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Plot Summary:
When a beauty pageant creator is found dead, a savvy hairdresser works with a detective and risks everything to clear the names of those she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 971
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: detective
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Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate (2022)
Plot Summary:
Goldy is a spirited single mom who’s thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend’s mysterious death. With the clock ticking to find the culprit, Goldy strikes up an unlikely partnership with Detective Tom Schultz, who leans into Goldy’s local knowledge. As their relationship shows signs of becoming something more, the suspect list rises. Will Goldy narrow in on the killer before the killer narrows in on her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
Plot Summary:
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, detective, period drama
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From Hollywood to Deadwood (1988)
Plot Summary:
When actress Lana Dark (Barbara Schock) disappears in the middle of a film shoot, putting an expensive stop to production, the studio hires gumshoes Raymond Savage (Scott Paulin) and Jack Haines (Jim Haynie) to track down the fleeing femme fatale in this thriller. The trail leads to Deadwood, S.D., where Haines and a smitten Savage find Lana restlessly lying low. But knowledge proves dangerous when Savage discovers the scam behind Lana's walkout.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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The Last Shot in the Bar (2017)
Plot Summary:
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: detective
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Mind Games (2001)
Plot Summary:
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her sceptical colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective
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Krays: Code of Silence (2021)
Plot Summary:
The 60s, London: The Krays are on the rise, using their inimitable violent ways to gain power over the city. One man, the fearless Detective Nipper Read, is sent in to tackle the unenviable task of bringing the city back under the rule of law and taking on the country's most feared mobsters in the process. As he faces bent coppers, political backstabbing, and terrified witnesses, Nipper becomes increasingly obsessed, putting everything and everyone he knows at risk.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Inspectors (1998)
Plot Summary:
U.S Postal Inspectors are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion immediately falls on the couple's estranged and heavily in debt son, who also just happens to be a Navy munitions expert. But investigations reveal that he is on the run from a past event in his life that is associated with the bombings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mortal Sins (1989)
Plot Summary:
A PI hired to find a killer is led to a corrupt televangelist.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: detective
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For Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Plot Summary:
The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if The Hexer may get away yet again.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, black and white
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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019)
Plot Summary:
During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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Francesca Quinn, PI (2022)
Plot Summary:
When private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn’s fiancé is murdered, his sister hires her to find the killer. Frankie must work with Wyn, the local detective assigned to the case…who also happens to be her ex. As the one-time couple joins forces to unravel a serpentine plot, the investigation strikes at their hearts.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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At Risk (2010)
Plot Summary:
"At Risk" introduces Win Garano (Sunjata), the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police, when D.A. Monique "Money" Lamont (MacDowell) sends him to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years before. The calculating Monique thinks she has found the perfect murder to showcase her new crime initiative and Win has no choice but to follow her lead. With the help of his colleague Sykes (Gish), Win follows the evidence as it leads him to a killer in Knoxville, and then all the way back to Boston and a crime that hits much closer to home.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Living to Die (1990)
Plot Summary:
A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. The son of an old friend and mayoral candidate, Gordon Thomas, has been arrested for killing someone while driving under the influence. Some of the people on Thomas' staff are afraid that this might jeopardize Thomas' bid for mayor, so they are pressuring Silvera to make it go away but Silvera relents so they threaten him to.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, tension, suspense
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Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
Plot Summary:
Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy's success when she turns up dead. To find the killer, Roe must follow the unsettling truths that lead her—into the path of the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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My Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young detective in the Northern Russian region of Yakutia is dealing with a seemingly simple murder case. The investigation becomes a dangerous journey into the world of illegal mining and gold trafficking in which life has no value.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, detective
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Rogue's Gallery (1968)
Plot Summary:
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective
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McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it's nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. McBride must take center stage and clear his client of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, realistic, detective
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Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)
Plot Summary:
Soviet detective television series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, detective series
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The Advocate: A Missing Body (2015)
Plot Summary:
When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a search for truth to redeem his ruined reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
Plot Summary:
Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, detective
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Wycliffe (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
Plot Summary:
At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the bloody knife that has just killed one of the other performers. 12th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
Plot Summary:
A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive estate. 11th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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Secret of the Blackbirds (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. But who really did it? And who is responsable for killing his young servant and his wife within the next couple of days? Of course the only person who can answer this question is Ms. Marple. And of course, the murderer is the person you least expected it to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, detective, surprise ending
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
Plot Summary:
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty
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Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984)
Plot Summary:
Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Watson (John Mills) ponder cases in which the victims seem to have been scared to death.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: detective, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful