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Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, existential, ambiguous ending, weird
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Similar in 88%
The Room (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a strange door appears in a troubled family's house, they will have to face their darkest secrets.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tension
Similar in 83%
Get In (2019)
Plot Summary:
Paul Diallo, a history teacher, lives a quiet life with his wife and kid. During summertime, he lends his house to his son’s babysitter and her boyfriend. When they return, the Diallo family finds a closed door – locks have been changed and the new occupants maintain they are in « their home ». With no one to turn to, Paul gets closer to Mickey, a shady local man with a penchant for all things extreme and illegal. Soon the once anti-violent teacher is approaching the point of no return….
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, perverse
Similar in 82%
Neither Heaven Nor Earth (2015)
Plot Summary:
Afghanistan 2014 As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, weird
Similar in 87%
The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Plot Summary:
Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at the end of the 19th century, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. Her destiny becomes entwined with that of Geneviève, a nurse at the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Similar in 83%
Magical Girl (2014)
Plot Summary:
A desperate man (Luis Bermejo) blackmails a mentally ill woman (Bárbara Lennie) to buy a dress for his terminally ill daughter (Lucía Pollán).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, scary, noir, neo noir, suspense, dark, surreal
Similar in 80%
Waste Land (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, realistic, stylized, gloomy, detective
Similar in 80%
Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 83%
Nobody from Nowhere (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sébastien Nicolas, realtor, leads a dull existence and gets used to disguising himself to take on the appearance of the characters he meets.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, semi serious, psychological, captivating, surprise ending, humorous, realistic, gloomy
Similar in 84%
Through the Air (2015)
Plot Summary:
Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problems. One day at the shooting range he meets the mysterious Renaud who promises him a solution to his problems by offering him an unusual job. Suddenly Vincent finds himself in a very dangerous spiral which turns out to be even harder to get out of than finding a solution to his economic problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Eat Your Bones (2014)
Plot Summary:
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. He is about to celebrate his baptism when his half-brother Fred returns after fifteen years in prison. Together, with their last brother, the violent, hot-headed Michael and their Christian activist cousin, the four young people set off on a binge among the "gadjos" in search of a cargo of copper.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, semi autobiographical, road movie
Similar in 75%
A Hero's Welcome (2008)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, captivating, tense, serious, gloomy
Similar in 85%
Amber Alert (2016)
Plot Summary:
A 20 year old man takes a bus full of young children hostage in exchange for money to help his sick mother. Meanwhile a detective must over come doubt from family and co-workers while she tries to negotiate with the hostage taker.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 82%
13 m? (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jose is looking for a way out of his small time banlieue deals. When he overhears a conversation between his girlfriend and his step-brother,he might just have found a very lucrative way.Together with his two best friends,he decides to attack an armored vehicle, full of cash. But everything goes wrong and they're forced into hiding,in a 13 square meters bunker. There, they will have to test their friendship, their motivations, as every move outside triggers even more, paranoia.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Next-Door Nightmare (2021)
Plot Summary:
When young couple Sarah and Kyle move next door to Helen, a charismatic older woman, they have no idea she's a deeply disturbed psychopath who will stop at nothing to become Sarah's surrogate mother, and grandmother to the child she is expecting. Julia Borsellino, Mark Taylor, Deborah Grover, Marium Carvell star. (2021).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 86%
Picket 43 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film dealt with the story of an Indian army officer guarding a picket alone in Kashmir, and his friendship with a Pakistani soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, patriotic
Similar in 90%
A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, touching, suspense
Similar in 79%
Trapped (2014)
Plot Summary:
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 83%
The Truth About Angels (2011)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary guy escapes his turbulent home life when he is invited to an exclusive Hollywood party by his movie star friend, only to discover that there's more to the glamorous world than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic, semi serious, independent film
Similar in 86%
Glass Chin (2014)
Plot Summary:
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
Similar in 85%
Close Enemies (2018)
Plot Summary:
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
Similar in 86%
Dawn Patrol (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the brutal murder of his beloved brother, a small-town surfer seeks revenge against the gang of merciless thugs he holds responsible. However, when another tragedy brings him face to face with the consequences of his actions, he must seek forgiveness from the very people he despises most.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, erotic
Similar in 79%
Swallow (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, suspenseful, independent film, mindfuck, visually stunning, serious
Similar in 77%
Stalked by My Ex (2017)
Plot Summary:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 90%
The Passenger (1975)
Plot Summary:
David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman (Maria Schneider), Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: road movie, stylized, cerebral, philosophical, existential, tense, slow cinema, psychedelic, gothic, political
Similar in 84%
Brothers (2009)
Plot Summary:
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, emotional, tense, melancholic, suspense, heartbreaking, poignant, intense, rough
Similar in 81%
A War (2015)
Plot Summary:
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: social, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic, art house
Similar in 79%
Paranoia (2013)
Plot Summary:
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, exciting, entertaining, psychological, clever, action adventure, disgusting, tense
Similar in 87%
The Tenant (1976)
Plot Summary:
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, black comedy, surreal, atmospheric, offbeat, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, scary, mind bending
Similar in 88%
One Hour Photo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, intense, creepy, contemplative
Similar in 80%
The Machinist (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, depressing, mind bending, surreal, bleak, neo noir, enigmatic, atmospheric