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Plot Summary:
When the spoiled son and newest wife of a billionaire patriarch plot to murder him, they form a psycho-sexual bond with their brutally handsome hitman as they kill and kill (and kill) in their quest for wealth and recognition.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, erotic
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The Silent Thief (2012)
Plot Summary:
Brennan is an outcast drifter who threatens to destroy a family's unity by displacing their son, Mike, while he is away at college. The Silent Thief is a thriller that examines familial bonds and the line between sanity and insanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, erotic, humorous, silent, homoerotic, silent film
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Kissing Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of college boys, bored with the every day "gay life" of LA, decide to skip Pride weekend in exchange for a camping trip in the woods. Quickly overcome with boredom in their new surroundings, the boys venture into a game that ultimately unleashes the vengeful spirit of a local legend known as Malice Valeria. Overcome by her deadly plan of tainted love and her thirst to take back what was lost long ago, the boys must now band together before they fall victim to the poisons of a broken heart.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, mystical, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, teen horror, gay cinema
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Pickings (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, independent film
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Burning Palms (2010)
Plot Summary:
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, surprise ending, independent film, grindhouse, art film, action thriller, offbeat
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Kiss Kiss (2001)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic
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Sexy Evil Genius (2013)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's recently gotten out of prison for murdering her last ex-boyfriend. The party really gets started when Nikki herself arrives, hauling her latest lover and fiancee, the morally challenged lawyer who'd been handling her case. She's mysterious about her intentions and her current and former lovers soon realize they are all caught in one of her brilliant, mischievous mind-games with possible deadly consequences. By the night's end, revenge will be had, new romance will bloom, and Nikki will have delivered on her reputation as the sexy evil genius.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, independent film, psychological thriller, psycho film
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I Blame Society (2020)
Plot Summary:
A struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film... and committing the perfect murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, funny, mumblecore, mockumentary
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Into the Lion's Den (2011)
Plot Summary:
As the three out-of-towners toast the end of their journey, someone at the bar is watching them and setting a deadly trap. Now, as closing time draws near, a night of unspeakable horrors is about to begin. Jesse Archer (Violet Tendencies, Going Down in LA-LA Land) and Ronnie Kroell (Eating Out: Drama Camp, Bravo's Make Me a Super Model) headline in this bold, uncompromising thriller that plunges into the depths of human depravity. With its unpredictable plotline and raw performances, Into the Lion's Den is a twisted nightmare that viewers won't soon forget.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, slasher, queer cinema
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Wish You Were Dead (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, romantic comedy, crime thriller
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Lansdown (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, neo noir, independent film
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Boystown (2007)
Plot Summary:
Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, clever, biting, suspense, queer cinema
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Bitter Feast (2010)
Plot Summary:
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, slasher, mumblecore, splatter, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous
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The Confidant (2010)
Plot Summary:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a full scholarship. A complicated web of lies, gambling, murder and a pact between friends sends an innocent friend to prison and the other to fame. After spending eleven years in prison, the innocent comes to collect a debt and is determined to have the life he was promised... by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, sexy, realistic, independent film
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The Paint Job (1992)
Plot Summary:
"Taav's first feature occupies the same setting and psychological territory as David Lynch's visions of small-town America. About a love triangle, involving house painter Wesley (Patton), his boss Willie (Pastorelli) and Willie's sensitive, vulnerable wife Margaret (Neuwirth), the film turns into a picture of hidden desires, romantic dreams and dangerous obsessions... An unsettling film in which ideas, tone and texture unite with quietly confident storytellin". TIME OUT Film Guide.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Too Much Sun (1990)
Plot Summary:
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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The Trouble with Barry (2013)
Plot Summary:
Barry Montenegro, a ruthless, cynical, politically incorrect, and quite possibly sociopathic Hollywood actor becomes the prime suspect when a series of brutal murders rocks his latest production.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, humorous, suspense, entertaining, psychotronic, grindhouse
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Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011)
Plot Summary:
Zack and Benji open their relationship for a weekend of fun at a gay resort in Palm Springs but the arrival of Zack's ex-boyfriend, Casey, complicates things.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, realistic, not serious, erotic, independent film, sexual, sex comedy, queer cinema
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Head Above Water (1996)
Plot Summary:
Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her ex, Kent (Billy Zane). When Kent ends up dead the next morning, Nathalie tries to hide the evidence before her husband gets home. After the body is found, the events of the previous night unravel, with unexpected revelations.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny, light, suspense, melancholic, absurd, talky, realistic
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Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Plot Summary:
Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, tense, realistic, surprise ending
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A Shock to the System (1990)
Plot Summary:
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense, light, realistic, witty, cynical, clever
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Breathless (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Job (2009)
Plot Summary:
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 879
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, soap opera
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Stripped (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four friends head to Vegas for a 21st birthday in hopes of finding adventure, debauchery and memories that will last them a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, bloody, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, horror comedy, slasher horror
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The Craving (2011)
Plot Summary:
Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie spends her days as a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines as owner of a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco, and spends her nights in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie's reputation scorches up the culinary scene, San Francisco's murder count hits a record high. Haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship; Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, dark comedy
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Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Plot Summary:
With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual antic-laden Eating Out series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, not serious, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, erotic, funny, touching, independent film
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Merci Dr Rey! (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young phone-sex addict goes to a therapist who herself has died and a psychotic patient is in her place.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, disturbing, clever, realistic
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You Should Meet My Son! 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a religious mother who is determined to stop her gay son's wedding. But her plans go awry when she accidentally befriends his fiancé and begins dispensing relationship advice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Kiss Me, Kill Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
While confronting his unfaithful boyfriend, Dusty blacks-out. When he comes to, his boyfriend has been murdered and he's the prime suspect.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, queer cinema
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Home Invasion (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about trying to destroy her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Underworld (1996)
Plot Summary:
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist (Annabella Sciorra) to make sure he's got the right man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, psychological, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, funny