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Plot Summary:
Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film, mind bending, realistic
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The Snake (2006)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In fact the marriage is on the brink of a divorce and a judge is deciding who will take the two children. Can Hélène take them to Germany or will they stay with Vincent? Vincent has a lot on his mind and he improvises when model Sofia Kippiani comes to his studio, but his makeup crew doesn't show up. Before he knows it, he is accused of a rape. Things go worse and worse for Vincent, he sees his entire life slipping away and, most importantly, he might lose his children. But why does his former schoolmate Joseph Plender seek contact with Vincent and even solve a nasty problem for him? Does Plender want something more than money?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, detective
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Sleepwalker (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ulrik Hansson is 45 years old and lives a secure life in a Swedish residential district together with his wife Monika and their two children. He's got a well-paid job as an architect and builds a new detached house which the family will move to. Everything is just great. He thinks. One morning he wakes up and shockingly discovers that they're gone. The whole family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, bleak, suspenseful, spooky, tense, serious, realistic
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The Rendering (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police detective Nick Sousa, who put Grat away, as sketch-artist. Then new cases following Gray's MO occur, and a victim who got away gives a description Sara hesitates to confide to paper: it fits Michael scarily. She turns it in, yet once he's behind bars searches in and is blackmailed to plead Gray's paroling or his crime cahoots will torture Michael to death.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tense, realistic
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Blackwoods (2001)
Plot Summary:
Matt is haunted by the death of a girl from a car accident he caused years ago. Matt was drunk and as he reached for the car radio, he struck the girl as she crossed the road. The guilt that he feels has altered his sense of reality, making Matt's life a mystery full of shadows and phantoms. Now, years later Matt goes away for weekend with his new girlfriend Dawn. After a wild session of lovemaking, Dawn goes for a walk. While she is away a strange man with an ax comes into the motel room and attacks Matt. After that incident Matt goes into the woods, looking for Dawn. There he encounters Dawn's family who tie him down and put him on trail for the murder of the girl years before. They find him guilty and he is sent back into the forest to be hunted down by the family. The deeper Matt runs into the forest the farther his mind is lost to the Blackwoods.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, colorful, realistic, independent film
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The Grind (2009)
Plot Summary:
Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and Josh, they come together to devise a plan that with a little blind luck just might get Luke out of the hole.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, neo noir
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The Confidant (2010)
Plot Summary:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a full scholarship. A complicated web of lies, gambling, murder and a pact between friends sends an innocent friend to prison and the other to fame. After spending eleven years in prison, the innocent comes to collect a debt and is determined to have the life he was promised... by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, sexy, realistic, independent film
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From the Inside (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are watching them through binoculars. They stare lustfully at Tally through the windows and plan something horrible for the unhappy couple when night falls.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, independent film
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Cries in the Dark (2006)
Plot Summary:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie begins to suspect Elle's husband, Scott, may be involved. Family tensions run high as it's a race against time to find Elle and her baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
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Demons from Her Past (2007)
Plot Summary:
A woman returns to her hometown searching for answers after she's released from prison, having served a 25-year sentence for a crime she didn't commit.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Killer Reality (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when work becomes downright murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, sexual
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Dangerous Love (1988)
Plot Summary:
A psychopath kills members of a video dating club and records their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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State Affairs (2009)
Plot Summary:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting dangerously close to the powers that be, the murders and betrayals accumulate, and signs point to a state affair at the heart of it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: political thriller, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, clever, cynical
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The Devil's Dominoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Insidious (2008)
Plot Summary:
Times are tough for talented, twenty-one year old filmmaker, Donny Rocconi. He grew up in New York City, a place where either you learn fast, or lose everything. Estranged from his mother, and never knowing his dead father, Donny sets out to collect on debts owed, and is dragged deep into a seductive ambush that turns his world upside down. Donny reaches out for help from a "connected" Mulberry Street café owner, Gigetto, who has more problems than just the Russian mob. Insidious is a compelling and riveting story of desperation and betrayal, as Donny faces a fight for truth, love, and life itself. Insidious has a strong ensemble of New York City acting talent, and their multiple adult story lines are centered in their emotional and financial relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, realistic
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Ten 'til Noon (2006)
Plot Summary:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, talky, suspense, cynical, non-linear, gloomy
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Fate (2008)
Plot Summary:
Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful
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The Heavy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must come to terms with the truth in a world where you can trust no one and loyalty is rare.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, perverse, non-linear
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Facade (1999)
Plot Summary:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Only Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, bleak
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Safehouse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and now the ex-agent is forced back into the life he left behind to keep the thumb drive from the wrong hands.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film, exciting, realistic
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Dad Savage (1998)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy, successful, East-Anglian tulip grower, Dad Savage is also something of a godfather in the local criminal fraternity but doesn't trust banks to take care of his money. On recommendation from his son, Sav, Dad hires two of Sav's unemployed school friends, Bob and Vic, to help with the business and the crime. After some careless talk from Harold, just known as 'H', about Dad's pension fund, Vic and Bob decide to steal the money from Dad if they can find it. The plans to liberate the money go awry and Sav is killed requiring Bob to call upon his sister Chris to rescue them. Dad intercepts their escape and forces a showdown to try to determine exactly the events of the night in order to identify his son's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Reckoning (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug related death of a sibling. The detective retraces the teen's journey and soon begins to uncover a trail of the dead that leads all the way back to police headquarters.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, bleak
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No Through Road (2008)
Plot Summary:
The serenity of another quiet evening is shattered for an amateur photographer when a desperate woman takes refuge in his humble suburban home. Reluctantly, he is pulled into a cat and mouse game with her pursuers. Only dawn will reveal the blood-soaked fallout of being alone in the middle of suburbia.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film, scary, realistic, suspenseful, slasher
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Bad Karma (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is a new man determined to lead an honest life. Drake is a charming psycho intent on vengeance. Sometimes, old friends can carry some extreme baggage. And for one of them, coming to terms with the past is going to be murder. Vanessa Gray and Andy McPhee co-star in this taut action/drama about good intentions, dark secrets and the harsh consequences of BAD KARMA.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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A Sister's Secret (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and runs into someone from her past: Jane (Cynthia Preston). Years ago, in high school, Katherine dated Jane's twin brother Sean, who subsequently committed suicid.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing
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Fog and Night (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy"family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession , not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings,Sedat is being consumed , going through the hardest time of his life , not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner , whom he saw a brother .His faith in his organization is shaken as he witness the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state.Meanwhile , while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant , he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
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Posers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Four Hardcore party posers are suddenly facing an unknown killer when one of them disappears.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, bleak, realistic, detective
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Fatal Acquittal (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful
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Vanished (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman searches for many years to exact revenge on a kidnapper. A psychological thriller that examines how far a person would go if pushed to the extreme.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, mind bending, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
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Fatal Justice (2012)
Plot Summary:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful