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Plot Summary:
The reappearance of an old flame puts a district attorney's career in jeopardy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Together Alone (2014)
Plot Summary:
Questions arise about love, sexuality, and the breakdown of relationships and traditional roles surface as tension builds and weaves a love triangle into an erotic knot.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
Similar in 89%
A Bride's Revenge (2019)
Plot Summary:
As Miya and her fiancé plan their dream wedding they are stalked by an eerie and dangerous veiled bride who is determined that Miya will never walk down the aisle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 85%
Evil Intent (2019)
Plot Summary:
A private nurse hired to care for a sick boy sets her sights on becoming his mother instead.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Similar in 76%
The Wrong Stepfather (2020)
Plot Summary:
A happy engagement to a charming college adviser soon turns into real fear when a teacher worries her fiancé may be the wrong stepfather for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
Similar in 79%
Evil Doctor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Matt and Aubrey, a young and successful show business couple, are having their first child. Based on a friend’s recommendation, they go to the best OBGYN in Los Angeles, Dr. Natalie Barnes. She is gorgeous, fit, and intelligent… but Natalie is not the hero she seems to be. She switches sonograms and lies to Aubrey about her needing bed rest, effectively putting Aubrey out of the picture as she attempts to seduce Matt. Dr. Barnes has been repeatedly failing to get pregnant and has her sights set on Aubrey’s baby. Dina Meyer, Jen Lilley, Corin Nemec and Lindsay Hartley star.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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Fiance Killer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Nicole is stunned when her daughter Cameron returns from a vacation in Mexico engaged to handsome Brent. But Brent has a secret girlfriend, Lexi, and together they're planning to kill Cameron for her money right after her honeymoon.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Killer Daddy Issues (2020)
Plot Summary:
An equestrian discovers her family's estate harbors an unfathomable secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Deviant Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
In a tailspin after her marriage collapses, Jamie falls for a helpful gentleman whose interest in her welfare hides sinister motives.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
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The Wrong Wedding Planner (2020)
Plot Summary:
Detective Jones arrives at the house of a young couple, Ashley and Brad, blissfully engaged and preparing for their upcoming marriage. They had a mysterious break in at their home. While Det. Jones discovers nothing at the scene, we later find out it is their wedding planner, Mandy, who starts stalking them. She goes as far as sabotaging Brad at work. Ms. Johnson, his boss, has no choice and places him on permanent leave as this Wrong Wedding Planner will stop at nothing to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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One Small Indiscretion (2017)
Plot Summary:
Years ago, heartbroken and officially separated from her husband, Caroline briefly turned to the arms of another man. It was only one small indiscretion - a brief affair, forgotten after she and her husband reunited. But beautiful Elle, daughter of Caroline's lover, hasn't forgotten. She rents a guesthouse from Caroline, her husband, and teenage son with one purpose: to destroy their lives the way Elle thinks Caroline destroyed hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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A Mother Betrayed (2015)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Monica is committed to a mental hospital for hallucinations, but soon finds out that her husband has a devious plan to steal her life, including her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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My Husband's Secret Wife (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married woman's life turns upside down when she learns her husband is married to another woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Fetish (2008)
Plot Summary:
When yuppie Korean-American lawyer Peter brings beauteous bride Sookhy home to suburban New Jersey, she seems withdrawn, English-challenged and easily bullied by her mother-in-law. But fate abruptly takes Peter out of the picture, leaving a curiously unperturbed Sookhy (who's descended from a line of female shamans) free to force her company on the glamorous Caucasian couple next door.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
Similar in 81%
Wicked Deeds (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wife begins to confuse fantasy with reality after she is seduced by the hot tub repairman and others while her husband is out of town.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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My Best Ex-Boyfriend (2015)
Plot Summary:
Parents force the breakup of two couples, but what happens to their lingering feelings years later? Li Tang and Fu Fang Si were high school sweethearts, but the two end up breaking up due to pressures from Li Tang’s father and a misunderstanding. Li Tang eventually stands up to his father and leaves to start his own company. Years later, Fang Si is finally achieving her dreams as a fashion designer and dating Yin Hao Ran. But their relationship gets complicated when Li Tang comes back into Fang Si’s life just as she is struggling professionally. Li Tang is now engaged to Cheng Xiang Nan, a supermodel, who also happens to be Hao Ran’s ex-girlfriend. Xiang Nan was forced to break up with Hao Ran by her ambitious mother, but she has never gotten over her feelings for him. Will Li Tang and Fang Si now have the courage to listen to their own hearts?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Twisted (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kara and Tyler are close to marriage when Tyler’s dangerous ex-girlfriend returns from rehab, and is adamant on winning him back, pulling Kara into a twisted game of cat and mouse.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Role Play (2012)
Plot Summary:
