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 6.3
 523
Honeymoon (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but things can go awry. When an uninvited guest turns up at the church and later at the reception as well, the newly-weds’ day turns sour. Shadows of the past can blight the most sumptuous of banquets ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot: violence, wedding, secret, fake identity, dark secret, sexual abuse, guilt, husband wife relationship, delusion, lie, past, fight ...
Place: czech republic
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 8.2
 637
Funland (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Funland is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening ...
Style: serious, tense, suspense, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder, clue, gambling debt, dark secret, husband wife relationship, stripper, criminal underworld, corruption, deception, dead mother, strip club, greed ...
Time: 2000s
Place: northern england, england
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Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with her sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his sister asked him to flee with her to Australia where no one ...
Style: sincere, serious, disturbing, captivating, erotic
Plot: incestuous relationship, brother sister incest, sex with sister, cuckold, forbidden love, doomed love, dark secret, obsession, loveless marriage, domineering mother, miscarriage, incestuous sex ...
Time: 1910s
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 6.2
 7K
Evil Rising (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 83 min.
Story: It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in ...
Style: atmospheric, scary, disturbing, intense, harsh ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, redemption, medieval, guilt, village, folk horror, haunted by the past, danger, curses spells and rituals, blood, dark secret ...
Time: 16th century, year 2008, middle ages
Place: finland, europe, russia
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The Invisible Witness (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A businessman must explain to his lawyers how he came to be found in a locked hotel room with his dead partner, whose body was covered in money.
Style: suspense, captivating, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, uncover truth, dark secret, murder suspect, lawyer, parents, couples, lovers, deception, dishonesty, accident ...
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 7.5
 153
Liberdade 21 (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In each episode, an apparently lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, clever, suspense, serious
Plot: lawyer, ambition, justice, workplace, false accusation, testimony, dark secret, female lawyer, employer employee relationship, witness, professional rivalry, friendship ...
Place: portugal
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 5.5
 268
Vinegar Hill (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband’s hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start.
Style: suspense, realistic, psychological, serious
Plot: dark past, secret, punishment, husband wife relationship, dark secret, homecoming, child abuse, unemployment, sheriff, father son relationship, abusive father, chores ...
Place: wisconsin
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Top Secret: The Revelation (2008)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the ...
Style: anime, captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: police, secret service, investigation, top secret, moral dilemma, subconscious, bio weapon, secret, dark secret, conspiracy, revenge, memory ...
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 6.2
 1K
The Quietude (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Plot: sex with sister in law, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, lawyer, family relations, pregnancy, dark secret, extramarital affair, death, mother, love and romance, family conflict ...
Place: argentina
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Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a night out on the town turns into a nightmare, six young college students must fight for their lives as a killer hunts them down.
Style: slasher, suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, stalking, danger, youth, vengeance, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, dark secret, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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For the Hopeless Romantic (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.
Style: suspenseful, sincere, serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, breakup, infidelity, betrayal, intrigue, dark secret, novelist, college student, group of friends, life lesson, inspiration ...
Place: the philippines, canada
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: europe, england
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 8.7
 79
Clever Girl (2015)
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Denise Dobkin is a struggling, opportunistic freelance columnist who escapes her debtors and competitors by fast-tracking her new romance with older piano teacher Chris Schaefer. Yet as she comes to learn something very disturbing about Chris, she ...
Style: sadistic, psychological, tense, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: femme fatale, investigation, dark secret, serial murder, mysterious man, vigilantism, danger, murder, betrayal, journalist, female killer, criminal ...
Place: cincinnati ohio
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4th Period Mystery (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story: During fourth period, high schooler Da-jeong finds his classmate Tae-gyu dead in a classroom and Jeong-hun standing in front of him with blood on his clothes. In order to stop Jeong-hun from becoming the prime suspect, Da-jeong must help him find ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, twisted ...
Plot: high school student, murder mystery, race against time, friendship, mysterious man, dark secret, intrigue, teenage boy, revenge, teacher, psychopath, murder ...
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 3.9
 404
The Undertow (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. They quickly realize that the town is not friendly to strangers, and they are pressured to leave by the police. When the friends decide to continue their float trip anyway, ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, survival, serial killer, psychopath, backwoods, violence spree, escapades, danger, supernatural, wilderness, family in danger, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
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The House That Screamed (1969)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lilli Palmer owns and runs a school for wayward girls in France. Her absolute discipline has fostered a social order among the girls with rampant sex, lesbianism and torture the norm. Palmer also has an adolescent son (Moulder Brown) she tries to ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: danger, bullying, boarding school, humiliation, missing person, youth, obsession, society, woman in danger, lesbian, secret, serial killer ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france, south of france, europe
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 7.6
 31K
Cold Case (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about ...
Style: detective, atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: female detective, police detective, murder investigation, policewoman, mentor, who done it, police, homicide detective, investigation, unsolved crime, police procedural, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 60s, 80s, 1930s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 7.9
 58K
Bloodline (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, wealthy family, siblings relations, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, homecoming, family life, secret, dark secret, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, usa
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 4K
Lunacy (2005)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: mental institution, psychopath, mental illness, blasphemy, doctors and patients, danger, society, social misfits, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, gory, sexual abuse ...
Place: czechoslovakia, europe, czech republic
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The Pact of Silence (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: investigation, psychopath, supernatural ability, mentally unstable, obsessive quest, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, dishonesty, hidden identity, clergy, obsession ...
Place: brazil, paris france, europe, france, latin america
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The Last Sin Eater (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.
Style: emotional, christian film, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, family problems, redemption, girl, christianity, hopes, parents and children, society, death in the family, faith, religion, dark secret ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: appalachia
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 7.1
 3K
Home Room (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Style: serious, touching, emotional, intense, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, school shooting, psychological trauma, murder, friendship, goth girl, youth, teenage life, hopes, isolation, secret, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002
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 5.9
 584
Happy Now (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: dark secret, mysterious girl, politician, uncover truth, dark past, investigation, confronting the past, secret past, secret, unsolved crime, crime solving, teenager ...
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 6.2
 20K
Cold Prey (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Eirik and his girlfriend, Jannicke, join newly coupled Mikael and Ingunn, along with single wisecracker Morten, on a snowboarding excursion to a remote mountainous region in Norway. When Morten breaks his leg, however, and requires medical ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: mountain, hotel, psychopath, group of friends, characters killed one by one, snow, trap, snowboarding, winter, isolation, danger, sole survivor ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place: europe
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 4.6
 608
Dead at 17 (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Alyssa's 17-year-old son Jason commits suicide, something doesn't sit right. As she and her daughter Danni begin to take a deeper look in the circumstances surrounding Jason's death, they discover that he may have been involved ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough
Plot: psychopath, murder, brother brother relationship, dark secret, group of friends, cover up, accidental death, party, teen social issues, strong female lead, teenage boy, gambling ...
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 5.9
 2K
Arang (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A salt storehouse near the sea may be haunted. A penniless ex-con dies a gristly death in a house he can ill afford. The detectives assigned the case are Min, newly reinstated after a suspension, and Lee, a new transfer from forensics. Min has ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, afterlife, murder, sexual abuse, law enforcement, supernatural, rivalry, danger, grudge, ex convict, revenge, disappearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, asia, korea, south korea
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 6.1
 3K
Exhibit A (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure, eventually driven to the unimaginable. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, money problems, murder, stalking, family relations, danger, downfall, dark secret, tragic event, voyeurism, uncover truth, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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 6.9
 497
Jyu-Oh-Sei (2006)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Jyu-Oh-Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. On May 2, 2009, the ...
Style: anime, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot: alien encounter, obsessive quest, survival, fish out of water, culture clash, beast, escapades, heroes, danger, criminal heroes, against the rules, space and aliens ...
Time: future
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 5.6
 743
Salem Falls (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot: small town, teenage girl, false accusation, diner, bigotry, starting over, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, social relations, injustice, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, new hampshire, usa
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Beneath the Dark (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and Adrienne pull off the highway and into Roy's Motel and Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot: road trip, erotica, isolation, disorder, couples, confined, danger, mysterious character, nothing goes right, infidelity, haunted by the past, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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