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Plot Summary:
A widower sends daily reminders to the petty criminal who killed his wife in a traffic accident that on the anniversary of her death, he will kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful
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Magallanes (2015)
Plot Summary:
Magallanes (Damián Alcázar) sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina (Magaly Solier), a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Peru, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Indiscretion (2006)
Plot Summary:
INDISCRETION Drama/Suspense USA. 85 min. 2006 A harrowing morality tale of past sins exposed and old wounds reopened. Two brothers have conflict over their abusive father, interconnects with a 12-year-old's fate that hinges on a prayer and a balloon carrying a message as Sophia endures a bleak existence with the constant battering at the hands of her sadistic mother, Melba. Unbeknownst to Sophia, the note becomes the catalyst that will affect her life and the lives of others.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful
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The Visit (1964)
Plot Summary:
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: retro, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, biting, suspense
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Petal Dance (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives... Jinko (Aoi Miyazaki) and Motoko (Sakura Ando) have been friends since their university days. One day, they hear a rumor about their former classmate and friend Miki (Kazue Fukiishi). The rumor is that Miki ran into the sea, but got out safely. Jinko and Motoko decide to visit Miki to see if she is OK. In addition, Haraki (Shiori Kutsuna), who Jinko met at the library where she works, joins their trip as a driver. Their one night and two days road trip begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting
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A Housekeeper's Revenge (2016)
Plot Summary:
A college student fears for her life after a number of disturbing occurrences, leaving her desperately searching for the culprit. Her suspicions lead to her family house maid, unaware that their connection is much deeper than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark
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Manslaughter (2005)
Plot Summary:
A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak, captivating, realistic
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Backwater (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by Shinya Tanaka, this film is set in a quiet riverside town, where 17-year-old Tooma lives with his father and his father’s lover. Tooma witnesses his father’s sadistic behavior towards his lover and soon finds himself following in his father’s footsteps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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Split Second (1999)
Plot Summary:
A split-second decision made in a fit of rage drives attorney and family man Michael Anderson to desperate measures.The stressed-out lawyer hits his melting point one fateful day, when he runs away from the consequences of his actions.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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Bopem (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Ruslan is a half-orphan who lives by the dried Aral Sea. When he learns that due to serious illness he has no more than 3 months to live, Ruslan decides to punish those responsible for the death of his beloved mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Godfather (2012)
Plot Summary:
A 2012 Kannada film.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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30 Miles (2004)
Plot Summary:
An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pasts.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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My SO Has Got Depression (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, uplifting, crying
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The Little Death (2010)
Plot Summary:
An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate of a young woman (Christie Vozniak) who seems to be held there in sexual captivity. While the owner attempts to mesmerize and seduce the would-be rescuer, a meek student (Clifton Guterman) wanders into the house and becomes a tragic pawn in the psychological game of cat-and-mouse that is rapidly unfolding.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, erotic, offbeat, contemplative, talky, independent film, period piece
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Burnt Out (2005)
Plot Summary:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office hours, canceling planned holidays or harming his family life. However, when one night, Simon Lacaze, his best friend and colleague, commits suicide just after being fired ignominiously, François rebels.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Plot Summary:
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: tense, emotional, stylized, black and white, sincere, atmospheric, jidai geki, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The lady and the girls settle down in a country mansion, to form a relationship that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Wrong Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 789
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating, rough, mind bending, suspenseful, crying
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Sous X (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jean-Jacques spent 9 years in prison for robbery. When he comes out, he finds the neighborhood where he grew up but things have changed ... The country is in crisis, the young people are holding the business and his old friends are urging him to resume his activities ... It may be for Jean-Jacques the time to ask the right questions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Karn and Wilby, racist to the core and high on the prospect of a Conservative Party victory, try to lure the suspect into a quick confession. But the night has just begun...Callous humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion.Written by Barrie Keefe, who was behind the British classic The Long Good Friday, SUS is an emotionally charged and incredibly tense crime drama that serves as a powerful outcry against past institutional racism. But in the age of counter-terrorism SUS also begs the question: has history caught up with us?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film, minimal cast
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Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead a life without crime. Unfortunately, on the hottest night of the summer, these two ex-criminals seemingly get caught in the malice of prostitutes, pimps, drunken bums, fighting monkeys, and young runaways.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, colorful, independent film, bleak
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Blood and Rain (2009)
Plot Summary:
Taxi driver Jose begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the hands pf a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to his party-girl fare Angela, the damaged pair must struggle against forces already set in motion, drawing them inexorably into the rain soaked underworld of Bogota.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric
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The World Made Straight (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic
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Among Us (2010)
Plot Summary:
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a mysterious stranger with exceptional gifts changes their lives in an unexpected way.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, inspirational
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Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes..
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense, realistic
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Our Homeland (2012)
Plot Summary:
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Homeland (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Jiro Sawada was a sophomore in high school he was framed for something he did not do. Afterwards, he left his hometown in a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Jiro Sawada goes back to his hometown, when nobody is able to live there, and begins to live there again. His separated family begin to reunite.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Hero (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kohei Kuryu returns to Tokyo, reunites with his former colleagues, and goes up against one of the most famous lawyers in Tokyo to solve a new case and team up with his best partner, Maiko Amemiya.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Smuggler (2011)
Plot Summary:
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, heavy, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Southie (1998)
Plot Summary:
South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and his family, which are members of another.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Of Boys and Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, independent film