Poison movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant poison movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, tense, psychological and interesting films and TV shows about / with poison, death, murder, vengeance, revenge, betrayal, blood, violence, flashback and storytelling plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as poison: Buried Alive (1990), Crooked House (2017), Of Unknown Origin (1983), Black Widow (1987), Snow White (2025), Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007), Crimson Peak (2015), Crank (2006), Downfall (2004), Spasms (1983).
Best films
List of poison movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
poison, poisoning, buried alive, love affair, revenge, betrayal, lethal injection, rottweiler, investigation, survival, extramarital affair, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
persia, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, twists and turns, mansion, family secret, murder, private detective, investigation, servant, poison, sleuth, police ...
Time:
50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place:
london, cairo egypt, bristol, scotland yard
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that ...
Style:
retro, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, splatter ...
Plot:
house, poison, terror, obsession, animal attack, danger, mind game, killer animal, creature feature, creature, home invasion, alone ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, vermont
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, investigation, manipulation, poison, dangerous attraction, danger, murder, illicit affair, woman in danger, obsession, secret identity, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, seattle, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's ...
Style:
fairy tale, motion capture, surprise ending, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
poison, princess, evil queen, tyrant, female antagonist, love, narcissism, vanity, cruelty, witch, jealous woman, tyranny ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, melancholic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
love affair, poison, parents and children, rocky mountains, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, family gatherings, family relations, estrangement, male female relationship, death of father, living together ...
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168K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, murder, female protagonist, betrayal, macabre, brother sister incest, old mansion, estate, ghost story ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, year 2015, 1800s ...
Place:
england, america, europe, usa
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276K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Style:
intense, cult classic, dark comedy, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, vengeance, dark humor, assassin, tough heroes, violence, lone hero, poison, one man army, heart, killer ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, iran, usa, north america
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398K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, retro, disturbing ...
Plot:
killer snake, monster, animal attack, creature feature, college, poison, body horror, research, canuxploitation, laboratory, obsession, giant snake ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
san diego california
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mu Sheng, Jinglan, Siyan and others gathered in the Snake King Valley due to an unexpected turmoil. Only the snake-like flowers in the depths of Snake King Valley can prevent all tragedies from happening. Understand the true meaning of "all ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, tension, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
poison, giant snake, journey, battles, supernatural being, killer animal, animal cruelty, giant creature, mission, dangerous animal, death threat, escapades ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into ...
Style:
stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, martial arts, antidote, poison, undercover, terrorist, rescue, espionage, heroes, soldier, daring rescue, good versus evil ...
Place:
uruguay
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Style:
captivating, talky, bloody, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, winter, stagecoach, prisoner, gang, cold weather, old west, murder, snow, dark humor, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
19th century, year 2015, 2010s, victorian era, year 2016
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After suffering a heart attack, Bill (Bill Oberst) takes his doctor's advice literally to eliminate the stresses from his life. The plan is working until his killings attract the attention of a psychotic cop (Armand Assante) who isn't sure ...
Style:
humorous, brutal, bloody, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vigilante, justice, rudeness, vengeance, poison, murderer, death, revenge, retribution, loss of wife, stress, marriage ...
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, dark fantasy, gothic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
halloween, ghost, surrealism, mother daughter relationship, haunted house, female protagonist, artist, train, mansion, priest, funeral, frenchman ...
Time:
2020s, middle ages, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new england, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the ...
Style:
scenic, dramatic, talky, clever, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
restaurant, food, chef, poison, gastronomy, plot twist, restaurant owner, male female relationship, sexual desire, nobility, murder disguised as suicide, drunkenness ...
Time:
1780s, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
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158K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological thriller, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
puzzle, trapped, game of death, group of strangers, escape room, survival, clue, quest, riddles and clues, evil corporation, death, survivor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A female aerobic instructor is possessed by an evil spirit of a fallen ninja when coming to his aid. The spirit seeks revenge on those who killed him and uses the female instructor's body to carry out his mission. The only way the spirit will ...
Style:
independent film, light, grindhouse, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, female ninja, revenge, supernatural, ninja master, curse, medieval, kung fu, ninjitsu, running, ninja magic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Torture is the ultimate seduction when Victor, a powerful and dangerous millionaire, discovers that his beautiful wife Elizabeth (Kristy Swanson) is having a steamy affair with his best friend. And when the lovers' risky plan to get rid of him ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
torture chamber, abusive husband, vengeance, revenge, poison, obsession, family problems, crime gone awry, betrayal, uncover truth, supernatural, gory ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the vein of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and fraught with mystery and edge-of-your seat suspense, Kari Wuhrer Poison tells the darkly insidious story of the Garrett household and their descent into a hellish world of sexual malice ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, female serial killer, teenage girl, framed for murder, adultery, revenge, suicide, poison, infidelity, dysfunctional marriage, caught having sex, female bonding ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beverly hills, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style:
saga, exciting, witty, spectacular, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, faked death, 007, secret organization, secret headquarters, espionage, secret service, interracial romance, white man asian woman relationship, sluttiness, slut ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, russia, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
drug addict, poison, dying words, morphine, overdose, maid, amateur sleuth, murder mystery, inquest, suspect, train, suicide ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
wales
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, black comedy, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, private detective, murder, characters killed one by one, whodunit, investigation, guilt, paranoia, weekend, false accusation ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
alps, austria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Style:
sexy, erotic, surreal, anthology, controversial ...
Plot:
hell, devil, male nudity, erotica, surrealism, poison, male pubic hair, sex scene, strong sexual content, female pubic hair, burned alive, hot guys ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1971, 14th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Style:
epic, visually stunning, captivating, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conquering, monk, genghis khan, desert, slave, barbarian, king, betrayal, leadership, medieval, warlord, dungeon ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 12th century, year 2007
Place:
mongolia, china, soviet union, east asia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, depression, small town life, angel, friendship, self discovery, second chance, life philosophy, life changing experience, alternate history ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945, 1910s ...
Place:
new york, america, new york state, usa
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12K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, mystical, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
race against time, poison, divorce, murder, sex with sister, police investigation, destiny, xmas, hospital, incest, alcoholic, pun ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
austin texas, los angeles, australia
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Madrid, the orphan sisters Irene, Ana and Maite are raised by their austere aunt Paulina together with their mute and crippled grandmother after the death of their mother and their military father Anselmo. Ana is a melancholic girl, fascinated by ...
Style:
political, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, depressing ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, coming of age, flashback, insomnia, poison, adultery, adulterous husband, children, female nudity, orphan, youth, childhood ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, europe, madrid
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206K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, cult classic, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, dystopia, violence, gory, desperation, jungle, cruelty, contests and competitions, satire, social commentary ...
Time:
future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, india, tokyo
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