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Plot Summary:
A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Singapore, France, Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, tense, atmospheric, neo noir
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A Box for Rob (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rob Spencer's world begins to unravel when a murder takes place in his town, bringing back a flood of disturbing childhood memories. But things only get worse when he's suspected of being the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, independent film, twisted
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Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tess gets invited to be a part of a popular game show, but when the host is unexpectedly murdered, she and Detective Logan O'Connor seek to uncover who was behind it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating
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The Vanishing of Pato (2010)
Plot Summary:
Based on the historical novel by Andrea Camilleri, The Vanishing of Patò is set in Vigàta, the town that Detective Montalbano fans know and love...but it's 1890, Easter weekend. Two rival investigators look into the disappearance of Antonio Patò, a quiet accountant who vanishes after his performance as Judas in the town's annual Passion Play.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, semi serious, tense, psychological, humorous, realistic, witty, biting
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The Dark Wind (1991)
Plot Summary:
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Driver's Seat (1974)
Plot Summary:
A woman flies to Rome on a reckless quest, not for love but for death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: avant garde, psychological, tense, mind bending, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, cult film
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As You Are (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, independent film, tear jerker, tearjerker
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The Robber Bride (2007)
Plot Summary:
Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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London River (2009)
Plot Summary:
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 London terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Algeria
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating, sincere, serious, emotional
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Blind Valley (2011)
Plot Summary:
Vincent is an ordinary-looking cop in Descharnes province. Ten years ago, he buried a dirty business to save his skin. Stan Wilson, and share their passion for Deborah but also a dark secret. Ten years ago, they suffered a trauma that no child can recover. Wilson wants to forget. Stan wants to speak, without knowing that he then puts in motion a terrible plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Other Side of Sleep (2011)
Plot Summary:
Loosely inspired by the director’s own memory of a girl’s disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, surreal, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating, offbeat, realistic, gloomy, crying
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At the Gate of the Ghost (2011)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from Japanese film called Rashomon, U Mong Pa Meung (The Outrage) takes place in a wood during Thai’s Lanna period where a mysterious murder happens. The story is told through three witnesses: a young monk, woodcutter and undertaker.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, non-linear
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Too Late (2015)
Plot Summary:
Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense, scary, noir, dark, crime drama
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Troubled Waters (2019)
Plot Summary:
Off the coast of Montpellier, a diver exploring a wreck uncovers a highly sought-after treasure: a golden statuette of Medusa, the monster from Greek mythology. The day after his discovery, the young man's boat is found adrift, with no one on board. Has the curse surrounding the legendary statue struck again? Or is a rival treasure hunter behind the diver's disappearance? - It's up to Police Captain Guillaume Le Guen of Montpellier's regional crime squad and his brother, Gendarmerie Captain Damien Le Guen, to solve the mystery. There's no time to waste and they'll need all their investigative skills, particularly because the victim is none other than Thibault Gagneur, Guillaume's son-in-law, whose daughter Emilie is expecting his grandchild.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Interstate 84 (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a body is found floating in an upstate New York river, hard-drinking cop Joe Weldon is left with few clues. After uncovering the man's identity - an enigmatic simpleton named Hap - Weldon is led to the crooked hustler who took advantage of Hap and the disturbed, young punk who tormented him. A tale of personal demons, shattered lives, and ultimate redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, touching, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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Hotel Swan Helsinki (2020)
Plot Summary:
A hotel manager of the brand-new Hotel Helsinki, is found dead one day before the opening festivities, leaving behind him a suicide note.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 39 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Natural Enemy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in Brittany, a detective called Nicolas Luhel is asked to unravel the circumstances of a teenage boy's death. The main suspect is the boy's father. Shattered by the suicide of the main witness, Nicolas lets himself get snared by the strange and fascinating influence that the father exerts on everyone around him. Eventually, Luhel discovers the truth about the murder and feels that the law is inadequate to deal with it. As a consequence, he decides to destroy the evidence and keep it a secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Design of Death (2012)
Plot Summary:
The violent death of an unpopular village resident is initially blamed on an infectious disease, but an investigation shows that everybody in the village had a reason to murder him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy
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Murder, Take One (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, twisted
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The Ice Princess (2007)
Plot Summary:
Errica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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UV (2007)
Plot Summary:
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one Andre- Pierre distrustful relates to the stranger.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)
Plot Summary:
Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Daddy's Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
British television film starring Martin Kemp.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, captivating, neo noir, clever, cynical, surprise ending
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Into the White Night (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, twisted, realistic, suspenseful
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About Elly (2009)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, depressing, suspense, existential, inspirational, philosophical
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The Ghost and the Whale (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Annabel Lee, but even he doesn't quite remember the truth. A journey into the depths of his mind, a conversation with a whale and blood thirsty brothers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy
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The American Side (2016)
Plot Summary:
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Reminiscence (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Headwinds (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Class Trip (1998)
Plot Summary:
A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: controversial, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, fairy tale, crying, hood