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Plot Summary:
When a teenager gets pregnant, her mother feels the baby should be adopted. The girl seeks advice from her school counsellor, but this woman has her own agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing
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Witness to Murder (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a small town, Jordan, the son of police chief Bates, and his friends Glenn and Russel Derrek, the son of the garage-owner Gordon Russell, enjoy having their way with local girls, like Tori, and recording those exploits on video. When Alex Mills is about to report them to the police, he is pushed but it's staged as an accident. Samantha 'Sam' Cooper witnesses this, and is threatened in order to keep her silent, next her mothers car is sabotaged, finally ecstasy laid in her locker so an anonymous tip to the police gets her arrested. When Derrek turns his back to his friends and promises Sam's mother Laura to testify, he has a 'car accident', actually run off the road, but survives. Laura and Tori's mother Shawna get one cop, Officer Brady Thomas, to investigate, and the chief starts to suspect his son is going bad again, but where lies his loyalty?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Red Stone (2021)
Plot Summary:
With one bullet, Motley’s life spirals out of control as he’s forced to go on the run from the ruthless crime lord, Jed Haywood. The brother of Haywood's best friend Boons recently died in a terrible car accident and today is the funeral. He has 10 hours to bring Motley in and get to the cemetery. Over the course of a day, Motley and Boon play a game of cat and mouse as their fate brings them together for a climatic showdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Killer Coach (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a one-night stand with her coach, a pressured swimming phenom finds the lives of herself and her loved ones in danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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The Perfect Roommate (2011)
Plot Summary:
Carrie Remington seems like any other struggling waitress who's had a run of bad luck including a recent divorce. Things seem to be improving when she moves in with Ashley Dunnfield, a young woman from a wealthy background who's trying to make it on her own without assistance from her father, Richard. Ashley is thrilled when Carrie helps to win her father over, but when Carrie starts dating Richard, Ashley starts digging into her past and finds out that there is much she didn't know about her new roommate's sinister history.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological thriller
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The Perfect Teacher (2010)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled, selfish teenager becomes infatuated with her teacher. She befriends his daughter as a way of worming her way into the family, and sets about manipulating every aspect of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy
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The Tie That Binds (1995)
Plot Summary:
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie and they want her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, bad ending, intense, rough, serious, suspense, enigmatic, bleak, realistic
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Everybody Has a Plan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his identical twin brother Pedro, Agustín sets out to begin his life anew by assuming Pedro’s identity and returning to the mysterious Tigre Delta region where the brothers had spent their childhood. Soon after his homecoming, however, Agustín finds himself unwittingly embroiled in the deadly criminal underworld that his brother had been part of.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, realistic, gloomy
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Final Sale (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by the moral dilemma of being saved by it, she fights against her reluctant husband, an LAPD Detective, to pull down the ring of criminals behind it.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, neo noir, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Shooter (2013)
Plot Summary:
The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, political
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In the Dark (2006)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood messenger must endure cruelty and humiliation as he struggles for a chance to succeed. But when he's offered a lucrative opportunity, he must decide between compromising his closest friendship or giving his racist bosses the retribution they so richly deserve.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, serious, independent film, humorous, semi serious, suspense, hispanic
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A Crooked Somebody (2017)
Plot Summary:
An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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People Mountain People Sea (2011)
Plot Summary:
A story of vengeance set in China’s wild Southwest, where brutality can be the norm rather than the exception.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, contemplative, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, sincere, touching, road movie
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Seduced (2016)
Plot Summary:
Caroline and Margo respond to a "Missed Connections" ad on Craigslist, only to realize that there whirlwind romance was a trap, and the man of her dreams is leading a secret life. The Two women join forces to bring down the dangerous con man who simultaneously romanced and duped them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Darkness Falls (2020)
Plot Summary:
After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspenseful, scary
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Death Clique (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective
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The Narrows (2008)
Plot Summary:
A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic
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The Contractor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her lawyer husband, Paul and daughter, McKenzie. To make sure it's finished before a charity event they're hosting, the couple hire a contractor, Javier, to help. However Elizabeth starts to grow suspicious of Javier and learns that he'd targeted the family all along. Now, to save her family, Elizabeth will have to take matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Cheating Pact (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Alone with Her (2006)
Plot Summary:
The harrowing story of a disturbed young man's attempts to win the affections of an unsuspecting young woman. When Doug first sees Amy, he instantly falls for her and begins to watch her every move, going so far as to set up spy cameras in her apartment. However, as his fascination grows into obsession he's no longer satisfied with just watching.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mockumentary, psychological horror, erotic, scary
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Stalked By My Neighbor (2015)
Plot Summary:
A girl and her mother escape to suburban safety after a home invasion scares them out of the city, but they're soon menaced by a sinister figure.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller
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Pool Boy Nightmare (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Gale as she has a brief affair with pool cleaner Adam, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's high school age daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a twisted game of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Accused at 17 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
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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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Secret Obsession (2019)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Jennifer is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell , is just thankful she’s alive and eager to get her home. As he reintroduces her to their secluded mountain estate, Detective Page pursues Jennifer’s assailant — his own daughter went missing and was never found. The same fate now awaits Jennifer, unless someone realizes that her loving caretaker is actually her captor.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, captivating, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Missing at 17 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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Identity Theft (2004)
Plot Summary:
This movie is rated 14+ because it includes: -Sexual content and Nudity, by this it only shows kisses between the two main characters and ways of showing affection like hugging, ect. It also shows women in no such lingere, nor men. All characters are fully dressed, except for two scenes where four men are shirtless, because its hot outside. -Violence, There is only one scene with violence, and it is where Michelle Brown locates the theif who stole her identity, later with the police trying to track them down. -Language that may offend, Only words such as, "Bullshit, Crap and Jesus Christ," are used. As you can see this movie is rated 14+ however the amount of mature content is minimal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
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A Woman's Rage (2008)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful ALLISON (Cynthia Preston), 30, has no trouble finding a man. It's keeping them that's the problem.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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We Have Your Husband (2011)
Plot Summary:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers. With kidnapping becoming a pervasive and lucrative business in Mexico, Jayne is at the mercy of the kidnappers when they demand millions for the husband's safe release. She's pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. As Eduardo is starved and tortured, he looses hope of ever seeing his family again but despite the dire and bleak times, Jayne refuses to give up and decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers and makes demands of her own. The film is based on a true story from the book, We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
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After the Truth (1999)
Plot Summary:
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, controversial
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Perez. (2014)
Plot Summary:
Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through the morality of his law-abiding roots and become as dirty as the dangerous criminals he represents.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful