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Plot Summary:
A powerful and disturbing two-part drama about sexual manipulation, the loss of innocence and betrayal of trust, starring Ben Daniels. A policeman's determination to solve the three-year-old case of an abducted schoolboy leads him to uncover a web of systematic abuse that is threatening to destroy the lives of vulnerable children.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, touching
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Long Live the Family! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Libor, a former teacher, enjoys a well-paid position as a bank manager, living in a luxurious villa outside Prague. His business partners are taken into custody and the authorities have a few questions for him to answer. Rather than wait around, he decides to take off to Moravia with his wife and two children. In the process, he pretends that everything is normal, rediscovers the value of family life, meets up with a former colleague lost in provincial obscurity, and becomes the object of a manhunt. Libor is not a criminal type, merely someone who signs cheques and is drawn into a business world failing to recognise its own criminality (he doesn’t even flee the country).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, realistic, sincere, exciting
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Pickpockets (2018)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring teen thieves learn what it takes to be successful pickpockets on the streets of Bogotá.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Kiss (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sarah, a beautiful and gifted 15-year-old from a wealthy but chaotic family, holds on to one dream: to run away from home and to become a professional ballet dancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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The Tillers (2008)
Plot Summary:
The plot of the movie unfolds through the testimonials of three young sisters: Uring, Luray, and Elya, who recount the grisly sexual molestation they experienced from their adoptive father Timo. The title was taken from the sisters' work as stone tillers in a quarry where most residents earn their living. Apart from being an alcoholic and gambler, Timo is a sex pervert.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, touching, suspenseful, sentimental
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The Molesters (1963)
Plot Summary:
In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police and INTERPOL as they pursue persons accused of voyeurism, rape, fetishism, sadism, and masochism. After the criminals are arrested and given psychological tests, they may be sentenced to an institution or undergo brain surgery (with their consent) in order to be rehabilitated.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult film
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Bone in the Throat (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Death of Dick Long (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, offbeat, twisted
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Care (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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The Collaborators (2015)
Plot Summary:
A tale of two art students who, after a horrific event, are forced to take off across country in a stolen taxi to evade the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, road movie
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The Great Father (2017)
Plot Summary:
A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing
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Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
Plot Summary:
Roger Dollison, a police officer, and his wife Kendra are living the American dream. They have two children, Teddy and Sandy, a lovely home, and a dog named Rex. What they know and how they live as a family is irreparably changed one day when it is discovered that a classmate of Teddys' is the apparent victim of sexual abuse and molestation at the respected neighborhood daycare center. Like all other parents, the Dollisons are tormented - "we should have known, we should have seen" - but their devastation is complete when Teddy tells his own story, one he promised his abusers he would never tell.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological
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Cracker (2006)
Plot Summary:
After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at the reception, Fitz stumbles through a rambling toast, which only embarrasses the bride. Instead of spending time with his grandson, son of his married son Mark, Fitz opts to join in the investigation of a serial killer who has an apparent dislike of Americans in the wake of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, exciting, crime drama, disturbing, detective series
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Red Ink (2000)
Plot Summary:
A female doctor is shot by police who think she pulled a gun on them. A reporter looks into the case and discovers links to the deaths of several black children.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Valan: Valley of Angels (2019)
Plot Summary:
Peter returns to his Transilvanian hometown, Valan, where a dead body was found in the snow-capped mountains. The investigation about his 22 years missing sister leads him to the maze of grave sins of present and the past, where he has to fight not only with local criminals but his own demons too.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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My Murder (2012)
Plot Summary:
A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the 15-year-old he thought of as his girlfriend, in what became known as the honey trap killing.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Unfair: the answer (2011)
Plot Summary:
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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State of Mind (2003)
Plot Summary:
Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, realistic
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The Lost Choices (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Doomsday Mom (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lori Vallow gained national attention when her children, JJ and Tylee, were reported missing from their Idaho home.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Circle of Atonement (2015)
Plot Summary:
A policeman discovers a love affair between his teenage daughter and her teacher which leads him back to an unsolved murder case he investigated 10 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Third Nail (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young man is sentenced to life in prison for killing two children, a crime he didn't commit. DNA evidence sets him free, but there is no hiding from the prison gang that wants him dead. When his own daughter is abducted and apparently murdered, he seeks revenge. How far will he go and is it ever too late for redemption?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, contemplative
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Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)
Plot Summary:
A resident in Ooty named ‘Petition’ Pethuraj reopens a case from 2004 that involved a serial killer ‘Psycho Jyoti’ who was convicted for the kidnapping and murder. Venba, his daughter and a passionate lawyer, seeks to unveil the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Beaten (2004)
Plot Summary:
Justina is a fifteen years old girl who lives with her mother and stepfather in Mexico City. In her sexual-awakening, she starts flirting with the only man in her life, her stepfather, causing the accidental murder of her mother and stepfather. Shocked, she runs away from home, crazy, just dressed with her nightgown. Ivan, a police detective who practices torture as daily routine and is reduced to the rank of street cop, looks for her all night long.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir
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The Enemy (2020)
Plot Summary:
Prominent politician Louis Durieux is accused of having murdered his wife, found dead in their hotel room. The case blows up into an intense media storm. Is he guilty or inno- cent? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Guilty (2021)
Plot Summary:
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, touching, entertaining, dark
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By The Grace of God (2018)
Plot Summary:
Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the priest, to "release their word" on what they suffered.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, social, independent film, crying, queer cinema, cult film
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Pericle (2016)
Plot Summary:
A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Dark Blood (2021)
Plot Summary:
A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful