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 3.1
 634
Stitch (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Stitch follows the story of grieving parents as they cope with the loss of their young daughter. At the height of their desperation, they turn to their best friends for healing advice, who lead them into the deep desert for a weekend ritual meant to ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ghost, family in danger, danger, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, death, violence, family problems, losing-it hero, dealing with death, disfigurement, daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Style: emotional, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: couples, family in danger, redemption, homecoming, domestic disturbance, family relations, life turned upside down, family in crisis, estrangement, mentally unstable, hopes, disorder ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place: missouri, usa
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Hide and Seek (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A missing brother. Hide and seeks codes. A shocking truth for two different families and the struggle to save their families from someone who is already living inside their house.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot: poverty, uncover truth, family in danger, family relations, siblings relations, estrangement, grudge, family secret, troubled past, hunting, homeless, pervert ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
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Out of the Dark (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Style: scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family in danger, family relations, family problems, danger, couples, parents and children, legends and myths, summer, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south america, colombia
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 4.2
 2K
Nailbiter (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A horror film that combines classic monster movie elements set within the backdrop of unpredictable Kansas weather. Start with a mother and her three daughters forced to take shelter from an advancing tornado in a local storm cellar. What is waiting ...
Style: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: family relations, family in danger, deadly creature, forced into action, creature feature, violence, death, monster, serial killer, basement, creature, terror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.4
 844
Ghost Son (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, South Africa, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "Ghost Son" takes place in South Africa. A married couple Stacey and Mark live on the farm with their black teenage maid. Mark and Stacey love each other deeply. Unfortunately Mark dies in a tragic truck accident.Stacey returns to the farm ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: pregnancy, ghost, supernatural, family in danger, uncover truth, parents and children, family problems, missing child, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, babies and infants, death in the family ...
Place: south africa, africa
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 4.9
 3K
Repentance (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, action thriller ...
Plot: psychopath, family in danger, rivalry, split personality, maniac, murder, terror, villain, black, psychology, mental illness, mental health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: cannibalism, desert, gory, blood, cannibal, rape, serial killer, dog, murder, violence, disturbed individual, rape and revenge ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, southern california
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 6.1
 39K
Critters (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Style: scary, humorous, cult classic, horror comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, creature, alien invasion, alien monster, small town, intergalactic, creature feature, little creatures, evil alien, space and aliens, space, chaos ...
Time: 80s
Place: kansas, usa
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 6.6
 244
Independence (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, surreal ...
Plot: family in danger, couples, parents and children, political unrest, isolation, survival, state affairs, fugitives, woods, husband wife relationship, sick mother, colonialism ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: the philippines, asia
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 6.3
 123K
The Family (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, dark humor, gangster, runaway, parents and children, violence, german shepherd, organized crime, family bonds, fish out of water, profanity, notoriety ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, normandy, brooklyn new york city
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 3.9
 978
Axed (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A strict father loosens up enough to let his children take a day off school for a trip to the countryside. But things turn darker when the family realize he is planning to make it their last outing ever.
Style: slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, unemployment, psychopath, family in danger, rivalry, confined, isolation, parents and children, countryside, profanity, murder, crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 17-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: steampunk, hotel, adventurer, youth, chase, life turned upside down, escapades, young heroes, missing person, teenage life, family in danger, secret place ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: london
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 6.7
 10K
Hostages (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Hostages is an American drama television series that airs on CBS as part of the 2013–14 American television season. The series is based on a similar Israeli series created by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, and Rotem Shamir which will premiere on October ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: hostage, political conspiracy, husband wife relationship, blackmail, moral dilemma, family in danger, u.s. president, escape attempt, surgery, doctors and patients, confined, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.0
 2K
Quiz (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A famous game show host is being harassed in a restaurant by a strange man who claims to have kidnapped his wife and daughter. A morbid game ensues in which the game show host turns out to be the contestant.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot: kidnapping, mind game, rivalry, family in danger, danger, father daughter relationship, game, puzzle, manipulation, harassment, quiz, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
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 4.0
 926
Doll Graveyard (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally had enough, he forces her to bury them in the backyard. But, after she ...
