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Plot Summary:
Andrés's wealthy father-in-law runs a textile factory; he retires and brings Andrés to Madrid, with wife and son, to run the company. Andrés works long hours, but his wife is bored, and there are tensions at home. When Isabel, a femme fatale, spots Andrés at a party, he's easy prey - but soon, she might be falling for him, perhaps enough to dump her boyfriend Paco, a small-time cocaine dealer. What if Andrés falls for her? What would he sacrifice to have her? And what about his wife; will she fight to keep him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Smash Palace (1981)
Plot Summary:
Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left. Written by Evan Yates.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eighties
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Paradise Cruise (2013)
Plot Summary:
An impossible love story between Yossi, a former IDF soldier, and Dora, a mysterious French photographer visiting Israel, as they both struggle in vain to leave their pasts behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, non-linear
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And Baby Will Fall (2011)
Plot Summary:
Expectant parents become prime suspects in the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was last seen at their garage sale. Model citizen David Rose runs a garden center and is a devoted house-father. Like his wife Ivy, who suffered two stillbirths, their new neighbor Melinda is near to giving birth. Just after David showed her around in the Rose home, Melinda goes missing. Although no corpse is found, just circumstantial evidence more likely to be planted then stupidly left behind, police detective Blanchard treats David as his sole suspect, soon arrested, even after nosy neighbor Bindel is knocked down while David is in jail. School buddy Theo does his best to counsel the couple, yet Ivy doubts her husband's innocence just because of indications he may have had an affair with Melinda since high-school, and starts snooping with her best friend Jody. The worst crime is still being hatched.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, crime thriller, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful
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An Unfinished Affair (1996)
Plot Summary:
When a man ends a regretful love affair that occurred during his wife's illness, his mistress plots revenge by targeting his family's most treasured possessions, a priceless painting and his son.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, noir, neo noir
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Playing House (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the mix.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, slasher, independent film
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Layover (2001)
Plot Summary:
An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense, tense, sexy, independent film
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Asunder (1999)
Plot Summary:
Chance Williams (Underwood), a man whose life is torn apart when his wife and unborn child are killed in a bizarre accident. Chance comes to believe Lauren (Morgan), wife to best friend Michael (Beach), is the only woman who can love and help him, and he's willing to do anything to make her his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Love Walked In (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, sexual, sexy
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The Good Sister (2014)
Plot Summary:
Struggling with marital problems, a man begins a passionate affair with his wife's long-lost, twin sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, touching, realistic
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Missionary (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious
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Trois 2: Pandora's Box (2002)
Plot Summary:
Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she meets a handsome stranger and begins an affair that may cost her more than just her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, detective
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Summer Clouds (2004)
Plot Summary:
Daniel (Roberto Enríquez), Ana (Natalia Millán), and their little boy, Manuel (Kevin Almodóvar), travel from Madrid to a resort on the Costa Brava for the summer. Ana runs into Marta (Irene Montalà of L'Auberge Espagnole), a local shopgirl whom she's met on previous visits. Marta introduces Ana to her cousin, Robert (David Selvas), who runs an antique shop. Robert is immediately attracted to Ana. Marta tells him that Ana is happily married, and confesses that she has a crush on Ana's husband, Daniel. Robert, intrigued, makes a pact with Marta. Robert will help Marta seduce Daniel if she will help Robert seduce Ana. One night, the cousins cunningly arrange to separate the couple, and some serious flirtation ensues. While Marta, casually dates a local surfer, Tomás (Roger Casamajor), begins to have second thoughts, Robert grows more obsessed with the couple. He befriends Daniel and peppers him with questions about the strength of his nine-year marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, sexy, realistic, semi serious, erotic, humorous, talky, sexual
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Deceit (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? The truth can only be found when all of the deceit is finally revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending
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Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)
Plot Summary:
From the land of Almodovar comes a hot new film about drugs, sex & everything else!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, campy
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A Table for One (1999)
Plot Summary:
