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Plot Summary:
Returning from Afghanistan, Jessica, a Spec OPS Marine, finds herself in a war she never imagined and discovers middle America suburbia has changed when her thirteen year old sister, Aimee, is abducted by sex traffickers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Attacked!! (1978)
Plot Summary:
A policewoman is attacked, handcuffed and raped while on night patrol. Rather than report the incident, she determines to find and punish the rapist herself. After the same attacker again rapes her in the police restroom, she becomes terrified of another encounter, and develops a victim mentality. The criminal is neither caught nor identified at the end of the film, leaving the policewoman's feelings of terror and desire for vengeance unresolved.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: crying
Similar in 79%
Jane (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Olivia gets deferred from her dream college, she begins to spiral. In an attempt to regain control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage against those that stand in the way of her success. But as things escalate, she is forced to confront her darkest impulses in order to get ahead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: teen horror
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Kidnapped (1987)
Plot Summary:
A sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Her Sister's Keeper (2006)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Lords of Discipline (1983)
Plot Summary:
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: cult classic, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Love Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Melissa Kennedy's been missing for almost 3 months now and the Town of Ridgedale is coming unhinged. The projectionist at the old revival movie house, Sylvia Potter (16) wants so badly to be in love. Just like in the movies. But can any guy live up to her ideal leading man? Even her best friend Harry's unrequited love for her (since fifth grade) has never been reciprocated. When sexy, quiet, rich kid, Lucas Green transfers to Hampton Prep the sparks fly. Lucas and Sylvia's initial animosity quickly becomes a heated romance - despite the warnings of almost every friend in her circle. But what seems like a love story straight out of the movies hits a major plot twist when the police begin an investigation into Lucas' involvement in the Melissa Kennedy case. What really happened to Melissa Kennedy and how long can Lucas and Sylvia's relationship last in the face of a mystery that threatens to change the lives of these teenagers forever? Written by AC (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Warning Shot (2018)
Plot Summary:
A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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My Guardian Angel (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Hannah's parents took her to a new school, they said it was to give her a new start. However, Hannah is 11, autistic, and due to her condition, unable to speak. She had a twin called Angel, but when Angel died, Hannah was forbidden to grieve by her abusive parents and punished when she sought comfort from her sister's things. Now Hannah lives locked inside a silent life of despair, which she fears will soon end at the hands of her parents. However, when a knife keeps appearing under her pillow, and a voice that she thinks is inside her head won't leave her alone, Hannah begins to realise that just maybe, she may have an ally not of this world, but fear paralyses her. Could it be Angel, who from the 'other side' has come to seek justice for all the abuse she has suffered? Can Hannah overcome her fear enough to let her in?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Sorority Secrets (2020)
Plot Summary:
Cassie is thrilled when she’s accepted as a mid-year transfer into an elite sorority, complete with free housing, tuition assistance and a great alumni network. However, when Cassie uncovers that the chapter president and the advisor are running an escort service with girls from the sorority she soon realizes this “little secret” just might kill her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Disquiet (2023)
Plot Summary:
After a near-fatal car accident, Sam wakes to discover he is trapped in an abandoned hospital by mysterious and sinister forces that have no intention of letting him leave….
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Zero Contact (2022)
Plot Summary:
Produced in 17 different countries entirely virtually during the 2020 global pandemic, the film follows five characters based all over the world, connected only by their devotion to the late founder and tech titan Finley Hart. Forced to work together to shut down Hart’s most secret invention, a machine that is either the solution to mankind’s problems or the end of the earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, intellectual, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, suspense
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Frozen (2005)
Plot Summary:
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV footage of her sister on her final day. Visiting the spot where Annie was filmed, Kath becomes convinced she has found a portal to another reality and from this portal Kath is trying to say something.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action thriller, mind bending
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The Independent (2022)
Plot Summary:
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made, an idealistic young journalist teams up with her idol, legendary journalist Nick Booker, to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the election, and the country, in their hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Vanished: Searching for My Sister (2022)
Plot Summary:
Jada gets pulled into a world of drugs and deceit in order to learn the shocking truth about what really happened to her missing sister, Kayla.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Wrong Swipe (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Anna has a difficult time getting close to people, her sister creates a dating profile for her online. Anna starts to message a handsome man until she starts getting disturbing messages that a match is close by.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Exit Speed (2008)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, exciting, realistic
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Indiscreet (1998)
Plot Summary:
A case involving adultery, money and murder threatens a private eye's sobriety.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
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In the Heat of Passion (1992)
Plot Summary:
A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married. Her husband soon finds out and is accidently killed. The two lovers cover up the crime, but the actor begins to wonder if there's more going on than he knows.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, cult film
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Dead Beat (1994)
Plot Summary:
In 1965, Rudy, a Midwestern high-school kid, moves to Albuquerque; lonely and friendless, he's attracted to Kit, slightly older, with a car, his own apartment, and spending money. Kit loves Elvis and loves the ladies; plus, he's a complete phony: his tan is fake, he wears lifts, he lies to girls, and he pretends to care about Rudy. Kit also shares a dark secret with two other devoted followers, Jimmy and Martha. He meets his match in Kirsten, a spoiled rich girl who gives as good as she gets. When she and a younger cousin disappear, Rudy must choose between loneliness and the law. Written by.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, period piece, dark comedy
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Impact Point (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary
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Illusions (1992)
Plot Summary:
Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strained marriage. Their privacy is interrupted by the arrival of Greg's stunning and mysterious sister, Laura. Jan's paranoia deepens as she suspects that Greg's and her sister's relationship is too close. In her desperation, she confides her fears to the landlord but his weird reaction only creates more confusion.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, exciting, enigmatic, erotic
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Freeway (1988)
Plot Summary:
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Borrego (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young botanist relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. While out on research, she comes to the aid of a downed plane only to find herself taken captive by an inexperienced drug mule who forces her to lead a trek across the sweltering desert to his drop. A local sheriff is drawn into the hunt as his rebellious daughter sets out to find the missing botanist, all the while being pursued by a local drug receiver.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cliffhanger, entertaining, dark
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
Plot Summary:
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Twin Betrayal (2018)
Plot Summary:
A struggling single mother, in the midst of a fierce custody battle, is framed for the murder of her wealthy father by her ambitious identical twin.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Sister's Obsession (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kendra has been given an Educator of the Year award and now must prepare a speech to give at a banquet in her honor. She has the support of her husband (and is trying to start a family with him) and best friend Monica, but her life is starting to unravel. Kendra will discover the cause is a long lost twin sister, Amber, who resents her twin's "entitled" position. Kendra must fight her vindictive sister to save her home, husband, job, and finally her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Captors (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, Alys is soon besieged by strange hallucinations and deadly adversaries and must fight to survive while keeping her sanity intact.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful Lauren gets married with an older man. She is unexpectedly confronted with her ex, an escaped criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, sexy, psychological thriller, neo noir
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Till Death (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, scary, entertaining, dark, slasher, mindfuck