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Plot Summary:
Judith leads a double life between Switzerland and France. On the one hand Abdel, with whom she is raising a little girl, on the other Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Little by little, this fragile balance, made up of lies, secrets and back and forth, cracks dangerously. Trapped, Judith chooses to head forward, at the risk of losing everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Fistful of Flies (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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An Appointment with Mr. Vield (2017)
Plot Summary:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a result. And blames Mr. Vield for both. As a result, she turns to a rather unusual solution for how to eradicate him from her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Faultless (2016)
Plot Summary:
Constance, a 40-years-old real estate agent, gets fired from her job. With no options left, she contacts her former boss, from the small agency where she started her career. To her surprise, he is hiring, but explains he may have already found someone. Constance is convinced she will get the job because of her experience and extensive qualifications. But when Audrey, a younger and prettier woman, is hired instead, it proves too much for Constance to take.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, weird
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Missing Pages (2013)
Plot Summary:
8 important executive members of some notable corporations of the country are kidnapped during a recent trial.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, crying
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Mist & the Maiden (2017)
Plot Summary:
The corpse of a young man appears in a forest on the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. The case is closed with the indictment of a local politician who is finally exonerated. Three years later, Sergeant Bevilaqua and Corporal Chamorro join Corporal Anglada to reactivate the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tricky, twisted
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Torn Apart (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Vicki Westin has no idea that losing a patient is going to wreak complete havoc on her life. But that's exactly what happens: Her deceased patient's grieving father seeks vengeance by kidnapping Vicki's husband and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, neo noir
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Down Will Come Baby (1999)
Plot Summary:
Leah Garr wants to move from Phoenix to take a new job in Denver to help her family (Husband Marcus and Daughter Robin). When Robin goes to camp to give her parents time to sort things out, something unexpected occurs. On Robin's return from camp she finds out her mom is taking the new job in Denver, only returning each weekend to visit. During this turmoil in Robin's life, A new lady, Dorothy, befriends Robin, moves into the same apartment complex and spends a lot of time with her and her father Marcus. Leah is concerned about this because she does not know very much about Dorothy or her intentions. It soon becomes clear that Dorothy is after much more than friendship with the Garr family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sad
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Bump in the Night (1991)
Plot Summary:
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son Jonathan leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead he is picked up by Lawrence a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Keeping Rosy (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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A Blast (2014)
Plot Summary:
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full of money. In front of her, the hopeless vastness of the motorway. Only a day before she was a caring mother, a loving wife, a responsible daughter. Today she has gone rogue.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, non-linear, gloomy, homoerotic, gay cinema
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The Other Wife (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kate is devastated to learn that her husband Billy has been living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful
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Smash Palace (1981)
Plot Summary:
Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left. Written by Evan Yates.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eighties
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Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Locked In (2010)
Plot Summary:
Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange coma and when everyone has given up she starts communicating with him, or is he going mad?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, touching, suspense
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The Nightman (1992)
Plot Summary:
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Nobody from Nowhere (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sébastien Nicolas, realtor, leads a dull existence and gets used to disguising himself to take on the appearance of the characters he meets.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, semi serious, psychological, captivating, surprise ending, humorous, realistic, gloomy
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The Origin of Evil (2022)
Plot Summary:
Without a husband and without children, Stéphane, 45, a small worker in a fish cannery in Fos-sur-Mer, finally dares to reconnect with Serge, her father whom she has hardly ever known. The reunion is overwhelming but Serge is an aging man and Stéphane doesn't want to waste any more time; she immediately agrees to meet her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags:
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Just the Two of Us (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But little by little, she finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Istanbul (1985)
Plot Summary:
Willy, a student, quits his vacationjob to go to Istanbul with the sinister yet facinating Klamski. On the way from Ostend to Arlon some chance meetings unpuzzle the truth about Klamski, but Willy turns out to have a dark side as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, crying, tense, rough, serious, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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Custody (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody to her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, disturbing, emotional, stylized, smart, crying, cult film
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Suite 16 (1994)
Plot Summary:
After an argument and fight with a wealthy one night stand in a posh hotel, young hustler Chris finds himself trapped inside. With nowhere to go and the cops closing in on the hotel fast, he wanders into "Suite 16" in a fit of despair. Inside, a handicapped and wheelchair bound Glover (Pete Postlethwaite) is held captive for the evening once discovered by Chris. However, things change the next day when Glover informs Chris that the woman he slept with is now dead; and that he surely will be sought out for her murder. Lonely and bored, Glover offers to shelter Chris for awhile while the cuts and bruises from the previous nights escapades have time to heal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, sexual, independent film, erotic, realistic
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Chinese Roulette (1976)
Plot Summary:
A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, art house, aesthetic, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, confusing
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Boy Undone (2017)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, experimental, queer cinema
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Mujeres Infieles 4 (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a hotel maid confronts her boss about secret cameras in the rooms, she insists on watching the videos, which reveal more than she imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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The Bottom of the Sea (2003)
Plot Summary:
An architect (Daniel Hendler) trails a man (Gustavo Garzón) who was hiding under his girlfriend's (Dolores Fonzi) bed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Two Lives (2012)
Plot Summary:
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her mother, her husband, daughter and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak, suspenseful, tragic
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Him (2021)
Plot Summary:
A composer starts doubting and questioning his whole life and its meaning. Isolating himself in his house in Brittany where various important persons (his wife, his mistress, his best friend, his parents, his doctor...) will come and visit him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: horror musical
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Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: factual, tense, thought provoking, touching, bleak, realistic, sad, retro, suspense, poignant
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Missing (2023)
Plot Summary:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers... and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological thriller