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Plot Summary:
As the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, period drama
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The Stone Council (2006)
Plot Summary:
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Years later, a weird mark appears on the boy's chest and Diane and Liu share their dreadful nightmares. Diane is assigned for a three-day job in Germany and she leaves Liu with her friend Sybille. However, while going to the airport, Diane finds Liu hidden in the backseat and startles with an eagle flying toward the windshield, crashing her car. Liu falls into a coma and his digital recorder records the boy speaking in an unknown dialect. When Diane searches the translation and the origins of Liu, she is surrounded by mysterious murders. She discovers that the dialect is from the mystic Mongolian Tseven tribe and that Liu is a powerful Observer; further, he is in danger, threatened by sorcerers that need the boy for their Council of the Stone.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, entertaining, demonic
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The 39 Steps (2008)
Plot Summary:
Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when secret agent, Scudder, bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, concerning the impending start of World War I. In no time both German agents and the British law are chasing him, ruthlessly coveting the Roman numerals code, which Hannay believes he must crack himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, clever, serious, suspenseful, period piece, crime thriller, surprise ending, captivating, realistic, period drama
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The Burglars (1971)
Plot Summary:
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, cynical, suspense, neo noir, fast, detective, poliziottesco
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Full English Breakfast (2014)
Plot Summary:
Through flashbacks, Full English Breakfast follows the violent career of Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain's drugs empire. Now happily 'retired' on the Kent coast Dave becomes embroiled in a bloody battle of wits with Al Qaeda terrorists who want to take over his criminal empire. Adding to the old mobster's woes is his younger trophy wife (Lucy Drive) wanting to play away with his new driver (Jamie Bannerman).
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense, rough, suspenseful
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Sphinx (1981)
Plot Summary:
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: stylized, independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crime thriller
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Cash Truck (2004)
Plot Summary:
In France, the disturbed and mysterious Alexandre Demarre is hired as security guard for the Vigilante armored truck company earning 1,200 euros per month and lodges in a hotel nearby the company for 1,450 euros for a month. He becomes close to his colleagues, actually a group of losers, without motivation or perspective, paranoids, depressed and substances addicted men, and prepares a personal file with the profile of each one. Along the days, the real intentions of Alex in working at Vigilante are disclosed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, suspense, hood, perverse, exciting, serious, realistic
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Blitz (2011)
Plot Summary:
A tough, renegade cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, serious, detective, suspense, talky, thought provoking, stylized, visually appealing, neo noir
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Rebellion (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over Jimmy's #2 man Blackie. Po must now find the assassin, control the seething Blackie, and keep their rival gangs at bay before all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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The Two Faces of January (2014)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a private detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, romantic, suspense, atmospheric, talky, intense, realistic, serious, period piece
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Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
Plot Summary:
When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent (Cheryl Campbell) teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger (James Warwick) to solve the dastardly deeds. Their sleuthing leads them into a world of espionage and international intrigue as they discover a secret society known as "The Seven Dials" and the attempted theft of top-secret government documents.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in the process. Ryan decides that if he cannot escape then he must confront them head-on in what can only be called a desperate suicide run.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
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The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
Plot Summary:
An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, suspense, powerful, insightful
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Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Plot Summary:
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychedelic, detective, tragic, period drama
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Bel Ami (2012)
Plot Summary:
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, costume drama, romantic, gothic, sexual, romantic drama
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Arabesque (1966)
Plot Summary:
Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, talky, witty, realistic, serious, stylized, political thriller, spy comedy, fast, technicolor
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The Sign of Four (1987)
Plot Summary:
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance; this leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: detective, realistic, exciting, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, thought provoking, intellectual
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Hands of a Murderer (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holme must track down his nemesis Professor Moriarty after the villain kidnaps Holme's brother Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Mystery, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Eye in the Sky (2007)
Plot Summary:
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, action thriller, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel and Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy) star in the riveting action-packed sequel to Crimson Rivers. No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans (Reno) and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, suspense, talky, suspenseful, serious, breathtaking, perverse, scary, rough
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The Shadow (1994)
Plot Summary:
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, suspenseful, visually stunning, dieselpunk, stylized, tense, retro, noir, epic
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Montana (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the dark arts of assassination and learns the true meaning of friendship, honor and respect.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Last Templar (2009)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Raymond Khoury's novel about a New York archaeologist researching the lost secrets of the medieval Knights Templar.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, captivating, stylized, serious
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xXx (2002)
Plot Summary:
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, action packed, rough, entertaining, predictable, exciting, action thriller, erotic, funny, intense
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Inferno (2016)
Plot Summary:
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller, serious, biblical, intellectual, futuristic, slasher
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Contraband (2012)
Plot Summary:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, clever, suspenseful, serious, sexy, tense, intense, entertaining, stylized
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Plot Summary:
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 475000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, suspense, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, breathtaking, detective, period piece, psychotronic
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The Shadow in the North (2007)
Plot Summary:
When an elderly client loses a fortune on an investment, fearless Sally Lockhart will stop at nothing to rectify the situation — even if it means risking everything important to her in the process. As Sally sorts out the threads of the mystery — a magician being pursued by thugs, a clairvoyant who sees a brutal murder in the woods and a rich, heartless industrialist on a mad mission — nothing fits together. But as Sally closes in on the truth, it becomes devastatingly clear that her life will be forever altered.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, detective, talky, period drama, weird
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Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Plot Summary:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, detective, suspenseful, noir
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 661000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Australia
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, suspense, captivating, intellectual, detective, period piece, exciting, atmospheric, costume drama
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Plot Summary:
A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 301000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, entertaining, fairy tale, visually appealing, semi serious, scenic, period piece, stylized, mystical