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Plot Summary:
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta, and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, black comedy, crying, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Canvas the Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
LAPD homicide detectives Ernie Godunov and Jordan Daniels experience a violent departure from their routine duties when a series of homicides coincides with the theft of a legendary, allegedly cursed painting. According to the legend, the painting is destined to reappear periodically, bringing death and destruction. The detectives investigate, increasingly desperate as bodies pile up and the criminal conspiracy behind the painting's theft mobilizes. With time running out before the painting again disappears into the night, the detectives plunge headlong into a bloody confrontation.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, neo noir, double entendre
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The Scenesters (2009)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working for Aftershocks Inc. with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes type deduction. Wallace is an out-of-luck filmmaker working as a crime scene videographer. The detectives covering the murders are apathetic at best but with good names (Henry and Carlita, particularly Carlita). Good names, bad attitudes.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, realistic, scary, offbeat, independent film, mockumentary
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Careless (2007)
Plot Summary:
Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on drugs, and a nine-fingered woman named Cheryl who might, improbably, end up being the girl of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, buddy comedy, romantic drama
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Trixie (2000)
Plot Summary:
Emily Watson stars as Trixie, an eccentric woman who aspires to quit her job as a security guard and become a private detective. However, comedy intervenes and the mess begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, enigmatic, stylized, semi serious, suspense, detective, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)
Plot Summary:
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: witty, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, dark comedy, surreal, spooky, offbeat, realistic
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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Plot Summary:
Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: spoof, dark comedy, parody, independent film, humorous, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, witty, not serious
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The Cannibal's Daughter (2003)
Plot Summary:
Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young dude upstairs as she tries to find him. Things take a bit of a twist as she realized the kidnapping may not be as simple as it seems on the surface.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, crying, soap opera
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The Census Taker (1984)
Plot Summary:
When George (Greg Mullavey) and Martha (Meredith MacRae) let Harvey (Garrett Morris), an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their wit's end, they kill the census taker and with the help of their friends Pete (Timothy Bottoms) and Eva (Austen Tayler), must hide the body from a determined investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy
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Lonely Street (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective
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Drowning Mona (2000)
Plot Summary:
The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito) immediately suspects murder rather than an accident. But, since the whole community of Verplanck, N.Y., shares a deep hatred for this unceasingly spiteful woman, Rash finds his murder investigation overwhelmed with potential suspects.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, absurd, stylized, clever, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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The Late Show (1977)
Plot Summary:
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, clever, offbeat, funny, entertaining, slasher, sentimental, touching, humorous
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Mystery Team (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, independent film, light, feel good, detective, spoof, offbeat, realistic
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Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Plot Summary:
Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, tense, realistic, surprise ending
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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, retro, spooky, black comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Tinseltown (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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End Roll (2012)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Marta share a nice apartment. Laura, the youngest one, began to document their life in the house with her camera. Marta undergoes the continual jokes of the friend. One day Laura, poking too much her nose in the privacy of Marta, discovers a dark secret that will compromise their friendship and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, spiritual, esoteric, crying, black comedy, dark comedy
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Very Bad Things (1998)
Plot Summary:
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, disturbing, black comedy, humorous, intense, not serious, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic
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Curdled (1996)
Plot Summary:
Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with a post-murder cleaning service and during a Blue-Blood clean-up job, discovers evidence that police have overlooked.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, black comedy, suspenseful, offbeat, serious, realistic, psychotronic, independent film
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Amber Alert (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, mockumentary, disturbing, independent film, tension, suspense, interesting
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Goodbye Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, witty, stylized, detective, erotic, tense, suspense, realistic
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Plot Summary:
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light, black comedy, offbeat, action comedy, exciting, semi serious
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Restitution (2011)
Plot Summary:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Clue (1985)
Plot Summary:
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, humorous, parody, funny, black comedy, witty, hilarious, captivating, suspense, mind bending
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Plot Summary:
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, detective, humorous, sexy, suspense, entertaining, absurd
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The Killing Game (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her career as a forensic sculptor and works to close the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic
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Stuber (2019)
Plot Summary:
After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, light, feel good, captivating, perverse, hilarious, detective
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Murder Mystery (2019)
Plot Summary:
After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, feel good, detective, funny, humorous, captivating, satirical, suspense, scenic, action comedy
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A Simple Favor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mommy vlogger Stephanie joins her best friend Emily's husband, Sean, to investigate her sudden disappearance from their small town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy, black comedy, dark comedy
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Nancy Drew (2007)
Plot Summary:
Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective, teen, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, semi serious, talky, cult classic, realistic
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Disturbia (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 245000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, intense, psychological thriller, scary, teen, clever, slasher