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Plot Summary:
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discover that Marie-Christine Vercel (Caroline Sihol), Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is the prime suspect. But his secretary, Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant), while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: black and white, noir, neo noir, art house, detective, psychological, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)
Plot Summary:
Joseph Rouletabille (Bruno Podalydès), a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson (Sabine Azéma), who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father (Michael Lonsdale) enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, realistic, stylized, detective
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The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Plot Summary:
In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlowe (an amalgam of the names of Bogart's characters from The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, parody, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical
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Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Plot Summary:
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, neo noir, dark comedy, surreal, grindhouse
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Made in U.S.A (1966)
Plot Summary:
Paula Nelson (Anna Karina), a female version of Humphrey Bogart's hard boiled detectives, goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, at an unknown point in the future (maybe 1969). Once there, she learns that Richard is dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis (Yves Afonso), a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surreal, art house, psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, experimental, avant garde, crying
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Crime Is Our Business (2008)
Plot Summary:
Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty
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Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
Plot Summary:
A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling. Subsequently, they see actor Jean-Louis Trintignant walking through the station. As seen through the eyes of Jean, Marc, and Lucette, Trintignant becomes Elias, the chief character in the script. Elias is going to Antwerp to pick up a suitcase of cocaine for delivery to an international organization based in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, neo noir, slasher, mysterious, metafiction, cult classic, psychosexual thriller, atmospheric, mind bending, clever
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Chicken with Vinegar (1985)
Plot Summary:
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, crying, freeze frame, dark comedy
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Cortex (2008)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mind bending
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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Plot Summary:
Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: spoof, dark comedy, parody, independent film, humorous, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, witty, not serious
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Lonely Street (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Plot Summary:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, stylized, dark comedy, retro, anthology, art house, postmodern, perverse, psychological
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Plot Summary:
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta.".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black and white, spoof, parody, neo noir, surreal, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, witty, stylized
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The Late Show (1977)
Plot Summary:
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, clever, offbeat, funny, entertaining, slasher, sentimental, touching, humorous
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State Affairs (2009)
Plot Summary:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting dangerously close to the powers that be, the murders and betrayals accumulate, and signs point to a state affair at the heart of it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: political thriller, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, clever, cynical
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The Second Wind (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, neo noir, crime drama
Similar in 79%
Under Suspicion (1981)
Plot Summary:
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller, serious, gloomy, twist ending, anthology, crime drama
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
Plot Summary:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, black and white, suspense, slasher, crime drama, independent film, mind bending
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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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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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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Plot Summary:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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A Private Affair (2002)
Plot Summary:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injured by an anonymous assailant and becomes reluctant to continue his search. But when Rachel's body is found, Francois is drawn deeper into the investigation as he discovers the dead girl's secret life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, detective, deep, realistic, cynical
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Plot Summary:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara (Charlotte Rampling), the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth, with surprising results. Both Serrault and Rampling are outstanding in this well-directed, well-paced film. On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois was also released as He Died With His Eyes Open and won the Jury Prize at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, detective, gloomy, sexual, sexy
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Deepwater (2005)
Plot Summary:
A drifter comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, mindfuck, tense, rough, neo noir, independent film, surprise ending
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The Big Fix (1978)
Plot Summary:
Moses Wine, Richard Dreyfuss, at home one night watching a football game that he bet on is contacted by an old flame back from his radical days in collage Lila, Susan Anspach. Lila wants Moses to work for a candidate for governor of California, Milles Hawthorne. Moses goes along with Lila to the Hawthorne campaign headquarters even though Moses is apposed to his policies as well as having a low opinion of Hawthorne's intellect. Moses tells Lila about the person she want's to get elected. Told by Hawthorne's campaign manager Sam Sebastian, John Lithgow, that there's a flayer being distributed around the state with a doctored photo of Hawthorne and radical Howard Eppis, who's on the lamb from the police since he was convicted for inciting violence against the government. The flayer is telling everyone that Eppis is supporting Hawthorne for governor, which is not true, which will destroy Howthorne's chances for being elected.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: witty, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
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Dead in the Water (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be appointed to the high court. The only thing wrong with this is that his shrewish wife Olivia, whose father made all the wealth and all the power, is living and that greatly upsets Charlie. So when his lover, Laura, suggests that they get rid of Olivia, Charlie thinks, being a lawyer, that he can create a fool-proof plan. In this plan, he must incorporate a woman named Victoria whom he detests, but she can help him get into the court and be part of the plan for Olivia. But dreams of judgeship, money and Laura makes him proceed. However, things never turn out as planned and he may not be as smart as he considers himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Advocate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective, complex
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Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty (2008)
Plot Summary:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective, crime drama
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The Monkey's Mask (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, noir, neo noir, clever, serious, contemplative, talky
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Empire of the Wolves (2005)
Plot Summary:
When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they infiltrate in the Turkish mafia trying to find the answer to the crimes. Meanwhile, the worker Anna Heymes is being submitted to a brain treatment and has severe headaches and glimpses of memories and visions. When these two parallel events collide, disclose that the Turkish organization "The Wolves" is behind them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, detective, crime drama, grim, fast, gloomy
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Lucky Day (2002)
Plot Summary:
Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending