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Plot Summary:
A man and his sister-in-law plot to kill his wife, but things don't turn out quite the way they planned.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: surreal, independent film
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At Granny's House (2015)
Plot Summary:
A typical Midwest house. A sweet little old lady. When a caretaker moves in to help out, Granny's House becomes a macabre place of death - and love.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 83%
Prime Suspect (1989)
Plot Summary:
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
Similar in 82%
The Good Nanny (2017)
Plot Summary:
When strong-willed Summer Pratt takes a job at a beautiful estate as the new nanny to a sweet but sad little girl named Sophie, she soon starts to suspect something is very wrong with the beautiful, wealthy couple who call themselves her parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, bleak, suspenseful
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Nowhere to Run (1989)
Plot Summary:
Rural Texas, 1960 -- An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Six high school seniors know the terrible secret that will make the difference in the biggest election in the county's history. Now they must make the most difficult decision of their lives. They must become adults. Written by Concorde - New Horizons.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nevermore (2007)
Plot Summary:
The movie stars Judd Nelson as a wealthy but unstable hermit who is convinced he will soon become insane much as his father did; his father actually did go insane and murdered Nelson's character's mother. He hires a private investigator (played by Vincent Spano) to look into his wife's possible motives for helping drive him insane. The wife, played by Jennifer O'Dell, is a sort of trophy wife; Nelson's character is certain that she is out to both drive him insane and rob him of his fortune.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Murder at the Mansion (2018)
Plot Summary:
As her wedding day approaches the would be bride uncovers some secrets at the family home of her fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: emotional, psychotronic
Similar in 79%
Kiss of Death (1997)
Plot Summary:
Possibly the best of all the various films that have used the cliched title 'Kiss of Death'. It stars Vanity as Prince’s purple-head-pleasing protégé.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Secrets of a Psychopath (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings lure unsuspecting victims to their house through a dating site for games and slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dimension in Fear (1998)
Plot Summary:
Escaped murderer Cal Lewis wants revenge for those responsible for him being put away. Enroute from Texas to Las Vegas he crosses paths with young TV news reporter Deidre Holland who quickly becomes his target.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense
Similar in 77%
The Ex Next Door (2019)
Plot Summary:
Katie Gatewood's love for her husband Dan is put to the test when Dan's obsessed ex-girlfriend Louisa moves into the house next door, intending to drive the happy couple apart by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
Plot Summary:
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, mad
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Rough Mix (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set within the confines of the sleek affluent world of the Singapore music business, wine collectors, high fashion and tai-tai society, retired singer Janielle embarks upon a perilous course of action that results in deadly and unforeseen consequences when she attempts to reignite her career and love life.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Footsteps (2003)
Plot Summary:
Daisy Lowendahl (Bergen) is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan (Hall) who knows almost everything about her, and two men - one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, enigmatic, bleak, scenic, psychological, serious, realistic
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Wander (2020)
Plot Summary:
After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, surprise ending, atmospheric, clever, intellectual, enigmatic, serious, captivating
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Crawlspace (2022)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal murder in a cabin, a man hides in a crawlspace while the killers scour the property for a hidden fortune. As they draw nearer, he must decide if the crawlspace will be his tomb or the battleground in his fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, psychological thriller
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The Holding (2011)
Plot Summary:
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, psychological, rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful
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The Wrong Neighbor (2017)
Plot Summary:
A recently separated father and his teenage daughter become the deadly obsession of their neighbor -- a beguiling, deranged young woman willing to do whatever's necessary to take her rightful place as their wife and mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, surprise ending, twist ending
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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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Cat in the Cage (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
Plot Summary:
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her husband in to void the prenupt. The stranger decides to turn her imagination into reality much to the wife's surprise.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, noir, psychosexual thriller, detective, scary, serious, realistic, non-linear
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Body Language (1992)
Plot Summary:
The ambitious Betsy is happy: she gets promoted to a leading management position. Her happiness is spoiled only a little by problems with a boyfriend who feels neglected and an harassing boss. She realizes much too late that her secretary Norma is after her job and step by step tries to ruin her career and private life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998)
Plot Summary:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl and baby. Two men are hired to kill the girl and hold the son hostage in order for her to play the hero and reclaim her husband. The plan hits a snag when the criminals enter the wrong apartment.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense, ridiculous
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Missionary Man (2007)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder rights an injustice from his past and liberates the small town from a malicious oppressor.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Similar in 82%
The Barber (2014)
Plot Summary:
Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film
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Lethal Eviction (2005)
Plot Summary:
A first time landlord purchases a run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in hopes of making a solid investment. Everything seems to be going smoothly until, one by one, the tenants begin to meet strange, untimely gruesome deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, creepy, suspense, mind bending, realistic
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Devil Girl (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fay is a small town girl on a cross country road trip, trying to escape her own reality after the death of her father. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race she finds herself stranded along route 66 in an isolated desert town. Short on cash, she makes a series of choices to make enough money to repair her car. After encountering a neurotic, drug abusing clown she finds herself sliding down a dark spiral. Soon thereafter, her road trip starts to devolve into a living nightmare. Trapped and desperate, she fights to regain her identity while navigating through a host of locals; a creepy motel clerk, an overzealous preacher, and a sexy temptress with horns and a tail.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bleak, surreal, tense, suspenseful, independent film, scary, rough, serious, disturbing, surprise ending
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The Head Hunter (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Murder In-Law (2019)
Plot Summary:
Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to an unsettling level where she will scheme, lie and even murder to keep her son and granddaughter from moving away.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Wrong Student (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kelly Halligan has moved with her 17-year-old niece from New York to California to start her new business venture. When her niece tries out for the soccer team, the two meet the athletic and handsome new coach, Dominic. They also become acquainted with the attractive, but somewhat unstable, student Maddie who is also on the girl's high school soccer team. While Kelly and Dominic develop a romance, Dominic becomes the unwanted center of attention for Maddie, who becomes obsessed with her new coach and proceeds to sabotage his life and Kelly's after he refuses her sexual advances.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, disturbing, sexy
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Judicial Consent (1995)
Plot Summary:
Judge Gwen Warwick becomes involved in the murder trial she has been assigned. Her marriage is on the rocks and the murder victim is an old friend, who rumour has it, had an affair with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film