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Plot Summary:
Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense, disturbing, neo noir, crying, minimal cast, hood, dark
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Perfect Strangers (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, detective, eighties
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Good People (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir, dramatic, teen, detective, interesting
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Vendeta (2011)
Plot Summary:
Vendetta is an uncompromising thriller, an exciting story about revenge and the clash between two characters. Over the course of a few hours in a single day revenge intertwines the fates of a number of people. Which of them is the murderer, and who is the victim? The main events play out during only three hours. Revenge has pitted two men against each other and two policemen have also been dragged into their conflict.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: non-linear, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, neo noir, crying, exciting
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Catch Hell (2014)
Plot Summary:
Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce (Ryan Phillippe) is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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70 Big Ones (2018)
Plot Summary:
Raquel is desperate: a series of unfortunate events have led to her daughter being taken and she needs a large amount of money to get her back, and fast. After a desperate plea to the bank, she manages to secure the loan she needs. The problem is that precisely at that moment, a peculiar couple of robbers enter the branch: the drug-addicted Jonan and his partner Lola, who is a deadly combination of smart and psychotic. But Raquel’s stakes are too high, and she knows she must think carefully to outsmart them, save herself and get her money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, suspense, surprise ending, crying, detective
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Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
Plot Summary:
After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist (James Mason) seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic (Luc Merenda).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, crying, psychotronic, detective, cult film
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Down and Dangerous (2013)
Plot Summary:
An inventive and resourceful cocaine smuggler defends his trade against violent rival traffickers, a monstrous and vengeful killer, and the DEA agents who want to lock him up – all while falling for a stunningly beautiful woman with a taste for danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 907
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic
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Feeding Mr. Baldwin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A house sitter bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he's watching.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, crying, black comedy, twisted, cult film
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4x4 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does not respond: the van has become an armored box and he is trapped like a mouse.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychedelic, crying, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, surprise ending, captivating, weird
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Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
Plot Summary:
Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, crying, detective
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Spring Awakening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, non-linear, freeze frame
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Madness (1980)
Plot Summary:
An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, controversial, grindhouse, neo noir, crying, psychotronic, freeze frame, poliziottesco, sexploitation film
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Nightwatch (1994)
Plot Summary:
In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him but Martin is more and more suspected.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, disturbing, creepy, ironic, slasher, neo noir, psychological thriller
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The Finger Man (1962)
Plot Summary:
A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, stylized, noir, cynical, black and white
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Kill Me Three Times (2014)
Plot Summary:
While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, tense, surreal, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, semi serious, clever
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The Entitled (2011)
Plot Summary:
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological, psychological thriller, emotional
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The Candy Snatchers (1973)
Plot Summary:
An abused autistic boy is the sole witness to the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, grindhouse, depressing, controversial, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, serious
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The Paramedic (2020)
Plot Summary:
Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, tense, emotional, suspense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, hispanic, psychosexual thriller, crying
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
Plot Summary:
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, sexy, suspense, rough, bleak, minimal cast, erotic
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Point Break (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, cult classic, neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, grindhouse, action packed, visually stunning
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At the End of the Tunnel (2016)
Plot Summary:
A paraplegic computer engineer that moves in a wheelchair and works in his basement starts hearing noises and voices of bank-robbers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, clever, hispanic, minimal cast, action thriller, twisted, surprise ending
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As Good as Dead (2010)
Plot Summary:
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, surreal, surprise ending, independent film
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Guns Akimbo (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, funny, bloody, action comedy, dark comedy, psychological, retro, entertaining
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Your Move (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man must go to extreme lengths to discover what happened to his kidnapped wife and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action adventure, crying
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police detective Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson) is convinced of Stacey’s guilt and, over the objections of his partner, plants evidence to get him behind bars. When Stacey is released on a technicality, he threatens to go after Kessler and his family, leaving Kessler to defend himself against a killer with little help from the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, scary, psychological, retro
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Kidnap (2017)
Plot Summary:
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, surprise ending, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller, road movie, feel good, scenic, smart
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Don't Breathe (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, exciting, disturbing, twist ending, dark, tense, minimal cast
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Bad Samaritan (2018)
Plot Summary:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, exciting, psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller
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The Body (2012)
Plot Summary:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, mind blowing, detective, serious, psychological thriller, mind twisting
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Bound (1996)
Plot Summary:
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tricky, sexual, psychosexual thriller