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 4.1
 257
Dynamite (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, family in danger, criminal's revenge, confined, crime gone awry, isolation, teenage girl, kidnapped, woman in jeopardy, mother daughter relationship, fire ...
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Deliverance Creek (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Set at the end of the Civil War, widowed mother of 3 Belle Gatlin Barlowe faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt bank that runs their town pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, dark ...
Plot: american civil war, family in danger, life is a bitch, danger, parents and children, woman in danger, protective parent, strong female lead, child care, single mother, female protagonist, determination ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 105K
Cellular (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, sexy, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, race against time, cell phone, secrets, home invasion, police corruption, lone hero, runaway, kidnapped, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.7
 32K
Cape Fear (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, obsession, serial killer, family in danger, villain, justice, vigilante, psychology ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
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Scream for Help (1984)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, slasher, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: home invasion, murder, abusive husband, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, teenage girl, family in danger, teenager, family life, infidelity, danger, couples, teenage life ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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When the Lights Went Out (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already ...
Style: scary, bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, spirit, poltergeist, supernatural, fear, family in danger, danger, teenage life, parent child relationship, child in peril, family relations ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: britain, england, europe
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Burnt Offerings (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, psychosis, macabre, old dark house, obsession, old woman, murder, possession, ghost, estate, haunted ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 70s
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What We Become (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.
Style: suspense, rough, intense, tense, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, epidemic, virus, zombie survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, infected, family in danger, conspiracy, undead, husband wife relationship, death, teenage boy ...
Place: denmark
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 8.1
 8K
Day Break (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Today Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then, he will wake up and start the day over again.
Style: serious, detective, surreal, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: changing the past or future, time loop, african american, who done it, protagonist as suspect, unsolved mystery, family in danger, interrogation, witnessing a crime, trapped, law enforcement, legal ...
Time: 21st century
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The Silent House (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Uruguay
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) arrive at a cottage off the beaten path in order to repair it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: domestic disturbance, home invasion, family in danger, found footage, danger, survival, family problems, escapades, ghost child, haunted, father daughter relationship, ghost ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: uruguay, latin america
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 6.6
 254
Hiding (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: In order to survive, Lincoln Swift must take his family into witness protection and give evidence against his former employer, vicious crime boss Nils Vandenberg. With new names and fresh identities, the Swifts are ripped from their Gold Coast home ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: witness protection, family in danger, hidden identity, witnessing a crime, life turned upside down, master criminal, hopes, dishonesty, parents and children, family relations, starting over, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.2
 3K
Laddaland (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A family moves into a new house where they gradually begin to encounter paranormal and horror events.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, family in danger, family relations, supernatural, parents and children, death, black cat, haunted, paranormal activity, evil force, fear, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, thailand
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 5.9
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Spring 1941 (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, love triangle, family in danger, confined, love and romance, infidelity, dishonesty, couple relations, against humanity, couples, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: middle east, eastern europe, poland, europe
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Good Day for It (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family in danger, vengeance, rivalry, parents and children, forced into action, small town, homecoming, gang, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.3
 554
Sounds of Sand (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, serious, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: family in danger, survival, on the road, life is a bitch, starvation, militant, parents and children, escapades, desert, social relations, survivor, water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (2006)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that threatens to tear his family apart. Back in Kirtland, financial ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional
Audience: teens
Plot: mormon, family in danger, religions or cults, bankruptcy, danger, hopes, dishonesty, redemption, rivalry, society, religious, discrimination ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: missouri, usa, ohio
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 5.4
 1K
The Pool (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Two families go camping illegally in a forest, and set up their tents near a beautiful pond, far away from the daily hubbub. However, they soon discover that the pond contains a mysterious force, which will not allow them to leave. Rot and decay ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot: woods, family in danger, buddies, deathtrap, camp, isolation, infection, family relations, parents and children, survival, campfire story, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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 5.3
 3K
Wicked Blood (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hannah and Amber Baker are trapped in a dark Southern underworld of violence, drugs and bikers. Both live in fear of their "Uncle Frank" Stinson, the ruthless leader of a crime organization.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, powerful ...
Plot: betrayal, family in danger, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, teenage life, rivalry, gang, youth, orphan, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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To Kill a Man (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: How far will you go to protect your family? Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: revenge, family in danger, couples, couple relations, danger, rivalry, vigilante, police, legal system, murder, justice, diabetic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile
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Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: undercover, family relations, family in danger, working undercover, secret agent, relationship vs career, family life, wiretap, fbi, undercover agent, special agent, agent ...
Time: 90s
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Death of Evil (2009)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: David Thunder (Damian Chapa) is a young Native American man whose dreams have been haunted by evil since childhood, and when Julietta Asher (Natasha Blasick) enters his life, it seems as though that evil is about to manifest in the everyday world. ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: family in danger, family problems, family relations, couples, rivalry, good versus evil, dangerous attraction, pregnancy, family in crisis, curses spells and rituals, satanist, baby ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, europe
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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Style: suspense, demonic, entertaining, christmas horror, tense ...
Plot: found footage, demon, ghost, supernatural, christmas, couples, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, human host, monster, family in danger, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 5.3
 13K
Meeting Evil (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, moral dilemma, family in danger, violence spree, human nature, life is a bitch, serial killer, gang, psychopath, sociopath, assassin, mysticism ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Daisy Chain (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: evil child, supernatural, orphan, couples, family in danger, adoption, starting over, mentally challenged, danger, couple relations, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 5.9
 19K
The Children (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents
Style: scary, slasher, christmas horror, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: killer child, christmas, evil child, creepy child, snow, epidemic, winter, family in danger, creepy kid, deadly virus, violence spree, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Thompsons (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, survival, family in danger, manhunt, dysfunctional family, on the run, family life, coming of age, incest, murder, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, mojave desert
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 3.5
 937
Cubbyhouse (2001)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Following a messy divorce, Lynn Graham moves back home to Australia with her three American-born children in tow. Buying an old house on the same street as her sister seems like a good idea, but its low price reflects a unpleasant history of murder ...
Style: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot: curse, family in danger, supernatural, ghost, satanic ritual, curses spells and rituals, haunted by the past, parents and children, vengeance, murder, isolation, mischievous children ...
Place: australia
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Ghost of Mae Nak (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Mak and Nak are a young couple who have just moved into their first home as a married couple. But the house they own has a history much older than them and spirits who won't rest until they get what they want. And this time, love won't ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, afterlife, family in danger, uncover truth, supernatural, gory, haunted house, family problems, danger, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, wedding ...
Time: 19th century
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
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The Boogey Man (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, murder, vengeance, childhood trauma, psychiatrist, fear, danger, nightmare, curse, family in danger, haunted by the past, abusive mother ...
Time: 70s
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Addams Family Values (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style: gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: goth, eccentric family, halloween, farce, nanny, dysfunctional family, camp, thanksgiving, husband wife relationship, summer camp, youth, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: hawaii
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