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Plot Summary:
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer- just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, tense, realistic, independent film, road movie
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Rx (Simple Lies) (2005)
Plot Summary:
What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love and personal ethics.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 76%
Hollywood Confidential (1997)
Plot Summary:
A former LA cop runs a top-flight private detective agency that caters to spoiled Hollywood types.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
Similar in 78%
Gone Missing (2013)
Plot Summary:
When two best friends go missing during Spring Break, their mothers do everything they can to find them, while realizing that their different parenting styles may have led to the disappearances.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, suspense, serious, realistic
Similar in 79%
Mexico City (2000)
Plot Summary:
When her brother disappears during a brief travel layover in Mexico, Mitch begins a desperate search that will eventually lead the young divorcee into the capital city's most notorious neighborhood. But even with the aid of the American Ambassador, her plight is only met with indifference and inaction from the authorities. As the story unfolds, Mitch is forced to look for help in the least likely places as she races against time in a dangerous quest to find answers and locate her brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, talky
Similar in 81%
Coastlines (2002)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film
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The Fold (2013)
Plot Summary:
Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, gloomy
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Allegiance (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being granted a questionable transfer that will keep him stateside as his National Guard unit deploys for Iraq, Lieutenant Danny Sefton becomes embroiled in a last minute AWOL attempt by one of his soldiers — forcing him to choose between his loyalties to the fleeing soldier, his unit and his fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Stalkers (2013)
Plot Summary:
Revolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, emotional
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Worth: The Testimony of Johnny St. James (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johnny St. James was a young seminary student who lost his wife to a drunk driver. With his reason for living gone, John lost his faith and turned to alcohol. Ten years later, John is finally read to get his life back on track. With his best friend Hickey ('Eric Roberts') in tow John attends his first AA meeting. He soon finds that his road to recovery tested when he runs into the man who ran down his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, emotional, suspenseful, thought provoking, realistic
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
Plot Summary:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disaster movie
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Absolute Killers (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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One Way Out (2002)
Plot Summary:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense
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Death Clique (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective
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The Thief & the Stripper (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters find her and want her to lead 'em to him. She is also interested in the case, as well as other local mobsters and dirty cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense
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Least Among Saints (2012)
Plot Summary:
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends — and one another’s last shot at redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, tense, indie film, serious, independent film
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The Cheating Pact (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Distortion (2006)
Plot Summary:
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late. His story dismissed by the police, he's left with no choice but to rely on his own detective skills in a high-stakes race against time.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Uncle John (2015)
Plot Summary:
Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film
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Bad Turn Worse (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, captivating, tense, serious, suspense, rough, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Hunting Buddies (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lifelong friends Layne, Riley, Dom and Jake return to their home town in Minnesota for their annual hunting trip...but this year is different. Animosity is running high and each one of them is wrestling with their own demons - the once inseparable group is tearing apart at the seams. When one of them mysteriously disappears in the middle of the hunting trip, they must band together to find him but what they discover will test their friendship and change all of their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, sincere, realistic
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Accused at 17 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
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Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Plot Summary:
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and forces the remaining four to "find" $1 million within a week's time or face certain death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, clever, biting, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Missing at 17 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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We Have Your Husband (2011)
Plot Summary:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers. With kidnapping becoming a pervasive and lucrative business in Mexico, Jayne is at the mercy of the kidnappers when they demand millions for the husband's safe release. She's pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. As Eduardo is starved and tortured, he looses hope of ever seeing his family again but despite the dire and bleak times, Jayne refuses to give up and decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers and makes demands of her own. The film is based on a true story from the book, We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Honeydripper (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, cult classic, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious
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Silent Witness (2011)
Plot Summary:
Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Runner (1999)
Plot Summary:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Sugar Hill (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: hood, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, crime drama, independent film, black cinema
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Bird (2020)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be a night of fun and excitement for Samantha, turns into a night of sheer terror after she witnesses a brutal murder. Now stranded and wandering aimlessly along a dark road, Samantha crosses paths with Greg Vargas, a reluctant criminal talked into participating in a jewel heist that is occurring nearby. After Greg initially picks her up to get her away from the crime scene, they are suddenly attacked by unknown assailants. After barely escaping with their lives, Greg and Samantha now must not only work together to solve the mystery of who is after them, but also learn to trust each other. The only clues that can help them uncover the secrets of that night are locked away in Samantha's traumatized, fragmented memories, and they are running out.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing