Sleep Tight (2011), Red Lights (2004), Wild Tales (2014), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Letter (1940), Following (1998), House of Strangers (1949) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Dark Side Of Human Nature movies.
Storyline: César is the superintendent of an apartment building and keeps very close tabs on the tenants. He secretly enjoys inflicting pain on others, and the occupant of apartment 5B will be his new target.
Plot Keywords: thriller, suspense, psychological horror, crime, dark, twisted, apartment ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A boozy salesman (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) searches for his wife (Carole Bouquet), who disappeared from their car after he stopped at a tavern for a drink.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, drama, indie film, psychological thriller, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film is divided into six segments. (1) "Pasternak": While being on a plane, a model and a music critic realise they have a common acquaintance called Pasternak. Soon they discover that every passenger and crew member on board know Pasternak. Is this coincidence? (2) "The Rats": A waitress recognizes her client - it's the loan shark who caused a tragedy in her family. The cook suggests mixing rat poison with his food, but the waitress refuses. The stubborn cook, however, decides to proceed with her plan. (3) "The Strongest": Two drivers on a lone highway have an argument with tragic consequences. (4) "Little Bomb": A demolition engineer has his car towed by a truck for parking in a wrong place and he has an argument with the employee of the towing company. This event destroys his private and professional life, and he plots revenge against the corrupt towing company and the city hall. (5) "The Proposal": A reckless son of a wealthy family has an overnight hit-and-run accident, in which a pregnant woman gets killed. He wakes his parents up and his father calls the lawyer. The parents propose to pay the groundkeeper to take the blame for the boy. Soon the father discovers that he is a victim of extortion of his lawyer and the public prosecutor in charge of the investigation. What will be his decision? (6) "Until Death Do Us Apart": During the wedding party, the bride discovers that her newlywed husband has been cheating on her with one of the guests, and she decides to pay him back.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: black comedy, revenge, violence, absurd, social satire, multi-narrative, rage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In prison awaiting execution the next morning, Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, puts down on paper the events that led him to his current situation. His mother has been banished from her family, the D'Ascoynes, after she married Louis' father, who was considered far beneath her. After her death, the D'Ascoynes refused permission for her to be buried in the family crypt. Louis then plots his revenge, and kills all those ahead of him in the succession until he becomes the Duke. Along the way, he becomes involved with the married Sibelia who, when spurned, makes sure he ends up in prison. The day before his execution, Sibelia recants her testimony, saving him not only from the gallows, but also sets him free. Once outside the prison however, he realizes he's forgotten one little thing.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, crime, revenge, aristocracy, murder, british film, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much travelled Uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from Uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies' club, as well as the bank President where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved Uncle Charlie.
Plot Keywords: suspense, thriller, film noir, crime, psychological thriller, murder, family secret ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband is certainly without doubt; so is the district officer; while her lawyer's doubts may be a natural skepticism. But this is Singapore and the resentful natives will have no compunction about undermining this accused murderess. A letter in her hand turns up and may prove her undoing.
Plot Keywords: drama, film noir, crime, mystery, romance, psychological thriller, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An older man listens to Bill's story about being a callow writer who likes to follow strangers around London, observing them. One day, a glib and self-confident man whom Bill has been following confronts him. He's Cobb, a burglar who takes Bill under his wing and shows him how to break and enter. They burgle a woman's flat; Bill gets intrigued with her (photographs are everywhere in her flat). He follows her and chats her up at a bar owned by her ex-boyfriend, a nasty piece of work who killed someone in her living room with a hammer. Soon Bill is volunteering to do her a favor, which involves a break-in. What does the older man know that Bill doesn't?
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, film noir, independent film, psychological thriller, low budget ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In New York, after seven years in prison, the lawyer Max Monetti goes to the bank of his brothers Joe, Tony and Pietro Monetti and promises revenge to them. Then he visits his lover Irene Bennett that asks him to forget the past and start a new life. Max recalls the early 30s, when he is the favorite son of his father Gino Monetti, who has a bank in the East Side. Gino is a tyrannical and egocentric self-made man that raises his family in an environment of hatred and Max is a competent lawyer engaged with Maria Domenico. When Max meets the confident Irene, he has a troubled love affair with her. In 1933, with the new Banking Act reaches Gino for misapplication of funds. Max plots a plan to help his father but is betrayed by his brothers. Now Max will see his brothers that have also being raised under the motto "Never Forgive, Never Forget".—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, drama, family conflict, revenge, father-son relationship, sibling rivalry ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, murder, serial killer, london, psychological ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three friends in Edinburgh, Scotland, interview and select a new flatmate. He's hardly moved in than they discover him dead in his room. An ethical dilemma ensues when they discover that he possessed a large amount of cash. Things get worse as the men whose money it was search for it, and the three friends start to turn on each other.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, black comedy, mystery, british film, 1990s, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Music teacher Christine Radcliffe thought her love Karel Novak died in the war. When he miraculously returns, she realizes she loves him more than ever and insists they marry. However, a wealthy composer, Hollenius with whom she had become involved after learning her real love had supposedly died, refuses to let her go and at her wedding reception offers Karel the chance to solo his new cello concerto and a chance at success... but is he planning to ruin Karel's music career and their marriage?—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: film noir, suspense, psychological thriller, crime, romance, betrayal, conspiracy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Joe Norson, a poor letter carrier with a sweet, pregnant wife, yields to momentary temptation and steals $30,000 belonging to a pair of ruthless blackmailers who won't stop at murder. After a few days of soul-searching, Joe offers to return the money, only to find that the "friend" he left it with has absconded. Now every move Joe makes plunges him deeper into trouble, as he's pursued and pursuing through the shadowy, sinister side of New York.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, suspense, drama, thriller, american film, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, drama, psychological, mystery, romance, workplace ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Clementi Suborin is found murdered, his secretary recounts to the police the story of his rise from Czech refugee to ultra-rich New Yorker. The tale of betrayal, womanising and fraud confirms that almost everyone who knew him wanted him dead.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, film noir, murder, betrayal, greed, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Always believing she had a happy marriage, a young wife's trust in her husband is shaken when she discovers that her father had paid him to marry her.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, film noir, crime, drama, romance, betrayal ...
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