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Plot Summary:
Hasan is full of rage. He's been blacklisted and hasn't been allowed to make a film in years. His star, a woman he adores, is impatient and wants to work with other directors. His wife seems to have fallen out of love with him, and his mother has become old and is slowly losing her mind. Worst of all, film directors across the city are being murdered one after the other, but the serial killer is inexplicably ignoring him. Hasan's feelings are hurt: isn't he the most accomplished filmmaker in town? So why is he being neglected? All these frustrations come to a head when, through a series of bizarre misunderstandings, he becomes the prime suspect in the serial murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, enigmatic, captivating, surreal, independent film, black comedy
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A Dragon Arrives! (2016)
Plot Summary:
An orange Chevrolet Impala drives across a cemetery towards an abandoned shipwreck in the middle of a desert landscape. It is the 22nd of January, 1965. The day before, the Iranian prime minister was shot dead in front of the parliament building. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself. The walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes and strange symbols. Can they help Police Inspector Babak Hafizi in his investigations? Will they shed any light on why there is always an earthquake whenever somebody is buried in this desert cemetery?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, mystic, neo noir, lovecraft
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The Victorville Massacre (2011)
Plot Summary:
Something is happening in the desert town of Victorville. Neighbors are disappearing and murder is in the air. Despite rumors of a serial killer, a group of nine friends decide to spend Labor Day partying in town. But fun descends into terror as they're massacred one by one. Soon trying to survive Labor Day weekend will take on a whole new meaning.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, tense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, independent film, detective, slasher horror, cult film
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Sadegh the Kurd (1972)
Plot Summary:
Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife is getting killed. The police are after the murderer but Sadegh who seeks revenge begins to kill the truck drivers on the way. This put him in fronting the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Magical Nights (2018)
Plot Summary:
Italy, 1990. On the night when Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber River. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, hauled in front of the Carabinieri to tell their version of what happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, humorous, non-linear, nostalgic
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Slice (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, captivating, tense, enigmatic, surreal, slasher, art house, grindhouse, perverse, weird
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Captain Khorshid (1987)
Plot Summary:
Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Dream Lock (2022)
Plot Summary:
A middle aged man Rohan Roy is a Doctor, not happy in his married life embarks on an extra marital affair with his neighbor Jennifer. He soon realizes his mistake and tries to get rid of the girl, but she seems nowhere to compromise and gets psychotic about Rohan. After a few days Jennifer disappears without a trace and Rohan dreams that he kills Jennifer, when he wakes up; he discovers blood stains on his cloths and suspects it was real. A day later Rohan finds Jennifer's dead body in his car. Rohan seeks the help of his friend Vijay, a detective, to solve the puzzling mystery of Jennifer's death and Rohan's dreams. As Vijay unravels the mystery, dangerous new truths come to light.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Cremator (1969)
Plot Summary:
Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, gothic, scary, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, disturbing, grindhouse
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Legacy (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a geeky, overweight rushee is found dead at the hottest sorority on the campus, the three most popular girls of the house are prime suspects.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, detective, teen comedy
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Pauline detective (2012)
Plot Summary:
After she has been dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline allows her sister to take her to a palace on the Italian Riviera. Instead of savouring the delights of a carefree existence, Pauline prefers to take on the role of an amateur sleuth, convinced that a crime has been committed in the environs. She ropes a handsome lifeguard into her investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, tense, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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The Cinema Snob Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
When small time exploitation filmmakers Craig (Brad Jones) and Neil (Jake Norvell) are denied filming permits by the snooty head of the local film commission (Ryan Mitchelle), Craig’s only option is to go undercover as a pretentious film snob. But once accepted by the group Craig finds himself thrust into a strange and deadly mystery surrounding the very secretive club.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, horror spoof
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Strip Club Slasher (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of strippers struggle to keep themselves safe while detectives try to figure out who is killing them off.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, humorous, captivating
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I'm a Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime thriller
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Detective Story (2007)
Plot Summary:
A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, surreal, detective, crime drama, scary, rough
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The Red Inn (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Out of Blue (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, powerful
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That Day (2003)
Plot Summary:
A father (Michel Piccoli) is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage (Elsa Zylberstein) killed by allowing a murderous psychopath (Bernard Giraudeau) to be released from the asylum and led to his house. However, the psychopath and the daughter fall for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, mind bending, realistic, witty, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, clever, offbeat
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Screamplay (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, psychological, surreal, black and white, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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The Tenants (1987)
Plot Summary:
A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Leila (1997)
Plot Summary:
This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs & old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, islamic, tense, serious, emotional, realistic, biting, crying, suspense
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Serial Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, realistic, neo noir
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My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following the murders at the Rollerdome, Skye Rotter leaves town in search of a normal life. Reunited with the mother who abandoned her as a child, Skye's dream of a happier life starts to take shape - until her serial killer father returns.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, realistic
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The Last Fashion Show (2011)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Blackout (1985)
Plot Summary:
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, neo noir, detective, spooky, crime thriller, scary, psychological, tense, rough, mind bending
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Hezarpa (2018)
Plot Summary:
The thief accidentally notices the secret of a girl and tries to exploit this position.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Plot Summary:
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could never get.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: touching, talky, stylized, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, entertaining, allegory
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Tambourine (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to repair her father's car with which she has had an accident the day before. Each of the house's residents have their own fish to fry and they also want their satellites installed as soon as possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, islamic, crying
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Brigham City (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, suspense, serious, independent film, mind bending, suspense thriller, realistic, light
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Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social media, where people can vote for persons that world would be a better place without. Soon the first body is found and Sorjonen must find the person who has named himself as The Judge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Character (2021)
Plot Summary:
A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: manga, scary, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, comic