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Plot Summary:
A stockbroker in a small southern town gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the plot. Sheriff Thurmond Fowler, the by-the-book town sheriff for over four decades, works earnestly to try and unravel the town’s mystery and winds up getting more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Sanctuary (2022)
Plot Summary:
Confined to a claustrophobic hotel room, the heir to a hotel empire and the dominatrix who has primed him for success become locked in a battle of wits and wills as he tries to end his relationship with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychological thriller, sexual
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Intellectual Property (2006)
Plot Summary:
An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Passion and Paradise (1989)
Plot Summary:
Sir Harry Oakes is a wealthy magnate, living amongst the British aristocrats who have made their home in the Bahamas just prior to World War II. Their small community is one of privilege and status and when Sir Harry's beloved daughter marries a handsome but penniless gigolo, Alfred De Marigny, Sir Harry is outraged by the union. But before Sir Harry can break up the marriage he is brutally and viciously murdered and his son-in-law is the prime suspect. Nothing is as it appears and Sir Harry's death soon points towards intrigue and deception on an international scale.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: political thriller, crime drama, romantic drama, historical drama, period drama, political drama
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Subterranea (2015)
Plot Summary:
Having spent his entire life in a dark cell, never seeing the light of day or another human being, the "Captive" is released into society and must learn how to live for the first time as an adult.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Paralytic (2016)
Plot Summary:
A contract killer takes vengeance against a ruthless drug cartel, resulting in a mysterious puzzle that a small town sheriff must solve in order to stop untold horrors.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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Raw Nerve (1991)
Plot Summary:
A race car driver has visions of the victims of a serial killer before their demise and tries to get a skeptic police detective and an ambitious reporter to help him find the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective, cult film, cult movie cast
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What Remains (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small town pastor is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years later.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Incident at Raven's Gate (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ex-con Eddie Cleary gets a job working on his older brother's isolated farm. It's not long before bizarre things start happening--dead birds falling out of the sky, family pets attacking their owners, strange apparitions beginning to appear, and people who had been "normal" suddenly going insane.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy, lovecraft
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Conspiracy (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Gulf War veteran with PTSD (Kilmer) heads to a small town to find his friend. When he arrives his friend and his family have vanished and the townsfolk afraid to answer questions about their disappearance. He soon discovers that the town is owned and controlled by one man (Gary Cole) and he doesn't like people asking questions.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, tense, exciting, serious
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End of the Road (2022)
Plot Summary:
Recently widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when a murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, suspense
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A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
Plot Summary:
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
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Matter of Trust (1998)
Plot Summary:
A prosecutor is building a case against a suspected serial killer. She receives death threats, but ignores them at first. When her husband disappears and someone blackmails her, she turns to her ex, a suspended homicide detective.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Girl (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychological, dark
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Storyville (1992)
Plot Summary:
While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political thriller, sexy, neo noir, realistic, independent film, southern gothic
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Endangered Species (1982)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about a New York ex-cop and an attractive female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is great as Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, mind bending, suspense, retro, scary, serious, ambiguous ending, detective
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Evidence of Blood (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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An Occasional Hell (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
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Into the Arms of Strangers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two years ago, Andy Barker suffered serious brain damage in a car accident. In the last two days however, memories have started creeping back, triggered by family portraits and strange locations. Andy has a brother who has gone missing and a tattooed woman introduces herself as his daughter. At a costume party he is greeted by strangers he doesn't recognize, but the horrific experience of memory loss really puts Andy's sanity to the test when he discovers a porn tape of himself. The more pieces of his life puzzle come together, the less Andy likes what he sees. Meet Andy Barker. Andy Barker just did.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending, bleak, gloomy
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The Spiral Staircase (2000)
Plot Summary:
People are trapped in a house with a killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Slow Burn (2005)
Plot Summary:
A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending
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Fatal Trust (2006)
Plot Summary:
After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom lives and now works in the sheriff's department, and slowly gets intimate again with the sensitive, caring gentleman. Professionally she becomes the secretary of Dr. Mark Lucas, the respected local physician. In time she starts to take an old man's warnings against the doctor seriously, starts to believe that he may systematically have a hand in a suspicious number of old patients dying shortly after contact with him and tries to prove her theory.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Pray for Rain (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Emma Gardner, a whip smart NYC reporter learns of her father's untimely death, she returns to her home town to find that the idyllic farming community of her childhood has been ravaged by drought and has become a place tormented by gangs and the ill effects of extreme poverty. She quickly figures out that her dad's accidental death was not accidental at all. The lists of possible suspects include overly zealous environmentalists, a local war lord and other farmers jealous of her father's outstanding reputation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Affliction (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in his slowly disintegrating mentally.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, rough, independent film, neo noir, psychological thriller, depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful
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Broken Vows (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Broken Vows" tells the story of Patrick Flynn (Bentley), whose charm and charisma masks a profound psychosis. Patrick seduces Tara Bloom (Alexander), instantly becoming infatuated with the beauty. But when Tara rejects Patrick, he is sent spiraling into madness and delusion, erupting into psychotic rage. Tara is forced to find the strength to stop Patrick from destroying her love, her family, and her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic
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Inheritance (2020)
Plot Summary:
A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, atmospheric, tense, surprise ending, psychological, psychological thriller, exciting, independent film, period piece
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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Plot Summary:
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, intense, serious, rough, neo noir
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The Firm (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, entertaining
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Insomnia (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, detective, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, suspenseful, tense, bad ending
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Stay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, gloomy, mindfuck, suspense, mind blowing, mind bending