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Plot Summary:
A couple that seems perfect is hiding big secrets from each other. They are all revealed after they meet a psychotic psychologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Four Hands (2017)
Plot Summary:
After Sophie and Jessica had witnessed a brutal crime when they were kids, Jessica promised her younger sister Sophie: "I will always protect you!" Growing older, this promise became an obsession. Now, Jessica (28) is suffering from paranoia and sees threats to her and her sister everywhere. But Sophie (26) wants to live a normal life without fear, without her sister. She wants to become a pianist and wants to fall in love. When the perpetrators are released of prison after 20 years, Jessica is shocked and wants to confront them. But an accident changes everything. Jessica's promise to always protect her little sister turns into an existential nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
Similar in 88%
A Map of the Heart (2002)
Plot Summary:
Katrin and Jürgen spend their holidays in Corsica. Katrin is in her mid-thirties, working as a tracer at Jürgen's company who suddenly remembers he's married -- but not with Kathrin. So they decide to end their vacation earlier than they had planned. Virtually a second before they start to drive back to the airport, Katrin takes her belongings out of Jürgens car again and lets him go. Now being alone for the remaining days of her vacation, Katrin finds herself more and more bewildered by the things that happened to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 78%
Twenty Dollar Star (1990)
Plot Summary:
A successful Hollywood actress by day prowls the streets at night as a sex worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 80%
Beauty's Revenge (1995)
Plot Summary:
An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexy, crying
Similar in 86%
Shattered Illusions (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Psycho stalks a talk radio personality and her mentally challenged sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 88%
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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Mommy's Secret (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a teenage girl discovers her own mother is behind the recent rash of nearby bank robberies, she's determined to help her come clean.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 76%
Running Away (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sisters Maggie and Lizzie move in with mom Peg's new husband. Secrets and lies start immediately. Maggie cannot handle what follows and recruits a friend to help her plan to get out of town with her step father's secrets. When Peg discovers that her daughter has run away, she now has to find Maggie fast but must come to terms with the dark secrets that led to Maggie's fleeing and the secrets about her new husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 87%
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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A Deadly Adoption (2015)
Plot Summary:
Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, cult film
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Our Mother's Murder (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Deadly Embrace (1989)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful but horny and neglected Beverly Hills wife hires a hot young stud as a gardener. It eventually gets through to her husband that some hanky-panky may possibly be going on, and he begins to spy on her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, surprise ending, crying, independent film, gay cinema
Similar in 88%
Sand Castles (2014)
Plot Summary:
In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, sincere, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending, ambiguous ending
Similar in 85%
Sorry, Haters (2005)
Plot Summary:
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspense, erotic, multicultural, talky, surprise ending
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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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Inconceivable (2017)
Plot Summary:
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, suspense, disturbing, artsy, surprise ending, psychological, feel good, twisted
Similar in 89%
Swallow (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, suspenseful, independent film, mindfuck, visually stunning, serious
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Unforgettable (2017)
Plot Summary:
Julia moves in with her fiancé, David, but his ex-wife and her own haunting past join forces to rock her quiet suburban existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, psychosexual thriller, suspense, detective, psychological thriller, psychological, surprise ending, rough, tense
Similar in 81%
The King (2005)
Plot Summary:
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is his son from a pre-conversion liaison, tells them to have nothing to do with him. But Elvis has already connected with Malerie, the pastor's 16-year old daughter. Elvis embarks on the seduction of Malerie, while Dave examines his conscience and comes to a new conclusion. Can anyone get right with the Lord? Does the Lord hear?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, suspense, independent film, tense, clever, contemplative
Similar in 76%
Hush (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, scary, emotional, serious, atmospheric, realistic, psychological thriller, dark, erotic
Similar in 82%
Freak Out (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 1977, teenager Wayne (Nick Foster) gathers his two friends, female runaway Rhonda (Sarah Ogg) and disco club hopper Tim (David Gobble), for a drug party located in the suburban home of quiet recluse Dean (Brad Jones). But unknown to Tim and Rhonda are the horrible secrets which lie in Dean's basement storage room. Dean is the uncaptured child murderer who uses his basement as a torture dungeon with the help of Wayne and fellow teenager David (Buford Stowers). When the drugs and alcohol mix get higher throughout the night, not even so called friends are safe from the sadistic bloodlust of Dean. Inspired by the true story of notorious serial murderer Dean Corll.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 82%
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Plot Summary:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, neo noir, sexy, psychological thriller, serious, psychosexual thriller, dark
Similar in 76%
Swimfan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, erotic, serious, tense, slasher, sexual, disturbing
Similar in 80%
Final Analysis (1992)
Plot Summary:
Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, psychological, twist ending, enigmatic, suspense, intense
Similar in 76%
The Good Son (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, scary, serious, psychological thriller, creepy, sad, terrifying, mind bending
Similar in 78%
Disclosure (1994)
Plot Summary:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller, intense, sensual, serious, realistic, stylized, psychological
Similar in 87%
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Plot Summary:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sexy, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sensual, erotic, psychological, tense, neo noir
Similar in 77%
Poison Ivy (1992)
Plot Summary:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, melancholic, disturbing, realistic
Similar in 76%
Rendition (2007)
Plot Summary:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dramatic, realistic, psychological thriller, sincere, sexy