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Plot Summary:
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: noir, slasher, spooky, tension, crying, psychotronic, suspense
Best tv shows and movies like Night Must Fall (1964):
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Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: noir, cult classic, surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, independent film
Similar in 76%
The Strangler (1964)
Plot Summary:
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, psychotronic, independent film, detective, noir
Similar in 83%
Signpost To Murder (1964)
Plot Summary:
An escaped mental patient, reported to be homicidal, hides out in a woman's rural home. Director George Englund's 1965 thriller stars Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Edward Mulhare and Alan Napier.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: noir, surprise ending, twist ending, crying
Similar in 80%
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Plot Summary:
Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crying, poliziottesco
Similar in 81%
The Psychopath (1966)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Holloway is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. The dolls, as it turns out,were purchased by the crippled Mrs. Von Sturm, whose home is overcrowded with a doll collection. Her pale, wide-eyed, neurotic son is the prime suspect and the daughter of one of the victims discovers the shocking truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Diabolically Yours (1967)
Plot Summary:
Alain Delon stars as Pierre, an amnesiac recovering from a car accident. He can't remember any details about the accident or about his past life as a wealthy businessman based in the orient. He is currently being nursed back to health on his palatial estate in the french countryside by his beautiful wife, Christiane (Senta Berger), the family doctor (Sergio Fantoni), and a manservant named Kim (Peter Mosbacher).Paranoia rapidly sets in as he begins to suspect Christiane is not really his wife and that he is the victim of a sinister plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, french noir
Similar in 76%
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Plot Summary:
Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant Peter's behaviour towards her alters as he reveals the most frightening and unpredictable side of his personality. He forces Brenda to listen to a series of recordings, exposing a past of shocking cruelty of sadistic murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, noir, independent film, psychological thriller, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neurotic
Similar in 76%
The Art of Dying (1991)
Plot Summary:
A cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The detective on the case has his hands full trying to help out runaways with stars in their eyes. When some of the people he knows turn up dead, he takes it personally, and as he gets closer to the truth his girlfriend is endangered.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Smrt stoparek (1979)
Plot Summary:
Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordinary person who has a wife and child. When exposed, he does not stop before killing his wife and takes his son hostage, under the guise of which he is trying to escape abroad.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: road movie, neo noir, psychotronic, detective, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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Unknown Hour (2009)
Plot Summary:
Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who treat him with disdain. When an old man begs him to end his pain and suffering by helping him to die, Hynek gives him a "liberating" injection. But now he has done it once, he finds he can't stop. He continues killing other patients, even though he knows he can't get away with it for long.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychotronic, crying
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Black Journal (1977)
Plot Summary:
Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: entertaining, crying, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, pre war
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Taxi 121 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Taxi 121 is a feature film inspired by true events, where a serial killer took lives of three Prague taxi drivers. Story is focused on one of the victims, the young driver Matej. His one last ride will change life of many people around forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, touching, captivating, disturbing, crying
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Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
Plot Summary:
Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, crying, detective
Similar in 77%
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
Plot Summary:
Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, Ed. He is recognized by Kemp (Dadda) as the murderer of Kemp's former employer, whereupon Sloane murders Kemp. Sloane's "just desserts" are not what one would expect.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, lgbt cinema, crying, freeze frame, sexy
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The Invisible Guardian (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, gothic, saga, detective, powerful, twisted, exciting
Similar in 87%
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, slasher, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir
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Three Blind Mice (2003)
Plot Summary:
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal murder of a webcam friend and in a vain attempt to protect her he becomes the prime suspect in the homicide. Determined to prove his innocence, Thomas teams up with Claire, a specialist in internet crimes to uncover the truth. To expose the murderer, Claire and Thomas decide to set up their own webcam site using Claire as the cyber bait. Somewhere down the line the truth becomes blurred and Thomas no longer knows where to turn or who to trust. As his life starts to spiral out of control, he has to face the terrifying reality that he could be the next victim.........the virtual nightmare has only just begun.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 86%
The Mean Season (1985)
Plot Summary:
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, retro, spectacular, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
The Black Panther (1977)
Plot Summary:
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: offbeat, crying, independent film, poliziottesco, cult film
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir, surprise ending, slasher, independent film, detective
Similar in 90%
Room for Rent (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, psychological, crying, black comedy, dark comedy
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D-Tox (2002)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from the outside world and enables a killer on the inside to get busy.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective, cliffhanger, slasher, freeze frame, anamorphic
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Dot.Kill (2005)
Plot Summary:
The morphine-addicted detective Charlie Daines is on the trail of a sophisticated psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, he realizes that it has become personal and that he is to be the final victim. Will he catch the killer before it's too late or will his old-school methods mean his death?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, independent film
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Relentless (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective, slasher, neo noir, independent film, rough, serious
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Midnight (2021)
Plot Summary:
A tense night for Kyung-mi and her mother (both hearing-impaired) when they fall prey to a charismatic murderer in the dark alleys of Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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100 Days to Live (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, independent film
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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
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Zodiac Killer (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak
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The Stepfather (1987)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, frightening, tense, neo noir, psychological thriller
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Bad Samaritan (2018)
Plot Summary:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, exciting, psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller