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Plot Summary:
A female former FBI agent, now a cop in Los Angeles is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Sisters of Death (1977)
Plot Summary:
During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which turns out to be owned by the crazed father of the girl who died.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, mystical, surprise ending
Similar in 83%
Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
Plot Summary:
An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting female drivers on the freeway.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: terrifying, psychotronic, cult film
Similar in 84%
Bodily Harm (1995)
Plot Summary:
Homicide cop Rita Cates takes a murder case where the victim is a Las Vegas stripper. The investigation immediately takes a perverse turn when she discovers the prime suspect: a psychotic ex-cop with whom she once had a torrid affair. That initial affair drove Cates' husband to suicide, but it doesn't stop her from picking up where she left off. In the heat of passion, she jeopardizes the case, her career and her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, twist ending, independent film
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Cover Me (1995)
Plot Summary:
Police are stymied when a serial killer begins hacking up nude models all over L.A. In desperation, they hire sexy ex-policewoman Holly Jacobsen to do a little undercover work. At first her boyfriend Bobby Colter, also a cop, agrees to the plan, but when Holly moves from nude modeling to topless dancing to peep-show shower dancing, he begins getting a little possessive. Things get dicey when the killer, a transvestite who by now is totally obsessed with Holly, decides to make his move.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film, cult film
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Swept Under (2015)
Plot Summary:
Meet Morgan. At first glance, she's just your average cleaning lady. She has no problem getting her hands dirty, which is a good thing considering it's not fancy houses she cleans for a living - it's gruesome crime scenes. It's at one of these scenes that Morgan discovers a key piece of evidence overlooked by the forensics team. This, and her knack for reading blood splatter, catch Nick's attention, a newbie detective working the case. The pair soon become unofficial partners on what's become a stream of related murders and the closer they get to solving the mystery the closer they get to each other. But while they succeed in getting a confession from their primary suspect, their feelings for each other risk blinding them to the truth and they find themselves dangerously close to the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, enigmatic, suspenseful, cynical
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Undercover (1995)
Plot Summary:
A female cop goes undercover in a high price whorehouse to find a murderer and discovers she likes the assignment more than she should.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 797
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, sexploitation film, cult film
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Dead Air (1994)
Plot Summary:
A distraught disc jockey (Gregory Hines) seeks out a mystery caller (Debrah Farentino) who may be the killer of his girlfriend (Laura Harrington).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, surprise ending, twist ending
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After Midnight (2014)
Plot Summary:
When an exotic dancer is murdered at a seedy strip club, her sister Constance, a TV newscaster, goes undercover to find the killer. While working at the club, she quickly realizes that everyone is a suspect and that other dancers are being targeted. She must work fast to find the killer to seek her revenge before she becomes the next target.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, independent film, surprise ending
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
Plot Summary:
In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the hotel has no 13th floor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, weird, nostalgic
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Office (2015)
Plot Summary:
An exemplary officer worker and head of his family KIM Byung-Guk murdered his entire family without any provocation and disappeared into thin air. Homicide detective Jong-Hoon immediately begins his investigation at KIM's office but all of KIM's colleagues seem to be hiding something. He realizes that KIM and an intern named Mirae were close and suspects something out of ordinary. During his investigation, Jong-Hoon obtains a CCTV footage of KIM entering the office parking lot immediately following the murder of his family but he was never seen exiting. Meanwhile, KIM's colleagues are all on the edge, fearing that KIM may come after them for various reasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, twisted, surprise ending, twist ending
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Penthouse North (2013)
Plot Summary:
A reclusive photojournalist lives quietly in a New York penthouse, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, crying, weeping
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The 4th Floor (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young woman moves into a new apartment that she inherited from her grandmother, who had died there in a bizarre accident. She is immediately confronted by totally bizarre neighbors and someone is obviously out to get her as rats and flies engulf her apartment. But with the array of weirdos around her, who might it be? Everyone warns her to stay away from her upstairs neighbor, but he is the only one who shows any kindness. Supposedly the neighbor below her is an 80 year old woman, but she hammers the floor so hard when the young woman moves furniture that she breaks tiles. Another neighbor seems kind enough to begin with, but later seems more interfering and threatening. Also her weatherman boyfriend can't be ruled out. Contrary to his desire for her to move in with him, she moved into their apartment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, psychological, serious, psychological thriller, slasher, suspense, clever, dark, surprise ending
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Murder 101 (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charles Lattimore, an author of a book about a famous murder trial, arranges to meet with one of his students one night. When the student is found murdered and Lattimore has no alibi, he suspects he is being framed by the subject of his book.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime thriller, suspense thriller, surprise ending, crying, detective
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Stillwater (2018)
Plot Summary:
A weekend camping trip among six old friends in Northern Minnesota's "Boundary Waters" turns tragic after one dies under mysterious circumstances, triggering further turmoil as they attempt to unmask the killer within their own group.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994)
Plot Summary:
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Fear (1990)
Plot Summary:
Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Life is an Art (2010)
Plot Summary:
You need to suffer, to understand.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Deadly Encounter (2004)
Plot Summary:
Restaurant hostess and mom Joanne Sanders has to work late one night. After she leaves the restaurant she accidentally cuts a car off on the highway. This driver takes it personally and he begins to stalk and harass Joanne.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, suspense, tense, bleak, disturbing
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Plot Summary:
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher, suspense, neo noir, atmospheric, stylized, psychotronic
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Thr3e (2006)
Plot Summary:
Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA, UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, scary, psychological, surprise ending, psychological thriller
Similar in 79%
Mirage (1965)
Plot Summary:
New York City. David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, mind bending, realistic, suspense, neo noir, slasher
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The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself and sang his song "Quand tu m'aimes" (English version).
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever, tricky, neo noir, twist ending, light
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Nemesis Game (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, serious, gloomy
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McBride: Dogged (2007)
Plot Summary:
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Stepfather (2009)
Plot Summary:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, psychological, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, dark, serious
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D.O.A. (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, mystical, suspense thriller, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, gloomy
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The Weekend Away (2022)
Plot Summary:
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective
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Scream VI (2023)
Plot Summary:
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: slasher, meta, slasher horror, dark, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, detective, grindhouse, teen horror
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Deceived (1991)
Plot Summary:
A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the supposed death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. After his supposed death, strange developments begin to be discovered by Adrienne regarding Jack's past. Developments that lead her to believe she has been Deceived.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, spectacular, twisted, crying, psychological, tense, bleak
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In Darkness (2018)
Plot Summary:
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense, erotic, psychological thriller, sexy, dark, bizarre