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Plot Summary:
Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough cause for anxiety -- between his new lover Laura and a feisty mother, life provides its own insecurities. When he goes to the police with his problems, Bastien is assigned an off-beat inspector to protect him but is still faced with skepticism about his dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Blue Smoke (2007)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing an uncontrollable blaze burn her family's pizzeria to the ground when she was just 11 old, it's no wonder that Reena decides to become an arson investigator. Now, years later, she decides to visit the old neighborhood, where she finds true romance with a hunky carpenter named Bo Goodnight. But Reena is swiftly knocked off cloud nine when she discovers that a psycho connected to her past has resurfaced to wreak havoc in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Three Men to Destroy (1980)
Plot Summary:
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
A Killer Within (2004)
Plot Summary:
Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered and his son unconscious in critical condition at the hospital. Now, fingered as a suspect by the police, Addison must race to find the real killer and prove his innocence before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, mind bending, tense, rough, serious, psychological, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
Similar in 88%
The Slap (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Parisian teacher (Lino Ventura) loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, whimsical
Similar in 82%
Eat Your Bones (2014)
Plot Summary:
18 year old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of gypsies. He is about to celebrate his baptism when his half-brother Fred returns after fifteen years in prison. Together, with their last brother, the violent, hot-headed Michael and their Christian activist cousin, the four young people set off on a binge among the "gadjos" in search of a cargo of copper.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, semi autobiographical, road movie
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Escape to Nowhere (1973)
Plot Summary:
Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eurospy
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Resilience (2006)
Plot Summary:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Off Limits (2010)
Plot Summary:
During a patrol, Julie and Simon, two police constables, injure a wealthy man who pointlessly killed their partner. This wealthy man in question turns out to be the son of a politician. This is why the two police constables are accused of brutality by the brass. Abandoned by their superiors, the two leading characters will lead an investigation on the drug that caused the politician's son to be out of his mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious
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Extreme Vengeance (1990)
Plot Summary:
After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to jail has been in hiding since quitting the force after exposing police corruption. Blanco's vengeance knows no bounds, as he goes on a murderous rampage, killing David's son, beating his wife, and raping his daughter. Now it's David's turn to fight back! He wages a one-man war against the syndicate, killing anyone that gets in his way. For the mobster, it's a case of eye for an eye justice. For David, it's EXTREME VENGEANCE.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Surveillance 24/7 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Heist (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ex-con Neal Skinner (Pierce Brosnan) seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens (Tom Skerritt) for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, surprise ending, detective, eighties
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Exit in Red (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the rich and beautiful Ally Mercer (Annabel Schofield), who has her own reasons for becoming involved with Ed. Soon Ally's other lover, the volatile Nick, is caught in the intrigue, which results in murder, betrayal and numerous shady dealings.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, independent film, stylized, sexual, surprise ending, sexy
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Nexus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. The police are called and the following day, Holly is accused of the murder of her husband. Holly unwittingly finds herself at the center of a small town conspiracy and must harness all her inner strength to save her daughter and clear her name.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, rough, suspenseful
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Moscow Chill (2007)
Plot Summary:
A loner American computer hacker is brought to Russia to commit bank fraud, only to find a family and love in the incomprehensible, violent, and chaotic Moscow underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
The Outsider (1983)
Plot Summary:
In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord (Henry Silva) who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal. Stunts (performed by Belmondo) and chase scenes on land and water enliven the story, but the scenes with Belmondo's love interest are rather marginal themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood, exciting
Similar in 77%
The Second Wind (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, neo noir, crime drama
Similar in 82%
13 m? (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jose is looking for a way out of his small time banlieue deals. When he overhears a conversation between his girlfriend and his step-brother,he might just have found a very lucrative way.Together with his two best friends,he decides to attack an armored vehicle, full of cash. But everything goes wrong and they're forced into hiding,in a 13 square meters bunker. There, they will have to test their friendship, their motivations, as every move outside triggers even more, paranoia.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
The Fighter (1983)
Plot Summary:
Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, poliziottesco, suspense
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Under Suspicion (1981)
Plot Summary:
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller, serious, gloomy, twist ending, anthology, crime drama
Similar in 89%
The Loner (1987)
Plot Summary:
A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
Similar in 81%
Blood Crime (2002)
Plot Summary:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. Enraged, Pruitt pummels the man. Once at the ER, however, she changes her mind and names a male nurse as her attacker. But before Pruitt can make amends, he learns that his victim, the son of Sheriff Morgan McKenna, is dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Similar in 82%
The Caged Heart (1984)
Plot Summary:
Conflict between a hardened prison inmate and a ruthless prison guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Salvation (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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24 Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, sincere, realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Torn Curtain (1966)
Plot Summary:
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, political thriller, enigmatic, psychological, serious, realistic, clever
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Spy(ies) (2009)
Plot Summary:
Vincent is a bright young man but has introverted personality. He is working as a baggage handler at an airport and refuses to follow a career path accordingly to his education. With his colleague, Gerard, Vincent used to steal objects from the luggage in the hold before shipment. As he opens a diplomatic baggage, Gerard provokes an explosion and dies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological, bleak
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Farewell (2009)
Plot Summary:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece of history - largely unknown until now - “one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century.” FAREWELL begins in 1981, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, (Guillaume Canet) makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica), a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political, sincere
Similar in 86%
Go Fast (2008)
Plot Summary:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain and then France, loaded with drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, crime drama, fast
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Plot Summary:
A prosecutor leaks a false story that liquor warehouse owner Michael Gallagher is involved in the murder of a union head, and as newspaper reporter Megan Carter picks up the story and attempts to find the real truth, Gallagher's life begins to unravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, talky, serious, realistic, tense, thought provoking, clever, neo noir, entertaining, sincere