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Plot Summary:
Perfidia, begins with a heartfelt version of the immortal title track, while the camera records the journey by a route through a snowy landscape and melancholy, the traveler is the enigmatic and silent Gus Chilean Gonzalo Valenzuela, in his first international role in cinema, who arrives in a city in upstate New York, to a hotel where he is staying for a day, while developing meticulous grooming and cleaning routines and expect a phone call that can change your life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bolivia, USA, Chile
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, serious, stylized, tense, offbeat, contemplative, independent film
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Invisible Waves (2006)
Plot Summary:
This atmospheric, violent thriller revolves around a hitman called Kyoji who has just killed his lover, Seiko. She was the wife of Kyoji’s boss, Wiwat, who, when he heard about the affair, hired his rival to murder the unfaithful Seiko. Kyoji hides himself away on a cruise ship bound for Thailand. On board he meet a mysterious beauty named Noi. A passionate affair ensues. Their destinies are more interwoven than Kyoji and Noi could ever imagine. As Kyoji fights for his life and struggles to cope with mounting feelings of guilt he discovers the truth about the secretive Noi. Furious, wounded and thirsting for revenge, Kyoji might even make it home again.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Netherlands
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, neo noir, contemplative
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Betrayal (1974)
Plot Summary:
A lonely widow hires a young woman as her companion. What she doesn't know is that the woman and her boyfriend are extortionists, who are planning on making her their next victim, then killing her when they get her money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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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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Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
Told through a looping, non-linear narrative from each of the characters' points of view, the film reconstructs the stories of a Yugoslav hit man, his former lover and her police officer boyfriend, as their paths cross in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear, neo noir
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Choke (2001)
Plot Summary:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run car accident. To protect Gina, Henry disposes of Ron, but a murderous sociopath witnesses this crime. Henry and this stranger bond in an odd way, telling stories about their childhoods. Henry makes a deal with the stranger, helping to get rid of the body of one of the stranger's victims. Will this act seal a bargain between the two men and get Henry off the hook, or will the stranger threaten Henry and Gina?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
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Lose Your Head (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, dark, queer cinema
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Resilience (2006)
Plot Summary:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, surprise ending
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Nor'easter (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, mumblecore, gloomy
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Proof of Lies (2006)
Plot Summary:
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, surprise ending
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Roulette (2012)
Plot Summary:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them together for one last session of group therapy.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, non-linear, independent film
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Plot Summary:
Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might be a monstrous kidnapper. Even though she wants to believe in his innocence, she finds herself searching for evidence to the contrary. What is her father's true identity? And how will she deal with the burden of discovery if her suspicions are confirmed at the end of her final pursuit of the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, twisted
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Green (2011)
Plot Summary:
A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as her partner also takes an interest in the woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: tense, mumblecore, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller, serious, realistic, independent film, intellectual
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In the Shadows (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach him to do stunts. While waiting for the word to kill this mentor, Eric discovers the joy of stunt work and of being part of a family. Meanwhile, several people are looking for the dead man's briefcase of money and a cloth bag of illegal drugs that he stole from an undercover FBI agent now desperate to get the borrowed drugs back to the bureau. The stunt coordinator says that 'we dance in the shadows of death.' Can Eric step out into the sun?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Falls (2003)
Plot Summary:
In a smoke-filled dive in Buffalo, NY, David Marx tells us his tale of obsession, betrayal, and murder - leading him to an uncertain fate "underneath Niagara Falls." David tells us how his beautiful redheaded ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Barnes, has disappeared and how he ended up the guardian of the 2.5 million dollars that "was supposed to have bought Jen's safety.".
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending
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Ice Blues (2008)
Plot Summary:
This new installment in the popular and critically-acclaimed Donald Strachey Mystery series finds America’s favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey (Chad Allen), taking on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim (Sebastian Spence), asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous and generous donation to the Albany youth center, he gets caught in a whirlwind of deceit and danger. When the lawyer who presented the donation turns up dead, the hard-boiled Strachey must race against the clock to capture the killer before he strikes again.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective, queer cinema
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N-Secure (2010)
Plot Summary:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His insecurities lead him into a series of troubled romantic relationships and eventually a web of events that include betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic, realistic, independent film
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Unrequited (2010)
Plot Summary:
UNREQUITED is a psychological thriller and tells the story of Ben Jacobs, a troubled young man who, on his 18th birthday, has to leave the group home for "troubled teens" where he has been living for the past several months and move back in with his alcoholic mother. Upon his return, Ben soon discovers that his girlfriend, Jessica Morgan, has moved on with her life and is now dating an older college guy. Desperate for love and unable to cope with losing Jessica, Ben's troubled past catches up with him as he kidnaps her in an attempt to regain her affection. Spiraling out of control and on a very dangerous path, Ben must ultimately decide whether to let her go, or hold on to the one person he loves, even if it means destroying them both in the process.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, serious, contemplative, independent film, realistic, bleak
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Backstabbed (2016)
Plot Summary:
A struggling housewife decides to become a real estate agent and inadvertently puts her life in danger when she takes a job with a corrupt broker who will do anything to land a deal.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing
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Good Chemistry (2008)
Plot Summary:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his nightmare only worsens.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Enemies Among Us (2010)
Plot Summary:
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the way.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic
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California Scheming (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen, independent film
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Keyed: A Deadly Game of Sex/Lies/Betrayal (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three lives are intricately linked during a New Years Eve “Key Party” for Swingers: A young newlywed is forced into an open relationship by her star-athlete husband and best friend an ill-fated club owner reunites with old friends to realize the bond they once shared is in jeopardy and a loving father has to reconcile his relationship with his estranged brother to save the life of his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, serious, psychological, independent film, sexual
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Betrayal (1983)
Plot Summary:
Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of view, with the scenes in precise reverse chronological order. Written by Dan Hartung.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, serious, captivating, talky, clever, stylized, non-linear, extraordinary
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Night Flight (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true gender identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious bullying by Gi-woong’s gang, Gi-taek betrays them by disclosing that Yong-ju has loved Gi-woong for years. Surrounded by an insecure boundary of the school and wounded by betrayals, the boys are driven into catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, romantic, lgbt cinema, tense, bleak, queer cinema
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Fatal Secrets (2009)
Plot Summary:
"BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, seems to have it all - except the right guy in her life. Her friends urge her to "get back out there." But they don't yet know about Scott - a charming man with a secret background whose true colors paint a streak of pain and fear through Julia's life. When Scott's effect on Julia reaches the breaking point, she and her friends take matters into their own hands... and underestimate the consequences. The outcome forces all of them into a desperate situation. Everyone pays the price.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Under Still Waters (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, independent film
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Frisk (1995)
Plot Summary:
A first person narrative of a gay serial killer explores violence, sexuality, and imagination.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, independent film, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual, black comedy
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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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Fatwa (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful