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Plot Summary:
The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, sincere, crime drama
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Meat (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is awakened to a world of cruelty, shadowy passions and sensuality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: experimental, erotic, surreal, disturbing, psychotronic, controversial
Similar in 82%
Nocturama (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a motley group of young people engineer a deadly plan to spread shock and awe in the city. Each plays their own role. Then they all hide in a department store, a symbol of the consumerist society they are attacking.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: political, non-linear, weird
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Murder Me, Monster (2018)
Plot Summary:
Rural police officer Cruz investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman's body found in a remote region by the Andes Mountains. David, the husband of Cruz's lover Francisca, becomes the prime suspect and is sent to a local mental hospital. David blames the crime to the inexplicable and brutal appearance of the "Monster." Cruz stumbles on a mysterious theory involving geometric landscapes, mountain motorcyclists and a mantra stuck in his head: Murder Me, Monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Chile
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, lovecraft
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Azor (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, France, Argentina
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 85%
Lovers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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The Longest Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Saturn Bowling (2022)
Plot Summary:
When their father dies, the ambitious police officer Guillaume offers the management of the bowling alley he inherited to his outcast half-brother Armand. The inheritance is cursed, and the two men wind up in a world of violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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Playing with Fire (1975)
Plot Summary:
Philippe Noiret plays a rich, Parisian banker whose daughter Carolina, (Anicee Alvine) is kidnapped by a ruthless organization. They threaten to have her abused by the sadistic clients of a brothel they run if Father doesn’t pay the ransom on time.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: erotic, postmodern
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A Mother on the Edge (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over an year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Amber Alert (2016)
Plot Summary:
A 20 year old man takes a bus full of young children hostage in exchange for money to help his sick mother. Meanwhile a detective must over come doubt from family and co-workers while she tries to negotiate with the hostage taker.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Black Tide (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is reluctant to take care of his own son, Denis, 16, who seems to be mixed up in drug trafficking. When Mr. Bellaile, Dany’s French tutor, learns about his former student’s disappearance, he offers his services.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, suspense, twist ending, art house
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Natural Enemy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in Brittany, a detective called Nicolas Luhel is asked to unravel the circumstances of a teenage boy's death. The main suspect is the boy's father. Shattered by the suicide of the main witness, Nicolas lets himself get snared by the strange and fascinating influence that the father exerts on everyone around him. Eventually, Luhel discovers the truth about the murder and feels that the law is inadequate to deal with it. As a consequence, he decides to destroy the evidence and keep it a secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Some Beasts (2019)
Plot Summary:
A family travels to a remote island in southern Chile. During the trip they try to convince the grandparents to support them financially to build a hotel in the place. Nicolás, the man who crossed them disappears, leaving the family trapped on the island, the smiles begin to disappear. With cold, without water and without certainties, tempers are diluted, exposing the tensions that each member of the family hides.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Corporate (2017)
Plot Summary:
Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Ressources, working for a huge French agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated to her job, she is a good soldier, ready to put ruthless methods of management into practice to meet the higher-ups' requirements. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. Afflicted by the terrific death of her colleague, she will eventually realize that the company has to take its responsibility too. While an investigation in underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, social, psychological thriller
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Causality (2021)
Plot Summary:
Claudia shows up at a bar to meet Luis, a doctor who contacted her through a dating app. Claudia doesn't suspect what fate has in store for her. A kidnapping that ends with an inevitable and unpredictable death. A suspense story with surprising twists until the last second, narrated in a sequence shot without cuts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Anniversary Nightmare (2019)
Plot Summary:
Liz and Andrew are on their anniversary trip in Hawaii when Liz wakes up to discover her husband missing and evidence of an invasion all around her. But with no witnesses, she's immediately labeled the prime suspect. Without any help from the system that failed her, Liz must solve the crime herself with the possibility that her husband may still be alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Elon Doesn't Believe in Death (2016)
Plot Summary:
As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, runs into hospitals, morgues. Alone, he wanders through a metropolis, searching for news about the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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The Lost Door (2008)
Plot Summary:
Obsession, sex and illusion are exposed in a series of stories.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, erotic
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Dawn Patrol (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the brutal murder of his beloved brother, a small-town surfer seeks revenge against the gang of merciless thugs he holds responsible. However, when another tragedy brings him face to face with the consequences of his actions, he must seek forgiveness from the very people he despises most.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, erotic
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Wicked Sins (2002)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Sara Parson and Luke Gage have just broken off their romantic partnership when they are forced to collaborate on a double-murder case. The breakup appears to have been about Luke's indiscretions with a female witness in a previous case. The victims are Jonathan Lawson, a fashion photographer and his current model and playmate, Shani Cassata, who is married to Frank Cassata the owner of Club Z. Kari Sims, Jonathan's assistant and former waitress/dancer at Club Z, becomes the first suspect by discovering the bodies. Then comes the twist: Jonathan appears not to be himself, but his twin Justin, who is supposed to reside in a mental institution. Det. Sara is sufficiently attracted to Justin/Jonathan that she begins to take liberties with her professional role regarding witnesses in a current case. We are led to speculate on whether Luke and Sara can work together despite their personal differences as well as Sara's distractions to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective, hot
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Kept (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies are piling up, and the leads the two LA homicide cops have point to Barbara, business manager for a successful architectural firm she runs with her husband Lance. The dead men were interns at the firm, and each of them was Barbara's lover (kept in a classy flat she owns and observed via closed-circuit TV by the applauding Lance). Kyle is Barbara's latest intern and lover, and he may be in danger. He also starts to fall in love with Barbara, and the feeling may be mutual. In the background are Erin, Lance and Barbara's myopic administrative assistant, and Tony, Kyle's one-time roommate who also knows Barbara. Can the cops solve this before too many more die?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, touching, bleak, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 88%
Stolen Dreams (2015)
Plot Summary:
Laura Paddington is overcome with joy when her daughter, Zoe, returns to her after being abducted 17 years before--but is Zoe really her long lost child?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 82%
Stolen by Their Father (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Stalked by My Ex (2017)
Plot Summary:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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24 Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, sincere, realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Sin Sisters (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a classmate is accidentally killed, real-life sisters Misty and Chelsea Mundae have to work together to try and hide the body. At a remote cabin in the hills they encounter Juli, who tests their loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, weird
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The Pet (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, rough, realistic, sexy, suspense, erotic, serious, sexual
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Dreamchild (2020)
Plot Summary:
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they give up on having a baby of their own and turn to adoption. But then François meets Patricia, new to the neighborhood. They begin a passionate affair. Soon after, Patricia gets pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Night Eyes Three (1993)
Plot Summary:
A security guard falls for a famous TV actress he is hired to protect while dealing with mobsters who want his hide for some sour business deal.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hot
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Sexual Intrigue (2008)
Plot Summary:
A mystery start when all the psychologist's patient are murdered, exactly after each one of them have a session. Who is the killer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy