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Plot Summary:
A remote jail in the middle of the ocean in runned by a devil Westerner. Prisoners will have to face all kinds of public humiliations and tortures while they try to figure out how to escape from there.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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My Lonely Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
I am aged 7, I fear for my life. I run to a convent door. Cry for my Mother and Father. But they are no more... Now I am 21, locked in a swirling mist. Music is the only key that will unlock. My Lonely Me.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Hush (2012)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Requiem for a Maiden (1992)
Plot Summary:
A fourteen-year-old girl isplaced in an institution for mentally ill instead of a foster-home due to an official mistake. Here she gets a most cruel treatment which is governed by high-handedness of the spineless and perverse nurses. The girl attempts a desperate escape.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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The Flowers of Kirkuk (2010)
Plot Summary:
Cruel politics and intensive love. Najla (N) has just finished her medical studies in Rome. Sherko (S) conceals sick and injured partisans. Mokhtar (M) belongs to the dictator's police. S and M love N, N loves S. When she gets a letter from S that she must forget him, she returns to Kirkuk. As a doctor she can help S. Mokhtar follows her trail and S and N are arrested. S is tortured. N is beaten up and then offered the job as a police doctor, a reward for leading the police to S. She accepts because then she can collect and pass on the names of people murdered or tortured. She will attend many mass murders of women and children. Once she can save them by fabricating that a child has cholera, with greater risk of contamination if she is dead. – When M understands that he cannot win N's love, he smuggles both N and S out of the country. Fully aware of the consequences he distracts the border guards and is shot by them. Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Iraq
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: islamic
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Man-eater (1991)
Plot Summary:
Kazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags:
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Captive (1998)
Plot Summary:
After a botched suicide attempt Sam Hoffman finds herself trapped in an evil insane asylum.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Blind Man's Bluff (1992)
Plot Summary:
A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story (2020)
Plot Summary:
Stacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered dead of an apparent suicide, the police suspect some foul play, as David's death mimics that of Stacey's first husband, Michael Wallace, who died in 2000.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, tragic
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Kartavya (1995)
Plot Summary:
Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his biological mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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Wijster (2008)
Plot Summary:
On 2 December 1975, a journalist is one of many passengers on the slow train that is kidnapped near Wijster by young South Moluccans. After some terrifying moments, he makes contact with the hijackers and starts acting as their go-between. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, as well as his mistress keep themselves abreast of things through the media. The train hijacking lasts for twelve days and claims a few lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Dirty Wolves (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters turns in the center of a plot implying wolfram, Nazis, Franco's prisoners and British spies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama, psychotronic
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Woman Prisoner No. 407 (1976)
Plot Summary:
Kang-hie recalls from her cell how she was used by Japanese detectives to track down and destroy the Korean Independence fighters. She manages to escape from prison during a break and proceeds to hunt down her former lover who was a Japanese agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sadistic
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Golden Apples of the Sun (1973)
Plot Summary:
Behind these bars lies an unbridled fury. Caged Terror-a tale of madness, infidelity and revenge. Everyone needs to get away from it all, and the country is the most tranquil place to escape life's everyday battles. Or is it? Richard and Janet, a city couple, find that just the opposite is true as their weekend getaway is transformed into a frightening and primitive wilderness. Camping for the night in a seemingly abandoned farmhouse, the two are suddenly joined by strangers who have been secretly watching them all afternoon. Strangers who will soon cage Richard like a trapped animal and ravage his wife. Strangers who will drive Richard berserk in the cold and inhuman isolation of Caged Terror.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, avant garde, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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The Body (1974)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Excessive Torture in a Female Prison Camp (1976)
Plot Summary:
The film centers around a Korean family who gets on the bad side of the Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II.A Korean mother and daughter are thrown into a prison run by the Japanese and a lot of surprisingly tame abuse is heaped upon them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Welcome to Curiosity (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, scenic, suspense
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Lost Souls (1980)
Plot Summary:
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, surprise ending, crying, cult film
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Night Eyes II (1991)
Plot Summary:
Security expert Will Griffith has been hired to secure the mansion of South American expatriate Hector Mejenes.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychotronic, independent film, hot, sexploitation film, cult film
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Lola (1974)
Plot Summary:
A young Hacienda-owner abuses women due to his traumatic youth while his mother covers for his sadistic actions. When he 'tames' the daughter of the mansion supervisor and marries her, his young wife soon becomes the dominating person in the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, serious, realistic
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The Punishment (1973)
Plot Summary:
Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all customers sadistic wishes, or else.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sadistic, sexploitation film
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Deadly Pursuits (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Woman Prisoner No. 407 II (1976)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sadistic
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Escape (2012)
Plot Summary:
Husband and wife doctors Paul and Kim Jordan need a drastic change. Distraught by the inexplicable death of their baby, Paul (C. Thomas Howell) convinces Kim to abandon their American lives and join a medical mission in Thailand. It seems to be just the distraction they need, until the day Paul is kidnapped by human traffickers who need a surgeon to operate on their wounded leader. Kim is left alone in a strange country, trying desperately to find her husband with no proof of what happened. While captive on the gangs' secluded island, Paul is caged with Malcolm Andrews (John Rhys-Davies), an Englishman being held for ransom. With nothing to do but talk, the two men quickly clash over philosophy, as Malcolm relies on a bold faith in God and Paul believes no god would allow these evils to happen in the world. Paul takes another hit when he finds his patient's condition much worse than he can handle on his own in such primitive conditions... Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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The Confession (1970)
Plot Summary:
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: political, political thriller, sad, cynical, psychological, tense, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious
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Symmetry (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dwudziestosześcioletni Łukasz, niesłusznie posądzony o napad na starszą kobietę, trafia do aresztu śledczego. Adwokat wynajęty przez matkę bezskutecznie próbuje go stamtąd wydostać. Pod wpływem dramatycznych wydarzeń w celi przejściowej Łukasz za wszelką cenę chce znaleźć się wśród grypsującej części więźniów. Świat gitów wymaga jednak przestrzegania panujących tu twardych zasad. Reżyser uzyskał zgodę Ministra Spraw Wewnętrznych na realizację zdjęć w więzieniu na Białołęce.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Low Tide (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable, seems willing to do anything to get the money.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, depressing, weird
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Land of the Blind (2006)
Plot Summary:
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, bleak, disturbing, political, captivating, apocalyptic, inspirational, philosophical, black comedy
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The Experiment (2010)
Plot Summary:
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, tense, disturbing, reflective, thought provoking, stylized, visually appealing, clever, brutal
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Coldwater (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, independent film, juvenile
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The Experiment (2001)
Plot Summary:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted prematurely when the experimenters lost control.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, thought provoking, tense, disturbing, rough, bleak, suspenseful, psychological thriller, cerebral