Best selling writer Jeong-ho attempts at a fatal Role Play for a passionate new novel. Ji-soo, a famous university professor can't help but suspect her husband as she is full of jelaousy and Hye-in a provocative and attractive university student who jumps into the unstable life of this couple. Jeong-ho feels she looks just like his first love and considers her a muse to writing a new novel through the Role Play. His wife gets jealous when she sees his novel and has sudden intercourse with him as if she is aware of Hye-in.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, erotic, sexy
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High School Lover (2017)
Plot Summary:
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Aashiq Banaya Aapne: Love Takes Over (2005)
Plot Summary:
Karan (Sonu Sood) loves Sneha (Tanushree Dutta), but is too much of an introvert to ever express his feelings to her. Although Karan's feelings are evident to many, he is content in just seeing Sneha smile, and never gathers the courage to tell her how he feels. Vicky (Emraan Hashmi) tries to talk him out of his relationship with Sneha, but Vicky assures him that this time, he is really in love with Sneha. Karan's childhood friend. Very different from Karan, Vicky is an extrovert and a notorious flirt. All three lives change when Vicky joins Karan and Sneha in college, and Sneha begins feeling drawn towards Vicky. Karan feels he has lost the only woman he has ever loved but knows he cannot do anything about it. However, life goes on, and the three of them share a special bond of friendship. The closeness between Vicky and Sneha cross all boundaries, and just as everything seems set between the two, one eventful night shatters their bond.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, hot
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Double Daddy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A teen's life turns upside down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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An Organized Killer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Grace's life begins to unravel when a woman with sinister intentions moves into her guest house.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Mother's Red Dress (2011)
Plot Summary:
Laura Ullman, a single mother, kills her abusive ex-boyfriend and turns the gun on her son when he threatens to call the police. Paul leaves home to start a better life and falls for Ashley, a young woman looking for direction in her life, unaware of his past troubles.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense, independent film, entertaining
Similar in 86%
The Unlikely Girl (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jamie, a young American exchange student in rural France, finds herself in the middle of a love triangle as she and the host family's wayward daughter fall for the same boy. As dangerous lies and dark family secrets surface, Jamie becomes the unsuspecting victim of a game of sexual intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, independent film
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Beloved (2012)
Plot Summary:
The drama tells the love story of a couple who has been married already for 3 years. The couple is still in love but they choose to separate after their past lovers approach them.
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Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Reunion: Forbidden Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama depicting a housewife vacillating between a former lover and her husband directed by Narita Yusuke who was involved in the "Abunai Deka" and "BE-BOP High School" series. Odashima Yumiko (Kumakiri Asami), a housewife, lives a happy albeit unexceptional life with her older husband Yukihiko (Motomiya Yasukaze), an orthopedist. One day, a couple moves into the home opposite their own. Yumiko learns their new neighbor is her former lover Miyazawa Koji (Okuchi Kengo) and his wife.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Seizing Love by Force, Winter (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hikari works at a design office. Her upbringing is not a wealthy one, but now she has a good job and an affectionate fiancé Kota. She is happy and feeling very much fulfilled. But, when she happens to see her ex-boyfriend Shin, once the love of her life, her relationship with her fiancé starts to fall apart... Hikari and Shin used to work for the same design office where he was her boss. They had been lovers but one day, all of a sudden, Shin left her without a word. Now, he is married to Ran. Ran’s over posses- sive manic love towards Shin makes her consumed with jealousy against Hikari. And Hikari’s fiancé Kota also finds himself suffering from his love and his jealousy... Shin’s presence is driving him slowly but steadily to the brink of insanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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First Love Again (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lee Ha Jin (Myung Se Bin) is a woman who had forgotten memories of her first love. Meanwhile, Cha Do Yoon (Kim Seung Soo) is a man who is trapped in the memories of his first love. Two of them meet again after 8 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Sin (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dhep is a traveling photographer on his way home to broach unresolved problems between his father and himself. But, on his way home to the island, he meets Riam at the pier, and swiftly falls in love with her. before learning that she’s his father, Cheng’s, new wife. Dhep’s stay at their place familiarizes him with the problems between his violent and sadistic father and stepmother, so he tries to treat Riam kindly to make her feel better. But the forbidden love rears its head again, and the pair decides to make a go of it.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Obsession (2019)
Plot Summary:
Before meeting George Good (Brad Dourif), Sonny Jordan (Mekhi Pfeiffer) was just a lost drifter with a troubled past floating from town to town, looking for work. As fate would have it, Sonny ends up saving George's life from a murderous back-alley mugger. As thanks, George gives Sonny a home and a job as a mechanic on his farm in the lonely Louisiana Bayou. Sonny quickly settles in and makes himself useful around the place but then Sonny meets Larissa, (Elika Portnoy) George's alluring wife. She has a mysterious past and the two are irresistibly drawn to each other. The two begin a passionate affair leading them to construct a twisted plot to take George's life in cold blood in order to be together. As their despicable plan unravels, they learn how far they are willing to go to cover their misdeed.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, sexy
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Heatwave (2022)
Plot Summary:
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, queer cinema