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Plot Summary:
A lone fisherman on his daily run finds himself lost in a thick fog which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to come when his encounter with a seemingly abandoned sailboat becomes a fight for survival against an enemy unknown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malta, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, rough, retro, atmospheric, enigmatic, dark, psychotronic, exciting, weird
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Echoes (2022)
Plot Summary:
Julián Lemar, a best-selling suspense writer, goes on vacation with his family to a cabin in the woods. During a strong storm, the power goes out and a woman shows up desperately asking for help: her husband killed her son and now he wants to kill her. From that moment on, danger and deception are a constant threat and for Julián a hellish night begins until he discovers the truth.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, enigmatic
Similar in 78%
Silent Retreat (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six members of a media company go on a weekend business retreat at an isolated lodge in the woods. When one of the members goes missing, they discover that the lodge was formerly a private mental institution that had been shut down after allegations of devious misconduct. One by one, they fall victim to the dark secrets buried at the lodge.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, brutal, serious, slasher
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Territorial Behavior (2015)
Plot Summary:
A survival specialist encounters poachers and something malevolent while backpacking in the remote wilderness of Montana.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, rough, captivating
Similar in 89%
Bermuda Triangle (1996)
Plot Summary:
After a strange storm in the Carribean causes a boat to sink, a family finds itself stranded on an island in the "27th dimension".
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense
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47 Meters Down (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, natural horror, exciting, slasher, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, controversial
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Lost Voyage (2000)
Plot Summary:
Twenty five years ago, the SS Corona Queen disappeared in the region known as, "The Bermuda Triangle". Now, it has returned. Seven people go on board to learn the truth behind her disappearance but the ship did not return alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, scary, atmospheric, serious, creepy, independent film
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The Ferryman (2007)
Plot Summary:
Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft are about to cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing the same ocean, a sick, dying old Greek man drifts alone on a stricken yacht. The Greek (John Rhys-Davies) has been cheating death for countless years. Trading broken bodies for new ones over centuries. With him he carries a deadly weapon that allows him to do this. This weapon, the Shifting Blade, gives its possessor an awesome power. But now is the time of reckoning. The Ferryman, the ancient conveyor of death and the path to the afterlife is close and he wants the Greek. There is a payment to be made.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, brutal, suspense, awful
Similar in 78%
Curse of the Nun (2019)
Plot Summary:
A damaged young woman is looking forward to moving to a beautiful new home, but the spirit of a deranged nun wants her to stay right where she is.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, bleak, rough, dark, psychotronic
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and travel home alone. But her expectations of peace are short-lived when, at the railway station, Iris wavers in the scorching heat and constant jostle of passengers, fainting suddenly on the platform. She wakes in time to be rushed onto the train, but with a pounding head and a feeling of being almost in a dream. Whilst in this malaise she is comforted by an older English lady called Miss Froy, but when Iris falls asleep she awakes to find Miss Froy has gone and her fellow passengers denying she ever existed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense, absurd, period piece, mind bending, realistic
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Cruise of Fear (1993)
Plot Summary:
Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocked. From there they are going to sail to Malta and live on the boat for a year. They have bought some real estate with an old ruin of a hotel on it, which they are going to rebuild. A few days before they are about to start, they meet Gil and Ronnie Freeland. They would give anything to join them for a couple of days on the sea, and no sooner said than done, all four of them are enjoying the sweet life on the boat. The Norvells soon discover that it was a big mistake to invite them on board.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic
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Haunted Boat (2005)
Plot Summary:
When the young Kevin gets the boat of his dead uncle as a gift, he invites five friends of him to a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend. While in the journey, they drink booze, have sex and play games, with each one of them telling his or her greatest fear. Later Kevin drowns in the open sea, the engine stops, and they are haunted and murdered by their greatest innermost fear.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, slasher, suspenseful, independent film, scary, serious, mind twisting
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The Vanishing (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, mind bending, bloody, minimal cast, powerful, crime thriller
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The Eyes (2016)
Plot Summary:
6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk, and the six have 2 hours to decide who gets to live.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Reeds (2010)
Plot Summary:
A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, grindhouse, independent film
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10x10 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lewis is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession - revenge - against Cathy. Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempt to extract a dark secret from her past.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, feel good, brutal
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Terrible Angels (2012)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ben Nolan is sent to investigate the story of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel. Linda explains that she was kidnapped and held captive for weeks. As the investigation unfolds, Linda's sanity is put to question, leaving Ben to decide whether to go on with the investigation or leave Linda to the fate of the prison system.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic
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Visitors (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary, tense
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Death Ship (1980)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, scary, suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, grindhouse, cult classic
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Buried (2010)
Plot Summary:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, surprise ending, depressing, dark, bad ending, minimal cast, twist ending
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Escape: Puzzle of Fear (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room in Los Angeles. When the couples are locked into the Escape Room, Matthew quickly finds himself at the center of a revenge plot meant to right the wrongs of his past, with deadly results.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Village of Shadows (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Lucas Frantz invites his friends to visit his hometown Village de Ruiflec, they head in two cars to spend the weekend. The driver Hugo Kerimba, Marion Valeyre, Stan and his girlfriend Katia Brezinsky follows the car of Lucas, David Fontana, his girlfriend Lila Paredes, Marion's estranged sister Emma Valeyre and Mathias through the lonely winding road in a rainy night. Out of the blue, Hugo steps on the gas and overtakes the other car. Sooner, Lucas, David, Lila, Emma and Mathias find Hugo's car left on the road with the doors open and the passengers missing. They walk to Ruiflec to find shelter and a telephone to call the other group. But they learn that they are trapped in Ruiflec and an evil entity does not allow them to leave the village.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, offbeat, bleak
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Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, harsh, bleak, suspenseful, serious, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, surreal, absurd
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Ghost Ship (2002)
Plot Summary:
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, creepy, demonic, splatter, psychological
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Pressure (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, depressing, psychological, captivating, tension, entertaining
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Jaws (1975)
Plot Summary:
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 647000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, natural horror, entertaining, creepy, classic horror, rough, exciting
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Sphere (1998)
Plot Summary:
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, mind bending, tense, suspenseful, breathtaking, exciting, atmospheric, clever, confusing
Similar in 86%
Abandoned (2015)
Plot Summary:
When their yacht capsizes during a storm; four men face almost certain death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, intense, serious, captivating, emotional
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The Killing Room (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological thriller, rough, intellectual, mindfuck, surreal
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Fermat's Room (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, mind bending, psychological thriller, mind blowing
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Triangle (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, suspense, mindfuck, confusing, cerebral, atmospheric