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Plot Summary:
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Black List (1995)
Plot Summary:
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
Similar in 87%
Addiction (2003)
Plot Summary:
An average, happy, hard-working man's life takes a turn for the horrific after he kills a mugger and discovers he's now addicted to killing.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense
Similar in 83%
House of Bodies (2016)
Plot Summary:
While indulging his appetite for the grim and gruesome by patronizing a voyeuristic Web site that's based in a house where a serial killer once lived, a hearing-impaired boy begins to suspect that the site's violence is more than just make-believe.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Victims (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paulie is falling to pieces. His every encounter with the opposite sex ends in violence, while stirring up memories of his prostitute mother and her brutal pimp and the sexually abusive hooker who molested him as a child.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 87%
Dead Certain (1991)
Plot Summary:
A detective becomes obsessed with bringing a man to justice, whom he is sure is a serial killer and the murderer of a woman with which both men were involved. However, the supposed killer may be as much a victim as the murdered people.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
Similar in 87%
I Am Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful
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Hope Lost (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Romanian girl dreams of living the glamorous life she sees in Italian soap operas.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, sexy
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Scum of the Earth (1963)
Plot Summary:
A naive and innocent teenage girl is blackmailed into modeling in the nude for a photographer who is in league with a teenage gang whose boss illegally sells photos of teenage girls being abused and degraded.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, stylized, psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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The Grief Tourist (2012)
Plot Summary:
JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Grief Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse
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Black Widower (2006)
Plot Summary:
True story of a charming, popular American who managed to kill his mother and 3 wives before anyone even suspected him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Sweet Sting of the Black Widow (2022)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is loose on the streets of LA, leaving behind a steaming trail of bodies marked with lipstick: the calling card of a Black Widow who loves them and leaves them dead. As homicide detectives unravel the case, they discover the victims all have one thing in common: they’re crooked ex-cops who escaped justice. But they didn’t escape the sting of the Black Widow. As the investigation hits ever closer to home, the police must consider that the killer could be one of their own, a vigilante who is taking the law into her own hands, and tracking these murders will take them through the dark and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles where they soon discover that revenge is a dish best served hot.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags:
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Plenilune (1999)
Plot Summary:
Romance and murder walk side by side in this psychological drama from Spain. A serial killer has been plying his grisly trade in a small town in Spain, murdering young girls and leaving their bodies in a nearby forest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: detective
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Fate (2003)
Plot Summary:
Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. This thriller follows the travails of two detectives who are on the trail of a bizarre murderer intent on slaughtering his victims, then using them as real-life puppets in a tale that he is trying to tell. The plot holds a key to the whereabouts of the monstrous deviant, but the detectives have to unravel it quickly before more unsuspecting citizens become theater fodder for the unhinged madman.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Midnight Heat (2007)
Plot Summary:
A story of cops, hookers, killers, and pimps; all centered around one sleazy night in the late 1980's. A cocaine addicted homicide detective (Jake Norvell) is brought out of suspension in order to trail a local prostitute (Bianca Queen) who may become the next victim of The Scalper (Nick Foster), a serial killer who preys on the city's hookers. Meanwhile, her burnt out pimp (Brad Jones) attempts to get out of the business while finding it harder to protect his girls from both the killer and from an abusive rival pimp (Buford Stowers).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
Similar in 80%
The Longest Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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The Seduction of Maxine (2000)
Plot Summary:
Maxine Strickland is an up-and-coming sexy film star who is being pursued by a half-crazed fan. When she hires a bodyguard to deal with the problem, she awkwardly learns to put her trust in him quickly because whoever is stalking her is close at hand.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, erotic
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Call Girl (2012)
Plot Summary:
Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, retro, clever, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic
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Jill Rips (2000)
Plot Summary:
A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, slasher, stylized
Similar in 88%
Lady in Waiting (1994)
Plot Summary:
A divorced cop investigating the sadistic murders of high-class prostitutes discovers that the prime suspect is his ex-wife's new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective, hot
Similar in 89%
Night of the Hunter (1991)
Plot Summary:
A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 79%
1313: Actor Slash Model (2011)
Plot Summary:
An embittered actor decides it's time to slash a few models after losing a life-changing role to some guy who looks good with his shirt off.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, independent film, realistic, sinister, homoerotic, teen horror
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Bare Deception (2000)
Plot Summary:
The ratings of a radio sex-talk show are dropping. But after a listener is murdered, the sexy host finds her popularity is rising again. Is she behind the killings, or is it her producer--or someone else?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Kept (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies are piling up, and the leads the two LA homicide cops have point to Barbara, business manager for a successful architectural firm she runs with her husband Lance. The dead men were interns at the firm, and each of them was Barbara's lover (kept in a classy flat she owns and observed via closed-circuit TV by the applauding Lance). Kyle is Barbara's latest intern and lover, and he may be in danger. He also starts to fall in love with Barbara, and the feeling may be mutual. In the background are Erin, Lance and Barbara's myopic administrative assistant, and Tony, Kyle's one-time roommate who also knows Barbara. Can the cops solve this before too many more die?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, touching, bleak, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 84%
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 78%
Heart of Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, erotic
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Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
Plot Summary:
A sinister seductress vows to destroy a suburban family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, suspense, sexual, romantic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Lost Girls (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, emotional, disturbing, compassionate, bleak, dark, perverse, powerful
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Psycho Storm Chaser (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a massive hurricane threatens the Brody Peninsula, Abby Fields, a full-time nurse to a housebound coma patient, is forced to stay behind to care for her. This puts her directly in the hurricane's path, but even worse - it puts her directly in the path of Dr. Carl Highstrom, a storm chasing serial killer who uses storms to cover up his heinous crimes.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Along Came a Spider (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as Alex and Jezzie attempt to track down the kidnapper before the spider claims another victim for its web.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller, clever, intense