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Plot Summary:
John Whitmore wakes to find his wife, Anne, has disappeared from their bed overnight and a recorded ransom message now remains in her place.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Natural Enemies (1979)
Plot Summary:
A man hires hires five hookers to fulfill a final fantasy before killing himself and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: philosophical, depressing, independent film
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Taken Too Far (2017)
Plot Summary:
A jealous dance mom takes extreme measures to ensure her daughter wins a scholarship to an exclusive dance academy. But the victim's mother will do whatever necessary to protect her own daughter from the rival mom's evil scheme.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Run to Ground (2011)
Plot Summary:
Some wounds never heal. In a rundown East European town, the everyday lives of three working people are violently disrupted: a boy goes missing, a woman is stalked, and a man comes face to face with the killer of his child. A sinister chill grips the air as Margo scouts the streets in search of her son's missing friend. Terrified by threats to her family, Alma sets out in the dark to confront her stalker. And Peter, seizing the opportunity for revenge, kidnaps his son's killer and goes on the run. The chase is on, the police net is tightening, but who are the hunters and who the prey? With the lives of innocents at stake, victims, predators and avengers must all be run to ground, before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Lawless Range (2018)
Plot Summary:
Brothers, Sean and Tommy Donnelly live and work in modern day Texas. Tommy has always been troubled and Sean has always been there to help him but when Tommy gets himself $6,000 in debt there's not much Sean can do. The money is owed to some very dangerous people and neither Sean nor Tommy has a spare dime. Worse, at every turn, Tommy manages to find a way to exacerbate their already difficult position. The situation escalates to the point where Sean is faced with a decision: stand by his brother or give up on him once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic, intense
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Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015)
Plot Summary:
A husband-and-wife pair of retired cult deprogrammers experience marital strife when their past catches up with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Forgotten Pills (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four friends meet to take mysterious pills that cause instant amnesia at the stroke of midnight.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, dark comedy
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The Letter (1982)
Plot Summary:
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: eighties
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Cowboy Junction (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Texas, a closeted lawyer/husband returns home with a surprise for his lonely, sex-starved wife - a cowboy hunk to serve as their handyman (and other things). She at first doesn't realize that there's more to their man-to-man relationship than employer-employee, but neither do the two men realize they share a past incident which links them tightly together.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema, cult film
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Deadly Daycare (2014)
Plot Summary:
Rachel decides to take her three year old daughter to daycare. As the days pass, the woman feels that the teacher turns too with her daughter, reaching an almost obsessive relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Terror in the Shadows (1995)
Plot Summary:
Five years ago, Christine went after the baby she gave up for adoption, claiming he'd been stolen, and wound up killing Alex Williams' wife and the baby the Williams' had adopted. Now, Alex has remarried to a woman with a young son and when Christine escapes from a mental institution, she heads straight for Alex, looking for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Torn Apart (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Vicki Westin has no idea that losing a patient is going to wreak complete havoc on her life. But that's exactly what happens: Her deceased patient's grieving father seeks vengeance by kidnapping Vicki's husband and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, neo noir
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Down Will Come Baby (1999)
Plot Summary:
Leah Garr wants to move from Phoenix to take a new job in Denver to help her family (Husband Marcus and Daughter Robin). When Robin goes to camp to give her parents time to sort things out, something unexpected occurs. On Robin's return from camp she finds out her mom is taking the new job in Denver, only returning each weekend to visit. During this turmoil in Robin's life, A new lady, Dorothy, befriends Robin, moves into the same apartment complex and spends a lot of time with her and her father Marcus. Leah is concerned about this because she does not know very much about Dorothy or her intentions. It soon becomes clear that Dorothy is after much more than friendship with the Garr family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sad
Similar in 81%
The Kissing Place (1990)
Plot Summary:
Every night the boy dreams he is someone else. Someone in danger. A crazy woman is after him. A woman who cannot have a son of her own. A story about a kidnapped boy, who finds out that the people he thought were his parents are his kidnappers. The film is about his escape and search for his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Incident at Deception Ridge (1994)
Plot Summary:
When a double-crossing husband runs off with his wife's ransom money, her kidnappers come after him and the missing money. He leads them on a treacherous journey through the wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger
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Mother's Milk (2013)
Plot Summary:
Claude is an easily overlooked statistics professor. After a childhood trauma left him motherless, he formed a dysfunctional craving. To satisfy the depraved hunger, he kidnaps Kim from the park and holds her captive in his basement. As the days pass and Claude’s truths are revealed, her fear slowly turns to comfort and compassion…or does it?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, captivating, suspense
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Mother Knows Best (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Vengeance (1980)
Plot Summary:
Four hoodlums break into a jeweller's house and brutally murder him, his wife and daughter. On the run they kidnap Jenny, a Senator's grand daughter and her boyfriend, but discover that the two will not be taken easily. In the melee that follows, the gang are blown away one by one, until the final vengeful confrontation between Jenny and the remaining gang member.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher
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Gone in the Night (1996)
Plot Summary:
A couple is unjustly accused of the murder of their daughter. Based on a true story and book of the same title.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: dark
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Mission Air (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mother and son, Diane and Michael Ireland have just completed another successful medial mission trip to Mexico. Caring for children, delivering supplies, and of course Michael's cherished time with Marisol, the love of his life. The plane arrives to take them home to Mission Air, their home in Texas, when a group of bandits attack in an effort to steal the plane. The bandits now formulate a plan to kidnap the Ireland's daughter and the crew must risk everything to save Sophie. There is a skirmish that ensues and the Irelands must rely on being protected by the armor of God in an effort to bring Sophie home. Action/Adventure that leaves you on the edge of your seat combined with faith and courage.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Echo (1997)
Plot Summary:
Twin brothers are separated at birth after their parents are killed in a car accident. One grows up to have a good and successful life, and the other to be a disturbed young man who now plans to achieve the perfect life by stealing his brother's.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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In Quiet Night (1998)
Plot Summary:
A thriller about a man, Dr Wolcott, who is wrongfully acquitted of charges that he molested his daughter, Dinah. The deputy district attorney, Joey, takes Dinah with her seeking refuge from Dr. Wolcott's molestation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Kansas City, the deranged middle-age Donna Germaine stabs and kills her lover, when he calls off their relationship to stay with his wife. Donna uses an excuse to move to the house of her aunt, and she becomes obsessed in their neighbor, the executive William Costigan. The sick Donna plots an evil scheme to take William from his wife Jeannie Costigan.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, complex
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His Double Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young woman returns Home from college and become suspicious of her new stepdad, her late father's business partner, after she discovers him meeting with a mysterious woman who turns up dead the following day.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Final Recourse (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating
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Devious Nanny (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to protect her family after her husband has an affair with their nanny. As her husband's co-workers are killed, she discovers everything is not what it appears to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, sexy
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Stolen by Their Father (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, serious, independent film, dark, suspenseful, teen, gloomy
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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
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Shattered (2007)
Plot Summary:
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, mindfuck, psychological thriller, entertaining
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Devil's Pond (2003)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, serious, suspense, scary