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Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, a serial killer abducts his latest victim from a mall and assaults her. Confused by her atypical reaction, he doesn't kill her, but instead takes her along as he continues on his killing spree. Meanwhile, the authorities debate whether she's a victim or a willing participant.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: factual
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Franz Fuchs – A Patriot (2007)
Plot Summary:
The letter bomber Franz Fuchs (1949-2000) saw his crimes as a service to the community. He wanted to be one thing above all else: a patriot.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi documentary
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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979)
Plot Summary:
The girl by the side of the road. You've seen her standing there. Thumb out. Smiling. There are thousands like her all over America. And you've heard about what happens to some of them when they get in the wrong car. This movie is about one of these kids. And about her family. But it could be about your family. Where is your daughter tonight?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Plot Summary:
Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Vanished Without a Trace (1999)
Plot Summary:
A woman simply refuses to accept the kidnapping of her 13 year old daughter and relentlessly pursues the villain's capture.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Untold (2014)
Plot Summary:
A hate crime triggers disturbing flashbacks for a young veteran, finding herself reluctantly joining a PTSD support group. The eclectic group of women veterans encourages her to peel away her families' lies and confront her mother who holds the truth. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film
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Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags:
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Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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The Consolation (2017)
Plot Summary:
Victim of vertigo and unexplained discomfort, Flavie, a television host, resolves to consult a psychiatrist. The latter suggests a test of the past that she would have concealed and proposes to browse together a photo-album of her childhood. The cliché of a teenager with a sad look will wake up buried memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, factual, brutal, bleak, suspenseful, erotic
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Family Rescue (1996)
Plot Summary:
The court has given custody of Emma Hayes' child to the baby's father, a man who raped Emma when she was only fifteen years old. It's up to the baby's grandfather, Clayton Hayes to prevent the child from being handed over until Emma can convince the court to reverse the order.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
Plot Summary:
This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991)
Plot Summary:
True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Roberto Succo (2001)
Plot Summary:
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: rough, melancholic, suspenseful, captivating
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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, motivational, sad, hispanic, queer cinema
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Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
Plot Summary:
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark
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A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
Plot Summary:
A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Lea (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to benefit of the witness protection scheme and attempts to run away... Inspired by the true story of Lea Garofalo, the struggle of a woman to escape the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, contemplative
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, serious, factual, emotional, sad
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The Pregnancy Pact (2010)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester (Mass.) High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, teen, sentimental, ridiculous
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Star 80 (1983)
Plot Summary:
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic, depressing, thought provoking, neo noir, cynical, gloomy
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Blue Caprice (2013)
Plot Summary:
A narrative feature film inspired by the events known as the Beltway sniper attacks.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating, educational, tense, atmospheric, serious, independent film
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Ted Bundy (2002)
Plot Summary:
Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, controversial, cult classic, frightening, twisted
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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense, non-linear, queer cinema
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I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country:
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, factual, dark, suspense, realistic
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Cleveland Abduction (2015)
Plot Summary:
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, serious, emotional, disturbing, realistic, dark
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Girl in the Bunker (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2006 and based on the true story of Elizabeth Shoaf, this powerful film explores the tension-filled ten days Elizabeth was kidnapped and held prisoner by Vinson Filyaw. Imprisoned in a secret underground bunker hidden deep in the woodland, Elizabeth finds herself at the mercy of an erratic and dangerous fantasist who dreams of one day making her his wife... While a massive police hunt unfolds above ground, it falls to Elizabeth to somehow outwit her captor if she is to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, rough, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, disturbing, dark
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The Frozen Ground (2013)
Plot Summary:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, factual, atmospheric, detective, intense, serious, enigmatic
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3096 Days (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, dark, saga, disturbing, controversial, teen, twisted, captivating, serious
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, melancholic, factual, black and white, bleak, stylized, artsy, frightening, sentimental, touching
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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
Plot Summary:
The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, touching, rough, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, tense