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Not Me (2021)
Plot Summary:
When his twin Black is was viciously attacked and subsequently left hospitalised, White is was unable to endure the harm done to his brother in silence. Knowing from his brother's mouth that it was one of Black's closest friends who betrayed him, White will disguises himself as Black to root out the traitor. Was it Sean who's so calm, serious and hard to read? Cheerful and friendly Graham? Or might it have been hot-blooded Yok who likes to fight?
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Plot tags: fight, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch, betrayal by friend, traitor, betrayal, family problems, gay, impersonation, fight for justice, hidden identity, social inequality, friendship, love, revenge, gang, violence, gay love, politics, graffiti, transsexual, gay relationship, homosexual love, twin brother, male protagonist
Invincible (2021)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the American Comic Book of the same name by Robert Kirkman
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: teen superhero, superhero, teenager, super villain, heroes, gore, violence, blood, invulnerability, superpower, warrior, courage, heroism, vengeance, society, secret identity, villain, combat, revenge, escapades, rivalry, extraterrestrial, mission, race against time, monster
Mouse (2021)
Plot Summary:
A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the psychopath, their lives totally change
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: investigation, serial killer, murder, serial murder, murder mystery, psycho killer, psychopath, murder investigation, police officer, homicide detective, killings, homicidal maniac, criminal, crime investigation, dna, killing spree, secret, police investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, police partner, teamwork, unsolved crime, partner, cold case
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are together again, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain. From the man who created an opioid crisis from the comfort of his boardroom to the shadowy security firm that helps hide dangerous secrets for a price - when someone needs help, they provide... Leverage
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: heist, genius, redemption, crime solving, robbery, secret revealed, con men, deception, con trick, computer genius, teamwork, crime and punishment, fight for justice, fighting crime, attempted robbery, crime fighter, tough law enforcer, unlikely criminals, lie, organized crime, rebellion, escapades, ambition, criminal as protagonist, going straight
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set in a small Michigan town where the only industry remaining are federal, state, and private prisons, the story follows the McClusky family, the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians, in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: prison, organized crime, corruption, business, corrupt politician, racism, political corruption, inequality, corrupt mayor, mayor, town mayor, murder, criminal, conspiracy, legal, nypd, brother brother relationship, imprisonment, prison guard, swat team, murderer, women's prison, female nudity, prisoner, death
Snowdrop (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1987, when tear gas exploded like firecrackers, a bloody man jumped into a female college dormitory and a female student treats him thinking he's an activist student fighting for the generation. Based on the handwritten notes of a man who escaped from a political prison camp in North Korea
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: true love, dormitory, student, activist, university, love at first sight, presidential election, spy, love and romance, couple relations, love, relationships, heroes, lovers, fall in love, couples, love affair, young lovers, love story, love interest, university student, teenager, asian, agent, hostage
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: crime solving, murder, amateur detective, stranger, private detective, lesbian, forensics, trio, investigation, serial killer, murder investigation, amateur sleuth, criminal, murderer, neighbor, crime investigation, teamwork, murder mystery, escapades, unsolved crime, cold case, uncover truth, killer, corruption, forensic
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living among them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it's too late
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: law, criminal, murderer, friendship, theater, deaf, murder mystery, female protagonist, male protagonist, evidence, bisexual woman, investigation, obsession, murder, stranger, secret, trio, deafness, friend, town, lesbian, lgbt, apartment, building
Squid Game (2021)
Plot Summary:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the participants are locked up until there is a final winner. The story will incorporate popular children’s games from the 1970s and 1980s of Korea, such as squid game, literal translation of its Korean name, which is a type of tag where offense and defense use a squid-shaped board drawn in the dirt
