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Plot Summary:
In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, serious, suspense
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Angel (2015)
Plot Summary:
Angel, a woman who was horribly abused by her grandmother as a little girl and institutionalized after killing her, embarks on a killing spree as an adult. Though sentenced for the rest of her life to an insane asylum, Angel was released due to inside governmental pressure while being pronounced dead in order to avoid public outcry. Now Angel’s on the loose again, and a government agent is ordered to kill her in order to cover up the blunder.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Til Death Do Us Part (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman investigates the past of her seemingly ideal husband, a doctor who starts to become increasingly hostile.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller
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This Is Not a Love Song (2002)
Plot Summary:
The small time criminal Heaton is anxiously waiting for the release of his close friend Spike, after spending a couple of months in prison for being caught with 87g of marijuana. Heaton robs a truck, meets Spike outside the penitentiary and travels with him through the country to drink some beers and celebrate his freedom. However, they run out gas and try to steal from a farm, but the owner arrives and arrests Heaton. Spike takes his shotgun and accidentally kills his daughter. They runaway through the wilderness while the locals organize a militia to hunt the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crying, freeze frame
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Paris Countdown (2013)
Plot Summary:
Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their psychotic liaison to prison. Six years later, the men's nightmare begins again when the pyschopath is granted his freedom. Now, not having talked for years, the old friends are united again in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic
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4Closed (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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Below the Surface (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cameron thought she had the perfect life with a perfect job and a perfect fiancé until he becomes a suspect in a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending (2014)
Plot Summary:
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the people living below our feet, she finds out that there is more to be afraid of than the dark. A mysterious figure, living beyond the reach of the law, has declared war on the outside world that threatens to tear apart the fragile underground society living in the tunnels and maybe even the city above it.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fake documentary
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Persecuted (2019)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the murder of a little girl's parents, a young woman becomes the child's protector and is forced to flee from the killers while trying to discover their motive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, independent film
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Exit Speed (2008)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, exciting, realistic
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The Stray (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a drifter is struck by a car the driver offers to take him back from the hospital to her home in order to nurse him back to health...which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, independent film, realistic, detective
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
Plot Summary:
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into Karen's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Paris Under Watch (2012)
Plot Summary:
An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare d'Austerlitz. The police starts tracking down an Al Queda satellite group. The hacker succeeds in finding images of the explosion and discovers that it was a young couple who planted the bomb. Using the city's cameras, he decides to hunt down the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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House Under Siege (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two young boys and a girl commit a diamond robbery on Halloween. During escape the girl is fatally shot. One of the boys knows a doctor (Jeremy London) who has a private clinic in his house. They decide to go to his house instead of the hospital where they will expect the police. They enter the house quietly with no drama. But when the doctor tells them she needs an ambulance to the hospital or else she will die, and his co-worker picks up the phone ready to call, the boys bring their guns out. The doctor along with his family are taken hostages, and the boys threaten him to save the girl if they all want to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic
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Sicarivs: The Night and the Silence (2015)
Plot Summary:
A hit man receives the assignment to kill a woman. But what seems as another job complicates when he is about to execute her, but does not. He will have to go after those who gave him the contract, for, in his profession, those who do not comply with their duty end up dead. But the question remains, why did he not kill the woman?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense
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Nexus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. The police are called and the following day, Holly is accused of the murder of her husband. Holly unwittingly finds herself at the center of a small town conspiracy and must harness all her inner strength to save her daughter and clear her name.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, rough, suspenseful
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Fatal Call (2012)
Plot Summary:
Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a nightmarish roller coaster ride, accused of murder and running from the law and a mysterious stranger out to kill him. Surviving by quick thinking and his wits, Mitch must confront both his past and present and find a solution before time runs out!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Slip (2006)
Plot Summary:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is compelled to do their bidding so their souls may rest in peace. One of these souls leads her to Cal, a young car thief who is one car away from going legit. Unfortunately, Cal is wrongfully accused of stealing from his partners and now they want him dead.Sarah, drawn by the spirit of Cal's murdered nephew, becomes an avenging angel, awakening a dark spirit of her past while risking all to save a total stranger. Now in a race for their lives as well as their souls, Cal and Sarah soon discover that there are far more fearsome things than men with guns.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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The Devil's Dominoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Way of the Wicked (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective (Facinelli), on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays the man's disbelieving boss, while Hauer plays a man-of-the-cloth who aids the cop on his mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, detective, satanic
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No Through Road (2008)
Plot Summary:
The serenity of another quiet evening is shattered for an amateur photographer when a desperate woman takes refuge in his humble suburban home. Reluctantly, he is pulled into a cat and mouse game with her pursuers. Only dawn will reveal the blood-soaked fallout of being alone in the middle of suburbia.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film, scary, realistic, suspenseful, slasher
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Taped (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johan and Saar make a final attempt to save their marriage by going on vacation to Buenos Aires. In keeping a promise to their daughter they will make a video of their activities there. When they accidentally witness (and videotape) a brutal murder they will have to run to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, exciting, serious, fast
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Surviving Crooked Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
A summertime canoe trip turns into a nightmare for four 14-year-old girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense, independent film
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Venom (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a car breaks down in an isolated desert, a mother and young daughter are relentlessly pursued by a deadly snake.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, psychotronic
Similar in 87%
The King of the Hill (2007)
Plot Summary:
Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost. Trying to find his direction, he suddenly gets shot from the hill. On his escape from gunshots, he meets Bea, an attractive young woman, who apparently is lost as well. Suspicious of each other, they join forces to run away through the forest, unprotected, cold, hunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, tense, hispanic, dread, slasher, road movie
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The Devil's in the Details (2013)
Plot Summary:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, teen, exciting, rough
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Trapped (2014)
Plot Summary:
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Favor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees which begins the unraveling of their friendship and ultimately leads both to murderous acts they never thought themselves capable of.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, twisted, realistic, independent film
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Fatal Justice (2012)
Plot Summary:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Plot Summary:
Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending, realistic
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The Employer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. Soon the true nature of their situation is revealed when they receive a phone call from the mysterious CEO of Carcharias, known only as The Employer. He informs them that they are about to experience the final interview, but it's not at all what they were expecting.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing, psychological, realistic, independent film