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Plot Summary:
The ex-girlfriend of a laywer/detective, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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The Blue Light (2003)
Plot Summary:
Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly falls into a circle of drinking and starts abusing his ex-wife and daughter. When he begins making sexual advances towards Shuichi’s stepsister, Shuichi is compelled to take matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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Robin's Hood (2003)
Plot Summary:
Robin is a social worker in Oakland on the verge of losing her job for getting too close to her clients; she's African-American and grew up in the neighborhood. She falls for Brooklyn, a White Frenchwoman, who's a thief with dreams of running a motorcycle repair shop. Robin is not only willing to be Brooklyn's lover, she's willing to join in the robberies because she sees community projects that need money: she becomes an anonymous Robin Hood. When her personal life takes a sharp turn and she wants to do one last job, Brooklyn's jealousy flares. Is there any way to resolve these conflicts of love, family, finance, and violence?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Reckless Disregard (1985)
Plot Summary:
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a doctor at a clinic, who was exposed on a television news program as writing prescriptions for drugs in exchange for money. He says that he is innocent and asks Meredith to file a lawsuit against the program and its staff. Can a small lawyer beat a big television network?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Wicked Pleasures (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tina may be new to the district attorneys office, but she’ll have to hit the ground running to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: detective
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Crime & Passion (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two female criminals kidnap a gangster's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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A Case for Murder (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover some inconsistencies in the case as well as a possible connection to the recent murder of a judge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Double Exposure (1994)
Plot Summary:
White collar crime, a crooked PI and a top notch homicide forensics team come together in this low-budget erotic thriller about a wife killed while in a hotel room with her lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, independent film, detective
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Bezmiar Sprawiedliwosci (2006)
Plot Summary:
Young Lukasz, who was persuaded by his father to study law, listens to the story of experienced lawyer Wilczek about a memorable murder case from his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, exciting, unusual plot structure
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The Public Eye (1992)
Plot Summary:
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, romantic drama, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Lawbreakers (1961)
Plot Summary:
The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner 's efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and police department.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir
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Massacre for an Orgy (1966)
Plot Summary:
A police officer attempts to shut down an illegal girls-for-drugs operation (American version).
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Maigret (2022)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify him and then understand what happened to the victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Heart Blackened (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tae-san is a man who truly has everything: money, fame, power and two women he loves: his only daughter, Mira, and his fiancée, Yuna, a chart-topping popstar. He wants them to get along, but Mira doesn’t treat kindly her stepmother-to-be.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: captivating, twisted, entertaining
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Legalese (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a sexy actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, biting, suspense
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McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Tracy, an aspiring singer breaks up with her longtime boyfriend Joe on the set of a popular talk show, everyone assumes it's nothing more than tv tabloid hijinks. But when the talk show host turns up dead, all evidence points to Joe. McBride must take center stage and clear his client of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, realistic, detective
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McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out (2005)
Plot Summary:
In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride goes to the murder scene, the doctor is, as the title says, out - as in gone! A search for the body begins, with time of the essence. David Bowe has a nice comic turn as the panicked client. Former child star Sydney Penny plays one of the suspects, and she has grown up to be a very beautiful young woman. Soap star John Ingle is the confused head of the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, realistic
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The People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
Plot Summary:
A re-enactment of the trial of the mistress of the Scarsdale Diet doctor for his March 1980 murder, with excerpts from the transcript of the proceedings serving as the script.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags:
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the killers offer him a large sum of money to remain quiet.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Pirate (1984)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife….
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Private Call (2001)
Plot Summary:
In order to avenge the murder of an old friend, a recently suspended female police officer goes undercover at an illegal gambling den where the winning prize is a night with one of the female staff.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, sexploitation film
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991)
Plot Summary:
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Plot Summary:
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, rough, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Plot Summary:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
Plot Summary:
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, disturbing
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Brazen (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mystery writer Grace Miller has killer instincts when it comes to motive - and she'll need every bit of expertise to help solve her sister's murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, crime drama
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Yara (2021)
Plot Summary:
The murder of 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio shocks the little town of Brembate di Sopra, Italy. To bring the culprit to justice, prosecutor Letizia Ruggeri only has one tenuous lead: a bit of DNA that's not much help without a database to compare it to. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Death Benefit (1996)
Plot Summary:
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a small insurance policy. The further he goes into the case the more he reveals about the background of the suspect. Keeney finds support from others who also want to find out the truth behind the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, independent film
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All Over Me (1997)
Plot Summary:
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent and meaningless death rocks their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sad, melancholic, sincere, touching, teen, independent film, realistic, indie film, sentimental, serious