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Plot Summary:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, slasher, detective, clever, intense
Best tv shows and movies like Mindhunters (2004):
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Highwaymen (2004)
Plot Summary:
James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for Fargo's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, which the now-disabled killer has turned into a rolling death trap. James' search is helped by a state traffic officer and a singer with her own agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, road movie, exciting, rough, surprise ending, slasher, surreal, dread
Similar in 90%
Thesis (1996)
Plot Summary:
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, suspense, intense, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, cerebral, creepy
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The Hitcher (2007)
Plot Summary:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim succeeds to throw him out of the car on the road. On the next morning, the young couple sees John in another car.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, road movie, suspense, rough, psychological, intense, teen, dark, psychological thriller
Similar in 82%
The First Power (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young man born out of an incestuous relationship, after enduring an emotionally scarring childhood, gives in to the dark side of Satanic forces and becomes a weapon of evil. He kills with such ferocity that he becomes the main target of the L.A.P.D. Detective Russell Logan engages in a battle of wits with Channing in life and after death. It appears that Channing can't be stopped, but Logan has a few tricks of his own to match Channing's -"First Power".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, serious, satanic, detective, religious horror, demonic
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Harper's Island (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, atmospheric, realistic, exciting, detective, psychological, anime
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The Belko Experiment (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, brutal, bloody, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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P2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, serious, creepy, brutal, bloody, psychological thriller
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Ten Little Indians (1965)
Plot Summary:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the most-printed books of all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, talky, psychological, tense, black comedy, black and white, surprise ending, psychotronic, detective, fairy tale
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Suspect Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, tricky, detective, stylized, intense, suspense, scary, serious
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Untraceable (2008)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: clever, psychological thriller, intense, surprise ending, scary, psychological, disturbing, detective, suspenseful, serious
Similar in 78%
Green Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tension, atmospheric, bleak, dark, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, scary
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Vacancy (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, creepy, tense
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House of Wax (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, gothic, serious, bloody, creepy, psychological
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The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
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Hush (2016)
Plot Summary:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, psychological, tense, disturbing, twist ending, psychological thriller
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You're Next (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, rough, disturbing, intense, dark comedy
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Plot Summary:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, suspense, twist ending, clever, scenic, tricky, slasher, psychological thriller
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Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, disturbing, psychological thriller, mind bending, clever, splatter
Similar in 81%
Saw VI (2009)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, slasher, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, splatter, clever
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Phone Booth (2002)
Plot Summary:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, psychological thriller, surprise ending, rough, twist ending, clever
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Saw IV (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend...or face the deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, rough
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Nine Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, mind bending, psychological thriller
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Taking Lives (2004)
Plot Summary:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, scary, psychological, detective, tense, intense, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Resurrection (1999)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, detective, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, neo noir
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Red Dragon (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 287000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, tense, psychological thriller, dark, scary, intense, rough
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Identity (2003)
Plot Summary:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending, mind bending, twisted, tricky, serious
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Gothika (2003)
Plot Summary:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, surprise ending, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspense, dark, twist ending
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Hannibal (2001)
Plot Summary:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized, clever, rough, psychological thriller, serious, intense
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Exam (2009)
Plot Summary:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspense, twist ending, tricky, tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating
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Se7en (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 18000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, detective, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, scary, tense, bad ending, atmospheric