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 515000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: survival, game of death, prize, violence, brutality, cruelty, game, most dangerous game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, poverty, graphic violence, violent man, death, allies, deathtrap, survivor, characters killed one by one, strong violent content, blood, rich and poor, social differences, island, survival horror, social decay
The Billion Dollar Code (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it
Duration: 267 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: computer, technology, investor, courtroom, legal action, lawsuit, court, corporation, business, heist, psychology, politics, entrepreneur, justice, corruption, entrepreneurship, disco, economist, hacker, cybersecurity, legal, code, true crime, judiciary, money
My Name (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yoon Ji-woo's father dies suddenly. She wants to desperately take revenge on whoever is responsible for her father's death. Yoon Ji-woo works for drug crime group Dongcheonpa. Choi Moo-jin is the boss of the drug gang. With the help of Choi Moo-jin and to uncover the reason for her father's death, Yoon Ji-woo joins the police department and becomes a mole for the drug group. Yoon Ji-woo is assigned to work in the drug investigation unit in the police department. Her partner there is Detective Jeon Pil-do
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: revenge, drug, murder, investigation, organized crime, target, secret, gang, criminal underworld, mole, criminal's revenge, bandit, criminal, drug dealer, double life, double agent, vengeance, female protagonist, coworker, police detective, dual role, criminal gang, workplace, hidden truth, fight
Yellowjackets (2021)
Plot Summary:
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: cannibalism, near death experience, survival, wilderness, plane crash, life is a bitch, psychological trauma, survival horror, air disaster, airplane, cannibal, women, grownups, struggle for survival, mentally unstable woman, occult, woman, lesbian, high school, football team, murder of a woman, lgbtq, creature feature, terror, lgbtqi
The Innocent (2021)
Plot Summary:
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare
Duration: 467 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: murder, true crime, fight, rape, murderer, male nudity, intrigue, bandit, killings, criminal, life is a bitch, changing lives, ex convict, secret, lifestyle change, secret past, dark past, confronting the past, dealing with the past, twists and turns, feminist, sister, catholicism, revenge, female nudity
The Outlaws (2021)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol
Duration: 58 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: group of strangers, community, social activist, gang member, university student, community service, society, fighting crime, satire, public, obsession, addiction, coming of age, lgbtq, lawyer, attorney, businessman, drug dealer, organized crime, strength, stranger, noblewoman, socialite, kleptomaniac, domestic drama
The Chestnut Man (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, murderer, investigation, murder investigation, forest, police, serial murder, murder mystery, unsolved crime, missing person, crime solving, female detective, secret, police protagonist, politician, sleuth, cold case, criminal, violence, killer, young woman, killings, crime investigation, police investigation
Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Plot Summary:
After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: magic, magician, warrior, dragon, knight, violence, sword, fight, battles, religions or cults, fantasy world, wizard, romantic relationship, love and romance, showdown, elf, superhero, teenager, blood, demon, teleportation, power, goddess, atrocity, gore
The Serpent (2021)
Plot Summary:
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents
Duration: 458 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: serial killer, tourist, death, murder investigation, danger, private investigation, incompetent police, true crime, police investigation, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, incompetent official, medicine, criminal, twists and turns, organized crime, couples, real life, wanderlust, embassy, girlfriend, prime suspect, rickshaw, con man, diplomat
Station Eleven (2021)
Plot Summary:
A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost
Duration: 507 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: virus, survival, post apocalypse, disaster, pandemic, dystopia, actor, changing lives, self discovery, actress, life & death, struggle for survival, introspection, theatrical troupe, theatre group, vestiges of humanity, zombie, apocalypse, hacker, distopia, epidemic, supernatural, evil, propaganda, white supremacy
Dr. Death (2021)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a flourishing Dallas neurosurgeon whose patients suddenly begin becoming permanently maimed or dead. As victims piled up, two fellow physicians set out to stop him
Duration: 403 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: medical malpractice, surgery, surgeon, medicine, medical, coworker, doctor, violence, physician, social problems, doctors and patients, medical examination, surgical operation, workplace, apocalypse, serial killer, criminal, sister, cognitive science, room, neurosurgeon, crimes
Snabba Cash (2021)
Plot Summary:
The lives of an ambitious businesswoman, a charming gang enforcer and a troubled teen collide amidst a desperate — and sinister — pursuit of wealth
Duration: 52 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: friendship, corruption, capitalism, money laundering, juvenile delinquency, criminal, businessman, wealth, teenage life, social problems, financial problem, money problems, mafia, ghetto, gang, nypd, gangster, organized crime, anti hero, business, threat, money, psychological drama, show, anti-hero
Cruel Summer (2021)
Plot Summary:
An unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: missing person, gay, kidnapped woman, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, small town, lesbian, family relations, teenager, abduction, popularity, society, unsolved crime, social misfits, secret, social relations, unsolved mystery, cold case, mysterious character, apocalypse, high school, coming of age, girl power, lgbtq, psychological manipulation
The Nevers (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces — to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place
Duration: 58 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: victorian england, steampunk, supernatural, superheroine, teamwork, female protagonist, orphanage, bigotry, magical girl, supernatural power, showdown, magic, fight, magician, battles, team, good versus evil, distopia, ancient, feminist, strength, woman, space, superhero, gay
THEM (2021)
Plot Summary:
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, bullying, female warrior, social problems, propaganda, black, social relations, survival, society, struggle for survival, social issues, black man, black people, mysticism, dog, apocalypse, teenager, firefighter, musician, psychopath, teacher, military, student, pregnancy, religion
True Story (2021)
Plot Summary:
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success
Duration: 260 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: comedian, famous, gang, family problems, brother brother relationship, stand up comedian, bandit, criminal, brothers, celebrity, life is a bitch, ex convict, relationship vs career, corruption, black, child, life, organized crime, popularity, hometown, warrior, psychological drama, tour, crimes, netflix
Vigil (2021)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: lesbian, female police detective, policewoman, murder mystery, investigation, submarine, murder, lesbian relationship, conspiracy, murder investigation, puzzle, intelligence agency, police investigation, lesbian love, nuclear threat, crime investigation, multiple storylines, mysterious disappearance, conflict, government conspiracy, political conspiracy, unsolved crime, crime solving, cold case, evil plot
Chucky (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: killer doll, doll, evil doll, murder, serial killer, gay, violence, death, chase, psychopath, supernatural, youth, gory, family relations, parents and children, vengeance, danger, strong violent content, child in peril, old dark house, magic, virus, halloween, crazy, house
Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
Plot Summary:
A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving mother Mary who is obsessed with finding her missing daughter
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: criminal, mysterious past, victim, troubled past, secret past, dark past, haunted by the past, tragic past, relationship problems, redemption, dark secret, confronting the past, female victim, past coming back to haunt, missing daughter, couples, misogynist, grieving mother, sexy woman, psychological drama, mystery, crimes
Chapelwaite (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations
Duration: 516 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: stephen king, vampire, family relations, medieval, monster, supernatural, family secret, confronting the past, secret past, dracula, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, family problems, secret, small town, travel, writers, religion, house, american history, child, supernatural horror, family curse, widower
Behind Her Eyes (2021)
Plot Summary:
A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife
Duration: 298 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: lucid dream, friendship, body swapping, psychopath, sociopath, mental disorder, twists and turns, mental illness, supernatural, soul transference, secret, employer employee relationship, heroin, love affair, loneliness, blackmail, male female relationship, affair, solitude, single mother, dark secret, plot twist, mysticism, psychiatrist, out of body experience
Clickbait (2021)
Plot Summary:
When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why
Duration: 368 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Plot tags: social media, kidnapped man, kidnapping, social network, social problems, kidnapped, social issues, abduction, internet, life is a bitch, crime investigation, society, multiple storylines, lifestyle, twists and turns, corruption, forensic, forensics, nypd, mind game, mental health, police, death, murder, womanizer