Style: scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: killer doll, afterlife, puppet, doll, family in danger, vengeance, ghost, bully, murder, gory, teenage life, supernatural ...
Time: 1900s, 21st century
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 5.7
 528
Living Hell (2000)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric Hammer films. Chiyo, an old woman and her granddaughter, Yuki, are the sole survivors of a horrendous ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, bleak, controversial ...
Plot: murder, family relations, premonition, family in danger, supernatural, life is a bitch, isolation, serial killer, domestic disturbance, family problems, disability, gory ...
Time: 90s
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 3.8
 146
Anna's Eve (2004)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When the dedicated social worker Anna Liu finds the boy Michael Duncan dreadfully murdered in the kitchen of his house and his mother Eve Duncan missing, she has a nervous breakdown. Eight months later, she is still recovering using pills and living ...
Style: serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: ghost, murder, supernatural, family in danger, domestic disturbance, danger, supernatural ability, amateur detective, family problems, missing child, afterlife, custody ...
Time: 21st century
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 4.0
 371
Savage Island (2004)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Julia Young and Steven Harris are having marital troubles, but on a weekend trip to visit Julia's family on the remote Savage Island, marital problems quickly become the least of their worries. An intense struggle between the Young and the ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: island, serial killer, gory, family relations, survival, family in danger, rivalry, supernatural, vengeance, family problems, murder, isolation ...
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 4.8
 30K
Leprechaun (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A horrific Leprechaun goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical destructive powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, horror comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: monster, legends and myths, supernatural, deadly creature, murder, leprechaun, violence, chase, brutality, dark humor, creature, family in danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: north dakota, usa
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The Collapsed (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, family in danger, life is a bitch, on the run, woods, chaos, gory, disease, dystopia, virus ...
Time: future, 21st century
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The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include be-headings.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, suspenseful, scary, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, gory, serial killer, ghost, monster, violent, insanity, undead, blood, psychopath, house ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, boston
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The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, love affair, murder, samurai, haunting, adultery, family in danger, family problems, infidelity, afterlife, female nudity ...
Time: year 1982, 19th century, 1840s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
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The Forgiveness of Blood (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Albania, Denmark, Italy, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After his father and uncle kill a neighbor, an Albanian teen (Tristan Halilaj) finds that his own life may be forfeited in a legal blood feud.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, sincere, sexy ...
Plot: isolation, family relations, family feud, family in danger, social relations, disagreement, teenage life, village, siblings relations, life is a bitch, revenge, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: albania
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 5.9
 3K
Cello (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, twisted ...
Plot: ghost, musician, haunted by the past, family in danger, losing-it hero, obsession, family problems, mentally unstable, supernatural, teachers and students, supernatural ability, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style: uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot: holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, concentration camp, ss, survival, childhood, hopes, anti semitism, human spirit ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands
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Love Thy Neighbor (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: obsession, stalking, neighbor, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, family in danger, family problems, vengeance, mentally unstable, rivalry, amateur detective ...
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The Proud Family Movie (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't reveal his on of his secret Proud Snacks formulas.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: mischievous children, mad scientist, family in danger, family relations, disorder, youth, danger, escapades, rivalry, parents and children, teenage life, twins ...
Time: 2000s
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 7.1
 132K
The Host (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, giant monster, beast, environment, dark humor, creature feature, creature, family in danger, deadly creature, kaiju, daughter, danger ...
Time: year 2002, year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, korea, asia, seoul
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 6.5
 114K
Pet Sematary (1989)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style: scary, suspense, tense, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: zombie, macabre, stephen king, supernatural horror, indian burial ground, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, family in danger, murder, supernatural, gory ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, chicago, new england
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