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Plot Summary:
When her brother disappears during a brief travel layover in Mexico, Mitch begins a desperate search that will eventually lead the young divorcee into the capital city's most notorious neighborhood. But even with the aid of the American Ambassador, her plight is only met with indifference and inaction from the authorities. As the story unfolds, Mitch is forced to look for help in the least likely places as she races against time in a dangerous quest to find answers and locate her brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, talky
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Beyond the Sky (2006)
Plot Summary:
Malboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one, Malboro, went to prison five years. One day he is set free, willing to return to his life. Cucu is the younger brother, who has become a boxer with possible success, if only the beater he keeps somewhere inside, didn't arise in the worst moments. The relationship between the two brothers is somehow ambiguous, there's something unclear that caused Malboro's arrest. To complete the triangle is Uncle Jesus who has been like a father to them; a retired boxer who's always thinking about his past. Sara is Malboro's great love, a woman full of shame and resented after almost leaving her whole life behind to follow Malboro, but he failed in their attempt to run away because that same night, he got arrested by Rojas. Rojas is Sara's husband, a police officer who hates Malboro and will do anything to get him out of his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic
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Between (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nadine, a beautiful lawyer from Chicago, travels alone to Tijuana, Mexico in search of her missing sister. Her investigation presents unsettling encounters leading her on a mind-bender as she attempts to unravel the compelling truth.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, realistic
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El cartel (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on Mexico's current criminal climate, EL CÁRTEL is a rare look into the values and practices of the world's most intriguing and enigmatic industry - the multi-billion dollar business of drug trafficking. When Jules Land, a naïve business journalist, approaches Mexico's most notorious drug cartel and requests an audience with its leader, a one-time-priest turned murderous cutthroat, he quickl.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful, independent film
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Implicated (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she be willing to baby sit for his boss' daughter? Ann agrees, and she soon finds herself becoming quite fond of the little girl. However, before long, Ann discovers Tom has something less than honest up his sleeve.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Go for Sisters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer- just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, tense, realistic, independent film, road movie
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Backyard (2009)
Plot Summary:
An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned factories. In the film Mexican police officer Blanca Bravo is sent to Cuidad Juarez to investigate and comes to learn realities of these women's lives, as well as the truth about a police force and local power structure embodied by entrepreneur Mickey Santos that has ceased to care.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, twisted, scary, tense
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The Harvest (1993)
Plot Summary:
A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, the writer immerses himself in the seamier side of a Mexican beach resort, but soon finds himself involved in a 'body organ for profit' operation. Drugged, he has one of his own kidneys removed, and then, with a woman he isn't sure he can trust, he sets out to expose the ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, realistic, suspense, independent film, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychological
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Absolute Killers (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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Frame by Frame (1996)
Plot Summary:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crime drama, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Thief & the Stripper (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters find her and want her to lead 'em to him. She is also interested in the case, as well as other local mobsters and dirty cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense
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The Only Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, bleak
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The Deposition (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a man is involved in a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, serious, realistic, independent film
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Distortion (2006)
Plot Summary:
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late. His story dismissed by the police, he's left with no choice but to rely on his own detective skills in a high-stakes race against time.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Moreno and the Silence (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, tongues begin to loosen.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
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Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996)
Plot Summary:
One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott Manning.Manning challenges Jonathan, and their old rivalry is rekindled, with Hart besting Manning every time. When Manning begins to behave strangely toward Jennifer, a series of disturbing events reveals that this rivalry is no longer so good-natured, and the Harts find themselves bait in a trap.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Posers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Four Hardcore party posers are suddenly facing an unknown killer when one of them disappears.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, bleak, realistic, detective
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The Wannabe (2015)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he idolizes most, he sets off on a drug infused crime spree with his girlfriend and longtime mob groupie, Rose, by brazenly robbing the local Mafia hangouts.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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A Private Affair (2002)
Plot Summary:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injured by an anonymous assailant and becomes reluctant to continue his search. But when Rachel's body is found, Francois is drawn deeper into the investigation as he discovers the dead girl's secret life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, detective, deep, realistic, cynical
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The Flock (2007)
Plot Summary:
This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, depressing, emotional, detective, twisted
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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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Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Plot Summary:
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and forces the remaining four to "find" $1 million within a week's time or face certain death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, clever, biting, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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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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Cut Bank (2014)
Plot Summary:
25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the town forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, semi serious, suspense, teen, twisted, clever, offbeat
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Archangel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in contemporary Moscow and the frozen northern town of Archangel, the drama revisits the stark landscape of Communist Russia and takes place over four days in the life of academic Fluke Kelso. His fateful meeting with a former Stalinist bodyguard leads to the uncovering of one of the world's most dangerous and best kept secrets. He is led unwittingly through murder and intrigue towards his own personal "Holy Grail" - Joseph Stalin's secret legacy - a legacy that could change the face of Russian history forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, epic, political, sensual, gloomy
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Haven't We Met Before? (2002)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Under hypnosis, a mental patient admits to several recent murders. He also offers a strange defense when he claims that he is the reincarnation of a 19th century man who was wrongly executed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic
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We Have Your Husband (2011)
Plot Summary:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers. With kidnapping becoming a pervasive and lucrative business in Mexico, Jayne is at the mercy of the kidnappers when they demand millions for the husband's safe release. She's pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. As Eduardo is starved and tortured, he looses hope of ever seeing his family again but despite the dire and bleak times, Jayne refuses to give up and decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers and makes demands of her own. The film is based on a true story from the book, We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
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What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)
Plot Summary:
Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, independent film
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When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Plot Summary:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film
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Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
Plot Summary:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, gloomy
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Switchback (1997)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, rough, serious, realistic, clever, surprise ending, psychological