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Plot Summary:
A medical examiner investigates his friend's mysterious death in a car accident.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Confidence Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
Policeman Stevie Grimes never lost his trust in the police force but has been suspended a few months for accidentally shooting and killing a young boy. Because of lack of evidence in court and with some help from his former partner, Stevie soon finds himself working as a policeman again. When Stevie returns to the police force he is bound to a desk job. Stevie misses the action of the streets and asks his former partner who has been promoted to lieutenant, if there are any interesting assignments available, the lieutenant knows just a case that Stevie can work out perfectly. The lieutenant and Stevie do however share a dark secret... It wasn't Stevie that shot the young boy but somebody very important within the police force, Stevie took the fall out of loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
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Souls (2022)
Plot Summary:
In Stockholm, pregnant pathologist Allie tries everything to prevent her beloved husband and pilot Leo from flying. In Berlin, 25-year-old Linn joins a cult whose members, for a variety of reasons, desperately want to believe in life after death. Meanwhile in a hospital in the middle of Germany, Hanna wakes up after a serious car accident and wonders how her 14-year-old son Jacob managed to save them both from drowning. When, a few days after the accident, Jacob suddenly claims to remember a past life as a pilot of a missing passenger plane, he dramatically changes the fate of the three women. Is he telling the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
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Togo (2022)
Plot Summary:
Togo just wants to watch his neighbors' homes, wash their cars and clean up their sidewalks. But the drug traffickers want more from him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Uruguay
Duration: 92 min
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The Killing (2022)
Plot Summary:
Police Captain Hisham begins his investigation into the murder of an influencer found dead in the car of a national club electoral candidate.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min
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Out of Exile (2022)
Plot Summary:
Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after a botched armored car robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
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In the Shadows (2010)
Plot Summary:
"In the Shadows" slithers through underworld Berlin in grand style. En route to a twisty finale, German writer-director Thomas Arslan keeps his audience glued to the increasingly desperate actions of Trojan, a thirtysomething career criminal whose latest job slowly catches up with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Speedtrap (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, detective
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Big Lies In a Small Town (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kelly, a young mother, frantically searches for Hannah, her teenage daughter, who went missing after their car crashed outside of a small town in the middle of nowhere. Kelly desperately needs to find her before it’s too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Dangerous Medicine (2021)
Plot Summary:
After losing the use of his legs in a car crash, Tony is helped to walk again by Daphne his physical therapist. But Daphne's loving care soon morphs into a sick attempt to possess Tony forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Docteur Chance (1997)
Plot Summary:
Angstel trades in forged paintings, under the guidance of his mother, Milady. Their network extends into other murky affairs, provoking the wrath of a rival gang. Angstel falls in love with Ancetta, a prostitute, and flees with her to the north of Chile. - IFFR.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Chile
Duration: 97 min
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Flash and the Firecat (1975)
Plot Summary:
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film
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CHiPs '99 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Ponch (Erik Estrada) has returned to the police force, and is determined to help his friend Jon (Larry Wilcox) in investigating various car thefts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
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Dream Lock (2022)
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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
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Rukh (2017)
Plot Summary:
Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths begin to unravel. Even as his mother Nandini struggles to shield him, Dhruv starts looking for answers. Was his father's death an accident or a premeditated murder? The search leads to a series of unexpected revelations, as he discovers the shades of his father’s personality he had never seen before.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Heroine of Hell (1996)
Plot Summary:
Crime - Catherine Keener stars in this made-for-TV drama as Magda, an artist who has strong ideas about the notion of retribution and personal justice against those who have hurt other people emotionally. - Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips, Karen-Eileen Gordon.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic
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The Dark Wind (1991)
Plot Summary:
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Vortex (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a "surprise" kidnapping case. Liu Xiaojun (Dapeng), the owner of the car dealership, was involved in a kidnapping case for the accident of reselling a black car. He was surrounded by the kidnapped little girl Kiki (Ulanto Yaduo), the dereliant brother Xia Xi (Ou Hao) Several seemingly irrelevant people, such as Xia Tao (Sha Baoliang), dancers (Li Meng ), and second-hand car dealers (Cao Bingyu), have also fallen into the abyss of eternal annihilation.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Stop It! (1980)
Plot Summary:
Filmen tar utgangspunkt i en faktisk hendelse i Oslo i 1975. To 16 år gamle gutter har stjålet en bil og blir oppdaget av politiet. Etter en dramatisk biljakt forsøker guttene å stikke av til fots. En politimann trekker imidlertid våpen fra 20 meters hold og skyter den ene av guttene i ryggen slik at han dør. Filmen handler om Reinert, kammeraten til han som ble skutt. Reinert er ferdig med ungdomsskolen og arbeidsløs som de fleste av vennene. Han går å slenger, røyker litt dop, er sammen med gjengen og er misfornøyd. Egentlig ønsker han seg en jobb, ikke en slik drittjobb som moren har. Reinert møter Siri, en jente med fast jobb og mer bestemte meninger enn det som er vanlig i gjengen. Drapet på kalle har gjort Reinert mer samfunnsbevisst, Siri er med på å utvikle holdningene hans. Noe som er positivt for den kommende rettsaken.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Historias violentas (1985)
Plot Summary:
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Robbery in Athens (1969)
Plot Summary:
Three young people have decided to rob the safe of the estate agent Thomas Christidis, whose office is in the center of Athens. The first of them is Ntinos, who is Christidis’ clerk, the second one is Stavros, Ntinos’ younger brother who works as a book representative, while their friend Michalis is a pirate taxi-driver. The robbery is successful, and they feel excited.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Bubble (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: bleak, meditative, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, experimental, erotic, dark, mumblecore, serious
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Seven Years of Night (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set against the haunting backdrop of a small lake town, this chilling thriller unravels a meticulous revenge set over a period of 7 years, all beginning with the accidental death of an innocent girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags:
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After the Game (1997)
Plot Summary:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny Walsh (played by Gorshin) dies in a suspicious car crash after the biggest poker win of his life. His son, Clyde (played by Dubac), comes to the Nevada town in search of answers. He discovers that each of his father's gambling buddies had ample reason to see him dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Guilty Hearts (2002)
Plot Summary:
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Trading Favors (1997)
Plot Summary:
She was running from her past , He was walking to his future... everything after that was destiny.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tension, independent film, suspense
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In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Plot Summary:
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: detective, touching, suspense, tense, psychological, heartbreaking, disturbing, political, realistic, political thriller
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the latest heir to the Baskerville estate. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective, suspense, natural horror, scary, mind bending, serious, psychotronic
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Before and After (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, sincere, bleak, realistic, contemplative
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Bummer 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it possible to do? Has Russia changed and do "bratki" on black "bummers" no longer control business? Can he escape his past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, tense, rough, suspenseful
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Plot Summary:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky, thought provoking, stylized, entertaining, clever, funny