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Plot Summary:
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, scary, psychological thriller, intellectual, dark, mysterious, grindhouse
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The Perfect Teacher (2010)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled, selfish teenager becomes infatuated with her teacher. She befriends his daughter as a way of worming her way into the family, and sets about manipulating every aspect of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy
Similar in 88%
No One Would Tell (1996)
Plot Summary:
Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and jealous-telling her who she can speak to and what she can wear. Threats escalate into violence when Bobby thinks Stacy has stepped out of line. Soon she is walking on egg shells and living in fear. Having seen the tell-tale bruises, Stacy's best friend convinces her to break things off with Bobby-but in a moment of weakness, Stacy goes to meet him. It will be the last time she is seen alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, captivating, realistic
Similar in 84%
Partners in Crime (2014)
Plot Summary:
On his way to school, Huang witnesses the death of Hsia, a popular teenager in their high school,along with Lin and Yeh, the other 2 students from their high school, whom Huang has never known before. Even though the three guys try to save her, she is now gone forever. Her dead body lies in front of them, and this shocking image ties their fates together, and this twisted fate is going to change their high school lives forever... Because of all different reasons, Huang, Yeh, and Lin start their own investigations in order to find out the truth for Hsia’s death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, serious
Similar in 80%
Innocents (2000)
Plot Summary:
A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the crimes and is forced to defend himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, independent film
Similar in 77%
A Killer Among Us (2012)
Plot Summary:
After the shocking murder of her mother, a girl helps a police detective by searching her home for clues that they hope will lead to the perpetrator.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective
Similar in 82%
Like Father Like Son (2005)
Plot Summary:
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective, realistic
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One Way Out (2002)
Plot Summary:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense
Similar in 81%
Death Clique (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective
Similar in 90%
The Cheating Pact (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Her Husband's Betrayal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley leaves for his next job, Cathy follows him...all the way to another family's home! When Cathy storms in to confront him, she finds a dead body and receives a call from Riley saying she must confess to the crime or her son will be killed. With the police hot on her tail, Cathy goes on the run to unearth the truth before it is too late to save her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspense
Similar in 90%
Cyberbully (2015)
Plot Summary:
A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, mysterious, cyber, thrilling, tense, serious
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Wasted on the Young (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, realistic
Similar in 89%
Blast (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four high school friends believe the local myth that developer Swenson killed a kid for trespassing years earlier and got away with it. When one of the four friends disappears, the remaining three believe Swenson killed their friend and they take revenge. When their friend then shows up alive they must deal with the consequences of crossing the harsh line that separates fantasy from reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 78%
U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cyber, non-linear, twisted, vintage
Similar in 76%
Deadly Influencer (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman commits murder to keep her classmates' social media careers under her thumb. After killing a popular friend, she turns her sights on a new girl, but the girl's mother suspects the truth and will fight to protect her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 89%
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
Similar in 89%
Fun (1994)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie and Hillary are two young lost souls who meet one day and discover that they get along. They talk about their lives and run around and and keep getting really excited. Their day escalates into an eruption of violence and rage that can only be understood by the two girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, independent film, controversial, queer horror, psychological, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative
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The Sisterhood of Night (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, dark, grindhouse, teen, tense, realistic, independent film
Similar in 83%
Triple Dog (2010)
Plot Summary:
On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, suspense, teen, psychological thriller, bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 78%
Accused at 17 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Similar in 86%
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed by rejection, she seduces 15-year-old Billy, one of her students. Pam challenges Billy to prove his love for her by getting rid of her husband. The stakes heat up with a huge insurance policy on her husband's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, realistic, cynical
Similar in 81%
Lies My Mother Told Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joely Richardson plays a con artist who changes identities faster than most women change hair color. Going on the lam with her daughter (Hayden Panettiere), she scams her way into a prosperous marriage and, when that union sours, pulls off a murder scheme that may be her very last con.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental, captivating, dark, serious, ridiculous
Similar in 75%
Girl Fight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story, Girl Fight recounts the harrowing story of a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when her former friends conspire to upload onto the Internet a shocking video of them beating her up.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, sad, crime drama
Similar in 76%
Rivals (2000)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, dark, teen, mind bending, realistic
Similar in 84%
Drishyam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, captivating, twist ending, psychological thriller, surprise ending, epic
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The Lost (2006)
Plot Summary:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, slasher, erotic, sexy, depressing
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Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Bundy and the Green River Killer (2019)
Plot Summary:
A police detective consults with incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer. Based on terrifying true life elements which inspired Silence of the Lambs. In 1984, police in Washington State are investigating a spate of serial murders committed by a mysterious man known as The Green River Killer. With no leads to go on, the detective in charge of the case consults with psychologists in an attempt to get inside the mind of the killer. But when that doesn't produce a positive result and the killings continue, the detective realizes that the only way to understand what makes a serial killer tick is to meet one. So he visits the imprisoned Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, atmospheric, clever, suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
Plot Summary:
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)
Plot Summary:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful