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 4.2
 742
The Aviary (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called The Aviary, Jillian and Blair join forces to escape in hopes of ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: cult leader, survival, escape, desert, manhunt, female protagonist, hallucination, religious sect, runaway, threat, escape attempt, paranoid ...
Place: new mexico
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 6.8
 943
Darkling (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Serbia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In NATO-occupied Kosovo, a little girl writes an essay for the United Nations about her father who has gone missing. Meanwhile, the girl's grandfather becomes increasingly paranoid of the unseen threats that lurk in the dark.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, ambiguous ending
Plot: nato, life is a bitch, paranoid, letter, dysfunctional family, family problems, paranoia, paranoid schizophrenia, children, girl, un, shotgun
Place: kosovo
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House of Darkness (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, the supernatural thriller "House of Darkness" recounts the mysterious case of a San Francisco family who claimed that a dark force was responsible for the tragic events that unfolded. Trying to save their ...
Style: mystical, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: ghost, paranormal, paranoid schizophrenia, insanity, female protagonist, paranoid, haunted, mysticism, madness, haunting, possession, paranoia
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 3.8
 534
The Deleted (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 14 min.
TV show
Story: A Noir-Fairy Tale thriller that follows the disappearance of three seemingly unconnected people from Los Angeles, which triggers paranoia among a group of twenty somethings who escaped from a cult a few years back.
Style: erotic, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: mysterious disappearance, confronting the past, escape, past, paranoid, disappearance, relationships, sexual content, sex, female nudity, topless woman, paranoia
Place: los angeles
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 6.7
 676
A Way of Life (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: At 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that ...
Style: realistic, psychological, disturbing, bleak, sad ...
Plot: poverty, vandalism, delusion, family relations, family problems, social relations, life is a bitch, society, custody, interracial relations, parents and children, immigrant ...
Time: 21st century
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 3.9
 16K
The Turning (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
Style: scary, gothic, suspense, bleak, dark ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, sexual assault, rape, insane asylum, supernatural, nanny, orphan, maze, terror, puppet, unfulfillment ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: maine
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 5.5
 381
Prague (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India, Switzerland, Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A city with a history of heritage, myth and superstition. A passionate architect with strong but delusional ideas about love and life. A Czech gypsy girl searching for her identity and true love. Add to the drama of a mean friend you can’t do ...
Style: gothic, scary, suspense, exciting, romantic ...
Plot: architect, holocaust, murder mystery, world war two, suicide, art history, travel, puzzle, illusion, psycho, gypsy, macabre ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: prague, czechoslovakia, europe
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 7.5
 3K
Marat/Sade (1967)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under ...
Style: disturbing, stylized, psychological, talky, biting ...
Plot: french revolution, art, politics, revolution, insanity, sex maniac, fighting the system, mental illness, murder, psychopath, chaos, violence ...
Time: 18th century, year 1967, 19th century, 1790s, 1800s
Place: france, europe, paris france
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style: tense, suspense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: conspiracy, cia, political conspiracy, paranoia, conspiracy theory, murder, mind control, surveillance, chase, spy, obsession, amnesia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China ...
Style: neo noir, visually stunning, political thriller, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, spy thriller, undercover agent, undercover, secret agent, manhunt, kremlin, paranoid, intrigue, secret mission ...
Time: 60s
Place: russia, china, moscow russia, soviet union, asia ...
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 6.2
 1K
The Serpent (1973)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies ...
Style: political thriller, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, undercover, secret agent, kgb, double agent, violence, paranoid, international relations, undercover agent, agent, race against time ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, russia, europe, langley virginia, west germany ...
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Executive Action (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Style: political thriller, political, neo noir, independent film, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, assassination, cia, paranoia, corruption, murder, conspiracy theory, sniper, assassin, police officer, alternate history, paranoid ...
Time: year 1963
Place: dallas texas
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The Laughing Policeman (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: It's tough beat for San Francisco police lieutenant Jake Martin (Walter Matthau) when he has to investigate a city bus massacre in which a madman opened machine gunfire on eight people.
