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 7.5
 372K
Jackie Brown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, stewardess, greed, heist, airport, robbery, deception, flight attendant, blaxploitation, bail bondsman, female protagonist, ex convict ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 5.2
 151K
Morbius (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An announced Marvel Studios production.
Style: gothic, dark, saga, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vampire, transformation, superhero, vampirism, mutation, human monster, supernatural, doctor, mad scientist, desperation, fear, villain ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: costa rica, new york, manhattan new york city, greece
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 6.1
 93K
Crawl (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, psychotronic, natural horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: animal attack, survival, trapped, disaster, flood, alligator, natural disaster, creature feature, hurricane, survival horror, killer animal, predator ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the ...
Style: slasher, suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, serial killer, psychopath, sadistic psychopath, psycho, psycho killer, violence, murderer, disturbed individual, unknown killer, fear, murder ...
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 7.5
 551K
The Conjuring (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style: surreal, psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, america, ethiopia, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.0
 15K
The Den (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the ...
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, internet, murder, danger, panic, cyberspace, brutality, police, violence, fear, hacking, laptop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.4
 2K
Hell Girl (2005)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Hell Girl, also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the ...
Style: anime, exciting, scary, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: torment, murder, teenage girl, supernatural, risk, bullying, justice, grudge, good versus evil, fear, anguish, vengeance ...
Place: japan, asia
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Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide'. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, surprise ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: virus, radiation, survival, tourist, nuclear power plant, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, stranded, mutant, zombie, vacation, abandoned building, death ...
Time: year 2012
Place: chernobyl, ukraine, kiev ukraine, london, rome italy ...
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 8.4
 479K
Supernatural (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, dark fantasy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, vampire, ghost, paranormal, demon, creature, supernatural ability, angel, supernatural power, mission, paranormal phenomena ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 1973, 2010s, year 1997 ...
Place: usa, arizona
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 5.3
 361
Toy Gun (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Ruggero, a meek young man, impulsively robs a bank to prove to his ex-wife that he is courageous and masculine. A police investigation engulfs everyone except our unassuming hero who is completely ignored. Through a set of hilarious coincidences, he ...
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, dark comedy
Plot: desperation, ex wife, robbery, investigation, crime investigation, changing lives, destiny, heist gone wrong, burglar, problem, identity crisis, heist ...
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 7.1
 3K
Stolen Away (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Searching for his kidnapped daughter, Antonio sets off a series of events affecting scores of people when he maneuvers to be sent to prison in Colombia.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: prison, desperation, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, male protagonist, dishonesty, brutality, twists and turns, couples, police, heroes, family relations ...
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 5.3
 715
Inside (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: voyeurism, insanity, stalking, danger, missing child, desperation, accident, love affair, obsession, deathtrap, murder, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.3
 41K
The Rain (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, peril, supernatural, fear ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: denmark
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 3.8
 6K
The Sand (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water again, you can’t even get across the sand! BLOOD BEACH meets SPRING BREAKERS in an ace monster mash-up of smart nostalgia and up-to-the-minute visual effects. After an all-night graduation ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, disturbing, independent film, bleak
Plot: creature, beach, stranded, eaten alive, monster, high school, teenager, stupidity, desperation, party, prom, dark humor ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
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 7.0
 3K
In Syria (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belgium, France, Lebanon
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Style: suspense, social, atmospheric, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Plot: self sacrifice, strong female character, lawlessness, mother, strong female lead, life is a bitch, wartime life, rescue attempt, coping, desperation, fear, survival ...
Time: 2010s
Place: syria, middle east
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Malawi
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Style: motivational, rough, inspirational, disturbing, factual ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot: farming, hunger, childhood, teenage boy, teacher, school, bicycle, chief, school expulsion, desperation, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: africa
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 7.4
 195K
REC (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Style: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: found footage, zombie, fear, trapped, epidemic, videotaping, gory, journalist, infected, blood, plague, infection ...
Time: year 2007, year 2000, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: spain, usa, barcelona, europe
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 7.4
 70K
Rust and Bone (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style: heartbreaking, sad, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: disability, love, depression, illegal fistfight, female nudity, sex with neighbor, opposites attract, disabled person, family drama, redemption, orca, amputee ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe, riviera ...
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Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
Style: sitcom, witty, not serious, talky, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, middle aged, best friend, actor's life, career, female protagonist, lifestyle change, middle aged woman, desperation, marijuana, fish out of water, shopping ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot: music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time: 60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
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 8.7
 1.3M
Stranger Things (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, missing person, government conspiracy ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, future, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union
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 6.8
 395
Mylodrama (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: In order to bring down the shares of the channel, the board of directors decides to put the general director of the petty refueling tanker in the chair and entrust him with shooting the series. In a short time, the unfortunate boss manages to create ...
Style: sweet, humorous, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: antisocial behavior, ambitious, boss, desperation, temperamental, ambition, coworker, workplace problem, unsupportive coworkers, artists and showbiz, relationship vs career, verbal byplay ...
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Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, atmospheric, exciting ...
Plot: trapped, psychopath, captive, stockholm syndrome, kidnapped, kidnapping, obsession, attempted escape, missing person, held captive, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, man hits a woman ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: berlin germany, oceania, germany, europe
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 7.5
 194K
Battle Royale (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time: future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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 6.2
 18K
Mother's Day (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, serious ...
Plot: home invasion, hostage, kidnapping, rape and revenge, psychopath, sadistic horror, danger, mentally unstable, siblings relations, violence spree, manipulation, revenge ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, bloody, rough, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, rape and revenge, rape, brutality, sex, sexual abuse, macabre, psychopath, cruelty, sadism, serial killer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, england, europe, germany, new york state ...
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 7.6
 57K
Leviathan (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style: bleak, depressing, atmospheric, thought provoking, meditative ...
Plot: lawyer, adultery, corruption, courtroom, infidelity, alcoholic, small town, drunk, alcoholism, poverty, corrupt mayor, unhappy wife ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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 6.8
 2K
Dandelion (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender ...
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, dysfunctional family, parents and children, young lovers, desperation, depression, compassion, jail, self discovery, amor, fishing village, bad father ...
Place: idaho, usa, washington state
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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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