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Plot Summary:
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, twisted, psychological thriller, detective
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Status: Unknown (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a lively high school reunion, Jessica and Cynthia reconnect with their childhood friend Karen and vow to stay in close communication online. After a year of cheerful daily status updates, Karen begins to post some strange updates to her life. When Jessica tries to call Karen to let her know that she and Cynthia will be in town for the week she is unable to reach her. Sensing something may be seriously wrong, Jessica tracks down Karen's husband Paul to find out where her friend is. Paul tells her that Karen ran off to Hawaii due to marriage issues but Jessica is convinced he is lying. But when random status posts begin showing up on Karen's page, Jessica suspects that someone else might be behind it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, offbeat
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The Letter (2012)
Plot Summary:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious
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Against the Grain (2013)
Plot Summary:
Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful feudals in Nusrat's village, Fatima travels there to investigate. Will the trials and tribulations deter Fatima's resolve? Will the quest challenge an already complicated romantic relationship? Josh: Against the Grain Is the story of Fatima's search for a dangerous truth in Nusrat's feudal village. It is the story of the biggest challenge to Pakistan's still reigning feudalism: the country's youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Pakistan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, suspenseful, tense, inspirational, islamic, realistic
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Resilience (2006)
Plot Summary:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Dangerous Lies (2020)
Plot Summary:
After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband Adam are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception, and murder. If she's going to survive, Katie will have to question everyone's motives — even the people she loves.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, enigmatic, surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, crime drama
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Dead Man's Curve (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suicide's roommates.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, teen horror, dark comedy, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, independent film
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Meeting Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, mystic, twisted, realistic, independent film
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Out of the Black (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, talky
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Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak
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The Least of These (2008)
Plot Summary:
A priest returns to his old Catholic high school to replace a priest who has gone missing, only to begin to suspect that the missing priest may have been murdered by someone at the school to hide a darker secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic
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InSight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kaitlyn, an ER nurse who is tending to a young stabbing victim, is accidentally electrocuted by the defibrillator that is used in an effort to save the woman's life. Almost immediately Kaitlyn starts to experience the victim's memories. She turns to family, friends, and the police, but no one takes her seriously. She decides that she must take it upon herself to try to solve the crime - or risk the terrifying visions ending in her own sanity being at stake. Ultimately Kaitlyn teams up with the detective on the case and weaves her way through the victim's past - to discover not only the brutal truth, but also some very unexpected lessons about life, love, sorrow and forgiveness along the way. (official website).
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough, serious
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Assumed Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
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Deadlocked (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney re-investigates the crime that his son's accused of.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Confined (2010)
Plot Summary:
A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, realistic
Similar in 79%
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
Plot Summary:
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, witty, surprise ending, serious, realistic
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Pig (2011)
Plot Summary:
A man wakes up alone in the middle of the desert with a black hood on his head and his hands tied behind his back. At death's door, he is discovered by a woman living alone in the desert and is nursed back to health. Upon regaining consciousness, the man realizes he has amnesia, and has no idea who he is. His only clue, a piece of paper in his pocket with the name "Manny Elder" on it, sends him on a journey to Los Angeles to discover his past. But things and people are not what they seem and clues lead to something bigger and more unusual than the man could have ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, surprise ending, captivating, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, mind bending, serious, independent film
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Black Widow (1987)
Plot Summary:
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, surprise ending, erotic, noir, tense, sensual
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Heart of Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman doesn't know if the killer is her lover ... or her husband ... or someone else!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, erotic
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Jagged Edge (1985)
Plot Summary:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, serious, psychosexual thriller, dark, twisted
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Deadline (2012)
Plot Summary:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an idealistic young blueblood bent on discovering the truth. Harper undertakes the investigation despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces, a break-up with his fiancée, and his father's cancer diagnosis.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Plot Summary:
An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, factual
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Boston Strangler: The Untold Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate, who knows more about the murders than he reveals, they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward. Meanwhile, Detective John Marsden, searches out the truth certain that they were not committed by one man. Fighting the bureaucracy of the day, Marsden lets his emotions get the best of him as he follows the trail of the murders.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, rough, realistic, suspense, spooky, suspenseful
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Megachurch Murder (2015)
Plot Summary:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a church conspiracy and threats toward her father, she is determined to prove that Hamilton's death was murder not suicide. As she gets closer to the truth, she realizes her own mother may be involved in her father's murder...and that the boy she is falling in love with is the son of his killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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Deceived (1991)
Plot Summary:
A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the supposed death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. After his supposed death, strange developments begin to be discovered by Adrienne regarding Jack's past. Developments that lead her to believe she has been Deceived.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, spectacular, twisted, crying, psychological, tense, bleak
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Blink (1993)
Plot Summary:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, neo noir, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, gloomy
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Plot Summary:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, suspense, twist ending, clever, scenic, tricky, slasher, psychological thriller
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Copycat (1995)
Plot Summary:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, tense, detective, suspenseful, sexy, slasher, scary, creepy
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The Game (1997)
Plot Summary:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 421000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, neo noir, suspenseful, intellectual, unusual plot structure, clever, philosophical
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The Gift (2015)
Plot Summary:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, intense, suspenseful, mindfuck, atmospheric, scary