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Plot Summary:
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down. A corpse is found in the river, then the Police Commissioner is kidnapped, leading to the Metropolitian Police Department to take over the investigation which is led by Murai. Will he be true to his pact with Aoshima and co-operate with the local police? In the meantime, the murder investigation leads to a morbid web page and a deadly chat room in cyberspace.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: detective
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Lookwell (1991)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, detective, hilarious, cult film
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010)
Plot Summary:
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: detective
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Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
Plot Summary:
One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags:
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Plot Summary:
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the Kanto area. Masaya Hiura, who works as a young boss of a Sukiyakai affiliated gang likes Reiji. While going through various hardships, Reiji works his way towards Shuho Todoroki.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga
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A Ghost of a Chance (2011)
Plot Summary:
Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine….
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Apprehenders (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But then a high-profile case forces them to work together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Two crazy Dominican cops and a disciplined FBI agent join forces to investigate an international criminal network.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Father and Guns (2009)
Plot Summary:
To save the life of fellow cop kidnapped by a biker gang, a father and a son who cannot stand the sight of each other infiltrate an outdoor adventure group-therapy for fathers and sons. Their biggest challenge is to survive the therapy without killing each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, action comedy
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Bayside Shakedown the Final (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Four grandmothers accidentally kill a conman and, to cover it up, they get rid of the body. When the conman's partner shows up, things go south.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, dark comedy
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V.I. Warshawski, Detective in High Heels (1991)
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective, entertaining, light, neo noir, rough, twist ending, sexy
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Touch Chesi Chudu (2018)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: hilarious, detective, feel good, humorous, exciting, not serious, surprise ending, realistic, fast, scary
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The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Plot Summary:
A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, detective
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, satirical, disturbing, perverse, bloody
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Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a series of murders occur in Kanghwa Island, Detective K and his partner are once again called upon to solve the case. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman with amnesia and together they discover Vampire bite marks on all the bodies. As they investigate further, they realize that the woman is somehow closely connected to the deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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64: Part I (2016)
Plot Summary:
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Memoirs of a Murderer (2017)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, twist ending, dark fantasy, crime drama, unpredictable
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Detective Chinatown (2015)
Plot Summary:
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, feel good, humorous, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, detective
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Plot Summary:
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Plot Summary:
After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
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CHiPS (2017)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, intense, funny, action comedy, exciting, surprise ending, black comedy, freeze frame
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Cop Out (2010)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, melancholic, absurd, detective, exciting, realistic, talky