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Plot Summary:
J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great costs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, realistic, psychological thriller, spiritual, slasher, twisted, thought provoking, serious, captivating
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The Kiss (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sarah, a beautiful and gifted 15-year-old from a wealthy but chaotic family, holds on to one dream: to run away from home and to become a professional ballet dancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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Traitorous Prince (1994)
Plot Summary:
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, crying, rough
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Koma (2004)
Plot Summary:
A horrid crime was committed at a wedding reception and bridesmaid Chi Ching was the lone eyewitness. At the police station, she recognised the suspect, Suen Ling, in a line up. She also discovered the affair between this stranger and her lover. All of a sudden the emotional turmoil surrounding her chronic illness resurfaced and quickly grew beyond control.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, slasher, realistic, sexual, crying
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The Memory of a Killer (2003)
Plot Summary:
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, detective, psychological, rough, neo noir, dramatic, psychological thriller, cult classic, atmospheric
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The Unsaid (2001)
Plot Summary:
A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological thriller, emotional, teen, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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The Coverup (2008)
Plot Summary:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department after the young man was arrested for drunk driving. The arresting officer's story is highly suspicious and everyone involved, from the investigating detective to the FBI, appear to be aiding in covering up what actually happened that fateful night. With a promise made to the Thacker family to expose the truth, Stu dives head first into an uphill battle against lies and corruption. What transpires will change this lawyer's life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, independent film, detective, rough
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Affliction (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in his slowly disintegrating mentally.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, rough, independent film, neo noir, psychological thriller, depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful
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The Air I Breathe (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, stylized, intense, non-linear, serious, captivating, realistic, cerebral, neo noir
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Wonderland (2003)
Plot Summary:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes. You're about to experience both versions.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak, detective, independent film, cult classic, twisted, serious
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The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
Plot Summary:
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, political, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Glass House (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the parents of Ruby and her younger brother, Rhett, are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass, become their guardians. The children hear promises of a world of opulence and California fun -- all they have to do is move into the Glasses' gated house. Before very long, though, Ruby suspects that Erin and Terry may not be the ideal guardians they seemed to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, tense, exciting, teen, teen horror, suspense thriller, suspense, neo noir
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
Plot Summary:
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, rough, tense, serious, realistic, clever, entertaining, psychological
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Mother (2009)
Plot Summary:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, tense, psychological, neo noir, disturbing, mind bending, serious, cerebral, suspenseful
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Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Plot Summary:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, political, tricky, twisted, emotional, thought provoking
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The Dry (2020)
Plot Summary:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, anamorphic, perverse, detective
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Deceiver (1997)
Plot Summary:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, clever, talky, twisted, detective, psychological thriller
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The Black Dahlia (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, detective, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, period piece, visual
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The Firm (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, entertaining
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The Dead Girl (2006)
Plot Summary:
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric, suspenseful, contemplative, anthology, mysterious, grindhouse
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Sleepers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 234000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychological, brutal, intense, emotional
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Narc (2002)
Plot Summary:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, harsh, disturbing
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Awake (2007)
Plot Summary:
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: twist ending, suspense, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, intense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful, depressing
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, twisted, entertaining
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Michael Clayton (2007)
Plot Summary:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller, disturbing, clever, political, psychological, realistic
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Fracture (2007)
Plot Summary:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller, clever, serious, enigmatic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Mr. Brooks (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending, serious, melancholic, intense, detective, enigmatic
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Mystic River (2003)
Plot Summary:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 477000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir, depressing, tense, bleak, psychological thriller, disturbing
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Plot Summary:
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, enigmatic, psychological thriller, dark, detective, atmospheric
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, disturbing, realistic, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, atmospheric
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, thought provoking, suspense, twist ending, serious, psychological, emotional, disturbing, rough, philosophical