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Plot Summary:
Directed by Basar Sabuncu.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min
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Toni (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
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The Sign of the Cancer (1967)
Plot Summary:
A murder in a hospital run by incompetents.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, poliziottesco
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The Kill-Off (1989)
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The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete (played by Jackson Sims), can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee (Cathy Haase). Danny Lee's act soon turns the head of Ralph, which is not good news for his bed-ridden wife Luanne (Loretta Gross). Luanne's nasty talent is her gift for gossip, and when she begins to suspect that Ralph has adultery on his mind, she starts spreading more ugly rumors that have just enough basis in fact to stick. Soon things spin out of control and a wave of violence begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, eighties, cult film
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The Inn on the River (1962)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min
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The Shadow (2008)
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Adapted from Peyami Safa’s novel Selma and Her Shadow, the movie tells the story of Selma. Selma (Görkem Yeltan) is the ultimate femme fatale whose alluring and seductive nature and irresistible charms exude an aura of death for men.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Doctor Glas (1968)
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Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 novel by author Hjalmar Söderberg but is updated to the time of the release of the film in 1968.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min
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The Axe (1969)
Plot Summary:
A breathtaking story in which a woman goes in search of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, Italy
Duration: 102 min
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The Glass Cell (1978)
Plot Summary:
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min
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The Father (1971)
Plot Summary:
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min
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Proof of the Man (1977)
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When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Goth: Love of Death (2008)
Plot Summary:
Itsuki and Yoru share a passion for the dark and death, making them the perfect choice to track down a serial killer who is roaming the streets.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
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Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979)
Plot Summary:
Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political
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A Crime (1993)
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"Un Crime" takes place over a single night, between 10pm and 6am. It takes place in a single setting - a millionaire's apartment in Lyon. The film is about the conflict between two men, alone, face to face in the closed world of the apartment. The first man is a famous lawyer named Dunand. The second is Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel, Dunand's rich client, twenty years his junior. Throughout the night, Dunand tries to track down the truth. Did Frédéric kill his father and mother, in particularly barbarous circumstances ?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
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Slayground (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift and brutal. The wronged father hires a twisted, sociopathic assassin to avenge his loss. One by one the offenders are punished through grisly executions. Stone uses his wits to find a reclusive friend Terry (Mel Smith) just in time for a psychedelic funhouse showdown with his stalker.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: perverse, independent film, eighties
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The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)
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Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako (Michiyo Aratama). In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
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Cholera Street (1997)
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The film is set in a rundown, crime ridden neighborhood of Istanbul dubbed "Cholera Street" (Kolera Sokağı). Salih is a mechanic and son of a respected barber Ali. A woman Tina arrives at Cholera street where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute. Deniz is a ganster who gives himself the nickname "Reiss" ("Chief"), tries to take control of the neighbourhood through intidimation.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey, Hungary, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, art house, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy
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Crime and Punishment (2002)
Plot Summary:
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, philosophical, period piece, costume drama, existential, psychotronic
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Borrowed Bride (2005)
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Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crying
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Motherland Hotel (1987)
Plot Summary:
The lonely proprietor of a small hotel in a provincial Turkish town develops a passion for a departed guest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: art house, independent film
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Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
Plot Summary:
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Angel's Leap (1971)
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In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken out, Louis' large collateral family is wiped out, and he is family are slated for destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Most Gentle Confessions (1971)
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 95 min
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The Dictator's Guns (1965)
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Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his positive appraisal to Mr Hendrix and initiates the negotiations with Mrs Osborne, the owner of the craft. Barely a couple of days later, Cournot finds himself in a bind as the police questions him about the exact kind of cruise he was supposed to organize for his principal. For the "Dragoon" is gone; Mr Hendrix has disappeared; Mrs Osborne is not aware of any deal; and the corpses of mysterious individuals, victims of a violent death, are found on the beaches of Santo Domingo.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min
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Holiday (2018)
Plot Summary:
A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: melancholic, serious, captivating, scenic, disturbing, psychological thriller, twisted, surprise ending, weird, hot
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Pan (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min
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Flag in the Mist (1965)
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When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
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Bad to the Bone (1997)
Plot Summary:
A bad girl uses her brother to kill her lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: ridiculous
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Normal Life (1996)
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Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, erotic, exciting, sexy, enigmatic, unusual plot structure
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Silent Witness (2011)
Plot Summary:
Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful