Movies with nerve-wracking vibe

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Realistic Tense Dry Nerve-wracking Unsettling

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After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.

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Deception and manipulation, Power dynamics and control, Voyeurism and consent, Ethics of documentary, Remote isolation danger, Media exploitation

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

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Based on true story, True story framing, Polio resilience, True story legacy, Biography inspired care, Polio driven innovation

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Claustrophobic

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In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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Debt and ambition, Self publishing vs publishers, Child labor legacy, Family vs career, Tradition and holidays, Poverty and debtors' prison

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless

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Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family... until a string of grisly deaths occur after her psychiatrist introduces a new group therapy tool -- a "Good Guy" doll.

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Isolation amplifies fear, Multiplicity of self, Mental institution, Voodoo possession, Group therapy manipulation, Trauma shaping identity

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Tense Dry Fast-paced Oppressive Nerve-wracking

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On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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Holiday pressure, Truth or dare coercion, Home invasion anxiety, Christmas horror mood, Deception through staging, Age-based manipulation

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Gritty

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In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

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Loyalty under pressure, Moral ambiguity in policing, Police collaboration with criminals, Urban crime and enclave dynamics, Territory driven gang conflict, Fear and power in the city

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Intense Measured

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Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

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Loyalty and betrayal, Violence and aftermath, Coming of age pressure, Secrecy and deception, Peer influence and risk, Suburban paranoia

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Bleak

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In an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry for human flesh. A few survivors gather and go deep into the forest to escape them.

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Survival under threat, Violence as necessity, Ritual objects as meaning, Ambiguous loyalties under crisis, Isolation and forest refuge, Uneasy trust among survivors, Fragile communities under siege

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Clinical Nerve-wracking

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An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

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Family loyalty under pressure, Media sensationalism drives ratings, Deception complicates accountability, Ethics in entertainment, Technology mediates audience impact, Economic precarity drives decisions

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Tense Raw Claustrophobic Relentless Fast-paced

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A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will destroy his mind, moulding him into a monster named Leatherface.

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Trauma shaping behavior, Family loyalty under threat, Power abuse and vigilantism, Abduction under pursuit, Survival within confinement

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