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Plot Summary:
Two lighthouse keepers clash, making their duties difficult even before a freak storms hits and strands them at the lighthouse for months. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, bleak, melancholic, psychedelic, tension, minimal cast
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Lighthouse (1999)
Plot Summary:
A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore, only to discover to their horror that another survivor got there first - the murderous & psychotic Leo Rook. Stranded, with no means of escape or call for help, the survivors must face a night of terror as they struggle to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 90%
Savages Crossing (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a sudden flood traps a group of strangers in an outback roadhouse it becomes clear that the threat from within the group is far greater than from raging torrent outside.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Galentine's Day Nightmare (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman's life becomes a living nightmare when she becomes the prime suspect in her boss's murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
Similar in 90%
This Is Not a Love Song (2002)
Plot Summary:
The small time criminal Heaton is anxiously waiting for the release of his close friend Spike, after spending a couple of months in prison for being caught with 87g of marijuana. Heaton robs a truck, meets Spike outside the penitentiary and travels with him through the country to drink some beers and celebrate his freedom. However, they run out gas and try to steal from a farm, but the owner arrives and arrests Heaton. Spike takes his shotgun and accidentally kills his daughter. They runaway through the wilderness while the locals organize a militia to hunt the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crying, freeze frame
Similar in 82%
The Holding (2011)
Plot Summary:
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, psychological, rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
The Eleventh Victim (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nancy Grace's THE ELEVENTH VICTIM is a taut suspense-thriller that follows Atlanta Assistant District Attorney Hailey Dean (Jennie Garth) as she tirelessly pursues the conviction of a serial killer. Just when her courtroom prosecution of the murderer begins, Haileys fiancée is killed in a seemingly unrelated crime. Shattered by her personal loss, she moves to New York City and begins a new career as a therapist. When her clients start to turn up dead, one by one with the murderer using the same M.O. as the Atlanta serial killer she put behind bars she is forced back into the dark world she left behind to help catch a cold-blooded killer who could very well make her his next target.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, scary, brutal, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, psychological thriller
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Legacy (2010)
Plot Summary:
Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological thriller. Haunted by his demons while holed up in his room, Malcolm ponders the ascent of his brother (Eamonn Walker), an ambitious senator with designs on the presidency.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 81%
Simon (2016)
Plot Summary:
An investigative Journalist thinks she's found a killer, and breaks into his place to find the evidence. Only when he come's back it becomes a game of cat and mouse with deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Thriller
Country:
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Black Butterfly (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, surprise ending, psychedelic, twist ending, costume drama, twisted
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Aleister (2015)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple seeks a fresh start to their lives by moving into an upper scale New England community. While settling in, they discover many disturbing secrets and acts connected to an infamous Satanic Cult which took place inside their very own home. They soon realize... they're not living alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Psycho Granny (2019)
Plot Summary:
After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, psychotronic
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It Watches (2016)
Plot Summary:
Andre, recovering from a recent accident, agrees to help his friend Robert by taking over a house sitting job at a creepy home nestled in the hills above Los Angeles. As night comes, the house reveals its insidious nature as Andre begins hearing ominous sounds and experiencing strange occurrences throughout the house that lead him to believe he is not alone, and that someone, or something is in the house with him.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Slip (2006)
Plot Summary:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is compelled to do their bidding so their souls may rest in peace. One of these souls leads her to Cal, a young car thief who is one car away from going legit. Unfortunately, Cal is wrongfully accused of stealing from his partners and now they want him dead.Sarah, drawn by the spirit of Cal's murdered nephew, becomes an avenging angel, awakening a dark spirit of her past while risking all to save a total stranger. Now in a race for their lives as well as their souls, Cal and Sarah soon discover that there are far more fearsome things than men with guns.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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Experiment (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young woman, Anna, walks the streets of a foreign city. Her mind full of pain. No memory of who she is. and plagued by nightmarish visions. Then she meets Morgan, a man who also has no memory. Forced to trust each other, the two feel a mysterious connection. A strong powerful feeling that bonds the two together Unknown to them their every action is being guided by unseen forces from the dark underground shadows of the city. Anna and Morgan are part of a frightening experiment that will have a terrifying and shocking conclusion. There is no escape in this dark psychological thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, mind bending, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Stranded (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - and it's there that the nightmare begins. The captain of the boat forgets to pick the girls up, leaving them stranded and forcing them to use a deserted house as a makeshift shelter. Then, one by one, the girls start to vanish. With Carina's big day the last thing on the girls minds they start to wonder whether they will see out the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Taped (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johan and Saar make a final attempt to save their marriage by going on vacation to Buenos Aires. In keeping a promise to their daughter they will make a video of their activities there. When they accidentally witness (and videotape) a brutal murder they will have to run to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, exciting, serious, fast
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Fear X (2003)
Plot Summary:
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Denmark, Canada, UK, Brazil
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, realistic, psychological thriller, sexy, suspense, surreal, art house
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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
Similar in 84%
House of Darkness (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, the supernatural thriller "House of Darkness" recounts the mysterious case of a San Francisco family who claimed that a dark force was responsible for the tragic events that unfolded. Trying to save their struggling marriage Kelly (Sara Fletcher, "Adulthood"), her husband Brian (Gunner Wright, "J. Edgar") and their daughter Sarah (Mykayla Sohn, "The Chosen") move to a rural farmhouse in search of some serenity. Unbeknownst to them, nearly every family that has lived in the house has suffered some form of tragedy, dating back nearly 100 years. Shortly after their arrival, Kelly begins to sense that her husband’s behavior is growing increasingly strange and violent. Kelly also comes to discover the voices she’s hearing echoing through the halls, are not coming from her daughter. Will Kelly and her family be the next victims of the dark forces in the house?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 79%
The Wrong Crush (2017)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl must try to keep her past life of killing her best friend a secret from a guy who likes her.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Stowaway (2021)
Plot Summary:
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, emotional, suspense, heroic, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 79%
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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Deadly Shores (2018)
Plot Summary:
This gripping thriller follows Anna who moves to a remote island as the new bride of a famous mystery writer. Once there, she uncovers secrets about her new husband's dead former wife and fears she may be the next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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ID:A (2011)
Plot Summary:
A woman wakes up in a river. Wounded and without memory, then races to elude mysterious followers and recover from amnesia.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Head Hunter (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 76%
Girls' Night Out (2017)
Plot Summary:
McKenzie is a few months away from getting married when her three best friends from college surprise her with a bachelorette party.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mississippi Murder (2017)
Plot Summary:
An amazing murder mystery taking place in a setting that no one would expect the coast of Mississippi. A young woman tried to live a normal life despite a horrible upbringing. But she will learn her past will haunt her once more.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Kindred (2021)
Plot Summary:
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher
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Panic Button (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs Trapped at 30,000 feet, they will play for their lives and those of their families. They will discover the hard way that put his life online can have dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, surreal, psychotronic, cyber, cult classic, scary, realistic
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The Library Suicides (2016)
Plot Summary:
Twin sister librarians Nan and Ana plan revenge when their author mother commits suicide, with her final words suggesting her biographer murdered her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing