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Plot Summary:
Alain Delon stars as Pierre, an amnesiac recovering from a car accident. He can't remember any details about the accident or about his past life as a wealthy businessman based in the orient. He is currently being nursed back to health on his palatial estate in the french countryside by his beautiful wife, Christiane (Senta Berger), the family doctor (Sergio Fantoni), and a manservant named Kim (Peter Mosbacher).Paranoia rapidly sets in as he begins to suspect Christiane is not really his wife and that he is the victim of a sinister plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, french noir
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In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from authorities. He helps damsel in distress Dominique, who has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Thomas is wounded but manages to escape after killing the guard who inflicted the injury. Dominique gives Thomas money to escape to France after he secures her freedom, but he is caught between the Foreign Legion and the terrorists seeking revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, french noir
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The Champagne Murders (1967)
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A champagne tycoon's (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner's gigolo husband (Perkins) of murders he's been framed for.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, ambiguous ending, french noir
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A Killer on the Tracks (1970)
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An escort composed of three people transports a huge amount of new one-hundred crown banknotes in a special railway car. At the 196th kilometer, a village girl is waiting at the railway crossing and spots two men removing some packages from the track. The scene is immediately followed by the report of a gun and the unwanted witness is shot dead. Soon afterwards, on the 201st kilometer, the train explodes. Only one of the escorts Lenk (Radoslav Brzobohatý) survives the explosion, taken to hospital with serious injuries. Criminologist Major Kalas (Jirí Sovák) and the very young Second Lieutenant Karlícek (Jaromír Hanzlík) patiently gather facts, leads and testimonies.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: offbeat, independent film
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Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
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Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, freeze frame, british noir
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 99
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 85 min
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The Burned Barns (1973)
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The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Duration: 87 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: France, Italy
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 942
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 790
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 15000
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 275
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IMDB Votes: 31000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 56000
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