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Plot Summary:
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)
Plot Summary:
Gorgeous Antonia (Elizabeth Hurley) is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets Mike (C. Thomas Howell), a tough drifter who helps her score more smack. Although they're not attracted to each other initially, Antonia and Mike eventually give in to their growing feelings for each other. But this leads to a dilemma: How does Mike help the woman he now loves kick her addiction?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Parallel Lives (1994)
Plot Summary:
A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: offbeat
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Moving Target (1988)
Plot Summary:
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Claudine's Return (1998)
Plot Summary:
Italian Stefano arrives on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia and gets a job as a handyman at a motel. He strikes up a romance with an emotionally troubled young woman, who works as a motel maid/laundress and stripper in a small coastal town in Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Drama, Romance, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic
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Fair Play (2023)
Plot Summary:
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, erotic
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The Stranger (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir
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Deceptions (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a wealthy socialite kills her husband, she claims self-defense. The cop assigned to the case is suspicious but becomes obsessed with the sensual young woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Cry of the Owl (1987)
Plot Summary:
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, suspense, french noir
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Rollover (1981)
Plot Summary:
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, romantic drama, independent film
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Never Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, mesmerizing
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Duel of Hearts (1991)
Plot Summary:
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocent.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, touching, realistic, period piece, costume drama, period drama
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An Occasional Hell (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
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Marked for Murder (1990)
Plot Summary:
A snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film, cult movie cast
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The Surrogate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A married couple, struggling to have a child, hires a young woman to be their surrogate, but soon discovers she has a bizarre and deadly agenda.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, sexy
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Meet the Browns (2008)
Plot Summary:
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met.Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed...and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.The story is adapted by Tyler Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns." Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, uplifting, black comedy, romantic comedy, independent film, black cinema, adaptation directed by original author
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Where Are the Children? (1986)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about the kidnapping of two children and the investigation that follows, based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Native Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, disturbing
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Siesta (1987)
Plot Summary:
Claire (an American) wakes up in a terrible state at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state (blood-soaked and bruised), she has flashbacks from the past few days. She thinks she's killed someone, but isn't sure, and now she's wandering the Spanish streets without money or a clear memory.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, surreal, erotic, neo noir, mindfuck, twisted, independent film
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Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Plot Summary:
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited...touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, feel good, hood, erotic, christian film, romantic, independent film, emotional
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Good Deeds (2012)
Plot Summary:
Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, romantic drama, humorous, realistic
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Witness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating, suspense, intense, serious, realistic, exciting, romantic
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Sister, Sister (1987)
Plot Summary:
A congressional aide (Eric Stoltz) explores an old Louisiana mansion two kooky sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey) run as a guest house.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, gothic horror, sex comedy, southern gothic, psychological thriller, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic
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Brazen (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mystery writer Grace Miller has killer instincts when it comes to motive - and she'll need every bit of expertise to help solve her sister's murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, crime drama
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, meditative, breathtaking, serious, captivating, realistic, scenic, romantic, political
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Acrimony (2018)
Plot Summary:
A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tragic ending, emotional, rough, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, realistic
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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Plot Summary:
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, intense, serious, rough, neo noir
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Ricochet (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Reader (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 256000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sexy, touching, sexual, psychological, emotional, erotic, heartbreaking, romantic, romantic drama
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Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician – and falls in love with him. Moscow, 1959: Katya (Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation, The Girl on the Train, The White Queen), is young, beautiful – and a spy for the Americans. When she and Mischa (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Emerald City), begin spying on Alexander ( Sam Reid, Anonymous), an idealistic Communist politician, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Her choice between love and duty leads to a nail-biting conclusion that Alexander (Charles Dance, The Imitation Game) can only unravel decades later in 1990s New York. His journey back to the snowbound streets of Moscow uncovers a love triangle and betrayals from those he trusted most.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, emotional
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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Plot Summary:
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, dramatic, detective, visually stunning, romantic drama, thrilling, non-linear, southern gothic, surprise ending