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Plot Summary:
Loving girlfriend, family fortune, breakout movie role: he's got it all. Until an app awakens a powerful new yearning. While in Rome to shoot his first movie, actor and industrial heir Niccolò becomes obsessed with the dating app "US" that sends him into a self-destructive spiral.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, melancholic, contemplative, smart
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Invasive (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young couple, Pauline and Alex, moves from Paris to a quiet neighbourhood in the French countryside. Pauline loves to take care of her garden and the plants. She is also fascinated with her older neighbour Gilles who lives alone. They spend much time together and he helps her with her garden. Finally, he gives her a special plant from Brasil as a gift. The plant needs a lot of attention and is sensitive to the mood around it. As the plant grows, it takes up all of Paulines time which endangeres her relationship with Alex.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, touching, captivating, contemplative
Similar in 85%
The Wilding (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in suburban North Carolina, “The Wilding” follows the fractured Hayes family as they attempt to rebuild their lives amidst sinister, supernatural forces. Looking to leave their troubled past behind, George and Margaret try to help their daughter Kayla, a 17-year-old haunted since childhood by strange visions of the dead. Seeking answers for their daughter’s recurring hallucinations, they begin to suspect that she may be a Wilding... possessing untold supernatural abilities.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 88%
Flutter (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chancer John lives for playing the odds - and he's always willing to take a calculated risk. But when he meets the mysterious and beautiful female bookie Stan, he discovers there's much more to gambling than just greyhounds and horses. Lured by her huge payoffs, John finds himself sucked into a surreal and dangerous word ruled by money, power and control. The question is how far will John go for the ultimate last big win?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense
Similar in 86%
Stalked By My Patient (2018)
Plot Summary:
A troubled patient mistakes a doctor's compassion for adoration and becomes obsessed, willing to do whatever it takes to keep her in his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Vital (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hiroshi wakes up in a hospital room and realizes that he was in a serious car accident that caused the death of his girlfriend, Ryoko, as well as the loss of his memory. While trying to regain his memory, one of the first clues that Hiroshi finds are his old medical textbooks that he studied prior to his accident. This gives him a renewed purpose in life and he delves forward into his medical school studies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, surreal, suspense, art house, serious, realistic
Similar in 82%
Best Friend's Betrayal (2019)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Katie and Jess are inseparable and have always had each other's backs. When Jess begins a new serious relationship, Katie is unsure of the new perfect man and famous crime writer, Nick. She wants to support her friend's newfound happiness but is fiercely protective. Katie's obsession with Jess soon proves deadly and it is up to the recently vilified Nick to expose the bestie before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
Similar in 81%
The Stepsister (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nicole and Mark get engaged, but his stepsister believes she has a claim on him and is willing to do anything to be his bride.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, sexy
Similar in 75%
Isabelle (2011)
Plot Summary:
Isabelle is a famous and beloved actress from the Netherlands, who disappears when on Holiday in Belgium. She has been kidnapped by bartender Jeanne Bitor, an artist with a disfigured face. Jeanne is very bitter about her 'ugly' appearance, and she is obsessed with the process of dying and deterioration of animals and humans. Therefore, she abducts Isabelle and starves her to death, while painting her in different phases of the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, realistic, contemplative
Similar in 88%
The Longest Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, bleak, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 82%
Auggie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Forced into early retirement, Felix Greystone falls in love with an augmented reality companion, to the detriment of his relationship with his wife and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Subliminal Seduction (1996)
Plot Summary:
Darrin Danver is married to Deb. He is a videogames programmer and works for Z-Games when he receives an offer for a job from CTC. He accepts the offer and moves with his wife Deb near Las Vegas. There he discovers that he is paid a lot only to develop the videogame Radical Rat Trap, which is to follow Amazing Mouse Maze. But the great family of CTC uses Videogames Cd-Rom and subliminal messages to try to control minds, his and his wife's.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Lost Solace (2016)
Plot Summary:
After taking a new form of ecstasy, a psychopath goes through a mind bending trip causing him to feel and question his morality for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Toxic (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly strange and dangerous place. Finally, Laura reveals a story that changes everything. The road is depopulating, the silence grows and it is increasingly difficult to differentiate the reality from the dream.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic
Similar in 77%
Lost Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Silent Forest (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hearing-impaired teenager Chang Cheng transfers to a school for children with special needs. However, the world of the hearing-impaired doesn’t seem quiet at all. When Chang witnesses the game taking place in the last row on the school bus, his excitement about blending into a new environment immediately turns into fear.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Some Beasts (2019)
Plot Summary:
A family travels to a remote island in southern Chile. During the trip they try to convince the grandparents to support them financially to build a hotel in the place. Nicolás, the man who crossed them disappears, leaving the family trapped on the island, the smiles begin to disappear. With cold, without water and without certainties, tempers are diluted, exposing the tensions that each member of the family hides.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 85%
The Mandela Effect (2019)
Plot Summary:
A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, action thriller, twisted, psychotronic, independent film, captivating
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Stalker's Prey (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura's life is turned upside down when she is attacked by a shark while celebrating her 18th birthday. She's rescued by Bruce, a handsome young man just returned home from college. As she recovers, he becomes a local hero for his bravery. As the dust settles, Bruce seems smitten with his damsel in distress, but Laura is not ready to move past the boyfriend she lost in the attack.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
Similar in 86%
A Mother Knows Worst (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tragedy strikes when Olivia and Harry Davis’ newborn baby doesn’t survive the birth. 6 months later the young couple have come to terms with their loss and are rebuilding their lives, they may even be ready to try again for a family soon. But when Olivia meets glamourous Brooke Marsden and her baby girl, she is overwhelmed by a feeling of love and longing. She quickly becomes obsessed with Brooke and her baby, which worries Harry. Is Olivia going crazy’ Or is a mother’s instinct always right’ Katie Leclerc and Jeff Schine star.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Monolith (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, stylized, ambiguous ending, action thriller
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The Canyons (2013)
Plot Summary:
The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, neo noir, erotic, slasher, psychological, captivating, suspense, dark, controversial
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Sin Sisters (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a classmate is accidentally killed, real-life sisters Misty and Chelsea Mundae have to work together to try and hide the body. At a remote cabin in the hills they encounter Juli, who tests their loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, weird
Similar in 75%
Looker (1981)
Plot Summary:
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, futuristic, psychological, serious, erotic, cult classic, surprise ending, exciting
Similar in 76%
Take Shelter (2011)
Plot Summary:
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, ambiguous ending, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark, disturbing, stylized, independent film
Similar in 78%
Mothers' Instinct (2018)
Plot Summary:
Brussels, early 60’s. Alice and Céline live in twin bourgeois houses. They are best friends as are their children, Theo and Maxime, who have grown up like brothers. Both families spend all their time together. This perfect harmony is broken when an accident creates strong divisions between the two families.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, melancholic, psychological, captivating, ambiguous ending, tragic
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The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life (2015)
Plot Summary:
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller
Similar in 84%
Sexual Intrigue (2008)
Plot Summary:
A mystery start when all the psychologist's patient are murdered, exactly after each one of them have a session. Who is the killer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
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One Hour Photo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, intense, creepy, contemplative
Similar in 90%
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Plot Summary:
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, surreal, suspense, atmospheric, mind bending, philosophical, mindfuck, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Ex Machina (2014)
Plot Summary:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 575000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, futuristic, twist ending, mind bending, thought provoking, intellectual, tense, minimal cast, cerebral