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Plot Summary:
An alcoholic artist, who may in fact have been driven to murder, seeks inspiration from a mannequin.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: mind bending, offbeat, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, cult film
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Lisbon (1999)
Plot Summary:
Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. But what is the secret of this woman? Why does she want to go to Lisboa?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie
Similar in 75%
Descent Into Hell (1986)
Plot Summary:
The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy, french noir
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Her Married Lover (1999)
Plot Summary:
Film cutter Katie Griffin is hopelessly in love with writer Richard Mannhart, and starts an affair with him. When Mannhart's wife is killed in a road accident, Katie tells the police she thinks he's tampered with his wife's car. Being questioned Mannhart declares he's innocent. Not only that, he also denies any amorous involvement with Griffin. As it is her word against his, both parties are pressed to back up their stories with hard evidence. Finally Katie comes up with some. End of story?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, erotic, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, surprise ending, sexy
Similar in 80%
Cool Blue (1989)
Plot Summary:
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration. When Christiane dumps him and disapears as quickly as she dropped in, Dustin embarks on an obsessive search in Southern California to search for her.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Vanishing Point (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lucie Audibert, a student of Art History, does research work on Watteau and is certain that a hidden sense that nobody has ever deciphered can be found in a few of his paintings. The further she explores this the more Professor Jean Dussart - for unclear reasons - tries to discourage her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, mind bending, realistic, contemplative, sexual, sexy
Similar in 76%
Murder Rap (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas style.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, tense, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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The Pleasure Drivers (2006)
Plot Summary:
"The Pleasure Drivers" lays out three separate interconnected stories involving an adulterous therapist, a young sociopath call girl, a vicious lesbian hit woman, a white trash kidnapper, and a brain-damaged ex-cult guru. It's described as funny, sexy, edgy and dangerous. The Pleasure Drivers energetically explores the shadow side of Los Angeles and how it gleefully relates to the gasoline of libido.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, offbeat, sexual
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The Art of Murder (1999)
Plot Summary:
An abused wife (Joanna Pacula) turns to another man and becomes the victim of a blackmailer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Dream Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
Kris is a homicide cop with psychic abilities. She works to prove that the prime suspect in her latest case (the much younger husband of the millionaire victim) is innocent. But are her visions true, or planned by someone who knows what she can see?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Dangerous Touch (1994)
Plot Summary:
An erotic thriller about a promiscuous radio sex therapist who is dragged into blackmail by a young hustler.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Oscura Seduccion (2010)
Plot Summary:
Laura is a successful plastic surgeon who feels her life is somewhat empty. She meets a young nurse and falls in love and experiences sexuality to a extent not known to her. However, In this spiral of desire and seduction both play a dangerous game where no one is who appears to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychological, captivating, erotic, realistic, sexual
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Coastlines (2002)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film
Similar in 79%
Wedding in Blood (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, slasher, psychological, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, sexual, sexy
Similar in 79%
Dirty Hands (1975)
Plot Summary:
Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an impotent who drinks a lot. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door? Nothing is what it seems in this highly acclaimed taut thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, clever, serious, erotic, anthology, grim, twisted
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The Tender Hook (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, neo noir, sexual
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Bad Inclination (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless serial killer uses a set-square to murder women. Crimes are investigated by Public Prosecutor Rita Facino but is confronted by strange behavior of people desperate to use the case to further their own ends. Nicole is a lesbian has-been singer pretends to get death threats while the media go mad with speculation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
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Tick Tock (2000)
Plot Summary:
Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on his vast assets. But the girls don't want to commit the crime themselves, so at a bar they seduce a stranger, Travis Brewer, and convince him to do their bidding.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, tense, sexy, suspenseful, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, sexual
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The Box (2003)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her share of trouble and they start up a tenuous relationship. Then there's a murder and things get complicated. It's noir so the plot isn't the main focus but the mood of the film is consistent and properly downbeat. The characters can't seem to shake the fate that hangs over them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 82%
Swindled (2004)
Plot Summary:
In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage, youthful smash-and-grab burglaries until his partner is caught, then tutelage from Lefty, an aging swindler. After some years of success, they're joined by Federico, the best, a true artist. Things go well until Pilar, a woman from Federico's past, re-enters his life with a proposal to con a golden goose - a swindle that will put them all on easy street. A double-cross may be in the cards. The flashback over, can Ernesto hold his own in the present?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, anamorphic, mind bending, surprise ending
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Question of Luck (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the Spanish neo-noir film Question of Luck Julio (Eduardo Noriega) is at a turning point in his life. His fish farm business has collapsed, and his attractive fiancee, Concha (Leire Berrocal) is pushing Julio to get married. But Julio seems strangely unenthusiastic about marrying into Concha’s affluent family lottery business. Things get complicated when he finds a fortune in jewels.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hot
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The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, erotic, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder (2012)
Plot Summary:
Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt between the two of them. During preparation at the castle Anna is the one to find Linda Hamrin unconscious from an overdose of medicine. Both Erica and Patrik are dragged into the case when only a day later a man, Hasse Wennerman, is killed and the rumors of an affair that led to Linda's overdose spiral up into a big conflict. The old painting, Hasse Wennerman brought to the antique show, is also missing and when it is found among Annas belongings, Erica gets a hard time trying to prove her sisters innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, stylized
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Cold Heart (2001)
Plot Summary:
A woman discovers becoming attracted to the wrong man can have deadly consequences in this tense erotic thriller. Linda (Nastassia Kinski) is a woman whose life would seem ideal on the surface: she runs a thriving business and is happily married to Phil (Jeff Fahey), a psychiatrist. But a faint air of discontent has begun to creep into her relationship, and when Phil arranges for Linda to hire Sean (Josh Holloway), one of his patients, as an assistant, she finds herself seriously tempted for the first time. Linda impulsively sleeps with Sean one night, but the next day decides she made a mistake and tries to break off her affair. Sean, however, is not willing to give her up so easily, and his attraction to her soon becomes a dangerous obsession.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, serious, erotic, disturbing, tense, stylized, sexual, realistic
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The Perfect Marriage (2006)
Plot Summary:
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, mind bending
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Women of the Night (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three entwined stories of love, lust, danger and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, realistic, captivating, independent film, sexy, sexual
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Dead in the Water (2002)
Plot Summary:
Young, rich, and randy Gloria (Dominique Swain) takes the family motorboat for some fun in the sun off the coast of Brazil. Along with her are her longtime boyfriend Danny (Scott Bairstow), his best friend Jeff (Henry Thomas), and the son of an important and infinitely influential client, Marcos (Sebastian DeVicente). It probably wasn't a good idea to take three gorgeous men the same age out on a boat with a bikini-clad beauty who lately has been questioning her relationship with her main squeeze, but it gets even worse than expected. There's tragedy, betrayal, and more tragedy as the faulty value systems of the wealthy brats spin out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense
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Dead On (1994)
Plot Summary:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, creepy
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Spider's Web (2002)
Plot Summary:
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, erotic, sexy, psychotronic, sexual
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Body Language (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, surprise ending, erotic, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dark Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, stylized, captivating, sexual, sexy