Highest-Rated Movies about 'Suspense Drama'

Heartbeat Detector (2007), This Man Must Die (1969), Cape Fear (1962), Mera Saaya (1966), Olivier Olivier (1992), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Shock Corridor (1963), Violence at Noon (1966) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Suspense Drama movies.

#2. This Man Must Die (1969)

Storyline: Single father obsessed with murdering the hit&run driver who killed his only child, poses as a screenwriter to get close to an actress who was in the death car. He feels fully prepared to kill the pretty young woman if she was the driver, but as his knowledge of her family grows, so does his empathy for them.—David Stevens

Plot Keywords: revenge, murder, suspense, crime, drama, french film, film noir ...

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#3. Cape Fear (1962)

Storyline: Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in prison) to annoy the Bowdens, then poisons the family dog... Who's next ?

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, film noir, mystery, revenge, psychological thriller, legal ...

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#4. Mera Saaya (1966)

Storyline: Rakesh gets married to Geeta and goes to London for further studies for 3 years after a year he comes to know about Geeta's illness and returns back and Geeta dies in his arms,Rakesh goes in depression and lives with her memories.One day inspector Daljit comes to meet Rakesh and tells him about a bandit Raina they caught on other day who claims to be his wife,Rakesh meets her and is shocked that she totally resembles Geeta. Rakesh doesn't agree to this as Geeta died in his arms,but Raina tells such things about Rakesh that only a wife would know but it is impossible for Geeta to be alive as she was Cremenated in front of whole village.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Plot Keywords: mystery, drama, crime, romance, thriller, family, courtroom ...

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#5. Olivier Olivier (1992)

Storyline: Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child, Nadine, and her devoted neighbor, Marcel. Several years later, having relocated to the city, the police investigator who handled the case meets a Paris rent boy whom he believes to be the missing Olivier. Once he returns to his rural home, the teenager Olivier tries to assuage his mother's now-entrenched grief and heal the rift between his reunited parents. Meanwhile, he must overcome his brooding, adolescent sister's jealousy and doubts about his identity and reconcile his sleazy street life with his picturesque new surroundings. Questions about the tight-lipped Olivier's true motivations continue to crop up, however, threatening to send his mother over the edge for good.—Rotten T.

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, family tragedy, identity mystery, french film, rural setting, emotional trauma, psychological analysis ...

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#6. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Storyline: Eva Khatchadourian's a mother to piece together her life following an incident cause by her strange child, Kevin. Once a successful travel writer, s she's forced to take whatever job comes her way, and in spite of the increasingly bizarre and dangers things Kevin says or does. But Kevin's behaviours is only getting worse.

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, family tragedy, mother-son relationship, social commentary, dark side of humanity, ethical dilemma, psychological analysis ...

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#7. Shock Corridor (1963)

Storyline: Johnny Barrett, an ambitious journalist, is determined to win a Pulitzer Prize by solving a murder committed in a lunatic asylum and witnessed only by three inmates, from whom the police have been unable to extract the information. With the connivance of a psychiatrist, and the reluctant help of his girlfriend, he succeeds in having himself declared insane and sent to the asylum. There he slowly tracks down and interviews the witnesses - but things are stranger than they seem ...—David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, film noir, investigative journalist, social criticism, racial issues, cold war era, mental illness ...

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#8. Violence at Noon (1966)

Storyline: Hakuchû no tôrima is the portrayal of a violent rapist as seen through the recollections of his wife and one of his victims. As the film starts, Eisuke encounters Shino, who works as a maid in a house. She is a former coworker from a failed collective farm, whose life he once saved - only to rape her. Soon, Eisuke's criminal pattern of rapes and murders emerges as he goes on assaulting women. Shino witnesses of one of them, as Eisuke tries to violate her employer. When cooperating with the police on making a description of the rapist, Shino withholds her crucial knowledge of his identity. She prefers writing letters to Eisuke's dutiful wife, Matsuko, a schoolteacher, in order to expose his true nature and perhaps induce her into turning Eisuke over to the police.—X

Plot Keywords: crime, violence, thriller, film noir, mystery, psychological, 1960s ...

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#9. Blackmail (1929)

Storyline: Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920s London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night, Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas, and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case, he quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else, and blackmail is threatened.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: suspense, crime, thriller, drama, black and white, silent film, british film ...

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#10. Shagird (2011)

Storyline: Sub-Inspector Mohit Kumar joins Delhi Police' Crime Branch and is instructed to work under the supervision of Senior Police Inspector Hanumant Singh, who lives with his wife and school-going son, Nikhil. Mohit witnesses Hanumant's family come under attack and becomes sympathetic - especially when the media - including his Aaj Tak Reporter and girlfriend, Varsha Mathur - criticizes him. Mohit does change his mind about Hanumant when he witnesses the latter break the laws as well as accept bribes and shares it with other police officers with impunity. Mohit will not only face career and personal challenges when he decides to oppose politically-connected Hanumant, but also when Varsha, along with two other journalists, will be abducted by Islamic terrorists.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Plot Keywords: action, crime, thriller, drama, mystery, police, indian cinema ...

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#11. Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)

Storyline: Fed up with the frantic world of advertising, the former advertising executive, John Ebony, takes up a position as a teacher at Chantry, a public boarding school for boys. Eager to fill in for his unfortunate predecessor, and educate the next generation of pupils, instead, the unsuspecting first-time instructor is shocked to discover that his efforts to exercise authority have the exact opposite effect of what was intended. Then, the seemingly respectful but devilishly manipulative teenagers of Class Lower 5B drop a bombshell, and Ebony starts fearing for his life. Now, having to deal with a pompous headmaster and a disbelieving wife, it is evident that the unruly students have the upper hand. What happens if John fails to co-operate?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, drama, crime, psychological, school, murder ...

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#12. Rider on the Rain (1970)

Storyline: A beautiful young woman in the South of France is raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. Soon an American investigator turns up who seems to know what she has done.—Jonathon Dabell <barnabyrudge@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: mystery, thriller, crime, drama, french film, revenge, psychological thriller ...

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#14. Mr. Denning Drives North (1953)

Storyline: When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, thriller, film noir, british film, 1950s, murder ...

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