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Plot Summary:
Abhilasha movie story was based on an unique point of removing section 302 from Indian penal Code, which sentences death. Struggling lawyer Chiranjeevi, lives with his roommate (allu aravind) and dreams of removing IPC section 302. Reason behind his determination was his father’s death sentence under 302, for adultery, which he didn’t commit.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
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Mrugaraju (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mrugaraju is a 2001 Tollywood film which was written and directed by Gunasekhar based on English film The Ghost and the Darkness. It stars Chiranjeevi, Simran, Sanghavi and Nagendra Babu. Mani Sharma composed music for this film. The film has been dubbed in Tamil with the title Vettaikkaaran.The Hindi version of this is available named "Rakshak, The Protector".In a jungle, there lives a man-eating lion. The latest victim of lions havoc is the death of the chief engineer who is constructing the rail bridge. The Railway department asks Aishwarya (Simran) to go on the mission of constructing the bridge. Even after Aishwarya resumes the duty, Lion starts terrorizing the crew of the construction team.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Der Tote im Watt (2013)
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Janne Flecker returns to her hometown of Cuxhaven because her brother Erik was found murdered in the mud. There, Janne's picture of her family is crumbling, known shipyard owners.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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14 Days to Life (1997)
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Konrad von Seidlitz is a young yuppie lawyer currently celebrating his engagement with Cornelia, daughter of minister of justice Volkerts. As a public relations gag, he hasn't paid his parking fines for two years and now insists on being sentenced to jail for two weeks as punishment. Using his knowledge as a lawyer he makes the best out of his visit in jail still working, still in a splendid mood and not adapting to any rule. Probably a good way to get the desired public attention, but also a good way to make enemies inside the jail-house. One day before Konrad is to be released his booth is searched and two hundred grams of cocaine are found. That's a serious problem even for a brilliant lawyer like Konrad and even if you're innocent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic
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Sadayam (1992)
Plot Summary:
The story is about convict Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) sentenced to death following multiple murders (of two adult men and two girl-children) he has committed and his subsequent prison life till death. The film focuses on his past and the chain of events leading to the crime and how a retelling of the tale, inadvertently, impacts the prison doctor Dr. Nambiar (Thilakan), who is the father of the male victim Vijayan (Mahesh).
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: sad
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Cafetera perdida (2016)
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Genere: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 47 min
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Mile High Escorts (2020)
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Following the death of a co-worker, a young woman working for a private airline learns the owner's secret and becomes the next target.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Thriller
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Duration: 111 min
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Angel (2015)
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Angel, a woman who was horribly abused by her grandmother as a little girl and institutionalized after killing her, embarks on a killing spree as an adult. Though sentenced for the rest of her life to an insane asylum, Angel was released due to inside governmental pressure while being pronounced dead in order to avoid public outcry. Now Angel’s on the loose again, and a government agent is ordered to kill her in order to cover up the blunder.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful
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Sivudu (2022)
Plot Summary:
A rural entertainer laced with action, drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 89 min
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Redball (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
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When two female friends decide to try their hand at a storage locker auction, they unwittingly inherit a locker belonging to a dangerous serial killer. They soon find themselves in a desperate race to uncover the truth about the locker before the killer tracks them down.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
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The Face of Fear (1990)
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Graham Harris was once one of the world's foremost mountain climbers, until a fall five years earlier left him with a lame leg, a fear of heights...and a frightening psychic ability in which he can see murders as they are happening.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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An attractive young girl is being watched closely by her ex-lover, but matters soon start to escalate and run out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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La Festa (2013)
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Ten classmates have disappeared on the evening of 3rd March 2011. The boys were in the family home of one of them, Fabio, for a party. But the next morning, none of them was still there. Gone, vanished into thin air. A few months later their parents receive an anonymous DVD, which contains the shooting of what happened the night of the party. They are not just shootings, but something similar to a real movie about that night. Edited, set to music, post-produced. But who shot that video? And why? The truth seems not to be hidden in the content of that video only.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min
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At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, cynical, tense, thought provoking, realistic
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Prisoner of Love (1999)
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell sizzles in this suspense-charged erotic thriller that delves into the dark world of obsession, seduction and crime. When a small time hood makes a hit, beautiful Tracy becomes his unwitting witness... and the object of his desire! His boss orders her dead, but he realizes the only chance to save her life is to abduct her and go into hiding. But will his world close in? Or will she slowly succumb to his burning desire? The suspense will hold you captive.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 285
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After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family, until the two set off on a hunting trip, where Jack starts showing a rather violent streak to his nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Legal Deceit (1997)
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Sydney Banks learns the hard way that being driven and educated is not the path to success. With the help of Todd Hunter her career takes off. Sydney gets pulled into corporate blackmail and murder. With the help of boyfriend Derek, she begins her own deception.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 580
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A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 342
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Duration: 100 min
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IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 323
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 317
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A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: UK, USA
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Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Indiscreet (1998)
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A case involving adultery, money and murder threatens a private eye's sobriety.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
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The Dogs of Riga (1995)
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A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to help but when he returns to his home country he is mysteriously murdered. Kurt flies to Riga to find out why and is drawn into complex conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
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Midnight Edition (1993)
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After interviewing a convicted killer, a reporter becomes obsessed with his mesmerizing subject. When his life is threatened, he comes to his senses, but it may be too late to save his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Captive (1998)
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Joe Goodies has just entered an advertising agency after recovering from the death of his girlfriend in a car accident. Ruined by the compensation he has to pay for the accident, he decides, with his new girlfriend, to kidnap the son of the president of the agency and ask for a bailout.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
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A couple of months have passed since the serial murder case. A new dead body is found in the same area. Detective Manabu Kagaya tries to find the truth. He goes to see serial killer Yoshiharu Urano in prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Thriller
Country: Japan
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Taped (2012)
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Johan and Saar make a final attempt to save their marriage by going on vacation to Buenos Aires. In keeping a promise to their daughter they will make a video of their activities there. When they accidentally witness (and videotape) a brutal murder they will have to run to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
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Frenzy (1972)
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A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, detective, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, black comedy, psychological, neo noir, psychosexual thriller
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Last Dance (1996)
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Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep friendship, while all the while the date for her execution draws nearer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
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