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Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about Daphne, a young woman who moves to the Oregon Coast with her boyfriend, Roger, when he inherits his childhood beach house, only to discover that Roger hasn't been completely honest about his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Blind Spot (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Remember Me (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in a Victorian haunted mansion, Kelly McGillis as a grieving Mom is being driven mad by a vocal but unseen entity. She believes it to be her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Beach House (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Beach House is a film about four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideologies, causes and virtues of their predecessors. It portrays their intellectual and emotional nonchalance about what is happening around them in their daily lives and relationships. In a house whose architecture is a sixties' experiment in mixing modern and Islamic architecture, a stone and concrete cube suspended over a rocky shore bashed by the waves of the Mediterranean, by famed Iraqi architect Refaat Chaderji, we spend a night with four characters whose non-stop conversations and peculiar actions reflect the void and chaos they are living in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Infiesto (2023)
Plot Summary:
As the coronavirus upends their lives, two detectives doggedly pursue those responsible for an abduction they realize is part of a sinister pattern.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, dark, sinister
Similar in 89%
Fodor's Hamlet (2007)
Plot Summary:
Visually mesmeric with countless lateral subplots set in a a nightmarish no man's land: Shakespeare in the Extreme!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags:
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Turtle Beach (1992)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 85%
Street Girls (1975)
Plot Summary:
When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter, Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts and thieves. Angel has become a dancer in a topless bar, and her dealer boyfriend is turning her on to heroin.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Queen of Carthage (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American Drifter discovers a New Zealand Singer and develops and obsession for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Reyka (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1994 South Africa, the daughter of a multiracial couple is kidnapped. She escapes and as an adult becomes a detective. Continuing to deal with her past trauma, Reyka Gama uses her skills to raise her child and solve mysteries that have challenged others.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: detective
Similar in 81%
The Defilers (1965)
Plot Summary:
Two young thugs kidnap a young girl and keep her in the basement of an old warehouse where they forcibly make her their sex slave.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, weird, cult film
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Jezebel's Kiss (1990)
Plot Summary:
Someone runs a woman (Katherine Barrese) off a beach road; she sleeps with a developer (Malcolm McDowell), his son and a sheriff to get even.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Spiral (2007)
Plot Summary:
A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing "voices" from the phone man's past threaten to lead him into a network of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, sad, christmas horror, cerebral, mind twisting
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Deadline (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Natalie Varga is accused of murdering her husband, journalist James Alden finds himself captivated by the case and ends up falling in love with the very femme fatale.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: thrilling
Similar in 78%
Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Plot Summary:
A teenage gang led by the vicious Dexter; his girlfriend Mitzi; and friends Denny and Lummonx; create havoic in a small Florida town by harrassing various people, vandalizing property, well... just for the hell of it. When a former gang member, Doug, tries to prevent their ever increasing violent antics, Denny takes it upon himself and a few loyal members of the gang to target Doug's girlfriend, Jeanne, to make him back off.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Broken (2006)
Plot Summary:
A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up facing the biggest wrong turn of all: her dangerous ex-boyfriend who's determined to win back her love or die trying.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, erotic, realistic, gloomy
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Fathers & Sons (1992)
Plot Summary:
A beach runner and bookworm (Goldblum) has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy with a serial killer coming between him and his son. The ensuing E.S.P. experiences and danger bond father and son.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, serious, realistic
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Loved (1997)
Plot Summary:
After a husband is accused of droving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sincere, thought provoking, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, contemplative
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Without Evidence (1995)
Plot Summary:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When Michael is killed, his brother begins his own investigation into the murder, leading him to more lies and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spectacular, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Night Moves (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, meditative, intense, atmospheric, independent film, realistic, social, neo noir
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Who's Stalking Me? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially close eye on Amanda. Taken by his generosity and commitment, Amanda begins to feel safer--unaware that she's letting the real threat get closer than ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
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Dawn Patrol (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the brutal murder of his beloved brother, a small-town surfer seeks revenge against the gang of merciless thugs he holds responsible. However, when another tragedy brings him face to face with the consequences of his actions, he must seek forgiveness from the very people he despises most.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, erotic
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Wicked Sins (2002)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Sara Parson and Luke Gage have just broken off their romantic partnership when they are forced to collaborate on a double-murder case. The breakup appears to have been about Luke's indiscretions with a female witness in a previous case. The victims are Jonathan Lawson, a fashion photographer and his current model and playmate, Shani Cassata, who is married to Frank Cassata the owner of Club Z. Kari Sims, Jonathan's assistant and former waitress/dancer at Club Z, becomes the first suspect by discovering the bodies. Then comes the twist: Jonathan appears not to be himself, but his twin Justin, who is supposed to reside in a mental institution. Det. Sara is sufficiently attracted to Justin/Jonathan that she begins to take liberties with her professional role regarding witnesses in a current case. We are led to speculate on whether Luke and Sara can work together despite their personal differences as well as Sara's distractions to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective, hot
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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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Heat Wave (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles County into a parched, lifeless desert, one scientist must put her theories to the test in a desperate effort to prevent the catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 76%
The Crew (1994)
Plot Summary:
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by her bigoted lawyer brother. Along for the trip: a rock musician and his wife, as well as the newly sex-changed Tim, and the woman he's smuggling into the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, psychological thriller, independent film
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Five Fingers (2006)
Plot Summary:
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat, trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind blowing, twisted, emotional, twist ending, perverse, exciting
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Body of Evidence (1992)
Plot Summary:
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, suspenseful, suspense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, stylized
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Dancing Trees (2009)
Plot Summary:
Martha (Katie Boland), 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genuis whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routinewith her cousin Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother Josephine (Amanda Tapping), she sees the good in everything and everyone. But suddenly, her mother is the casualty of a brutal crime before her eyes and Martha is sent to a foster home. Nicole is distraught and battle for custody of her cousin, but the police constantly block her requests. Finally, Detective Velez relents, on one condition: Martha must help solve the crime and find justice for her fallen mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, psychological thriller, erotic, sexy, captivating, psychosexual thriller
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Along Came a Spider (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as Alex and Jezzie attempt to track down the kidnapper before the spider claims another victim for its web.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller, clever, intense