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Plot Summary:
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychological thriller
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Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
Plot Summary:
A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The M.O. Of M.I. (2002)
Plot Summary:
A happy gay couple in Austin Texas allows a performance artist/hustler, Jonathon, to enter their lives while hiding from his past. His past with one of the couple will come back.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crying, detective
Similar in 76%
Sex, Party and Lies (2009)
Plot Summary:
A youth group is preparing for what will be the summer of their life, including secrets, lies, sex, confusion, evenings and holidays.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, light, suspense, entertaining, art house, queer cinema, hot
Similar in 81%
Joe (1970)
Plot Summary:
Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, realistic, disturbing, psychedelic, controversial, psychological, thought provoking, bleak, serious
Similar in 88%
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo brings home her betrothed, Sidney, who aspires to be a poet. The new butler, Fledge, provides Lady Harriet with the attention she's been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he have a role in Sidney's disappearance as well?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: witty, cynical, semi serious, christmas horror, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, biting, independent film
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The Cable Guy (1996)
Plot Summary:
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the "friendship," Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, parody, cult classic, hilarious, semi serious, witty, cynical
Similar in 82%
Delivered (1998)
Plot Summary:
College dropout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Paris, France (1993)
Plot Summary:
A writer has torrid fantasy affairs with young men.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, independent film, mind bending, realistic, semi serious, lgbt cinema, sexual, atmospheric, thought provoking
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Retaliation (2017)
Plot Summary:
An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, cult classic, crying
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Inconceivable (2017)
Plot Summary:
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, suspense, disturbing, artsy, surprise ending, psychological, feel good, twisted
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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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New Best Friend (2002)
Plot Summary:
Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: intense, stylized, psychological, serious, realistic, teen horror, sexual, crying, erotic, sexy
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Rancid Aluminum (2000)
Plot Summary:
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, sad, offbeat, realistic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Montenegro (1981)
Plot Summary:
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, sexy, cult classic, humorous, surreal, sex comedy, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Anderson's Cross (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nick Anderson, Kevin Daniels, and Tracey Green do everything together. They are the best of friends, and yet they couldn't be more different. Neighbors from adolescence, they finish each other's thoughts and sentences, joys and pains, happiness and tears. Using Nick's house as their own members only clubhouse, they escape into their own world of contentment. Yet the inevitable intrusion of others tests their stability in ways never imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, humorous, independent film, queer cinema
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Sliver (1993)
Plot Summary:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, sensual, psychosexual thriller, serious, exciting, anamorphic
Similar in 84%
Single White Female (1992)
Plot Summary:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, erotic, sexy, psychological thriller, intense, twist ending, sensual, serious, realistic
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To Die For (1995)
Plot Summary:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, disturbing, mockumentary, talky, captivating, erotic, stylized
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World's Greatest Dad (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, clever, melancholic, dark, disturbing, cult classic, hilarious, offbeat, philosophical
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, realistic, twist ending, dark, mindfuck, detective, scary, psychological
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Flower (2017)
Plot Summary:
Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, suspense, psychological, road movie, mumblecore, disturbing, sexy, independent film, dark comedy, cult classic
Similar in 76%
Matador (1986)
Plot Summary:
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, psychological, sexy, controversial, dark comedy, satirical, serious, suspenseful, tense
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Law of Desire (1987)
Plot Summary:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio (Antonio Banderas). Antonio intercepts their correspondence and flies into a towering rage, terrifying Pablo but inspiring him creatively as he works on a play about his transsexual sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surreal, sexy, stylized, atmospheric, talky, humorous, semi serious, erotic, art house, social
Similar in 85%
The Riot Club (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, satirical, realistic, absurd, tense, serious, inspirational, spiritual, artsy
Similar in 86%
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Plot Summary:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sexy, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sensual, erotic, psychological, tense, neo noir
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Running with Scissors (2006)
Plot Summary:
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: disturbing, stylized, intense, touching, realistic, talky, humorous, tragicomedy, psychological, cult classic
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Starter for 10 (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, light, sweet, melancholic, touching, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic
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Stoker (2013)
Plot Summary:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, bleak, gothic, tense, suspense, disturbing, erotic, surreal, visual
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Plot Summary:
The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: controversial, sexy, depressing, sex comedy, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, sexual, erotic
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The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Plot Summary:
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, stylized, melancholic, disturbing, teen, humorous, cult classic, erotic, sexy, philosophical