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Plot Summary:
The fall from the top to the absolute bottom can be very fast. A renowned physician, also a beloved father and husband, is accused of a serious felony. Innocence is hard to prove, especially when in desperation to try to save oneself, we sacrifice the secrets that should have remained hidden forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, detective, poliziottesco
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Layla Fourie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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My Baby Is Missing (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jenna Davis, a single working mother, wakes up at home to discover she's delivered a stillborn baby girl. Is the child a victim of a cunning prenatal nurse who no one remembers seeing or is she the victim of her mother's own fractured psyche?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Turk's Head (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, serious, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic
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Blowfly Park (2014)
Plot Summary:
Blowfly Park is a psychological thriller which follows Christian Kretschmann, a day-nursery teacher, who may have committed a violent murder. This is the film debut of choreographer Jens Östberg.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, gloomy
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Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story (2021)
Plot Summary:
17-year-old Ashley Reeves is left for dead in the woods following a brutal attack. After spending 30 horrific hours in the cold, gravely wounded, lying in the dirt, and paralyzed, the police find her alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Waste Land (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, realistic, stylized, gloomy, detective
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Honeymoon (2013)
Plot Summary:
A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but things can go awry. When an uninvited guest turns up at the church and later at the reception as well, the newly-weds’ day turns sour. Shadows of the past can blight the most sumptuous of banquets and rend the most affectionate of embraces.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing
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Resilience (2006)
Plot Summary:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Without Evidence (1995)
Plot Summary:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When Michael is killed, his brother begins his own investigation into the murder, leading him to more lies and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spectacular, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Fury (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detective Kunes has a problem once again: he's lambasted the boyfriend of his ex-wife, and is threatened with dismissal from the police service. His high-ranking (female) boss has a solution for him: "removing" him on an internships in a back-of-beyond borderland region. But there's a fly in the ointment. His real mission is to unravel the two-year old case of the murder of policewoman Wágnerová, the investigation of which has reached an impasse. But the crime rate in the borderlands is one of the highest in the whole country - involving smuggling, drug production, poaching, prostitution and murders. Kunes has to deal with one difficult case after another, and it takes quite some time before he can start doing what he's sent to do, and then he does it in fact by coincidence.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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In the Shadow (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The investigation leads him onto thin ice. Can he beat a stronger enemy and save his family and his own life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense, detective, noir, stylized, period piece
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The Trial (1993)
Plot Summary:
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the strange nature of his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very real, and tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgement.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, serious, surreal, psychological, realistic, psychotronic, independent film
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Plot Summary:
Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might be a monstrous kidnapper. Even though she wants to believe in his innocence, she finds herself searching for evidence to the contrary. What is her father's true identity? And how will she deal with the burden of discovery if her suspicions are confirmed at the end of her final pursuit of the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, twisted
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Blood Crime (2002)
Plot Summary:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. Enraged, Pruitt pummels the man. Once at the ER, however, she changes her mind and names a male nurse as her attacker. But before Pruitt can make amends, he learns that his victim, the son of Sheriff Morgan McKenna, is dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak
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Bound by Lies (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, so does the killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, sexual, sexy
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Confession (2005)
Plot Summary:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate teen, Kelly must decide to keep his silence or throw away everything the priesthood holds sacred.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, detective
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The Falls (2003)
Plot Summary:
In a smoke-filled dive in Buffalo, NY, David Marx tells us his tale of obsession, betrayal, and murder - leading him to an uncertain fate "underneath Niagara Falls." David tells us how his beautiful redheaded ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Barnes, has disappeared and how he ended up the guardian of the 2.5 million dollars that "was supposed to have bought Jen's safety.".
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending
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Blind Injustice (2005)
Plot Summary:
A blind woman finds herself the target of an attacker again after the person originally convicted of her rape is found to be innocent of the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Tucked Away (2007)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are giving way to visions of his abusive father, unlocking a suppressed violence he's unable to control. When ray brutally assaults a man in a parking lot, it leads to an investigation by an aging detective with a connected past. Neither is prepared as the secrets begin to unfold over a thirty-year-old murder they've both struggled to keep buried.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Wasted on the Young (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, realistic
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Complicity (2000)
Plot Summary:
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, independent film
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Salvation (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002)
Plot Summary:
The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As procedure dictates, the police take each member of the household away individually to be questioned, and the remaining children - fourteen year old Michael Crowe and adolescent Shannon Crowe - are taken into protective custody until Cheryl and Stephen can be cleared. The police end up placing much of their focus on the sullen Michael, who they question without counsel and without discussion with his parents. The tone of the police questioning is that they believe Michael did kill his sister, the police lying, harassing and coercing in the process. Under the barrage of questioning, Michael eventually confesses, as do two of his friends, both questioned under the same threatening tone. Cheryl and Stephen, who are finally made aware of the questioning and the confessions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, rough, serious, sincere, thought provoking, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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I Know What You Did (1998)
Plot Summary:
A female lawyer who specialises in defending suspected rapists is left traumatised after she herself is assaulted in her own home.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Reversible Errors (2004)
Plot Summary:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, intense
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Blame (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Tangled (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, teen horror, tense, slasher, detective, non-linear, surprise ending
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Plot Summary:
An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, factual
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The Gunman (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, bleak, realistic