A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, tension, sexy
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Betrayal (1983)
Plot Summary:
Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of view, with the scenes in precise reverse chronological order. Written by Dan Hartung.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, serious, captivating, talky, clever, stylized, non-linear, extraordinary
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My Daughter's Keeper (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American writer in England takes his children and a newly hired nanny on a trip to South Africa while his wife, a reporter, is on assignment. He has an affair with the nanny, but when he refuses to leave his wife for her, the nanny gets her revenge by kidnapping his children.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, tense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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Paris by Night (1988)
Plot Summary:
Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, biting, suspense
Similar in 77%
Lured Innocence (2000)
Plot Summary:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mind bending, sexual, sexy
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Say Nothing (2001)
Plot Summary:
Housewife Grace Needham (Nastassja Kinski) has a one-night stand with Julian Grant (William Baldwin), who then becomes obsessed with sinking her marriage to husband Matt (Hart Bochner). The twist here is that Julian is a millionaire global powerbroker, and Matt works for him! It's a titanic battle of testosterone as the guys duke it out while Grace simmers angrily.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, tense, realistic, sexual
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Dead On (1994)
Plot Summary:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, creepy
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Tangled (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror, tense, slasher, detective, non-linear, surprise ending
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Signs & Wonders (2000)
Plot Summary:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, psychological, talky, gloomy, biting, suspense
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Man of Her Dreams (1997)
Plot Summary:
After suspecting her husband is playing the field, a nervous woman finds a sympathetic ear in the form of a strange man. The drawback is that her sensitive new-found friend is an obsessive psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Often (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ricky (Emraan Hashmi) is a leading fashion photographer, who carries his heart on his sleeve. He's an absolute womanizer. The film begins with Ricky getting a call from Sheena (Udita Goswami), who asks him to meet her in a gym. Once there, the two have a showdown since Ricky had used and dumped Sheena's friend Nisha (Tara Sharma). A heartbroken Nisha had even contemplated attempting suicide. Three years later, Ricky is about to hold an exhibition of his creations when a millionaire walks in and buys the entire lot even before the exhibition has begun. The millionaire, Rajveer aka Raj (Dino Morea), has a pre-condition: Ricky should make Raj's wife Sheena fall in love with him (Ricky). Ricky is perplexed, for he fails to understand why a husband would hire someone to have an affair with his wife. But Raj explains that he wants Sheena to divorce him and this would be possible only if she fell in love with another man.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, suspense, sexual, surprise ending, detective
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Jealousy (1999)
Plot Summary:
A month before he's to marry Carmen, Antonio finds a photograph of a man with his arm on her shoulder. The photograph triggers jealousy: he questions Carmen, Carman's friend Cinta, and his friend Luis who introduced him to Carmen. Cinta tells Antonio the man's first name. Carmen tells him that the man meant nothing to her, and that the photograph was taken before she met Antonio. She loves Antonio and sets out to wipe the photograph from his mind through exuberant sex, but her ploy backfires and Antonio remains fixated. Slowly he finds out about the man, and about Carmen's past. Will jealousy consume this couple or can they find a way to kill the green-eyed monster?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexual, manga, eros, psychological, sexy, serious, realistic, erotic
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Heart of Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, erotic
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Night Eyes (1990)
Plot Summary:
A Beverly Hills home-security guard is seduced by a rock star's wife he monitors by video.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cult classic, independent film, sexual, erotic, hot
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Deceit (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to his hometown after his father's death and soon enters into an affair with the wife of his old best friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, realistic
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Zebra Lounge (2001)
Plot Summary:
Alan and Wendy Barnet have been married just long enough for the excitement to have gone out of their relationship, and they're looking for a way to put some spice back in their lives. After placing a personal ad looking for another couple interested in swapping mates, the Barnets are led to the Zebra Lounge, where they meet Jack and Louise Bauer, a pair of seasoned erotic adventurers. While the Barnets find the swinging scene exciting at first, they soon decide it may be doing more harm than good to their marriage. But easing the Bauers out of their lives proves to be neither simple nor safe.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, serious, realistic, independent film