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 5.3
 859
Get the Grift (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a botched scam, Clóvis bumps into Lohane, his estranged foster sister. In a bind, they soon realize the only way out is to band together.
Style: captivating, light, feel good, humorous
Plot: con woman, embezzler, cons and scams, brother sister relationship, corrupt politician, sister, money, escapades, fraud, adventuress, opportunist, con men ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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 5.1
 13K
Wolf (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological thriller, crying, allegory ...
Plot: identity crisis, woman, new year, mental health, winter, chained man, psychiatric hospital, consciousness, punishment, unpunished crime, doctor patient relationship, fat woman ...
Time: 2020s
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, maniac, serial murder, death penalty, violence, killer as protagonist, ted bundy, murder, police investigation, serial killer as protagonist, prison, true crime ...
Time: 70s, year 2019, 80s, year 1969, year 1978 ...
Place: usa, seattle, cincinnati ohio
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: surrealism, suicide, absurdism, zombie, parents and children, family life, resort, nothing goes right, murder, husband wife relationship, mountain, solar eclipse ...
Time: year 2001
Place: japan
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 6.8
 67K
The Pledge (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, detective, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, child murder investigation, murder mystery, child murder, small town, plot twist, obsession, promise, psychology, murder investigation ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: turkey, nevada, reno nevada
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Love in the Strangest Way (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Successful Julien sees his family off on holiday and at once becomes drawn into a risky relationship with Angela, whom he spies outside the cafe opposite his office. When he later finds she is to become his son's new nanny he rightly starts to ...
Style: sensual, neo noir, crying, freeze frame, french noir
Plot: erotica, woman peeing, scam, female nudity, sex, bare breasts, mysterious telephone call, immigrant, babysitter, mystery woman, woman punches a man in the face, vacation ...
Place: paris france
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Murder Is a Murder (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.
Style: detective, crying, neo noir, non-linear, french noir
Plot: doppelganger, lookalikes, killed in a car crash, car trunk, mental illness, physical disability, dead body, voice over narration, unfaithfulness, car crash, train conductor, identity ...
Place: paris france
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Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant ...
Style: psychotronic, noir, independent film, psychological thriller, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, female psychopath, castle, dog, woman in danger, psychopath, nudity, murder of a nude woman, female nudity, kidnapping, pregnancy ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom, liverpool
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Please, Not Now! (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who happens to be falling for Sophie himself) assists her with ...
Style: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot: love story, model, female nudity, bare chested male, nudity, bare butt, photography, levitation, seductive man, telephone call, man with glasses, restaurant ...
Place: paris france
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 5.2
 200
V.D. (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A high school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light again.
Style: independent film
Plot: high school, venereal disease, syphilis, sexually transmitted disease, youth, coach, prostitute, dating, doctor, teenager, premarital sex, teenage girl ...
Place: california, southern california
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 6.9
 40K
Bully (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, sexual abuse, rape, teenager, murder, nudity, sex, drug, rivalry, revenge, youth, teenage sex ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, bronx new york city, florida
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 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
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 5.6
 7K
Crush (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.
Style: psychological thriller, slasher, twist ending, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, high school, stalker, violent woman, secret admirer, depression, twists and turns, college, woman seduces a man, survival horror, fatal attraction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Style: southern gothic, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: insanity, haunted by the past, murder, hagsploitation, plot twist, mental disorder, deep south, female villain, aging, woman in danger, psychotic woman, bullying ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1964, 1920s
Place: louisiana, southern usa, usa
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The Seventh Juror (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually ...
Style: noir, neo noir, crying, psychological thriller, french noir
Plot: lawyer, bureaucracy, judge, witness, jury, repressed sexuality, judgment, narration, shakespeare's othello, trauma, voice over narration, dead body ...
Time: 60s
Place: france
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 6.1
 4K
Golden Balls (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let ...
Style: erotic, captivating, light, ironic, humorous ...
Plot: oral sex, infidelity, orgy, prostitute, dream, architect, skyscraper, corruption, coitus, unhappy marriage, sex scene, lesbian sex ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, north africa, miami
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 5.5
 18K
Shocker (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Style: slasher, sadistic, splatter, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, police investigation, gory, malice, monster, obsession, evil, reincarnation, blood, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, year 1989
Place: california
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Apartment Zero (1988)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The owner of a failing cinema and his mysterious boarder are caught up in the political intrigue of Argentina.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: homosexual subtext, neighbor, dark humor, serial killer, homoerotic friendship, loneliness, mental illness, murder, twists and turns, gay, lgbt, gender ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place: buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, california
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Style: gothic, scary, atmospheric, christian film, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot: carnival, witch, boy, circus, good versus evil, small town, supernatural, youth, black magic, coming of age, devil, greed ...
Time: 1930s, year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: illinois, usa
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 6.7
 94K
Sweet November (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, emotional ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: love story, terminal illness, love, fall in love, cancer, tragic love, bittersweet, couples, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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Historias lamentables (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story: This satirical anthology tells the surreal stories of a gift for Don Horacio, a trip to the beach for Bermejo, a life-changing relationship between Tina and the young immigrant Ayoub, and a new client for a company that specializes in excuses.
Style: surreal, anthology, humorous, ironic, dark comedy ...
Plot: bully, bullying, misfit, plan gone wrong, loneliness, fraud, group of friends, mother daughter relationship, single woman, father son relationship, celebration, adultery ...
Place: madrid
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 8.4
 10K
Stranger (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Hwang Shi-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, which caused him to lack emotion. Now, Hwang Shi-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: prosecutor, female detective, corruption, murder mystery, murder investigation, police, serial killer, investigation, emotionless, buddy cop, crime investigation, police corruption ...
Place: korea, thailand, seoul
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 6.4
 26K
Bad Samaritan (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, home invasion, captive, investigation, violence, sadism, psycho killer, obsession, held captive, murder, sadist ...
Place: portland oregon, oregon
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Monsieur Hire (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man simple life becomes more complicated.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, detective ...
Plot: voyeurism, loneliness, voyeur, femme fatale, false accusation, peeping tom, serial killer, investigation, murder, tailor, brothel, murder investigation ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: france
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 7.3
 5K
36 Hours (1964)
Genre: Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Style: retro, suspenseful, bleak, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, spy, war, world war, nazi, military, d day, hospital, mind game, interrogation, aviation ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: europe, germany, portugal, london, lisbon portugal ...
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 5.7
 19K
Pet (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, basement, kidnapping, captivity, stalking, psychopath, locked in a cage, disturbed individual, fear, stalker, animal shelter, obsessive love ...
Place: los angeles
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Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Style: spoof, feel good, parody, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: toilet humor, erotica, black, loss of virginity, millionaire, rich man poor woman, female objectification, tickling, defloration, sex scene, male objectification, first sex ...
Time: year 2016
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What a Man Wants (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two couples' windy comedy movie that is more dangerous than typhoons in Jeju Islands.
Style: disturbing, captivating, satirical, psychological, crying ...
Plot: marital crisis, family relations, learning the truth, depressed man, relationships, satire, asian, photography, striptease, car crash, bare chested male, trauma ...
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 5.5
 558
Room for Rent (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a reclusive man-child convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, humorous, captivating, crying ...
Plot: awkward situation, social outcast, isolation, manipulation, manipulative behavior, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, prank ...
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The Divine Emma (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Style: freeze frame, crying
Plot: renaissance, world war one, biopic, famous singer, persecution, dead body, photography, work abroad, czech german relations, national identity, signing a contract, mirror ...
Time: 1910s, year 1914, year 1916, year 1917, year 1915
Place: eastern europe, prague, america, central europe
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