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Plot Summary:
Private detective Sam Ruben's clever plan falls apart with the onset of amnesia. Everyone is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. The classic film noir milieu now comes to you in the form of an animated feature.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: adult animation, suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, mind bending, slasher, anime, neo noir, realistic
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Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
Plot Summary:
Spinning off from the popular Professor Layton puzzle games, this movie brings Layton and his trusty assistant Luke to the big screen to allow fans to enjoy more of the same. At the beginning of the film Layton receives a letter from the famed opera singer, Jenice Kaitly, inviting them to see her newest performance. She also asks Layton, Luke, and Remi for assistance in a mystery, saying her friend Melina went missing one year ago but returned later as a seven year old girl saying she had found the secret of eternal life. Naturally, the case fascinates Layton and his apprentices, so they head to the Crown Petone opera house. When they arrive, something is very strange: the pianist, Ozro Vislar talks of a game, and the winner will win the "eternal life." It is up to Layton, Luke, and Remi to solve the mystery of the Eternal Diva before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Singapore
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, serious, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized
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Riding Bean (1989)
Plot Summary:
A superhuman outlaw courier and his female partner/manager are framed for the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, seinen
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Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998)
Plot Summary:
Based on Takao Saito's graphic novel, Golgo 13 is Japan's most celebrated and notorious assassin, and a man as adept with a rifle as he is with the ladies. He meets his match here in Queen Bee, the leader of a South American liberation army, whom he must kill before she can assassinate a popular presidential candidate. However, once Golgo 13 penetrates the Queen's hive, he realizes that the machinations behind the planned assassination are more complex than he could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, mecha, rough, realistic, surprise ending
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Kite Liberator (2007)
Plot Summary:
Years after the events that transpired in Kite, Sawa's whereabouts are a mystery. During this time, rumors of a new killer have begun to circulate the city. They call her the Angel of Death, an unfeeling assassin who eliminates her targets with grace and precision, leaving only a flurry of feathers as her calling card. What the public is unaware of is the fact that this notorious hitman is a actually a polite young lady named Monaka. Like her spiritual predecessor, Monaka has lost most of her family, and her father's duty as an astronaut keeps hims practically worlds apart. However, they are close despite the physical distances and Orudo promised his daughter that he would return. Until then, daily life for the timid and somewhat clumsy Monaka involves mostly school and her part time job as a waitress, but her nature completely changes once she receives an assignment.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, psychological, suspenseful, bloody, adult animation, serious
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Vampire Wars (1990)
Plot Summary:
The rural American west is the setting for this OVA, in which a bizarre and brutal attack on a NASA base in Arizona attracts the attention of a French secret service agent, Monsieur Lassar, when a dead CIA agent is found floating on the Seine in Paris. Lassar is convinced that these two events are related, and sets out to prove it. His investigation leads him to film star Lamia Vindaw and a vampire cult that may be far more vicious and dangerous than its eccentric exterior makes it seem.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, adult animation
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The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (2014)
Plot Summary:
After slipping in a bath house, Conan appears to have lost his memory. Worse yet, it looks like he will be used in a hit job.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)
Plot Summary:
In Bastille, France, the treasure of the Bourbon Dynasty was stacked in a truck and stolen. Thinking it was undoubtedly Lupin's doing, Zenigata and the French police pursue the truck. But, the criminal was actually an unheard-of woman. Then, the true Lupin appears. Lupin successfully steals the truckload of treasure from the woman but is then mysteriously kidnapped. Malchovich is the man who kidnapped Lupin. Fujiko is also caught and kept hostage while trying to steal the worldwide famous jewel "Bull's Eye". In order to rescue Fujiko, Lupin, along with reluctant Jigen and Goemon, tries to steal Bull's Eye from the Grand Bateau, the French museum renowned for having the greatest security in the world. Everything starts from here! Female thief Becky, scoundrel Malchovich, and Lupin... Ambition, human relations... Each secret becomes gradually clear during the scramble for the Bull's Eye. The series' highest spectacle romance unfolds, and France is the stage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, fast, detective
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Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
Plot Summary:
Serial murders involving all kinds have happened. All the victims are from a Music School led by a famous pianist. Conan and company have been invited to a opening concert of the Music Hall built by the pianist. The biggest attraction of this concert is the world famous violin called "Stradivarius" and a special appearance of a singer who has perfect pitch.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, serious, exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
Plot Summary:
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough, humorous, detective
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
Plot Summary:
Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the hostages will explode. Furthermore, the man know that Conan`s true identity is Kudo Shinichi. Also Hattori Heiji, the High School Detective of the West, and Kaito Kid enter the stage. Will they be able to solve the mystery within the time limit and save Ran and the others? And who in the world is the client?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, detective
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspects that the mysterious Syndicate may also be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Isle of Koumi, a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island, people pass an old legend down from generation to generation that there was the Seabed Palace, an ancient ruin at the bottom of the sea, where the treasure of 2 female pirates, Anne Bonnie & Mary Reed (who really existed 300 years ago), was left. When Conan and his friends visit Koumi Island while on vacation, they meet some treasure hunters. There was something suspicious about them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Black Cat (2005)
Plot Summary:
Train Heartnet is a famous assassin known as Black Cat. He works for Chronos, an organization that secretly controls the world. However, he begins to question the morality of his actions after he befriends two bounty hunters named Saya and Sven, a thief named Rinslet, and a young girl named Eve.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, manga, shounen
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Eden of the East the Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
Plot Summary:
Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, political, rough, bleak, realistic
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Boogie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the comic "Boogie, el aceitoso".In a city where crime rules the streets, Boogie shows up. only to make things brutally worse. A hired thug, with a blatant disregard for human life – especially those that are less fortunate, and an unmatched lack of respect for women, Boogie is the ultimate anti-hero. Boogie is an action-packed, jaw-dropping, animated feature, exploding with sadistic humour,violence and non-stop bullets.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: adult animation, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, noir, anime, rough, humorous
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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom." One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him. Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, manga, tense, neo noir
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Un-Go (2011)
Plot Summary:
Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their military abroad as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched multiple attacks on Japan, killing many people and destroying much of its cityscapes. Some time after the war receded to a period of uneasy peace, the Japanese Parliament passed the "Information Privacy and Protection Act", which gives the Japanese government control over the Internet. Detective Shinjuurou Yuuki and his strange partner Inga make a living in solving crimes and exposing human souls, all influenced in some way by the dystopian backdrop.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyber, seinen, bleak, serious
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Death Note Relight 2 - L's Successors (2008)
Plot Summary:
After the events of the first movie Yagami Light faces two new adversaries as he is trying to create a perfect world without crime or criminals. This movie continues the first tv special and is a summary of the last 12 episodes of the tv anime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological thriller, intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, manga, mecha, neo noir, psychotronic, detective, super sentai
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 counterpart. Among a numerous enhancements, for the film's 2.0 release, were a number of scenes were overhauled with 3D animation, visual improvements, and soundtrack rerecorded in 6.1 surround sound.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, stylized, philosophical, serious, futuristic, cyber
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Monster (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough, manga, adult animation, depressing
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Perfect Blue (1997)
Plot Summary:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: surreal, suspense, adult animation, anime, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, tense, realistic, disturbing
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Masameer: The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
Danah, a Saudi girl with a passion for artificial intelligence embark on a journey to create good in the world using robotics. Meanwhile, three friends Saad, Saltooh and Kalb hit rock bottom and go on a journey of their own to prove themselves to society by becoming crime fighting superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: adult animation, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, anime, unusual plot structure
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Plot Summary:
An old flame of Bruce Wayne's strolls into town, re-heating up the romance between the two. At the same time, a mass murderer with an axe for one hand begins systematically eliminating Gotham's crime bosses. Due to the person's dark appearance, he is mistaken for Batman. Now on the run, Batman must solve the mystery and deal with the romance between him and Andrea Beaumont.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, talky, intense, exciting, suspenseful, anime, stylized, suspense, epic
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Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Plot Summary:
Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, unusual plot structure, intense, serious, exciting, anime, stylized, manga, light, sentimental
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: bleak, stylized, atmospheric, talky, rough, suspenseful, exciting, anime, realistic, epic
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, epic, bleak, suspenseful, rough, anime, stylized, adult animation, emotional, saga
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Plot Summary:
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, mind bending, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, mindfuck, adult animation
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, mind bending, philosophical, surreal, atmospheric, exciting, adult animation, manga, cerebral