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Plot Summary:
A young woman, born in the early 50's, is rendered ageless after her 21st birthday due to a genetic mutation. Her Hayflick Limit - the point at which cells begin to die - has been eliminated and given her the gift of biological immortality. After many solitary years on the run, evading capture by the government who wants to test her immunity to aging, she is successfully abducted by a grieving father who believes she is the link to save his dying daughter. Hayflick Limit asks the question: Can we live forever or do we want to live forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dark Bar (1989)
Plot Summary:
Anna, a young saxophone player, investigates her sister's disappearance with the help of a friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Painkiller (2013)
Plot Summary:
When an experimental lethal-injection has the unexpected result of making an inmate immortal, the most vicious convicts steal it to take over the prison and the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Girl from Cortina (1994)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa Gravina is vapidly pretty as the heroine, who changes her hair color and hair style in order to escape an abusive painter husband and start a new life. She fakes her death by motorcar accident off a cliff, and the film heads downward from there, as surely as the vehicle plunges towards the Gothic waves-crashing-on-rocks below, set on the Greek island of Hydra.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Intruder (2016)
Plot Summary:
During one of Oregon's most violent storms, a young cellist seeks solitude and comfort in the safety of her large apartment, but soon realizes she might not be home alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic
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Taste of Excitement (1969)
Plot Summary:
A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France, several attempts are made on her life as she is deliberately forced off the road by another car. But when she reports these attempts, the local Cap Ferrat Police Inspector and the sinister psychiatrist, Dr. Forla believe these attempts are in her imagination and Dr Forla, concludes that Jane is mentally disturbed. At her wits end Jane finds an ally in the young English painter, Paul Hedley who finally believes her life is in danger following an attempt to murder him. When Inspector Malling of Scotland Yard and Mr. Breese arrive in Cap Ferrat trying to uncover the connection between Jane and the murdered man on the ferry, this thrilling puzzle of international intrigue begins to unravel against the backdrop of the French Riviera.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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The Sinister Monk (1965)
Plot Summary:
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult film
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The Killing Mind (1991)
Plot Summary:
A female former FBI agent, now a cop in Los Angeles is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Lake (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different. As the movie progresses, Jackie first-handedly witnesses what is happening to everyone around her as she is kidnapped by aliens from a parallel world which is the duplicate to Earth but is now polluted and the ozone layer gone. In order to survive, the aliens intend to take over Earth the entrance to the duplicate Earth called the vortex, which are located in major bodies of water, ponds, and lakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Penthouse (1989)
Plot Summary:
Dinah St. Clair lives the charmed life as the daughter of a wealthy record producer. Enter Joe Dobson, a friend from Dinah's past that has mental problems. Joe's mother killed herself when he was young. Since then, he has been obsessed with death by falling. Joe breaks out of the mental ward he was in to meet Dinah. Unluckily, Dinah doesn't know about his past and lets him in. He holds her hostage, while the police and her father try to forge a plan to get her out of this sticky situation. Can Dinah be saved while she tries to save Joe?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Fatal Fiancé (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Leah is kidnapped on the day of her wedding by her fiance’s delusional ex-girlfriend Faith, she does everything within her power to escape. But once she does, she begins to question whether Faith was ever really delusional or if she was just trying to save her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Prisoner of Love (1999)
Plot Summary:
Supermodel Naomi Campbell sizzles in this suspense-charged erotic thriller that delves into the dark world of obsession, seduction and crime. When a small time hood makes a hit, beautiful Tracy becomes his unwitting witness... and the object of his desire! His boss orders her dead, but he realizes the only chance to save her life is to abduct her and go into hiding. But will his world close in? Or will she slowly succumb to his burning desire? The suspense will hold you captive.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Deep Sleep (1990)
Plot Summary:
An emotionally disturbed young woman who is obsessed with the death of her father delves into the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Gone (2019)
Plot Summary:
When the detectives won’t believe she was abducted, a woman must do her own investigation to identify the person who kidnapped her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, dark
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In the Deep Woods (1992)
Plot Summary:
A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A strange guy who says is a private detective: Joanna begins to fear he might be the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dynamite (2004)
Plot Summary:
A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kahaani 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) has only one obsession in life. She wants to see her teenage daughter Mini, who is paralysed waist-downwards, walk again. But, is this scenario as obvious as it seems? Or is Vidya an impersonator of Durga Rani Singh from Kalimpong, who is wanted for kidnapping and murder?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Fear (1990)
Plot Summary:
Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
Plot Summary:
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Obsession: Escaping My Ex (2020)
Plot Summary:
After testifying against him for murder, 22 y/o Madison discovers her obsessive ex-boyfriend Blake has escaped from prison and is coming after her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
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Seventh Code (2013)
Plot Summary:
Akiko, a young woman, comes to Vladivostok to meet Matsunaga, a young businessman she has met in Tokyo only once. Akiko finally finds Matsunaga. However, he leaves her again, warning her not to trust strangers in a foreign country. She tries to follow him, but she is attacked by thugs and dumped on the outskirts of town.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller, surprise ending
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Deadly Encounter (2004)
Plot Summary:
Restaurant hostess and mom Joanne Sanders has to work late one night. After she leaves the restaurant she accidentally cuts a car off on the highway. This driver takes it personally and he begins to stalk and harass Joanne.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, suspense, tense, bleak, disturbing
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Gone in the Night (2022)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there — the rental has apparently been double-booked. They decide to share the cabin with these strangers until the next morning, but her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, which sends Kath in a spiral to find an explanation for their sudden breakup — but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, mysterious, disturbing, mind bending, action thriller, psychological thriller, dark comedy
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Treehouse (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teenage boy discovers the perpetrators of several brutal kidnappings in his home town.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Plot Summary:
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher, suspense, neo noir, atmospheric, stylized, psychotronic
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The Dark Red (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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8MM 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
An American diplomat and his fiancée venture into the sordid underworld of sex and pornography in Budapest, Hungary to find out who is blackmailing them with a porno video taken of them with a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspenseful, suspense, sexy, tense, captivating, disturbing, serious, saga, art house
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Snapdragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, scenic
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007)
Plot Summary:
As a young man, Dorian Gray's beguiling innocence captured the eye of famed artist Basil Hallward. As the two enter into a close friendship, Basil crafts a remarkable piece of art that seems to capture Dorian's essence as much as it does the artist's obsession. Stricken by the remarkable beauty of the piece and lamenting his own inevitable loss of youth, the troubled Dorian makes a wish that the artistic rendering of him bear the weathers of time while he remains forever youthful. Later, as Dorian strikes up a friendship with Lord Henry, wealthy entitlement, decadence, and obsessive pleasure lead the handsome young noble down a dark path of drugs and dangerous friendships. When Basil attempts to help his old friend, the artist's nobility ends up costing him his life. Through it all, Dorian remains as hypnotically handsome as ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, captivating, disturbing, psychotronic
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Run (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, suspense, serious, psychological, bleak, slasher, mindfuck, clever, feel good
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The Killing Room (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological thriller, rough, intellectual, mindfuck, surreal