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Plot Summary:
A family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, twist ending, independent film, action thriller
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Domino (2019)
Plot Summary:
Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, perverse
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#Captured (2017)
Plot Summary:
A zealous vigilante looking to clean the Internet of sin targets a group of teens that broadcast misadventures on their chatroom.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating
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Deadly Surveillance (1991)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficking.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective, independent film
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Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge (2008)
Plot Summary:
An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Black Tide (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is reluctant to take care of his own son, Denis, 16, who seems to be mixed up in drug trafficking. When Mr. Bellaile, Dany’s French tutor, learns about his former student’s disappearance, he offers his services.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, suspense, twist ending, art house
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Duress (2009)
Plot Summary:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protégé, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Surveillance (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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XII (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, christmas horror, scary, rough, serious
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Armed Response (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, gothic, dark, psychotronic, independent film
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Happy Camp (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to the childhood town where his brother was abducted 20 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, scary, independent film, fake documentary
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Valley of the Sasquatch (2015)
Plot Summary:
After losing their home following a devastating tragedy, a father and son are forced to move to an old family cabin. Neither reacts well to being thrown into this new world. The son's attempts to relate to his father are complicated when two old friends arrive for a weekend of hunting. This trip into the forest will unearth not only buried feelings of guilt and betrayal, but also a tribe of Sasquatch that are determined to protect their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense
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I Know What I Saw (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. Is she losing her marbles, or is there something sinister at work around her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Pathology (2008)
Plot Summary:
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, serious, suspense, sexy, surprise ending, tense, rough, medical horror, realistic
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You Are Not Alone (2014)
Plot Summary:
"An idyllic summer day turns into a living nightmare ... With school finally over, college graduate Natalie Wilner returns to her hometown to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. But beneath the flags and fireworks lurks a dark, malevolent figure. After a night of drunken parties, she stumbles home and drifts off to sleep, only to be woken moments later by a loud knock on the door. Experience one night of terror, through Natalie’s eyes as she fights to escape a relentless, knife-wielding maniac …".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Stash House (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dave and Emma have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroine and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, dark, serious, realistic
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Deer Crossing (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film centers around retired police detective Derrick Stanswood (Mann), who is called by a successful doctor about an unsolved case involving his wife Maggy (Cottrel) and their son, Cole (newcomer Kevin Fennell). Chasing after loose ends in a backward rural town, Derrick has no idea that Maggy has been held captive for the past eight years by farmer Lukas Walton (K.J. Linhein, "Jebediah"), who is raising Cole as his own son in a wrongful world that holds its own horrors (http://mrpotent.com/deerCrossing/).
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Anamorph (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, bleak, realistic
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Lost Girls (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, emotional, disturbing, compassionate, bleak, dark, perverse, powerful
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Kemper (2008)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, scary
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Cyrus (2010)
Plot Summary:
A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a man who possesses an all too intimate knowledge of the details of "The County Line Cannibal" - Cyrus. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, serious, slasher, grindhouse, psychological horror, mockumentary, scary, tense
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Son of Sam (2008)
Plot Summary:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, slasher
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Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Silencing (2020)
Plot Summary:
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, action thriller, disturbing, psychological thriller, entertaining, independent film, perverse
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Criticsized (2016)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer taunts police while increasing the body count on live streaming TV.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Bad Samaritan (2018)
Plot Summary:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, exciting, psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller
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I See You (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, bleak, detective, twisted, scary, slasher
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Suspect Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, tricky, detective, stylized, intense, suspense, scary, serious
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Mindhunters (2004)
Plot Summary:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, slasher, detective, clever, intense
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Prisoners (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 784000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir, detective, surprise ending, psychological thriller, tense