Best movies like Superstition
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Plot Summary:
19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby inflames. Is seems as if Julie possesses rare telepathic skills, that she cannot control. Her young lawyer fights for her in court and against the public opinion in Italy, who take her for a witch.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, captivating, suspense, independent film
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Aftermath (2017)
Plot Summary:
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake, his mind as he happens to be the air traffic controller, who fails to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret. Can the two make peace with the past?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, suspenseful, tense, touching, suspense, inspirational, sad, cult classic, historical drama
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The Messenger (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. Unwillingly becoming embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye, Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and as the memories come flooding back, he confronts the truth about the death of his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, psychological, tense, thrilling, psychotronic
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Dark River (2017)
Plot Summary:
After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, social
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Intrigo: Samaria (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters the kitchen and doesn't even have time to notice that she's not alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, independent film
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49 Days (2006)
Plot Summary:
Liu (Stephen Fung) awaits execution after he is convicted of murdering his friends. According to Chinese superstition, the souls of the dead have 49 days to wander the earth before going to heaven or hell for an eternity. Liu and his lawyer (Gilian Chung) must find a way to intersect with the spirits to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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The Ones Below (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple expecting their first child discover an unnerving difference between themselves and the couple living in the flat below them who are also having a baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, scary, tense, rough, bleak, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, psychological horror
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Dark Crimes (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Polish detective becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, melancholic, enigmatic, bleak, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir
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Strange But True (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, philosophical, dark
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Daylight (2013)
Plot Summary:
A successful lawyer finds out that she has a half-brother who is imprisoned in a secure hospital after he brutally murdered his neighbor and their baby.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, twisted
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Rojo (2018)
Plot Summary:
A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of a successful lawyer gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Is There a Killer in My Family? (2020)
Plot Summary:
True-crime author, Carly, and her husband Kevin take a vacation at a historical mansion on Crawford Island. Kevin thinks it will be a chance for them to reconnect, but Carly plans to research the puzzling unsolved murder of Diana Crawford.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Jurm (2005)
Plot Summary:
Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol) is married to Sanjana (Lara Dutta). One night Sanjana is murdered, and Avinash is arrested for the murder of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, suspense thriller
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The Staircase Murders (2007)
Plot Summary:
After he calls 911 to report his wife's accident, successful novelist and aspiring politician Michael Peterson (Williams) becomes the prime suspect in her alleged murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary
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Rattlesnake (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, psychological, splatter, weird
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The Nightmare Nanny (2013)
Plot Summary:
Stay-home mom Annie is reluctant to return to work, until she finds Amber, the perfect nanny for her 3-year-old daughter Jenny. But as Annie's young daughter grows closer and closer to Amber, Annie begins to feel like she's being pushed out of her own life. When Jenny suddenly vanishes one day,Annie's search for her missing daughter leads her to the terrifying truth about the dark past of the woman she trusted with her child.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, enigmatic, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Brokedown Palace (1999)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, intense, thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, political thriller, touching, depressing
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The Circle (2015)
Plot Summary:
An otherworldly evil is slipping into a small town in Sweden. Six unrelated girls have been chosen to fight this evil. Together they must overcome their differences in order to save themselves and the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, teen
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Pray for Rain (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Emma Gardner, a whip smart NYC reporter learns of her father's untimely death, she returns to her home town to find that the idyllic farming community of her childhood has been ravaged by drought and has become a place tormented by gangs and the ill effects of extreme poverty. She quickly figures out that her dad's accidental death was not accidental at all. The lists of possible suspects include overly zealous environmentalists, a local war lord and other farmers jealous of her father's outstanding reputation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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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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The Invisible Witness (2018)
Plot Summary:
A businessman must explain to his lawyers how he came to be found in a locked hotel room with his dead partner, whose body was covered in money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, realistic, enigmatic
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She Will (2021)
Plot Summary:
Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, supernatural thriller, psychological
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The Quarry (1998)
Plot Summary:
This thriller investigates the mysterious assassination of a gay pastor in rural South Africa. Without witnesses or explanations, the crime appears to the police and others as a jigsaw puzzle without enough pieces. The police then suspect and arrest people based on the usual prejudices, black and coloured people who plant marijuana in this case. Meanwhile, the true assassin not only goes his way unpunished from the very beginning, but becomes one of the rural town's most respected citizens. The sheriff at one point does begin having certain suspicions, and from there on the bulk of the plot is played out. The location is a very arid part of South Africa, so with so much desert rock, there are bound to be quarries. Some may reveal important secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, suspense, crying
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Obsessed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman claims she had an affair with a married neurosurgeon and stands trial for allegedly harassing him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, tense, bleak, psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexual, mind bending, realistic
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The Whole Truth (2016)
Plot Summary:
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, rough, disturbing, thought provoking, clever, detective, crime drama
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Burning (2018)
Plot Summary:
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. And one day Ben tells Jongsu about his most unusual hobby.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: suspense, art house, ambiguous ending, exciting, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, inspirational, atmospheric
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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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The Firm (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, entertaining
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, twisted, entertaining
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
Plot Summary:
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, tricky, enigmatic, talky, intense
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Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, psychological thriller, tricky, intense, clever