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Plot Summary:
Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of Athena's crooked former employer, the two quickly strike a bargain. Athena will change her life insurance policy to reflect Beatle as the beneficiary in exchange for her own execution. And while they wait for the paperwork to come through, Beatle will provide room and board and get some extra help on her infomercial. The two have no idea that Detective Holt has been on their case reviewing their every move. Just when he thinks he's got Beatle pinned beyond a shadow of a doubt, this comedic mystery takes a wild and unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, unusual plot structure, psychotronic
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Big City Blues (1997)
Plot Summary:
A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men (Reynolds and Forsythe) who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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American Badger (2021)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly cold-blooded hitman is assigned to befriend a call girl, but all hell breaks loose when he is assigned to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, serious, suspense, independent film
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Deadly Detention (2017)
Plot Summary:
Five archetypal teens serving detention find themselves in a life or death situation.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Naz & Maalik (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sentimental, touching, unusual plot structure, suspense, lgbt cinema, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Confessions (2016)
Plot Summary:
Take a peak under the surface of any gay man, and who knows what you'll find? Confessions, an anthology of disclosures from the recesses of the gay male psyche, goes some way to answer that very question. Spanning themes that are dark, sexy, intense, funny, romantic and shocking, Confessions turns a spotlight on characters you don't often get to see- but will not want to turn away from.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The Grief Tourist (2012)
Plot Summary:
JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Grief Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, action thriller, independent film
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Violet & Daisy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, melancholic, intense, absurd, freeze frame, cult classic, rough, offbeat, humorous, serious
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Suicide Kale (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggle through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, unusual plot structure, entertaining, queer cinema
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Plot Summary:
Three men struggle to save their relationship while traveling across country in search of a doctor they believe will make one of them well.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, tense, light, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Bad Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman falsely accused of murder realizes that the person she donated bone marrow to now has a match for her DNA... and is using this new identity to implicate her in his crimes as his obsession for her grows.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Overrun (2021)
Plot Summary:
Former military extraction specialist Marcus Lombardi, whose only chance of saving his informant sister and their family is to track down a mysterious briefcase.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Ranch (2004)
Plot Summary:
A comedy drama about a few days in the lives of a group of "working girls" in Reno, NV. "The Ranch" is a legally operated brothel that operates under the careful watch of state health inspectors (who insist on weekly medical check-ups) and the semi-benevolent leadership of Mary, the manager. While the women on staff don't have to dodge the law like their comrades elsewhere, that doesn't mean they don't have their problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual
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Locke & Key (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, anime
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Her Side of the Bed (2017)
Plot Summary:
The relationship between two best friends is forever changed during the course of one eventful night.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, unusual plot structure
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Doctor Death (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a skiing accident, Sarah's life is saved thanks to a brilliant surgeon, Dr. Vincent. But when Dr. Vincent mistakes Sara's gratitude for love, he becomes obsessed with her, determined to have her at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, scary, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
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Psycho BFF (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Renee's shy teenage daughter Deandra finally makes a friend, Olivia, she is thrilled. After Olivia's initial bossiness turns into emotional abuse, Renee forbids the relationship from continuing, prompting the girls to run away together. Renee embarks on a desperate search for her daughter, before she's gone for good.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Psycho Brother-In-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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Dark (2015)
Plot Summary:
A disturbed young woman must confront her worst fears when she finds herself trapped alone in a New York City loft during the 2003 blackout.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, scary, dark drama
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Plot Summary:
After escaping from jail, two teens flee to Tijuana and stay with one's childhood protector, a man masquerading as a nun.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, intense, cult classic, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013)
Plot Summary:
TURTLE HILL, BROOKLYN is a funny, sincere, slice of life about a couple just trying to figure it out. Mateo and Will invite their friends over for Will's 30th birthday. After a few surprise visitors, they get through the day, but realize that doubting your partner isn't nearly as scary as doubting yourself.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Broken Gardenias (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jenni, an orphaned semi-savant, and a street hustler named Sam, steal a car and head to Los Angeles to find Jenni's father whom she hasn't seen or heard from since she was six years old.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Sexual Tension: Violetas (2013)
Plot Summary:
What are the rules that determine how attraction and desire are set free? Glances, unexpected smiles, confiding in unknown women. Long cherished fantasies, intimate friendships and unexpected meetings. In Volume 2 of the Sexual Tension diptych, Marco Berger and Marcelo Mónaco take us on a journey through the twists and turns of female seduction: two guests of a hostel become roommates (and more); a keen shop assistant helps a woman uncertain about what dress to buy; the outset of a great passion between two girls during a picnic, even though one of them has a boyfriend. In the film we also find a conversation about Woody Allen between a waitress and a woman, which goes too far; and two high-class escorts who discover that they are attracted to each other, when they are in bed with a client. The film finally shows what could happen, but never did happen, and will probably never happen, to two thirty-year-old women. Maybe it would be better not to have sex with people we love. Sex.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, humorous, melancholic, anthology, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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That's Not Us (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, romantic, lgbt cinema, romantic comedy, independent film
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Funny Story (2018)
Plot Summary:
A tragic comedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, contemplative, dark comedy, unusual plot structure
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Signature Move (2017)
Plot Summary:
A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, melancholic, independent film, soap opera, unusual plot structure
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Semper Fi (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense, action packed, serious, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark
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Smokin' Aces (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, clever, action packed, bloody, exciting, twist ending, cult classic, twisted, neo noir, humorous