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 6.3
 73K
True Story (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalist, journalism, courtroom, prison, murder mystery, plot twist, courtroom drama, prisoner, justice, twists and turns, prison visit, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, oregon, montana, mexico
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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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 6.5
 7K
Deceiver (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, lie ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa
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 6.2
 95K
Taking Lives (2004)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, murder mystery, female agent, tough girl, strong female character, strong female lead, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
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 5.8
 68K
The Forgotten (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: memory loss, conspiracy, psychiatrist, memory, missing child, mind game, delusion, twists and turns, abduction, grief, alien, experiment ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.8
 338K
Us (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Style: surprise ending, scary, psychological, twist ending, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, doppelganger, murder, amusement park, panic, african american, evil twin, childhood memory, husband wife relationship, traumatic childhood, black family, vacation gone wrong ...
Time: year 1986, 2010s, year 2019, 80s
Place: usa, california
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 5.5
 45K
The Ward (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Style: scary, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, supernatural, ghost, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, murder, doctors and patients, brutality, danger, hospital, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 60s, 21st century
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 4.7
 13K
Boxing Helena (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A top surgeon is besotted with a beautiful woman who once ditched him. Unable to come to terms with life without her, he tries to convince her that they need each other. She has other ideas, but an horrific accident leaves her at his mercy. The plot ...
Style: erotic, disturbing, psychological, sexual, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, crimes of passion, obsessive love, amputation, unfulfilled love, captivity, danger, estate, confined, power relations, unrequited love, sexual dysfunction ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
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Perfect Strangers (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story unfolds over the course of one night, during a lunar eclipse, in the home of Alfonso and Eva—a well-healed professional couple worried about their teenage daughter and about the monotony of their lives. They are joined by five guests: ...
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, talky, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: dinner party, psychology, under the surface, dialogue, friendship, family problems, betrayal, infidelity, family secret, husband wife relationship, secret, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.6
 154K
Vantage Point (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, conspiracy, president, assassination, bomb, chase, betrayal, assassin, terrorist, espionage ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 6.2
 21K
Dagon (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style: lovecraft, scary, suspense, surprise ending, satanic ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, cthulhu, chase, monster, supernatural, small town, body horror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gory, nightmare, ritual, human sacrifice ...
Place: spain, galicia, europe
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The Invisible Man (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Currently unknown.
Style: scary, suspense, surprise ending, disturbing, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, stalking, stalker, sadist, home invasion, domestic abuse, invisibility, homicidal maniac, domestic violence, murder, violence against women, suicide ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future
Place: california, san francisco, bay area
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 5.9
 33K
Pathology (2008)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: psychopath, murder, medical school, hospital, serial killer, medical, twists and turns, morgue, gory, corpse, fiance fiancee relationship, rough sex ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
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 6.2
 7K
Haunted (1995)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its ...
Style: gothic, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, murder, haunting, supernatural, betrayal, nanny, uncover truth, family relations, haunted by the past, siblings relations, mentally unstable ...
Time: 90s, 1920s
Place: england, europe
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 5.9
 43K
The Tall Man (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, abduction, urban legend, uncover truth, conspiracy, danger, small town, dysfunctional family, justice, family problems, parents and children ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa, washington d.c.
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 7.1
 284K
Phone Booth (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, psychopath, sniper, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, plot twist, claustrophobia ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.4
 14K
The Mantis (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, detective, surprise ending, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, whodunit, murder investigation, haunted by the past, killings, strong female character, maniac, sociopath, murder mystery, murder, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france
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 4.9
 58K
Fantasy Island (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot: reality vs fantasy, supernatural, island, danger, jungle, survival, twists and turns, revenge, remote island, wish come true, heroes, hostage ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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Perfect Stranger (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Style: surprise ending, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, mind bending ...
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, fatal attraction, female protagonist, mind game, uncover truth, writers, obsessive love, seduction, hacking, obsession, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 15K
Deathtrap (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Style: psychological, dark comedy, surprise ending, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, writers, gay, twists and turns, whodunit, murder mystery, scared to death, sociopathy, manuscript, mind game, stage play, sociopath ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: long island, new york state, new york, usa
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 6.4
 68K
Solace (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychic, investigation, police investigation, psychology, murder investigation, whodunit, premonition, seeing the future, twists and turns, supernatural, brutality ...
Time: year 2015
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 7.3
 19K
Ben X (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: autism, bullying, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, mental illness, computer, suicide, computer game, antisocial behavior, imaginary friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels belgium
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A Pure Formality (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Onoff (Depardieu,) is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski,) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to ...
Style: psychological, talky, atmospheric, surprise ending, serious ...
Plot: investigation, memory loss, afterlife, suicide, murder, uncover truth, mind game, murder mystery, death, all male cast, writers, prison escape ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: italy
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 6.3
 39K
13 Sins (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style: psychological, suspense, twist ending, scary, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: game, greed, mind game, twists and turns, psychology, graphic violence, mysterious character, money, on the run, manipulation, brother brother relationship, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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 6.5
 196K
Swordfish (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: heist, computer hacker, hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, terrorism, computer, surveillance, father daughter relationship, hot and sexy, ex convict ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, monte carlo, usa, malibu california, california ...
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Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, visually appealing, scary, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, immortality, goth, loneliness, vampirism, dark hero, bonding, child vampire, life & death, vampire human love, monster as victim ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, georgian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: new orleans, san francisco, paris france, louisiana, america ...
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 7.2
 108K
Clue (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style: parody, funny, surprise ending, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: whodunit, butler, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, mansion, investigation, twists and turns, old dark house, mystery killer, blackmail, dark and stormy night ...
Time: year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: new england
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Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
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Return to Sender (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, rapist, rape and revenge, rape victim, revenge, prison, stalker, flirting, female protagonist, nurse, femme fatale ...
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 6.7
 106K
The Guest (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Style: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: halloween, murder, twists and turns, danger, psychopath, grief, bullying, killing spree, soldier, family relations, mysterious character, family problems ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
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