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Plot Summary:
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who helps the beleaguered cleric to solve the case and clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Planman (2003)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to defend, and hooks upon the idea of devising perfect crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: alternative comedy
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No Alibi (2000)
Plot Summary:
Bob Lessing is a successful businessman who becomes amorously entangled with a dangerous and mysterious woman. What Lessing doesn't realize is that she has been sent by her powerful criminal boyfriend Vic Haddock to collect a large sum of drug money owed to him by Bob's murdered brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Little Murder (2011)
Plot Summary:
In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, bleak, perverse, serious, realistic, detective
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In the Shadow of Evil (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jack Brenner is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured and develops amnesia. Dr. Molly Nostrand works to help Brenner recover his memories and the two become romantically involved. Meanwhile, The Roper is still out there somewhere and the police are depending on Jack Brenner to bring him in.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Scream of the Butterfly (1965)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman marries a rich man for his money, then embarks on an affair and plans to use her boyfriend to help murder her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Haunted Poland (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ewelyn and Pau are a mid twenties couple residing in the USA. Ewelyn being a Chritian and Pau an atheist. One summer, they travel to Europe, ultimately visiting Chodecz, Poland, where the girl was born. At first, things are going great; Ewelyn gets to see her grandmothers and relatives, and visits the graveyard where her parents are buried. As the week goes by, strange phenomena starts to occur. The couple will find themselves threatened, not only at a relationship level, but also to fear for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, psychotronic, no music, cinema verite, fake documentary
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The House of Dies Drear (1984)
Plot Summary:
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio, and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful
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The Adderall Diaries (2015)
Plot Summary:
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological
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The Preacher (2007)
Plot Summary:
A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Deceptions (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a wealthy socialite kills her husband, she claims self-defense. The cop assigned to the case is suspicious but becomes obsessed with the sensual young woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Exposed (2016)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, scary, mindfuck, psychotronic, detective, hispanic
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Heads or Tails (1980)
Plot Summary:
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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In the Electric Mist (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, detective, rough, suspenseful, scary, southern gothic, lyrical, gothic, neo noir
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The Staircase Murders (2007)
Plot Summary:
After he calls 911 to report his wife's accident, successful novelist and aspiring politician Michael Peterson (Williams) becomes the prime suspect in her alleged murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary
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Mindcage (2022)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: supernatural thriller
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Cold Blood Canyon (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Mr. and Mrs. Myers move into their highly coveted Beverly Hills home, they wonder why the price tag is too good to be true. Their daughter, Danielle, discovers the truth when a neighbor tells her one of the previous owners was murdered there years ago. When Danielle falls prey to the hauntings of the ghostly victim who lived there, Danni's dream home turns into the house from hell after she is tortured and attacked by the evil apparition. After Danielle's cries go unheard by her oblivious parents, she realizes she must get out of the house as quickly as possible or she is going to be the next victim of an even greater threat.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious
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Black Friday (2007)
Plot Summary:
Amy Carlson is the woman in charge of a bank's security system. Two dirty cops (played by the slightly washed-up duo of Judd Nelson and Thomas Ian Griffith) kidnap her daughter and a friend to force her to open the safety deposit box of one of her bank's clients and give to them its content.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Living with the Dead (2002)
Plot Summary:
A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of how they died, and how their murderer is still out there. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious, spiritual, dark, esoteric, spooky, detective
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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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Carambole (2005)
Plot Summary:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Letters from a Killer (1998)
Plot Summary:
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
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Blood (2012)
Plot Summary:
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, detective, visually stunning, realistic, gloomy
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City by the Sea (2002)
Plot Summary:
A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, emotional, talky, intense, serious, touching, neo noir, powerful, suspense thriller
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Abandoned (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller, realistic, independent film
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Chasing Ghosts (2005)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, surprise ending
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The Last Rampage (2017)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Little Things (2021)
Plot Summary:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, dark, disturbing, action thriller, twisted, psychological
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Deceiver (1997)
Plot Summary:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, clever, talky, twisted, detective, psychological thriller
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Pavement (2002)
Plot Summary:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this is a serial killer choosing victims at random, but Sam and Buckley discover a pattern involving health personnel who work in neonatal intensive care. Doctors aren't supposed to play god, but someone's decision years before has driven a killer over the brink. Can they find him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic