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Plot Summary:
When a teen girl and her mom inherit an old house, little do they know that a mysterious person is hiding in the attic – a teen boy who has been living there for months.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Locked Away (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a teenager gets pregnant, her mother feels the baby should be adopted. The girl seeks advice from her school counsellor, but this woman has her own agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing
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Murdered at 17 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pretty and popular, seventeen-year-old Brooke Emerson is the envy of her classmates--and even some of her closest friends. But while she seems to have it all, Brooke has never felt so lost. Ever since she sustained a head injury during a cheerleading stunt the previous year, she's suffered from a disorder that causes her to fly into uncontrollable, sometimes violent rages. As hard as she tries to keep it together, she finds herself in danger of jeopardizing her seemingly perfect life. It isn't until Brooke meets Jake, a handsome and charismatic stranger, that she feels like she's found someone who not only understands her, but accepts her for who she is. As tempting as it is to get swept up in the romance, she can't help but feel like something in their relationship isn't quite right. When her best friend is brutally murdered, Brooke has no choice but to depend on her new love...especially because she's worried that she might be the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Runt (2019)
Plot Summary:
Neglected and unsupervised, a group of high school seniors are pulled into a downward cycle of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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A Deadly Adoption (2015)
Plot Summary:
Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, cult film
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The Boy She Met Online (2010)
Plot Summary:
When teenager Cami Winters falls in love, she falls hard. Her single mother, Tori, has no idea that Cami has fallen in love with a boy named 'Jake' she met on a social networking website. Although Cami believes Jake's a 23 year-old college student, everything he's told her online is a lie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious
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The Perfect Teacher (2010)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled, selfish teenager becomes infatuated with her teacher. She befriends his daughter as a way of worming her way into the family, and sets about manipulating every aspect of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy
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Mean Dreams (2016)
Plot Summary:
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, cliffhanger, dark, crime drama, cult classic
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Remember Me, Mommy? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca, a respected teacher at a private girls school, has her life turned upside down when a new scholarship student arrives who might be the daughter she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, weird
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The Winter Lake (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, weird
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Nowhere Safe (2014)
Plot Summary:
Nowhere to run...Nowhere to hide. After two teen girls cruelly impersonate her online in a reverse cyber bullying plot, Ashley s reputation is ruined. She and her mother, Julie (a high school teacher), are ostracized, forcing them to flee an escalating threat to their lives. Starting over in a new town and school, romantic interests and the poignant lessons from Kevin, an eccentric history teacher, draw them out of seclusion. However, when the past catches up with Ashley, she draws on what she s learned from Kevin s history lessons, giving her strength to stand tall rather than giving in to the bullies that torment her. With the support of her mother and new found friends, Ashley confronts her painful past, using the very tools of social media and technology that originally hurt her to expose lies and spread the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, inspirational, humorous, semi serious
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Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
Plot Summary:
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Runaway (2005)
Plot Summary:
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael works at a convenience store where everything starts to come together for him. But as Michael falls in love with his beautiful co-worker, Carly, his past begin.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Teenage Bank Heist (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real time, ticking clock thriller, as the girls are on the run from the police, we learn that the real motivation behind the robbery is something unexpected.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, realistic
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Sexting in Suburbia (2012)
Plot Summary:
moody daughters, Rachel and Dina have a close relationship. Dina tells her everything... or so Rachel thinks. When Dina suddenly commits suicide, Rachel is devastated and confused. Her search for answers as to what happened in her daughter's final days leads her to some painful discoveries about the secrets that Dina was trying to keep and the bullying that was tearing her apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
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A Sister's Secret (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and runs into someone from her past: Jane (Cynthia Preston). Years ago, in high school, Katherine dated Jane's twin brother Sean, who subsequently committed suicid.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing
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Her Husband's Betrayal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley leaves for his next job, Cathy follows him...all the way to another family's home! When Cathy storms in to confront him, she finds a dead body and receives a call from Riley saying she must confess to the crime or her son will be killed. With the police hot on her tail, Cathy goes on the run to unearth the truth before it is too late to save her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Kansas City, the deranged middle-age Donna Germaine stabs and kills her lover, when he calls off their relationship to stay with his wife. Donna uses an excuse to move to the house of her aunt, and she becomes obsessed in their neighbor, the executive William Costigan. The sick Donna plots an evil scheme to take William from his wife Jeannie Costigan.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, complex
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My Daughter's Disgrace (2016)
Plot Summary:
A high school senior’s life is turned upside down when photos of her naked body are distributed to a revenge porn website. Frustrated by police inaction, her mother takes the investigation into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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Edge of Winter (2016)
Plot Summary:
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, exciting, tense, suspenseful, neo western
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State's Evidence (2004)
Plot Summary:
When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate thrill, as he documents the day's events, anticipating the grand finale: Scott plans to commit suicide on camera. His friends become fascinated by his idea and decide to join the action for various reasons; home problems, romance and even boredom. They pull behind their leader and set out to make history. The rush is instantaneous. Emotions run wild. Pressure mounts as shocking details are revealed. The search for the final adventure takes an unexpected turn down a dark road. This journey turns out to be much more than what Scott and his friends had ever anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, surreal
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Them That Follow (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s wedding to a devoted follower looms, she must decide whether or not to trust the steely matriarch of their community, Hope, with her heart and life at stake.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, independent film
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Deadly Influencer (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman commits murder to keep her classmates' social media careers under her thumb. After killing a popular friend, she turns her sights on a new girl, but the girl's mother suspects the truth and will fight to protect her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Best Friends (2005)
Plot Summary:
Beth Ferrier is happy in her life - fulfilled as a wife and mother, living in a beautiful home in a safe and tranquil neighborhood. Claudia Hartnell lives across the street and seems to be the perfect best friend - kind, compassionate, and a good listener. Nobody would ever guess that behind Claudia's charming facade lies an insatiable desire to live an idealized life. Nobody would suspect that her relentless childhood obsession is about to turn to murderous rage. Claudia wants everything that Beth holds dear and will use any means necessary to take it all away from her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Walking the Halls (2012)
Plot Summary:
High school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control. made for TV.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, realistic, touching, exciting, tense, captivating, ridiculous
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Stolen Dreams (2015)
Plot Summary:
Laura Paddington is overcome with joy when her daughter, Zoe, returns to her after being abducted 17 years before--but is Zoe really her long lost child?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Saver (2015)
Plot Summary:
When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a janitor another as a cook. Juggling life and work and the discovery of the book, ‘50 Ways to become a Millionaire: All you need to do is save,’ Fern decides to do just that, replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire. Written, directed and edited by award-winning filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Marion Bridge, Stay), The Saver stars the newly discovered Imajyn Cardinal and is based on the young adult novel by Edeet Ravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, contemplative
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Pyewacket (2017)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, demonic, post-horror, captivating, psychological, surprise ending, atmospheric, intellectual
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Mommy's Little Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of a dangerous little girl who is reunited with her natural mother after living with her controlling grandparents in a rural farmhouse in seclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Utoya - July 22 (2018)
Plot Summary:
The movie tells the story about a girl who has to hide and survive from terrorist Anders Breivik while looking for her little sister during the terrorist attacks in Norway on the island Utøya, July 22nd.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, brutal, depressing, suspense, social, sad
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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