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Plot Summary:
A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Silent Predator (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jewish NYPD cop Carol Shaya is assigned to pose as the new student at a Catholic girls’ school in order to catch a nun rapist who is targeting that place.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Rafales (1990)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas eve a journalist witnesses a theft in a mall and then tracks one of the thieves to later be taken as his hostage in the radio station he works for.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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The Final Arrangement (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags:
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Key of Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. While there, he meets the very prosperous Kondo, who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man's belongings, and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business, which brings him into contact with ornery Yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai and he faces the dismal reality of that life with increasing bewilderment. Fortunately, at the hospital he meets the lovely Kanae who, while yearning for marriage, goes out of her way to help "Sakurai" pull himself together. Eventually Kondo regains his memory, but before he can make a new life with Kanae, he has to solve the many problems caused by the theft of his identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, funny, light, entertaining, romantic, dark comedy, touching
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Terrorist (2019)
Plot Summary:
An elderly woman decides to act on her own with a rifle as she gets fed up with injustice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, psychotronic, allegory, black comedy, dark comedy
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)
Plot Summary:
The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, captivating, rough
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The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)
Plot Summary:
Ms. Alli Pelkonen's terrier finds a body from Tähtitorninmäki, that's thought to be a wino at first. But Inspector Palmu knows a little better. And yes, it was a murder. Tähdet kertovat, Komisario Palmu (1962) is directed by Matti Kassila, as were all of these movies. This is the third Inspector Palmu movie. Mika Waltari worked on the script, and after that he came up with the novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Investigator (2008)
Plot Summary:
This multi-award winning film tells the story of precise and silent, Tibor Malkáv – your average 37 year-old man, who though not rich, leads a comfortable and uncomplicated life. All this changes when he finds out his mother is dying of cancer and the cost of surgery is well beyond his means. A one-eyed man known as the Cyclops offers Tibor a solution to his financial woes, however, there is a catch and Tibor has to kill someone in return. What follows is a chain reaction that has long lasting and unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, absurd, dark comedy, dread
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The Girls of April (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough
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Vares: Gambling Chip (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. After dating Sole a few weeks, her body is found in a bird-watching tower. The investigations come to a standstill, until Vares promises to solve a mystery of messy denunciation letters. Before the letters reveal their secret, a lot of things happen. A gun-for-hire, Stahanov, gets an assignment. Sole's brother finds his wife in the arms of a wrong man and goes on a rampage, accompanied by a black cat. In the end the clues lead to a familiar person and more death in unavoidable.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: semi serious, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful
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29 Palms (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag changes hands numerous times, finding its way to the Drifter (Jeremy Davies) and the Waitress (Rachael Leigh Cook), among others. As the bag's journey continues, more characters, including the Cop (Michael Rapaport) and the Sheriff (Keith David), get drawn into the winding crime tale, and the search becomes increasingly desperate.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast, romantic
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Maroc 7 (1967)
Plot Summary:
The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Tiger's Tail (2006)
Plot Summary:
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, melancholic
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Journalist (2015)
Plot Summary:
An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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A Shot Through the Wall (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Family Plot (1976)
Plot Summary:
Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, talky, stylized, black comedy, suspense, dark comedy, tense, clever, psychotronic
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Say Your Prayers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the famed atheist writer Professor John Huxley.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing
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Garter Snake (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat... In the middle of the summer night, a shot rings out. One life comes to an end and Vares finds changes in his assignment. The clues lead him to first-hand encounters and second-hand bookshops; a visit to the gym reveals a drug-smuggling route from Stockholm... Vares finds himself entangled in hot money and cool silk. In the background slithers a cunning garter snake.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Plot Summary:
Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, funny, action comedy, exciting, harsh, detective, anamorphic
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Double Bang (2001)
Plot Summary:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Governance (2021)
Plot Summary:
Renzo Petrucci is forced to leave his job as general manager of a multinational oil company after corruption charges. Convinced that the woman who has taken his place has betrayed him, Renzo takes his revenge by killing her. Reinstated by the Board, he works his way up to the top, driving his company to new heights despite the growing suspicion and mistrust.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Murder Unresolved (2016)
Plot Summary:
A woman is the prime suspect in the mysterious drowning death of her anchorwoman sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Miami Blues (1990)
Plot Summary:
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980's Miami is getting crazier all the time.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, harsh, bloody, witty, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, cult classic
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The Deal (2015)
Plot Summary:
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 797
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Out of Season (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Lies My Mother Told Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joely Richardson plays a con artist who changes identities faster than most women change hair color. Going on the lam with her daughter (Hayden Panettiere), she scams her way into a prosperous marriage and, when that union sours, pulls off a murder scheme that may be her very last con.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental, captivating, dark, serious, ridiculous
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Black Money (2019)
Plot Summary:
A prosecutor is falsely accused of sexual assault in a suicide note from a woman that he is convinced was actually murdered. As he investigates her death to clear his name, he realizes that the truth lies in a huge financial scandal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rikos ja Rakkaus (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Identity Thief (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental, parody, light