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Plot Summary:
Detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, erotic, psychological thriller, independent film, tense, realistic, suspenseful, experimental
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Shelter Island (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ally Sheedy is a retired golfer turned motivational speaker. Patsy Kensit plays her lover and also works with her. There is another girl as well. There are some difficulties at work, a New York firm. So Ally decides she's going to go away for the weekend to some property she owns at Shelter Island. Her lover goes with her. A big storm is coming to the island and the mansion is very isolated from the rest of the island's people. The storm is a perfect set-up for the visitor who just happens to show up, supposedly "stranded" by the storm. This is the Stephen Baldwin character. It seems at first, he is who he says he is. But then he keeps finding excuses to delay leaving, and then finally he attacks Ally Sheedy. He tosses her in a marsh thinking she is dead.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 838
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, realistic
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Impact Point (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary
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Net Games (2003)
Plot Summary:
The successful publicist Adam Vance of the SFC is in the middle of a campaign to get an important Japanese client and is needy of sex because his traumatized wife Jennifer Vance was raped one year ago and is totally frigid, refusing to have sex. His close friend and colleague Ray Walters suggests Adam to visit the porn site cyber chat.net, where lonely people have erotic conversation. Adam meets Angel, a luscious woman and hacker while his wife is visiting her rapist in the prison with her therapist as part of her treatment. When Adam decides to finish his virtual affair with Angel, he is chased and blackmailed by the deranged sexy killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, sexy, tense, psychological, suspense, erotic, sexual
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Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
Plot Summary:
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, melancholic, talky, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic
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Eternal (2004)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, offbeat, sexual, detective, sexy
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Intimate Stranger (1991)
Plot Summary:
A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, erotic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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An Occasional Hell (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
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Friend of the Family II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Alex decides to have an affair with a woman named Linda while he is on business in New Orleans. When he returns home to his wife and child, he is surprised to find that his wife has hired the off-kilter homewrecker as a nanny to their baby. Alex must find a way to stay cool and not let his wife know the true identity and intentions of Linda.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, independent film, sexual, cliffhanger
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Bare Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max 'Slim' Reuter's hookers and porn actresses, whom he had sex with before - and while making a most incriminating call about his murder attempt at a high society campaign party for mayor Garland's electoral challenger Mary Washington, where the bullet is however caught by councilor Frank Constantine, who also survives. Gav's client, businessman Ian Hunter, who was videotaped earlier, has his girl Marina shoot Gav and then Julie, later Slim who. Rough but effective police detective Killian investigates, helped by Julie's friend Carly Marsh, and unravels even more sordid connections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, sexual, sexploitation film
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Criminal Passion (1994)
Plot Summary:
A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, rough, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, detective
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Pendulum (2001)
Plot Summary:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school killing. She hears rumors that the dead man offered women students good grades in exchange for sex. The trail leads her to two wealthy, beautiful students whose alibi is provided by a librarian. At the same time, the cops close in on the slasher. Meanwhile, Amanda misses her former lover, next in line to become D.A., and a reporter is fired for getting close to the truth about the Senate candidate. Is a cover-up or conspiracy in the works?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, disturbing, independent film
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Whispers in the Dark (1992)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Ann Hecker is ending one relationship and possibly starting an important new one, while finding that some of the sexual exploits her patients relate are weighing on her. Turning to a married friend from her research days for guidance, she finds his help increasingly important when a female patient is murdered and it turns out that her new boyfriend was also seeing the dead woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychosexual thriller, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, gloomy, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, detective, tense
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Traces of Red (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, twist ending, rough, independent film, detective, erotic, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Woman of Desire (1994)
Plot Summary:
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Shadow of Doubt (1998)
Plot Summary:
An attorney (Melanie Griffith) uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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8MM 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
An American diplomat and his fiancée venture into the sordid underworld of sex and pornography in Budapest, Hungary to find out who is blackmailing them with a porno video taken of them with a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspenseful, suspense, sexy, tense, captivating, disturbing, serious, saga, art house
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Nemesis Game (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, serious, gloomy
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Snapdragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, scenic
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In the Cut (2003)
Plot Summary:
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly wary about the motives of every man with whom she has contact--and about her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexual, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, detective, serious, rough, psychosexual thriller
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Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspenseful, twist ending, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller, surprise ending, psychological thriller
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Black Widow (1987)
Plot Summary:
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, surprise ending, erotic, noir, tense, sensual
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The Monkey's Mask (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, noir, neo noir, clever, serious, contemplative, talky
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Wild Things 2 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to the hot film Wild Things, Wild Things 2 sees teenage bad girls Maya and Britney go on a sex and killing spree to win millions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, twist ending, sensual, romantic drama, unpredictable, sexual, erotic
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Impulse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison (Willa Ford), enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, mysterious, realistic, sexual, psychotronic, erotic, sexy
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Dead Sexy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective, tense, serious, realistic, slasher, sexual
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Sexual Predator (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female parole officer unwittingly gets involved with a handsome photographer who might be a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, suspenseful, suspense, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, independent film
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Sliver (1993)
Plot Summary:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, sensual, psychosexual thriller, serious, exciting, anamorphic
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The Bedroom Window (1987)
Plot Summary:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry instead steps forward, trying to help nab the criminal. However, he never saw the suspect and, when his lies are uncovered, the police begin to suspect his motives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense, psychological, realistic, serious, sexy, psychosexual thriller, detective
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Malice (1993)
Plot Summary:
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, sexy, clever, neo noir, psychological thriller, twisted, erotic
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Tightrope (1984)
Plot Summary:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, detective, sexual, intense, neo noir, suspense, sexy, tricky