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Plot Summary:
Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Deviant Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
In a tailspin after her marriage collapses, Jamie falls for a helpful gentleman whose interest in her welfare hides sinister motives.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
Similar in 75%
Killing Your Daughter (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a DNA test helps Candace connect with her birth parents, she realizes some family histories are better left untold.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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My Daughter Vanished (2018)
Plot Summary:
Recently widowed mom, Melanie and her daughter Gabby are adjusting to life after husband and dad Scott died in a tragic boating accident. When Gabby disappears after a heated argument with her mom, authorities and friends fear she’s run away from home. Unwilling to believe her daughter would run off, Melanie is convinced something more sinister is behind her daughter’s disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Sinister Surrogate (2018)
Plot Summary:
Josh and Danielle have found the perfect surrogate, Kailee, to bear their child. But when Kailee gives birth to a beautiful baby girl, the happy couple learns how deep and dark a mother's love can go. But is it really Kailee whom they need to fear, or is she just a pawn in someone else's game? Someone who will stop at nothing to take what she views as hers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 84%
Marriage of Lies (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Rachel’s husband disappears, the police have one suspect: her. While trying to prove her innocence, she uncovers many secrets about the man she married.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark
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One Small Indiscretion (2017)
Plot Summary:
Years ago, heartbroken and officially separated from her husband, Caroline briefly turned to the arms of another man. It was only one small indiscretion - a brief affair, forgotten after she and her husband reunited. But beautiful Elle, daughter of Caroline's lover, hasn't forgotten. She rents a guesthouse from Caroline, her husband, and teenage son with one purpose: to destroy their lives the way Elle thinks Caroline destroyed hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy
Similar in 77%
House of Good and Evil (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, realistic
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The Nurse (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young woman takes in her estranged father after he suffers a stroke, but his home-care nurse's attentive dedication may be masking a dark and dangerous secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, erotic
Similar in 86%
My Husband's Secret Wife (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married woman's life turns upside down when she learns her husband is married to another woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mommy Would Never Hurt You (2019)
Plot Summary:
Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Mommy Be Mine (2018)
Plot Summary:
A psycho killer teenage girl will stop at nothing to replace her dead mother's love.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lethal Seduction (2015)
Plot Summary:
High School senior Mark Richards has never minded his overprotective widowed mother,Tanya, and is a good son to her as he prepares to go off to Princeton in the fall. However, when he comes under the sexual spell of the rapacious, manipulative older woman Carissa Barrington, he finds himself in the middle of two strong, unreasonable women--one of whom is insane.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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Psycho Granny (2019)
Plot Summary:
After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, psychotronic
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A Daughter's Plan to Kill (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Room for Murder (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen discovers not only are Jake and Moira sleeping together, but Jake has a secret, dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
Similar in 80%
Vows of Deceit (2018)
Plot Summary:
When blushing bride Sara Ross ties the knot with her seemingly perfect, handsome newlywed husband Leo, she soon starts to suspect that not only is Leo a thief and a conman but also quite possibly a killer, and that she just might be the next bride up on his chopping block. Written by Jake Helgren.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 82%
16 and Missing (2015)
Plot Summary:
A 16 year old girl goes missing after an online relationship with an older man.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Stranded (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - and it's there that the nightmare begins. The captain of the boat forgets to pick the girls up, leaving them stranded and forcing them to use a deserted house as a makeshift shelter. Then, one by one, the girls start to vanish. With Carina's big day the last thing on the girls minds they start to wonder whether they will see out the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 86%
Unbridled (2018)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to keep her husband’s secret, a devoted politician’s wife struggles to stave off threats that could ruin their promising new life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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The Captive Nanny (2020)
Plot Summary:
Chloe (Karynn Moore) is a nanny who desperately wants to adopt but needs to get her life together first. She finds the perfect live-in nanny position with the Brown family - Emily (Austin Highsmith), Michael (Michael Aaron Milligan) and their son - that will help get her life back on track. She quickly learns they're oddly strict about security, with coded locks on all doors. Emily explains it's due to her famous musician ex named Baz (Jason Skeen), who stalks her. Horrified, Chloe agrees to help Emily and Michael keep their son safe. But when Chloe notices things seem a bit off with the Browns, Emily and Michael turn on Chloe and accuse her of being a spy for Baz. They lock her up to force a false confession out of her, but Chloe soon learns that it's not Baz that's making bad things happen - it's Emily, who is determined to win back Baz by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 81%
Dark Harbor (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dark Harbor tells the story of Olivia, a young mother on the verge of childbirth who finds her future threatened by a hidden darkness from her family's past.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Au Pair Nightmare (2020)
Plot Summary:
Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Deadly Excursion (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 77%
We Still Say Grace (2020)
Plot Summary:
The teenage daughter of a religious fanatic attempts to escape her twisted family life when three strangers break down near their remote farmhouse and interrupt her father's delusional family suicide pact.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Deadly Shores (2018)
Plot Summary:
This gripping thriller follows Anna who moves to a remote island as the new bride of a famous mystery writer. Once there, she uncovers secrets about her new husband's dead former wife and fears she may be the next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dying for a Baby (2019)
Plot Summary:
Amber and Kyle are ready to move on after a car accident two years ago. But their world turns upside down when Jessica, the other driver who lost her unborn baby in the accident, moves in next door and gets a job with Amber's doctor -- all in a plan to seek a cold form of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Murder In-Law (2019)
Plot Summary:
Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to an unsettling level where she will scheme, lie and even murder to keep her son and granddaughter from moving away.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Strangler's Wife (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mae thought she had the perfect husband. Until she found out about his other women. But now she suspects an even more horrible truth. He isn't cheating with these other women... he's killing them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Neighbor's Deception (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman begins to suspect that her therapist neighbor's offer to free treatment is not the altruistic gesture it was meant to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 78%
The Library Suicides (2016)
Plot Summary:
Twin sister librarians Nan and Ana plan revenge when their author mother commits suicide, with her final words suggesting her biographer murdered her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing