorized by three intruders while their sixteen year-old daughter first hides, then exacts her own brand of terror on the assailants.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Home Invasion (1997)
Plot Summary:
A gang of armed criminals bursts into the home of a woman, taking her and the daughters of three of her friends hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Family Vanished (2018)
Plot Summary:
A happy family returns from a vacation to find their home invaded by a criminal family and must fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Waiting for the Storm (2017)
Plot Summary:
A family's peaceful evening takes a horrifying turn when three men in masks and hoods break into their house and take them hostage. When they offer the home invaders to take anything they want, one of them reveals the true reason their house was chosen.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, independent film, frightening, scary
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Crawl (2011)
Plot Summary:
A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling climax.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, independent film
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Killing American Style (1988)
Plot Summary:
A gang of hot headed brutes lead by Tony Stone and sexual sadist John Lynch execute a robbery with some inside help. A bloody shoot-out with the LAPD ensues and the criminals are apprehended. After a brief stint in the slammer, the gang escapes a prison-bus with the help of Tony s brother Jesse who is critically wounded in the process. He needs a doctor, fast. A hospital visit too risky, they seek out other options. Now on the run, they commandeer a palatial residence, taking hostages. All - American good guy John Morgan returns home becoming a pawn; sent out to retrieve the doctor.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: retro
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The Truck (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cheol-min makes a living by working in the shipping business. He has a daughter suffering from a heart condition, and in need of surgery. To save his daughter, he urgently needs the tremendous amount of 60,000,000 won. To make this money, he gets involved in dangerous illegal gambling and barely saves his life by promising he will take care of body disposal for the gang. On his way to Gangwon-do where he intends to dump the bodies, he encounters a police van that had been in an accident, and ends up giving the police officer a ride. Although this situation is tense, events take a turn for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, twisted
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Spring Awakening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, non-linear, freeze frame
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Memories of Manon (1987)
Plot Summary:
Yvette Marcel (Melissa Anderson) asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Once a Thief (1996)
Plot Summary:
Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong Kong, Mac is forcefully recruited into a clandestine international crime-fighting unit by a hard-nosed, menacing Director. He is teamed in Vancouver with Li Ann, who thought Mac was dead, and her new fiancé Victor Mansfield, an ex-cop who is attracted to the unorthodox methods of the agency. Conflict flares between Mac and Victor as the trio take on their assignment. They soon learn that their principal target is their foster brother Michael Tang, who had been given Li Ann as his future wife and who has vowed to hunt down the pair for their disloyalty to the "family".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Black Panther (1977)
Plot Summary:
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: offbeat, crying, independent film, poliziottesco, cult film
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23rd Psalm: Redemption (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five years have passed and Luther still blames Detective John Smith for destroying his life, as John had helped convict Luther on a murder charge. After being denied parole, Luther, along with two goons, escapes from prison. John, now married, is a minister and stepfather to an adolescent girl. Seeking revenge, Luther and his goons break into John's house and hold his family hostage. John makes a harrowing attempt to coax Luther to do the right thing - but will he do it?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: christian film, suspense
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The Box (2007)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Tiger House (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Home Invasion (2016)
Plot Summary:
Terror arrives at the one place we all feel safest in this taut psychological thriller starring Natasha Henstridge, Jason Patric and Scott Adkins. When a wealthy woman and her stepson are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only form of help comes from a call with a security systems specialist. But as the intruders become increasingly hostile and the connection wavers, will she trust him to be her eyes and navigate her to safety?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller
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Knifepoint (2011)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, two sisters sharing a Venice apartment discover their home is the final target of a brutal gang of criminals led by Jess and his sadistic sister Lorraine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Knock Knock (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Chile, Israel, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, erotic, scary, slasher, tense, dark comedy
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Cold in July (2014)
Plot Summary:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, tricky, bleak, serious