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Plot Summary:
Twin sisters set up a dating profile for their dad, but the woman he meets plots to take advantage of wealthy single fathers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
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A Sister's Nightmare (2013)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister, Cassidy, shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, contemplative, dark, entertaining
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Her Sister's Keeper (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Blood Honey (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tortured by the memory of a childhood trauma, a woman returns after a decade to her family's fly-in hunting lodge to assist her siblings with their dying father, only to find herself stuck in a life threatening nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Incident (1978)
Plot Summary:
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura, an expert in the suspense and mystery genre, "The Incident" is a study in unrestrained passion and jealousy. Nomura's other films include several acclaimed collaborations with suspense novelist Matsumoto Seicho, such as "Zero Focus", "The Shadow Within", "The Castle Of Sand", and "Suspicion".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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Das Jerusalem-Syndrom (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to return with her to Germany. Then the young woman disappears.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Israel
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Ring of Deception (2017)
Plot Summary:
Single mom Julie Stevens' life is turned upside-down when international con man Martin moves to her neighborhood. As Julie begins to open up to Martin's charms, another woman - Sloane - is determined to kill Martin for having left her and robbed her blind. Will Julie survive Martin's affections and Sloane's revenge?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Bouncer (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former bodyguard who chained small security jobs in nightclubs to raise his 8-year-old daughter finds himself forced to collaborate with the police. His mission: infiltrate the organization of a dangerous Flemish gang leader.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, realistic, cult classic
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Murder by Mail (1980)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Peter Fales’s (Klaus Kinski) patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison (Donna Wilkes) both come under suspicion. Part slasher film and part psychological thriller, Schizoid co-stars Marianna Hill as Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist who also happens to be in one of Dr. Fales’s therapy groups. After she receives several ominous letters she not only wonders if Dr. Fales might be behind the killings, she also starts to suspect her estranged husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror
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Shattered Illusions (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Psycho stalks a talk radio personality and her mentally challenged sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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His Three Daughters (2023)
Plot Summary:
When their father's health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Sibel (2018)
Plot Summary:
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, extraordinary
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Severance (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ray Ponti is a down and out father, a man trapped by his past and frightened of his future. Cly is a streetwise runaway, waiting tables by day and stripping by night. Both are fighting for existence in the slime-bowl of New York's gutters, where drugs and prostitution are the only currency. Ray is in over the top with the Mafia and Cly is emotionally destroyed by the absence of her father. Severence is a gripping story set against the seedy backdrop of New York City, where broken dreams and empty promises litter the streets.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Madonna: A Case of Blood Ambition (1990)
Plot Summary:
A man is convicted of raping and murdering a child and sent to prison. He is shortly afterwards beaten to death by other inmates. His daughter blames the jurors who convicted him for his death, and she hatches a scheme to murder each of the jury members, often seducing them herself first.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Biology 101 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A College professor finds his life unraveling when a new student joins his class, a student who may or may not be the very subject of his darkest secret. His obsession could kill him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy
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Stranger with My Face (2009)
Plot Summary:
After the shocking and untimely death of her husband, Shelley Stratton (Catherine Hicks) moves her daughter Alexis (Emily Hurst) and her adopted daughter, Laurie (Alexz Johnson), to their remote summer house in hopes of giving her family a fresh start. As Laurie begins to settle in and put her life back together, she gets the eerie feeling that she is constantly being watched. Laurie's uneasiness grows when people start claiming to see her in places that she has never been. The family's delicate state begins to unravel when Laurie unearths the dark past, discovering a twin sister that she never knew she had. Laurie is forced to delve deeper into her twin's secrets, for as it turns out her twin has been locked up for years! Laurie must now understand their strange connection in order to prevent her sister from taking over her life and harming her loved ones. Based on the book by author Lois Duncan.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, offbeat, gloomy
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The Wrong Stepmother (2019)
Plot Summary:
Michael, who lost his wife a few years back, has been use to being a single dad to his two daughters until his new girlfriend Maddie comes along.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Dive (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Wish You Were Here (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, tense, captivating, twisted, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, detective, weird
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Hearts of Winter (2020)
Plot Summary:
An interior designer brings new life to the house of a widower and his daughter and finds love in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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The Winter Lake (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, weird
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The Sweetheart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sex, lies, and deception of a con man. Heartbroken over her parents breakup and recovering from a car accident, Jane becomes suspicious of her mother’s new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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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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Deadly Secrets by the Lake (2017)
Plot Summary:
A decorated NYPD detective returns to her hometown after her sister is charged with the murder of her boss and attempts to make amends with her estranged family while exposing the dark underbelly of a long-suppressed secret that threatens to tear the town apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing
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Serialized (2016)
Plot Summary:
After getting dropped by her publisher, celebrated novelist Hannah Ryan uses the negative forces in her life to inspire the creation of a pulp crime serial that posts new chapters to subscriber's devices every week. The initial release is a modest success but the work becomes a massive hit after a real life murder takes place that bears a striking similarity to Hannah's story. Is it really just a coincidence or is it possible that a copycat serial killer is acting out the fictitious murders in real life? And is he going to strike again once Hannah releases her next chapter?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, tense, disturbing, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, psycho film
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Catch a Christmas Star (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows who she is—none more so than New Jersey high school basketball coach and widower Chris Mitchell, who was Nikki's first love in high school. When Chris' 10-year-old daughter Sophie finds out her dad still has feelings for the singer, she takes matters into her own hands. With her 8-year-old brother Jackson in tow, Sophie succeeds in reuniting the two. But when a misunderstanding and the growing glare of the public spotlight threaten Chris and Nikki's happiness, one can only wonder: will fame get in the way of a Merry Christmas?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, melancholic
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Blind Terror (2001)
Plot Summary:
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her new husband's former lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Half a life (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Anything You Want (2010)
Plot Summary:
Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself understandably confused and heartbroken by her mother's absence, asks for an "artificial" mother to help her fall asleep at night. It is here that Mañas takes the road less traveled, but to write any more about the plot line he introduces would be unfair to both the viewer and filmmaker alike. Suffice it to say that Leo's actions are both surprising and potentially dangerous, as they require Leo to subsume his own identity to the point where he nearly loses it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, crying
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Into the Forest (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, melancholic, futuristic, erotic, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, touching
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Searching (2018)
Plot Summary:
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, tension, detective, slasher, sad