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Plot Summary:
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison (Willa Ford), enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, mysterious, realistic, sexual, psychotronic, erotic, sexy
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Victim of Love (1991)
Plot Summary:
It's a romantic triangle with a lot of heat when a psychologist (JoBeth Williams) falls in love with a widowed professor (Pierce Brosnan) who's having an affair with one of her patients (Virginia Madsen). Williams turns a dangerous page when she uncovers that Brosnan is not only the root of Madsen's emotional turmoil, he also murdered his wife in order to be with Madsen. Better up that day rate.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychosexual thriller, sexy, psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
The Pleasure Drivers (2006)
Plot Summary:
"The Pleasure Drivers" lays out three separate interconnected stories involving an adulterous therapist, a young sociopath call girl, a vicious lesbian hit woman, a white trash kidnapper, and a brain-damaged ex-cult guru. It's described as funny, sexy, edgy and dangerous. The Pleasure Drivers energetically explores the shadow side of Los Angeles and how it gleefully relates to the gasoline of libido.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, offbeat, sexual
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Layover (2001)
Plot Summary:
An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense, tense, sexy, independent film
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Mercy (2000)
Plot Summary:
Detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, erotic, psychological thriller, independent film, tense, realistic, suspenseful, experimental
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Extramarital (1998)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring writer gets involved in the investigation of her best friend after she is killed while having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, slasher, sexy
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Friend of the Family II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Alex decides to have an affair with a woman named Linda while he is on business in New Orleans. When he returns home to his wife and child, he is surprised to find that his wife has hired the off-kilter homewrecker as a nanny to their baby. Alex must find a way to stay cool and not let his wife know the true identity and intentions of Linda.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, independent film, sexual, cliffhanger
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The Clearing (2004)
Plot Summary:
When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, intense, serious, contemplative, psychological, psychotronic, detective, realistic, surprise ending
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Backfire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, neo noir, independent film, surprise ending, tension, twist ending
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Cheaters' Club (2006)
Plot Summary:
A controversial therapist assembles a group of discontented wives and prescribes using adultery to save their failing marriages, only to have her patients killed off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Trois 2: Pandora's Box (2002)
Plot Summary:
Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she meets a handsome stranger and begins an affair that may cost her more than just her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, detective
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Blind Terror (2001)
Plot Summary:
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her new husband's former lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Lured Innocence (2000)
Plot Summary:
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mind bending, sexual, sexy
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Boxing Helena (1993)
Plot Summary:
A top surgeon is besotted with a beautiful woman who once ditched him. Unable to come to terms with life without her, he tries to convince her that they need each other. She has other ideas, but an horrific accident leaves her at his mercy. The plot is bizarre and perhaps sick at times, ending abruptly and with a twist.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexual, psychological, surreal, surprise ending, offbeat, bleak, sexy, mindfuck
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Say Nothing (2001)
Plot Summary:
Housewife Grace Needham (Nastassja Kinski) has a one-night stand with Julian Grant (William Baldwin), who then becomes obsessed with sinking her marriage to husband Matt (Hart Bochner). The twist here is that Julian is a millionaire global powerbroker, and Matt works for him! It's a titanic battle of testosterone as the guys duke it out while Grace simmers angrily.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, tense, realistic, sexual
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Dead On (1994)
Plot Summary:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, creepy
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Attraction (2000)
Plot Summary:
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, independent film, sexual, intense, serious, realistic, gloomy, erotic
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Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspenseful, twist ending, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller, surprise ending, psychological thriller
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Obsessed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman claims she had an affair with a married neurosurgeon and stands trial for allegedly harassing him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, tense, bleak, psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexual, mind bending, realistic
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Dream Lover (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ray is young, charming, successful and the owner of a prosperous architect company. However, he has recently gone trough a very painful divorce. His friends try to cheer him up by showing him the positive sides of being single but for Ray marriage and stability is just too important. But when he meets Lena his gloom is quickly forgotten.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, psychosexual thriller, sexual, erotic, neo noir
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Dead Sexy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective, tense, serious, realistic, slasher, sexual
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Bound (2015)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a wealthy real estate mogul falls in love with a younger man, and she is introduced to the world of BDSM. With her newly awakened sexual prowess, she is finally able to take control of her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, semi serious, light, suspense, mockbuster, sensual, sexy, tense, serious
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The Boy Next Door (2015)
Plot Summary:
A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychosexual thriller, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, feel good, sexual
Similar in 77%
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, scary, sensual, slasher, psychological, tense, suspenseful
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Asylum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, psychological thriller, dramatic, period piece
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Zebra Lounge (2001)
Plot Summary:
Alan and Wendy Barnet have been married just long enough for the excitement to have gone out of their relationship, and they're looking for a way to put some spice back in their lives. After placing a personal ad looking for another couple interested in swapping mates, the Barnets are led to the Zebra Lounge, where they meet Jack and Louise Bauer, a pair of seasoned erotic adventurers. While the Barnets find the swinging scene exciting at first, they soon decide it may be doing more harm than good to their marriage. But easing the Bauers out of their lives proves to be neither simple nor safe.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, serious, realistic, independent film
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Killing Me Softly (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, romantic, psychosexual thriller, romantic drama
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, psychological thriller, erotic, sexy, captivating, psychosexual thriller
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Chloe (2009)
Plot Summary:
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, sexual, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, erotic, sensual, emotional, romantic
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Poison Ivy (1992)
Plot Summary:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, melancholic, disturbing, realistic