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Plot Summary:
Michael is a basically decent guy with a pregnant girlfriend, great friends - and one massive drug problem. Because he missed his own Las Vegas bachelor party being too stoned, his four besties decide to kidnap him for a weekend of roughing it in the California wilderness. Caught off guard by this surprise camping trip and his nose candy supply dwindling, Michael is shocked when his buddies start being ritually murdered one by one. Suspecting it’s the vicious drug dealer he cheated getting bloody revenge, Michael’s life swirls out of all control as the real truth is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, spooky
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Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (1998)
Plot Summary:
A botched police raid on a crack house turns into a 36 hour long siege in which the junkies share their perspective to the cameraman of a reality program.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: inspirational, fake documentary
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club owner. Chelsea Hammond, an exotic dancer, finds herself being pushed into the dark world of adult entertainment as she fights to regain control of her life. Narcotics detective Sam Riley struggles with an online addiction he has tried to keep hidden from his wife. Reformed street thug Harrison Green goes back to his old neighborhood to try and connect with a street brother he left behind. These four will face their ultimate test at the hands of Copernicus Jones, a ruthless gangster who will let nothing stand in his way.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, christian film, controversial
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A Child's Voice (2018)
Plot Summary:
A homeless teen answers the voice of a child calling out for help and is sent on a journey to find a human trafficking network run by the child's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, satanic, independent film
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The UnMiracle (2017)
Plot Summary:
A suburban town is torn apart in the aftermath of an accidental teen drug overdose in this ensemble film exploring the mysteries of modern faith.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, contemplative, fable
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Iskariot (2008)
Plot Summary:
A doctor is pulled into Stockholm's underbelly after his brother gets caught up in a botched drug deal.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Lost Solace (2016)
Plot Summary:
After taking a new form of ecstasy, a psychopath goes through a mind bending trip causing him to feel and question his morality for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Strangers Within (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sam and her friends are terrorised during a party by a group of young men on a desperate hunt for something in her house.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychotronic
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Close Calls (2017)
Plot Summary:
Morgan, a troubled, drug-addled teen, must deal with her crazy grandma and a psycho caller when her father leaves her home alone. As the calls keep coming in, a paranoid Morgan is forced to face some of her worst fears and inner demons when she believes everyone she knows is either plotting against her - or trying to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Blue Call (2021)
Plot Summary:
Haylee, a local EMT suffering from PTSD, spends her days making split second decisions with lives that hang in the balance. One night on a routine call, she is faced with a moral decision, taking matters into her own hands and mercy kills a young woman. Now, falling deeper into a rabbit hole, she gets caught up in a world of underground drugs and a sadistic killer who’s made her his next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, psychotronic, psychological, medical horror
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Wasted (2002)
Plot Summary:
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious, gloomy, biting, suspense
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Entity (2013)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, psychotronic
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The Devil's Candy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, disturbing, creepy, rough, bleak, suspenseful, post-horror, psychological, atmospheric
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The Best of All Worlds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, seven year old Adrian is growing up in the underground drug scene of Salzburg, usually famous for culture and classical music. His mother Helga is torn between her drug addiction and her love for her son. Despite of this Adrian has a happy childhood, the best of all worlds. But it is tested to the limit when the authorities and child welfare services find out about Helga's addiction.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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6 Balloons (2018)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two year old daughter in tow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, melancholic, sentimental, rough, captivating
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Ratter (2015)
Plot Summary:
Emma is a young and beautiful graduate student just starting a new life in New York City. Like most people her age, she is always connected - her phone and laptop are constant companions, documenting her most intimate moments. What she doesn't realize is that she's sharing her life with an uninvited and dangerous guest. A hacker is following Emma’s every move. When the voyeuristic thrill of watching her digitally isn't enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: cyber, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, scary, slasher, mysterious
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Cookers (2001)
Plot Summary:
After stealing a huge stash of drugs, speed freaks Hector and Dorena plan to cook up an enormous batch of crystal meth and get rich quick. Hector's old buddy Merle has the perfect hideout/meth lab: an old, abandoned farmhouse in the woods where no one will ever find them. Unfortunately, no one will hear their screams either. Turns out, they may not be alone after all. It seems this farmhouse is the site of a horrific urban legend. Now, holed up together with nothing to do but snort, smoke and shoot up, the strung-out "cookers" fall prey to paranoia, private demons and terrifying visions which, whether they are hallucinations or hauntings, are equally terrifying and just as deadly!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, disturbing, suspense, independent film, realistic, cult film
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Heaven Knows What (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, erotic, retro, social, controversial, cynical, art house
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Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Plot Summary:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery which should set them up for life. The seemingly simple robbery is a great success, but the sale of the drugs afterward fails badly, and Mel and Bobbie are shot.The four take refuge with the Reverend, who charges them half of their haul from the robbery to care for them. In a desperate attempt to recover their losses, Mel involves the crew in a disastrous, ill-advised jewellery robbery, and they become caught up in a web of violence that rapidly spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, talky, controversial, suspense, erotic, psychedelic, rough, clever, serious
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Body Brokers (2021)
Plot Summary:
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spiritual, unusual plot structure
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Quarries (2016)
Plot Summary:
To escape her abusive boyfriend, Kat joins a wilderness expedition with a group of women, all of whom are struggling with the uncertainty of life. What was supposed to be an opportunity for personal discovery quickly becomes a fight for survival, forcing each one to discover the strength within themselves that they didn't even know they possessed. While being brazenly chased by a pack of predators, the strong quickly set themselves apart from the weak. In a battle of will, stamina, and heart, these very virtues present themselves at the most crucial moment. With death looming, each is left with what is truly important - the strength within oneself.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic, slasher
Similar in 77%
Good Chemistry (2008)
Plot Summary:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his nightmare only worsens.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Psycho Brother-In-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
Similar in 78%
Dark (2015)
Plot Summary:
A disturbed young woman must confront her worst fears when she finds herself trapped alone in a New York City loft during the 2003 blackout.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, scary, dark drama
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Excess Flesh (2015)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Pop Skull (2007)
Plot Summary:
Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, mumblecore, tense, captivating, retro, surreal, disturbing, controversial, scary
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The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Plot Summary:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: depressing, disturbing, bleak, rough, serious, controversial, grim, cult classic, realistic, dark
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We Go On (2016)
Plot Summary:
WE GO ON tells the story of one man's quest to find out if there is more out there after we die. Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon anything that can prove that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his fiercely protective mother, he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, scary, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, spooky, psychological, atmospheric, intellectual
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Contracted (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young girl contracts what she thinks is a sexually-transmitted disease - but is actually something much worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing, bleak, serious, rough, controversial, slasher
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Resolution (2012)
Plot Summary:
Michael is committed to getting his best friend Chris to sober up and get his life back on track. With the best of intentions, Michael implements a plan to convince Chris to go to rehab before his drug addiction leads to an early death. But what begins as an attempt to save his friend's life quickly takes an unexpected turn as the two friends confront personal demons, the consequences of past actions, and forces beyond their control.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mumblecore, disturbing, lovecraft, mindfuck, psychological
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Plot Summary:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 883000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, emotional, atmospheric, surreal, heartbreaking, realistic, mind bending