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Plot Summary:
In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a mentally retarded teen girl. When the town rallies to protect their stars, a detective and the prosecutor have to unravel the cover-up by the school board and the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, multicultural, teen
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Deadly Relations (1993)
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Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Devil's Dandruff (2022)
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When you grow up poor on the streets of London you have 2 choices. Stay poor or get Rich. We follow the True Story of the rise of a petty drug dealer to his eventual involvement in some of the most notorious and infamous real life Robberies and Gangland Executions and Drug Deals of recent times. Seduced by the underworld, glamour, girls, danger our hero is soon over his head and fighting for his life in a world filled with violence and where so many pay the ultimate price. The Devils Dandruff shows an unflinching look at the London underworld where crime does not pay and no one ends up a winner.
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Country: UK
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A Promise to Carolyn (1996)
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When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murdered 37 years ago by their stepmother, together they try to uncover the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sad, detective
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Right to Kill? (1985)
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Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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And the Sea Will Tell (1991)
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A wealthy couple (James Brolin and Deidre Hall) are killed on their yacht off the coast of a secluded South American island called Palmyra. The suspects are a hippyish pair (Hart Bochner and Rachel Ward) whom the rich folks had befriended. It’s fairly clear that the hippies were involved in the crime: The question is, did the man do it while the girl looked on helplessly, or was she a willing accomplice?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min
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A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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The Chippendales Murder (2000)
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The true story of Steve Banjerlee who started a sleazy male strip club for women. Several years later he meets Nick De Noia, a choreographer whom he goes into partnership with to turn his nightclub into a successful high-class business that eventually leads to betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (2000)
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A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
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A Friend to Die For (1994)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Identity Theft (2004)
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This movie is rated 14+ because it includes: -Sexual content and Nudity, by this it only shows kisses between the two main characters and ways of showing affection like hugging, ect. It also shows women in no such lingere, nor men. All characters are fully dressed, except for two scenes where four men are shirtless, because its hot outside. -Violence, There is only one scene with violence, and it is where Michelle Brown locates the theif who stole her identity, later with the police trying to track them down. -Language that may offend, Only words such as, "Bullshit, Crap and Jesus Christ," are used. As you can see this movie is rated 14+ however the amount of mature content is minimal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
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April Showers (2009)
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A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
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After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Inspired by a true story, Girl Fight recounts the harrowing story of a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when her former friends conspire to upload onto the Internet a shocking video of them beating her up.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
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"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
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The Preppie Connection (2015)
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A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
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Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
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A Killer Among Friends (1992)
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The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, neo noir, slasher, teen
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TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 375
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 296
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 594
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 888
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 233
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Too Young to Die? (1990)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 392
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 800
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Country: Canada
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The Outsiders (1983)
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When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
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Dead Man Walking (1995)
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A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 100000
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, thought provoking, sad, emotional, atmospheric, suspense, depressing, serious, realistic