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Plot Summary:
A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: minimal cast, surprise ending
Best tv shows and movies like The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972):
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The Loners (1972)
Plot Summary:
On his motorcycle Stein, a half-blood Indian, tries to stay out of the hands of the police, who are chasing him for accidentally killing a cop. Together with his friend Alan and a beautiful but desperate girl Stein will get involved in a robbery and more death. The police intensify the search, but the three won't give up that easily.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Domingo Salvaje (1967)
Plot Summary:
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Vampire at Midnight (1987)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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The Brick Dollhouse (1967)
Plot Summary:
Five women explain to the police the events leading up to the murder of their roommate, an exotic dancer.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, sexploitation film, cult film
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Down Will Come Baby (1999)
Plot Summary:
Leah Garr wants to move from Phoenix to take a new job in Denver to help her family (Husband Marcus and Daughter Robin). When Robin goes to camp to give her parents time to sort things out, something unexpected occurs. On Robin's return from camp she finds out her mom is taking the new job in Denver, only returning each weekend to visit. During this turmoil in Robin's life, A new lady, Dorothy, befriends Robin, moves into the same apartment complex and spends a lot of time with her and her father Marcus. Leah is concerned about this because she does not know very much about Dorothy or her intentions. It soon becomes clear that Dorothy is after much more than friendship with the Garr family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sad
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The Liars' Club (1994)
Plot Summary:
The loyalty of a tight group of friends is put to the test when there's a date rape within the circle.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Zebra Killer (1974)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real events that shocked San Franisco in the early 70's. Mac portrays the role of The Zebra Killer, a white man who dresses in black makeup and strolls the city of San Francisco stalking, raping and killing young women. Lt. Savage hears that the Killer has killed his girlfriend. Lt. Savage goes everywhere to find and kill the maniac, along with the help of Williams and Robert.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse
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Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Plot Summary:
A teenage gang led by the vicious Dexter; his girlfriend Mitzi; and friends Denny and Lummonx; create havoic in a small Florida town by harrassing various people, vandalizing property, well... just for the hell of it. When a former gang member, Doug, tries to prevent their ever increasing violent antics, Denny takes it upon himself and a few loyal members of the gang to target Doug's girlfriend, Jeanne, to make him back off.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Naked Angels (1969)
Plot Summary:
Mother has just got out of prison and wants to get revenge on the biker gang that put him there. He teams up with his old gang "The Angels" and they head to the desert to get even. Soon, Mother's obsession begins to take it's toll on his relationship with his girlfriend, Marlene, and the respect his gang has for him quickly dwindles until he is left alone in the desert to fend for himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, psychotronic, independent film, hot
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Pendulum (1969)
Plot Summary:
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Too Good to Be True (1988)
Plot Summary:
A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Wrong Way (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two girls are driving home when their car breaks down in the country. They are kidnapped by a gang of drug-crazed hippies, and repeatedly raped. They escape, but soon run into a death cult who plan to gang-rape the girls, then kill them. Meanwhile, the father of one of the girls gets the police to begin an investigation into their disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, road movie, independent film, cult film
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Lady in Waiting (1994)
Plot Summary:
A divorced cop investigating the sadistic murders of high-class prostitutes discovers that the prime suspect is his ex-wife's new boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective, hot
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Face of Evil (1996)
Plot Summary:
On her wedding night, twenty-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up killing her. Darcy assumes Brianne's identity, enrolls in her place at college, and kills anyone who gets in her way. When Darcy becomes interested in her roommate Jeanelle's wealthy widowed father, she poisons Jeanelle so that she's too sick to spend time with him when he visits the campus, and Darcy takes her place. Suspecting her dirty deeds, Jeanelle confronts her roommate, who coolly admits to killing many people and stealing their identities. Then, Darcy attacks... Just in the nick of time, Jeanelle's father rescues her from harm. Darcy escapes but is caught just as she's about to snare her next victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, sexy, surprise ending
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Trip with the Teacher (1975)
Plot Summary:
A high-school field trip takes a nightmarish turn when the students' bus breaks down and thugs come to their aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, erotic, scary, serious, realistic, sexual, independent film, sexy, cult film
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Night of the Hunter (1991)
Plot Summary:
A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Opposing Force (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything does not go as expected, and the training mission turns into the real thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, homoerotic, freeze frame
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Blind Obsession (2001)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Jack Fletcher is injured in a gun battle resulting in the loss of his sight.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Night Sins (1997)
Plot Summary:
A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is abducted. Her investigation leads to a bigger series of abductions and murders dating back over 20 years. Her investigation also brings her into a mutual attraction with the small-town police chief who shares her investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, melancholic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Killervision (2014)
Plot Summary:
While watching B grade movies a brain-injured man is tormented by visions of his friends being murdered by a faceless killer. He becomes increasingly disturbed when he realizes it's only a matter of time before the killer comes for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary, contemplative, slasher
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Plot Summary:
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, clever, teen, independent film, realistic, cynical, gloomy, sexy
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Imprint (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to re-examine beliefs she thought she left behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, surreal, surprise ending
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Homecoming (2009)
Plot Summary:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, christmas horror, teen, serious, realistic
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Ordeal (1973)
Plot Summary:
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Swimfan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, erotic, serious, tense, slasher, sexual, disturbing
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#SquadGoals (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ambitious high school senior Samantha Hodges is a serious journalist, both for the school paper and for the yearbook, but she's just as serious about her friends, Nate, Gillian, and Rudy, all of whom are vying with her for a full-ride local scholarship to college. Very close to her mother, Emily, who is the school's guidance counselor, Samantha finds her reporting taking an investigative turn when two of her classmates--and contenders for the scholarship--are murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense
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Misery (1990)
Plot Summary:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 230000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, tension, slasher
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Hard Candy (2005)
Plot Summary:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, independent film, suspense, controversial, rough, psychological thriller
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The Omega Man (1971)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic, intense, suspenseful, scary, bad ending, cult classic, grindhouse, depressing
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Plot Summary:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, mind bending, visually stunning, crime thriller, touching