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Plot Summary:
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Trail of Passion (2003)
Plot Summary:
A woman's hopes of reviving a 10 year love affair are shattered a piece at a time. The new Mark Savage film is always a special event at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. It features a cameo from Ron Jeremy and is an erotic adventure that will pervert and entice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 84%
Enemy Within (2016)
Plot Summary:
A sadomasochistic Killer is out to murder a beautiful dancer. Drugs seduction and hate fill the screen. But Concetta the dancer still believes that love conquers all.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Love Me Strangely (1971)
Plot Summary:
Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws herself out of a window. Enlisting the help of an equally perverse casual acquaintance, Dino, the "handsome brute" proceeds to emotionally torture his second wife, Nathalie. The sadistic plan is picked up on by Officer Leroy who suspects the truth. Will he be able to snatch the unfortunate woman from the evil Alain's clutches?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags:
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Lies of the Twins (1991)
Plot Summary:
An ex-model is seduced into danger by her psychotherapist boyfriend's wicked identical twin.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychotronic, cult film
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French Silk (1994)
Plot Summary:
Television movie about the murder of a televangelist, and the fashion company owner accused of the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Killer Image (1992)
Plot Summary:
When Max Oliver learns his photographer brother has been killed, he suspects it was no random murder. And when he finds his brothers' last photos of a powerful senator and a prostitute, Max gets a clear picture of a deadly political cover-up. Seeking to expose his brother's killer, Max enters a murderous game of cat and mouse, stalked by a cold-blooded assassin who has Max dead in his sights.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Intimate Obsession (1992)
Plot Summary:
Unsatisfied in her marriage, Rachel begins seeing Rick, unaware that her lawyer husband Tom is also having an affair. But she discovers that Tom hired Rick to seduce her, so that Tom could get grounds for a divorce.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, cult film
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Sand Trap (1997)
Plot Summary:
After falling victim to a burglar, Nelson, a wealthy businessman, takes a trip to the desert with his wife Margo and lawyer/friend Jack. The trip takes an unexpected turn when Jack helps Nelson over a cliff. Jack and Margo return to the site with the sheriff only to discover Nelson's body is missing, indicating he is still alive. As Nelson struggles to survive against madness and the elements, two separate searches for him are conducted--one by an increasingly suspicious sheriff and the other by the treacherous Margo and Jack.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Body Shot (1994)
Plot Summary:
Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Deadly Secret (1994)
Plot Summary:
A real estate tycoon suddenly finds himself the victim of a blackmailer, who knows about his participation in the murder of a girl when he was a college student.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Double Threat (1992)
Plot Summary:
A former movie star, Monica Scott, returns to the big screen along with younger boyfriend, Eric Cline, after a long absence. Monica is very jealous of the attention Eric gives to her body double - Lisa. The plot becomes difficult to follow as it changes between real life and the movie they are making. The jealousy inevitably leads to murder attempts and denials.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Perfect Alibi (1995)
Plot Summary:
Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from France. Everything seems to run perfectly. Janine looks shy and timid and well disposed towards the family. But casually Paula, Melanies's sister, finds out that Janine and Keith are lovers and afterwards she dies in an accident.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective
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Pretty Poison (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, slasher, cult classic, black comedy, clever
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Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
Plot Summary:
A mother helps her daughter become captain of the cheerleading squad only to discover that someone is giving the daughter steroids and will do anything, including murder, to cover it up.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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I Am the Abyss (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Man Who Cleans knows you can find a lot of secrets in trash. People tend to lie but their trash never does. The Man Who Cleans thought he was invisible, until he met the Girl with the Purple Hair Lock. Girl with the Purple Hair Lock breaks into his tidy life because only an evil angel can save her now. Meanwhile, the Huntress knows somebody is killing blonds out there. Nobody believes her, but she knows. What she doesn't know, though, is that evil is hiding behind the green door. The truth lies at the bottom of a dark, deep abyss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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Rainbow Drive (1990)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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A House in the Hills (1993)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring actress gets a housesitting job and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a deadly ex-con.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dark Side of Genius (1994)
Plot Summary:
Julian Jons is a talented but troubled young artist. He has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of Anna, his girlfriend/model. Attempting to start painting again, he is pursued by journalist Jennifer Cole, who is intrigued by this complex, brooding man. Against the backdrop of the modern art world, she begins to dig into the past, fully aware that it holds painful memories for Julian, and perhaps danger for herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Caroline at Midnight (1994)
Plot Summary:
A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Broken Trust (1995)
Plot Summary:
Judge Nash is highly regarded for his position and decisions in the courtroom. He's approached by a special agent from a government task force investigating corrupt judges and lawyers, and asked to participate in a sting operation. Initially it's against some people Nash has no trouble believing are corrupt, but as the scope of the sting widens to include some of his friends, he tries to get out. That's when the agent threatens to reveal information that would embarrass Judge Nash if he doesn't continue.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Deadlock: A Passion for Murder (1997)
Plot Summary:
In this erotic thriller, a detective looks into the murder of a pornography magnate.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, detective
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Tryst (1994)
Plot Summary:
A young man journeys to the estate of rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother, who works there as a maid and whom he hasn't seen in many years. He winds up getting involved in adultery and a murder plot and uncovering some long-hidden secrets that no one in the family wants revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, detective
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Heartless (1997)
Plot Summary:
A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic
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In the Heat of Passion (1992)
Plot Summary:
A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married. Her husband soon finds out and is accidently killed. The two lovers cover up the crime, but the actor begins to wonder if there's more going on than he knows.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, cult film
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Bitter Vengeance (1994)
Plot Summary:
Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to be no longer interested in Annie and has an affair with another bank employee. Among his duties is delivering old money for disposal. He comes up with a plan to steal the money and run away. Part of his plan is to fake his death and frame Annie. While the police suspect that she killed Jack and knows where the money is, there's also an insurance investigator on her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Wicked Minds (2003)
Plot Summary:
A young man returns home from college to find his father remarried, until the sudden murder of his father leaves everyone suspect.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, erotic, psychological thriller, captivating, surprise ending, suspense, rough, sexy, mind bending, serious
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Purgatory Flats (2003)
Plot Summary:
Driving drunk, Thomas Reed causes a car crash, fatal for his wife, and gets jailed for 5 years. Yet he feels like punishing himself afterward by moving to Californian small town Purgatory Flats, where he works as a humble barman. Suddenly he witnesses a shooting and volunteers to help the wounded Owen Mecklin, whose brothers Dean and Randy drag him further into their own crime life. Owen's sexy wife Sunny seduces 'Doc'. Local detective Travis McGill gets their trail. But treason proves the gravest luring danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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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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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
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The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
Plot Summary:
A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense