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Plot Summary:
Balakrishnan is a lawyer who hasn't been able to achieve much in his professional life due to his stammer. His life takes an interesting turn when his brother-in-law entrusts him with a complex case involving a rich businessman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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U Turn (2016)
Plot Summary:
A journalist who intents to write an article on traffic rule breakers gets dragged into a whirlpool of murder cases and deception.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, kannada, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative
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Harikrishnans (1998)
Plot Summary:
Harikrishnans movie revolves around Harikrishnan (Mammootty and Mohanlal) who are one of the most famous lawyer duo in India. To avoid confusion one is called as Hari (Mammooty) and the other as Krishnan (Mohanlal). They are known to take lakhs for single sittings. They head the oragnisation called Harikrishnan Associates, which consists of around 300 lawyers, all being their juniors.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: suspense
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IDI: Inspector Dawood Ibrahim (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Dawood, who wishes to don the cop uniform right from his childhood. He grows up to be a straight-laced, passionate policeman, who is sent off to a sleepy border suburb Kollanahalli for his first posting. An unexpected turn of events presents him an opportunity to prove himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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My Boss (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film is set in the backdrop of IT Industry. Dileep appears as a young software engineer working in Mumbai and who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Mamta plays the role of his boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
Plot Summary:
2 Harihar Nagar is a sequel to In Harihar Nagar and a prequel to In Ghost House Inn. The films chronicle the story of four very close friends Mahadevan (Mukesh), Govindan Kutty (Siddique), Appukuttan (Jagadish), and Thomas Kutty (Ashokan).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, suspense thriller
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Run Baby Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
Venu, a cameraman working for Reuters, happens to meet Renuka, his old lover, while trying to cover a case involving a politician. Together they go to investigate a murder planned by Bharatan Pillai.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, suspense, twist ending, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ghanchakkar (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Sanju a master safe cracker teams up with two dangerous criminals to commit one last heist. The robbery is successful and Sanju is given the task of hiding the money till things cool down and the booty can be split. Three months later, the associates return to collect their share of the loot, but Sanju refuses to even recognize them! They realize he enrolled into an accident and is suffering from strong amnesia and decide to stay with Sanju and his wife Neetu until Sanju remembers where he hid the money. What dangerous game is Sanju playing?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, erotic, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ace Attorney (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Ryūichi Naruhodō, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Chihiro Ayasato, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Reiji Mitsurugi. Ryūichi's greatest ally is Chihiro's younger sister Mayoi, a spirit medium whose body is posessed by Chihiro to communicate with him. The film will be a courtroom drama combined with the video game series' signature style. Sci-fi elements are also used such as characters bringing up holographic images of evidence during trials.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, light, detective, stylized, not serious, fast
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The 7th Floor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Like every day, Marcelo gathers her children on the floor of his ex-wife. As each day play "to see who gets there first" them down the stairs, him in the elevator, a diversion that your ex-partner does not like. But when one day Marcelo plays the downstairs children are not. They are not anywhere. The fear begins to emerge when a phone call will catapult the horror: a kidnapper puts a price for the release of their children.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending, suspense, twisted
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Villain (2017)
Plot Summary:
ADGP Mathew Manjooran, returns to work after a seven-month sabbatical, only to take voluntary retirement. His last day has him investigating a case involving triple murder, including a police officer. Soon a pattern emerges and each clue also links Mathew. How is the veteran police officer tied to the murders and who is the real villain?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Crime Stories (2013)
Plot Summary:
A respected small-town physician has brutally killed his wife, thus ending a four-year martyrdom from which he could not escape by any other means.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Knight (2013)
Plot Summary:
De Ridder is a Flemish crime series that is broadcasted by the network één since 2013. The series is set in the court of Ghent where Helena De Ridder, played by Clara Cleymans, is a public prosecutor.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Crime
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Finish Line (2008)
Plot Summary:
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler who's using Mitch as a pawn in a deadly illegal arms trade.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Masked Mobsters (2007)
Plot Summary:
From petty theft on the benches of Belleville to the over-publicised hold-ups of the large Parisian banks, this is the spectacular rise of Simon and his gang. They are capable of emptying a series of safes under the very nose of the police who are bewildered by the calm audacity shown by the group.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Anjaam Pathiraa (2020)
Plot Summary:
A psychologist with a keen interest in criminology gets entangled in a tough serial killer case which the police find hard to crack.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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In Defense Of (2018)
Plot Summary:
This series gives viewers a unique perspective on some of the most high profile cases as they turn the lens on the top defense lawyers who represented them. The attorneys will share riveting details from the most personal moments between attorney and client to the individual sacrifices made in order to represent these infamous cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Forensic (2020)
Plot Summary:
A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, twisted, exciting, contemplative
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Jana Gana Mana (2022)
Plot Summary:
Ramanagara wakes up to a series of events that shocks the entire Nation. In this crisis, two individuals with two different perspectives on law and justice intervene to define the truth.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, twist ending
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The Client (2011)
Plot Summary:
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, detective, twisted
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Rustom (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rustom Pavri, an honourable officer of the Indian Navy shoots his friend Vikram to death after discovering that his wife Cynthia had an affair with the rich businessman. The Commander surrenders himself to the Police immediately and admits to have killed Vikram but pleads 'not guilty' in court. Is he convicted or acquitted?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: patriotic, exciting, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, political, mind twisting, fast
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The Advocate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective, complex
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Corpses Are Forever (2004)
Plot Summary:
MALCOM GRANT, CIA operative has just woken up from a nightmare, only to find the Gates of Hell are open and the World is over-run with the living dead. To make matters worse, his terrifying dream is someone else's reality. With no recollection of his past, he must now help the government retrieve the memories of a dead serial killer who may have the answers that can save Humanity.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, bleak, suspense, psychological, tense, independent film, parody
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Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)
Plot Summary:
A resident in Ooty named ‘Petition’ Pethuraj reopens a case from 2004 that involved a serial killer ‘Psycho Jyoti’ who was convicted for the kidnapping and murder. Venba, his daughter and a passionate lawyer, seeks to unveil the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Amar Akbar Anthony (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amar, Akbar and Anthony are close friends living in Kochi. They enjoy a carefree life. Their perceptions and beliefs get shattered with an unexpected event and the resulting story forms the plot of the movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, suspense, twisted
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Soodhu Kavvum (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, tense, captivating, exciting, epic, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining
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Bobby Jasoos (2014)
Plot Summary:
A film that celebrates the aspiration of Bobby, who wants to become the number one detective in the old city area of Hyderabad.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, detective, realistic, suspenseful
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Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019)
Plot Summary:
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya is a brilliant, underrated detective from Nellore who runs an agency called FBI which sees no business. He gets more than what he asked for when a case happens to fall right into his lap out of nowhere.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, contemplative, dark, twist ending, detective
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The Whole Truth (2016)
Plot Summary:
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, rough, disturbing, thought provoking, clever, detective, crime drama
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John Luther (2022)
Plot Summary:
Devikulam Police Station SI John Luther is a committed police officer, who even risks his life for policing. During an interrogation, he suffers ruptured eardrums and hearing loss. Will he be able to complete an investigation which he had to leave halfway?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Justice (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lee Tae Kyung is a star lawyer with the best win rate. He is able to win cases by using his sharp logic and intelligent speeches. He amasses power and wealth by dealing with clients who are part of the elite class. His cases are usually referred from Song Woo Yong who is the owner of a construction company. Lee Tae Kyung gets these high class criminals acquitted or at minimum receive probation. He first became a lawyer to get revenge for his younger sister, but has since become focused on money. He changes when he deals with a series of cases involving missing actresses. Meanwhile, Song Woo Yong has grown his construction company by funneling criminal cases involving wealthy people to Lee Tae Kyung. For his family, he desires even more power. He comes into conflict with Lee Tae Kyung over the cases involving missing actresses.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing