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Plot Summary:
A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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The Invitation (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Invitation, a 2003 movie starring Lance Henriksen. When an author invites his friends to his home on a private island, the guests realize they've been poisoned at dinner. The only way to receive the antidote from their twisted host will be to confess to all the lies they've ever told.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, scary, tense, serious, surprise ending
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Sabor tropical (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sex-charged journalist Brian is chosen by an online publication to travel to Panama and document one of Latin America s premier festival celebrations Carnaval de Las Tablas. Dangers lurk for foreigners, and caught up in the carnival madness, Brian's outgoing manners suddenly place him in situations of both desperation and violence. Things are not what he expected when Brian sets out to meet his online hook-ups. A surprising relationship ensues and his fluid sexuality flows with a jagged edge in this tropical, rum soaked drama.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Panama, USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, captivating, tense, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Letter (2012)
Plot Summary:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious
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A Place in the Sun (2012)
Plot Summary:
A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more remarkable it becomes. When the burglars also found dead paralyzed the entire investigation. The offense sends a shockwave that shakes, and even on the crime-ridden Costa del Sol.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
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Non-Stop (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious emotional thriller about a woman who, after being left at the altar, has a brief liaison with a handsome stranger on a plane which ultimately puts her – and everyone else on the flight – in terrible danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense, offbeat, emotional, realistic
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Stunts (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, independent film, realistic, mind bending
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Rule of Three (2008)
Plot Summary:
One seedy, middle-of-nowhere hotel room -- viewed at three different points in time -- is the scene of most of the action in this film noir that revolves around the mystery of a young woman's abduction and her father's quest to solve it. Drawn again and again to the motel room where his daughter was last seen, Jon (Ben Siegler) can't see what the film's viewers can: what went down in that room before and after the girl disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, mind bending, serious, realistic, sexual
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Luster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, mind bending, realistic
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Man from Reno (2014)
Plot Summary:
A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and hotel bars, Dave Boyle's moody thriller uncovers exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it's an alluring l'homme fatal who supplies Aki with the breadcrumb trail of clues that entices her into a labyrinthine plot of sinister dealings. In turn, the aging sheriff (veteran character actor Pepe Serna, fantastic in a rare leading role), who should rightfully be riding to her rescue, proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot, the chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this inspired neo-noir.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, noir, crime drama, realistic, stylized
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InSight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kaitlyn, an ER nurse who is tending to a young stabbing victim, is accidentally electrocuted by the defibrillator that is used in an effort to save the woman's life. Almost immediately Kaitlyn starts to experience the victim's memories. She turns to family, friends, and the police, but no one takes her seriously. She decides that she must take it upon herself to try to solve the crime - or risk the terrifying visions ending in her own sanity being at stake. Ultimately Kaitlyn teams up with the detective on the case and weaves her way through the victim's past - to discover not only the brutal truth, but also some very unexpected lessons about life, love, sorrow and forgiveness along the way. (official website).
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough, serious
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Assumed Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
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The Riddle (2007)
Plot Summary:
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, clever, psychological thriller
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Kept Woman (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jessica and her fiancé Evan just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her suspicions rest. The danger escalates when Simon lures her inside his home and imprisons Jessica in his secret bunker, meticulously decorated in the idealized style of the 1950's.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating
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Rosewood Lane (2011)
Plot Summary:
Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake (Rose McGowan) moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon arrival in the old neighborhood, Sonny discovers her neighbors are terrified of the local paperboy (Daniel Ross Owens). She thinks this is ridiculous, until she encounters the boy himself. It turns out that he is a cunning and dangerous sociopath, one who may have gruesomely killed her father - and others.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, slasher, realistic
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Cyberstalker (2012)
Plot Summary:
After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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The Bates Haunting (2012)
Plot Summary:
One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a year of obsessing over a murder investigation everyone else thinks is open and shut, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt in an attempt confront her trauma. Horrific events begin to claim the lives of her coworkers and Agnes must figure out what is behind all of the "accidents" before more people die.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic
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Circle of Friends (2006)
Plot Summary:
Maggie returns to her hometown to dedicate a scholarship in her late husband's name. While there, she reconnects with old friends and comes to believe that her husband's death is tied to the mysterious deaths of several old classmates.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Good Neighbour (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Good Neighbour is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick. It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime (2012)
Plot Summary:
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
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Nobel's Last Will (2012)
Plot Summary:
While covering the annual Nobel Banquet for tabloid Kvällspressen, crime reporter Annika Bengtzon witnesses a spectacular murder right in front of her. Two people are shot, one of them the controversial Laureate in Medicine, Aaron Wiesel. Annika is the key witness and is bound by the police not to disclose anything she has seen. A terrorist group with connections to the Middle East quickly admits responsibility for the murder. International press is all over the story, as are the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir
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Terrible Angels (2012)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to question, leaving Ben to decide whether to go on with the investigation or leave Linda to the fate of the prison system.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cult (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program, in real life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, exciting, surreal, detective
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Static (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, dark, slasher, surprise ending
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Megachurch Murder (2015)
Plot Summary:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a church conspiracy and threats toward her father, she is determined to prove that Hamilton's death was murder not suicide. As she gets closer to the truth, she realizes her own mother may be involved in her father's murder...and that the boy she is falling in love with is the son of his killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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A Near Death Experience (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Locked in a Room (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an eerie voice of someone outside of the room. Throughout, they use their minds to try to think as to why they are there. As time elapses the stakes and chances for survival are slim, but the question remains: who is behind this - the end reveals a startling answer.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fatal Reunion (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jessica is a housewife, unhappy in her marriage, who decides to "spice it up" a little bit. But she gets more than she bargained for when she contacts an old high school classmate she once had a crush on.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Diary (2006)
Plot Summary:
Winnie Leung becomes more disturbed and depressed after her boyfriend Seth Lau breaks up with her and she turns schizophrenic - imagining events which never occurred, and often living in her own world- until one day she meets a guy named Ray, bearing a close resemblance to Seth. Seeing this, her best friend Yvonne encourages her to go out with Hou so she can forget her misery and start over. As time passes, Winnie realises that the relationship with Ray is so alike her previous relationship with Seth, and when things seem to be running smoothly, the relationship begins to sours, just like with Seth. She begins to doubt his feelings and the lines between reality and fantasy start blurring again for her, leading her to question: did this all exist in the first place?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Lucky Day (2002)
Plot Summary:
Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending