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Plot Summary:
Exil tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Belgium, Kosovo
Duration: 121 min
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Atlas (2018)
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Walter is a 60-year-old removal man for forced evictions. He recognizes in one of the tenants about to be evicted his estranged son, Jan. In order to help Jan, Walter has to confront not only his crooked boss but also his own past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min
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Deadly Delicious (2008)
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A mystery about a gourmet in love with two different women who winds up poisoned.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 98 min
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Full Contact (2015)
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Full Contact is a contemporary tale of a man trying to find new purpose in life after accidentally bombing a school through a remotely operated drone plane. Ivan, operating the plane from a far away air force base, has never been to the foreign countries of his attacks, nor has he ever touched the plane he uses to kill. Modern warfare keeps him safe and disconnected from his prey. However, after this incident Ivan's disconnectedness starts to apply to everything in his life. He is overwhelmed by feelings of guilt that he is unable to process.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Croatia, Germany
Duration: 105 min
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Heroic (2023)
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Luis, an 18-year-old boy with Indigenous roots, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Sweden
Duration: 88 min
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Huda's Salon (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Summit (2017)
Plot Summary:
At a Latin American Presidents’ Summit in Chile where the region’s alliances and geopolitical strategies are shaped, Hernán Blanco, the president of Argentina, lives a political and family drama. Through his son in law, he’s implicated in a corruption case. On her father’s call, Marina Blanco, attends the Summit to find protection, to earn time and to negotiate a way out. That past once calm and domestic, becomes a menacing element, almost fantastic, seen from the top of public life, seen from the Summit.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, art house
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Midsummer (2003)
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It is the last day of school for Christian and his younger sister Sophie. They are heading to a party at his friend Trina. High school graduation is just around the corner and after the freedom and future. But behind the idyllic facade lurks tragedy and secrets. That evening Sophie commits suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Emancipation (2011)
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The story revolves around Dominik Liebmann: a man who has lost everything: His wife, son, job, house - even his pride. Financially and emotionally bankrupt he enters Berlins first and only "Männerhaus": a shelter for battered men. He meets Holger the director of the house and its members. After a psychiatric examination by the youth welfare office he has to participate in the Group Therapy Session of the "Männerhaus" in order to get custody for his son Dylan. After an initial resistance Dominik decides to participate and so the other members of the "Männerhaus" learn about Dominiks past... Director Philipp Müller-Dorn takes a daring and provocative look inside the world that very few men, out of embarrassment or retaliation, speak of: domestic abuse by their partner. In the dramatic film eMANcipation,.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min
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Rebecca's Secret (1997)
Plot Summary:
A detective suspects that the wife and mistress of an abusive man conspired to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
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Lies and Deception (2005)
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Six years after her husband's suicide, Jean Bruckner is dumbfounded by the news that he has recently been murdered! With the help of a private investigator, she heads to Chicago to uncover the truth behind her spouse's charade. The deeper she digs, the more danger she puts herself in. The truth may be out there, but she may get killed before she finds it!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, detective
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Exposed (2012)
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In a world of ambition and powerful politicians, Andy Hernandez (Shashi Balooja), an ambitious NYC Assistant District Attorney with political aspirations is recently engaged to Ann Kim, the latest partner in a profitable risk management firm. As a favor to the wealthy Senator Barksdale, Andy hires his son Michael Barksdale, as an intern. Michael is a brilliant-but-troubled law student who takes advantage of his privileged life to help his new mentor. As Andy is drawn into an elite circle of people willing to help fulfill his dreams, Ann finds herself confronted with unexpected circumstances even she can't control. Suddenly they are both caught up in a whirlwind of vulnerable situations involving a photographer from Ann's past, a young Mobster and a mix of other peculiar characters ultimately resulting in a series of indiscretions, blackmail, murder, and moral dilemmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, sexy, political thriller, disturbing, independent film
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Parents (2016)
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Kjeld and Vibeke, a middle-aged Danish couple, aren’t entirely certain who they are without their son. Esben has recently moved away from home; their identities unmoored in his absence. Attempting to recapture the vigor and magic of their younger days, they move out of their house and into the old, pre-parenthood apartment where they first fell in love. Recapturing their youth is changing them in strange and unexpected ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 878
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min
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First Reformed (2017)
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A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, social, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, philosophical, dorama, noir
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Windows on Monday (2006)
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A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. Nina, a doctor, has taken a few days off. Her husband Frieder is busy laying tiles, while their daughter Charlotte plays in her new room. But Nina is having her doubts; she stands about in the half-empty rooms, feeling thoroughly alienated. Suddenly, without saying a word, she decides to leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Above Us Only Sky (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, contemplative, sincere
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The Longest Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Indecent Behavior II (1994)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Shoshona Reed is about to expose a number of people who have a lot to lose. Unfortunately, her cunning ways of getting stories by blackmailing people gets her killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, hot, sexploitation film
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The Candidate (2018)
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Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off anyone who threatens to expose the activities of his inner circle. When he is singled out to take the fall for a case of fraudulent government contracts, rather than admit to any wrongdoing, Manuel decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that puts many lives at risk.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
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Autumn Lights (2016)
Plot Summary:
An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Iceland, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, touching, independent film
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Murk (2005)
Plot Summary:
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, tense, serious, suspenseful, perverse, mind blowing, realistic, masterpiece
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Lemming (2005)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, psychedelic, surreal, mind twisting, psychological, realistic
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Devotion (2003)
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In total despair, Anja is about to throw herself from a bridge. At that very moment, Henry drives past in his car. Thinking she's a prostitute, he invites her home with him. Anja pretends to be what Henry initially thought. She refuses to explain the reasons for her apparent attempt at suicide. The two begin to play strange games, engage in unusual sex, leading Anja to try fleeing the apartment, but Henry catches her. Forced by Henry, Anja tells him about Lilly who was raped and then killed someone, leaving Henry with the impression that Lilly and Anja are one, the same person. They play more mind games, make love, and after Anja going back and forth trying to leave, Henry finally lets her go. She goes, but is back again soon after. And with a vengeance, she causes a series of strange events which will change the course of both of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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M/M (2018)
Plot Summary:
Wayward Canadian, Matthew, crushed by the isolation of being new to Berlin, turns his sexual desires toward Matthias that spiral into a dark fixation of assumed identity. Soon, this obsessive power struggle between the two, careens toward brutal passion and violence in a bid for dominance.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, melancholic, contemplative, experimental, gay cinema
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Every Breath You Take (2021)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, dark, teen
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The Voyeurs (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young couple, find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street. What starts as an innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, psychological, sexy, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending, neo noir, interesting, bizarre
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Impulse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison (Willa Ford), enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, mysterious, realistic, sexual, psychotronic, erotic, sexy
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Walk on Water (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which, Axel challenges Eyal's values.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, intense, epic, political thriller, twisted
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Keane (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mentally ill man searches New York for his missing eight year old daughter. He recreates her steps each day hoping for some clue to her disappearance, until he meets and befriend a woman with a daughter the same age. Could she help him with the missing piece of the puzzle?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, psychological, serious, independent film, mind twisting, mind bending, suspense, art house, art film
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Hidden (2005)
Plot Summary:
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, art house, surreal, tense, neo noir, clever, bleak, confusing
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The Lives of Others (2006)
Plot Summary:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: political thriller, gloomy, tense, political, atmospheric, sincere, suspense, breathtaking, harsh, bleak