Style: detective, crime drama, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, serial killer, police procedural, cop, mass murder, swat team, car chase, urban, organized crime, police, paranoid, big city ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Style: detective, action thriller, grim, crime drama, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police, car, cop, chase, undercover police officer, driving, police officer, organized crime, murder, urban, classic car ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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The Internecine Project (1974)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Former secret agent Robert Elliot (Coburn) will be promoted to government advisor. In order to make sure no-one will ever know about his dirty past.
Style: independent film
Plot: espionage, paranoid, poison, agent, british spy, nudity, economist, professor, corpse, radio, prostitute, cold war ...
Time: 70s
Place: london
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 7.0
 5K
The Outfit (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, danger, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, chase ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: st. louis missouri
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The Terminal Man (1974)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, medical horror, cult classic, depressing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, cyberpunk, home invasion, serial killer, murder, human experiment, cognitive science, machine, paranoid, evil computer, computer, medicine ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT commander Sergeant Button (John Cassavetes), learn of the plot and ...
Style: cult classic, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: disaster, american football, sniper, terrorism, serial killer, paranoid, kickass, time, crash, killings, natural disaster, usa president ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Domino Killings (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, vietnam war, prison, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, prison escape, murder, conspiracy theory, paranoid, communism, assassination ...
Time: 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, europe, spain, san francisco ...
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 6.6
 24K
High Anxiety (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, slapstick ...
Plot: medical, satire, murder, mental institution, false accusation, hotel, elevator, paranoid, insane asylum, going crazy, insane, psychopath ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, los angeles
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 6.2
 3K
Winter Kills (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the ...
Style: dark comedy, anamorphic, neo noir, surreal, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination, winter, cop, basement, conspiracy theory, paranoid, social satire, investigation, political conspiracy, hitman ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1960 ...
Place: philadelphia, cleveland ohio, havana cuba, new york
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 6.4
 4K
Hammett (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Dashiell Hammett, who... in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries... helped get murder out of the vicar's rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The ...
Style: neo noir, noir, metafiction, detective, stylized ...
Plot: femme fatale, private detective, writers, blackmail, murder, prostitute, private investigator, paranoid, criminal mind, investigation, porn actress, missing person ...
Time: 1920s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 7.5
 352K
Total Recall (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, ambiguous ending, suspense ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, mars, memory loss, secret agent, dystopia, virtual reality, memory, alien, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
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 7.3
 2K
The Patriots (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Ariel, un jeune Juif français, décide de quitter sa famille pour partir en Israël et devenir un agent du Mossad, les services secrets israéliens. En participant à des missions à Paris, Tel Aviv et Washington, il sera initié à l'art ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, mossad, espionage, wartime, paranoid, terrorism, hitman, secret agent, intrigue, government agency, dishonesty, politics ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, paris france, israel, europe, middle east
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 8.2
 1.2M
The Truman Show (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, simulated reality, alternate reality, freedom, video surveillance, small town, fictional reality show, hidden camera, utopia, dystopia, paranoia, god complex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998, future
Place: florida, persia, america, usa
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 8.8
 2.3M
Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style: surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place: delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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 6.6
 253K
The Beach (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style: psychological, scenic, tense, stylized, visual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: island, travel, adventurer, beach, obsessive quest, exotic island, utopia, tourist, drug, marijuana, jungle, hippie ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
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 6.8
 247K
Disturbia (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, neighbor, murder, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, homicidal maniac, investigation, psychopath, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.0
 108
Las Meninas (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They ...
Style: surreal, independent film, non-linear, neo noir, psychedelic ...
Plot: family relations, paranoid, twins, mirror, mannequin, piano, villa, insanity, mother daughter relationship, surrealism, son, psychotic ...
Place: ukraine
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 6.7
 205K
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: spy, cold war, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, woman fights a man, female warrior, lesbian, rogue agent, female agent, female spy ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, europe ...
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