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Plot Summary:
A new and rich heir, Anna Margot, is receiving threatening phone calls from an old friend, Anna not knowing what to do requests the help of her friend Tonis Karzis, the anxiety will culminate as a series of unexplained murders follows.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir
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Dr. Ketel (2011)
Plot Summary:
Berlin’s notorious Neukoelln district. The near future. A time in which the health system has collapsed. A man works in the shadows and without license as a doctor. He has no practice, no appointments system. He treats people in the courtyards and streets – everywhere he’s needed, stealing medicine from pharmacies. Nobody knows his name or that by day he’s the caretaker of a shabby tenement building. He pushes boundaries and suffers defeats that cost him the last of his strength. Forced to adopt the role of a shadow, an outlaw, he is confronted with the question as to whether he really is a doctor.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, student film
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Measure of Revenge (2022)
Plot Summary:
Theater actress Lillian Cooper's son dies mysteriously. When the investigating officer rules the cause of death an accidental overdose, Lillian conducts her own investigation which leads her to an unlikely alliance with her son's former drug dealer. On her quest for answers, Lillian hallucinates some of the iconic characters she's played on stage which serve as her inner voice, urging her to avenge her son's death.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark
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The Night Owl (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four college girls presage an impending apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher
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Hospitality (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a crazy night partying at his parents' secluded winter home in Vermont, Teddy wakes up and unexpectedly meets Paul and Craig, two strangers who seem nice at first, but really possess a sinister hidden agenda. Despite Teddy's demands and violent threats, the two aggressive visitors refuse to leave, determined to complete their mysterious mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir
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Prime Suspect (1989)
Plot Summary:
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)
Plot Summary:
At night, baby-face Laura dresses up as a vamp and lets random guys at bars pick her up, just to drug and rob them later. But then someone starts stalking her, and a person close to her is killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, eighties, cult film
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Deadly Strangers (1975)
Plot Summary:
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, offbeat, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, freeze frame
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Deadly Dancer (1990)
Plot Summary:
A police detective, investigating a string of murders of strippers at a Los Angeles night club, must race against the clock to clear his name when he's wrongfully accused of being the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Vortex (1982)
Plot Summary:
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of politicians.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: indie film, neo noir, independent film, eighties
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Kiss Me a Killer (1991)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict (Robert Beltran) and his lover (Julie Carmen) plot to kill her husband (Guy Boyd), owner of a nightclub in east Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Death will return (1961)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, suspense
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Dancing with Danger (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Portland taxi dancer is a suspect in a series of murders involving her former customers.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Double Negative (1980)
Plot Summary:
Michael Taylor, played by Michael Sarrazin, is tormented by his sheer lack of memory concerning the night his wife was found brutally killed.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, eighties
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Midnight Fear (1991)
Plot Summary:
A sheriff tracks down a killer who skinned a woman alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, detective
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Wrong Number (2001)
Plot Summary:
Greed results in murder in the tumultuous world of Internet stocks.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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Caboose (1996)
Plot Summary:
An abandoned caboose becomes a junkie's hideout, a multiple murder has been committed. A police investigation leads nowhere, the crime remains unsolved, and Marceau, a hardened cop, resigns in the aftermath. But his troubles don't end there: someone is stalking him and his life is in danger. To save himself, Marceau recruits Camille, a young woman drummed out of the police academy for her inability to fire a gun. They make a pact: Camille agrees to flush out Marceau's potential murderer and Marceau, in exchange, undertakes to remunerate and train her. Camille plunges into Marceau's seedy underworld and encounters a raft of suspects. As Camille sinks deeper and deeper into this sordid world, she comes to terms with its violence and understands that the line between good and evil is narrow indeed. From this insight she draws the strength that had previously eluded her. Marceau's legacy... But who, exactly, is Marceau?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Undercurrent (1998)
Plot Summary:
A nightclub manager with financial problems accepts an offer to seduce another man's wife for money, and soon finds himself entwined in a web of double-crossing con artists.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Messages Deleted (2010)
Plot Summary:
A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking it a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another murder...then another...then another. The killer has Joel's attention, and Joel has the attention of the police. Now the prime suspect in a series of murders, Joel discovers this psychotic killer has targeted him for a reason found within his body of work. Will Joel be able to re-write his ending, or be forced to pay the ultimate price?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, bleak, surprise ending
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Private Eye (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, tricky, detective, twisted
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Dual Mania (2020)
Plot Summary:
A psychological suspense thriller dealing with the dual persona a young man possesses and attempts to conceal throughout his ongoing sessions with his therapist.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Goodbye Honey (2020)
Plot Summary:
After escaping abduction, a frantic woman must coerce an exhausted truck driver to hide in the back of her truck for the night. The two women take refuge, not knowing what the rest of the night has in store.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling
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The Drifter (1988)
Plot Summary:
A suspensefilled thriller about a successful single woman who, on a deserted road, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker. Once back in the city, "The Drifter" follows her every move. Every attempt to free herself of his harassment fails until the shocking conclusion is revealed!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, tension, suspense
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Suburban Bliss (2002)
Plot Summary:
Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet Ariane, to the consternation of Ariane’s father, David. Although he appears to be a model father, David is in fact obsessed by the need to protect his daughter. As such, he tries – unsuccessfully – to prevent Ariane from coming under Catherine’s bad influence. Ariane takes up smoking, starts telling lies, and begins to explore her sexuality. While Catherine’s mother attempts to seduce the handsome, and single, David, he sets a trap for Catherine. For Catherine, living dangerously is no longer a game, and she has to summon all her strengths in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful
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Striking Poses (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, psychological, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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My Daughter Was Stolen (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mother's worst nightmare becomes reality when her five-year-old daughter mysteriously disappears.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Lady Beware (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life hellish and when the girl tells his wife about him he becomes wild with fury having been exposed and goes to the store to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, surprise ending
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Professional Affair (1995)
Plot Summary:
A drug lord hires a private investigator to track down the culprit who killed his henchman and took a briefcase full of money. One of the suspects is Heather Finch, a madam who seduces the detective and suggests that he swindles the drug lord.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, independent film
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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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Midnight Edition (1993)
Plot Summary:
After interviewing a convicted killer, a reporter becomes obsessed with his mesmerizing subject. When his life is threatened, he comes to his senses, but it may be too late to save his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Captive (1998)
Plot Summary:
Joe Goodies has just entered an advertising agency after recovering from the death of his girlfriend in a car accident. Ruined by the compensation he has to pay for the accident, he decides, with his new girlfriend, to kidnap the son of the president of the agency and ask for a bailout.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surprise ending