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Plot Summary:
The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls himself "Il Capitano", and his more mature "soldier" Minna, that develops into mutual dependence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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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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9 mm (1997)
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The suburb that is a society in a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect. A place where criminality and violence is a part of life. The movie is about Malik, a guy without family and land of origin, and who has made crime and violence to a part of his life. Both to win respect, and to support himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic
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Helen, a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. Having been part of an experiment attempting to humanize inmates by assigning them pets, the young man has suddenly gone ballistic. Fearing that he will attempt suicide again priest and scientist must now confront their mutual animosities while trying to grasp the truth. In a race against time the two women begin a shocking journey deeper and deeper into the sick mind of a young man's soul.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Finland, Spain, UK, Sweden
Duration: 85 min
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Boulevard (1994)
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A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
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The Killing of John Lennon (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the travels and accounts of Mark Chapman (Jonas Ball) and gives the watcher an insight into his mind. It starts with him in Hawaii and how he does not fit in with anyone including his job; family; friends etc. He says he is searching for a purpose in his life and that it has no direction. He seeks refuge in the public library where he finds the book, 'The Catcher in the Rye'. He becomes obsessed with the book and believes that he himself is the protaganist in the book, Holden Caulfield. He believes the ideas in the book reflect his own personal life and how he does not fit in anywhere and he reads it constantly. He then finds another book in the library about The Beatles singer John Lennon and begins a personal hatred for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
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The Boys (1998)
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Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
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Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Plot Summary:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min
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Plot Summary:
An escaped convict tracks down the cop who put him away.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
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Choice of Arms (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and Mickey, a menacing hothead, demands money of Noel. A few days later, Mickey returns to the estate, shoots up a dinner party and threatens them again. Noel sends Nicole to an hotel and goes to his old gang to help him hunt down the dangerous Mickey. Mickey has other problems, too, including heartache for a daughter he hardly knows. Young, eager cops tail Nicole, and all are on a complicated collision course.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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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
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The Free Will (2006)
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After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 163 min
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A Letter from Death Row (1998)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence...or does he? Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late...? Was this story told from Raine's point of view or from the book writers or from yours, the viewer - you decide.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Nattbuss 807 (1997)
Plot Summary:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa är kvar i hemlandet Bolivia. Carlos och hans bror är med i ett mindre gäng bestående mest av invandrare. Filmen handlar om konflikten mellan Kalle och Carlos, samt deras respektive gäng, en konflikt med tragiska konsekvenser.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min
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Fun (1994)
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Canada
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Hard Choices (1984)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 142
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: Japan
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iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) who doesn't bother to hide his crimes, or the brutal philosophy which drives it. He tells his sons people are just piggy banks. You need money? Just break one open. Michael is sloppy and reckless he goes about his work with a demented glee, John perhaps even more horrifyingly, understands the misery he inflicts he simply doesn't care. It's just a job. Lock all your doors.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 844
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Purge (2012)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Country: Finland, Estonia
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 340
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IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 147
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: USA
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The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
Jimmy and Jon are a couple of Brooklyn guys who somehow never found their way into workaday society; they never found their way into big-time crime, either.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
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Country: USA
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