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Plot Summary:
A man gets killed when he tries to molest a girl. She absconds with the police on her trail and meets a man who tries to help her find the real murderer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Third Floor (1966)
Plot Summary:
A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: suspense, retro, suspense thriller
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Coincidence (1969)
Plot Summary:
Taking place almost entirely over the course of one stormy night, a woman is terrified when an accused murderer escapes from a mental hospital and seeks refuge in her home.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, retro, suspense thriller
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Bodily Harm (1995)
Plot Summary:
Homicide cop Rita Cates takes a murder case where the victim is a Las Vegas stripper. The investigation immediately takes a perverse turn when she discovers the prime suspect: a psychotic ex-cop with whom she once had a torrid affair. That initial affair drove Cates' husband to suicide, but it doesn't stop her from picking up where she left off. In the heat of passion, she jeopardizes the case, her career and her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, twist ending, independent film
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Stalked by My Mother (2016)
Plot Summary:
A daughter acuses her mother for killing her boyfriend but was it really the mother who did it or was it someone who has always been there?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspense, mysterious, suspenseful
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La noche de los sexos abiertos (1983)
Plot Summary:
Moira – a beautiful and erotic cabaret dancer – is hired to impersonate another woman who turns out to be a secret agent who must receive an important message that contains the hidden whereabouts of a very important character from World War II who once absconded with a vast fortune in gold. Aided by private detective Al Crosby, with whom her relationship goes beyond the limits of pleasure, Moira attempts to locate the mysterious character.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexploitation film
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After All These Years (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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RangiTaranga (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: kannada, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, experimental, suspense thriller, twisted
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Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sahasra (Charmme Kaur) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing. One night she attends a wild party at the behest of her friend. The next day, life seems as usual for Sahasra, only she is oblivious of one small detail, the next day is actually the day after. And she is completely unaware of what happened during that one missing day in her life. She realizes something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to eliminate her. The rest of the story is about finding the missing links and putting together the jigsaw puzzle.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, disturbing, intense, twist ending
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Irul (2021)
Plot Summary:
A dark rainy night, an empty house, a stranded couple and an unknown man. A sleek game of the cat and the mouse starts playing on, as the three of them find a dead body in the basement.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, psychological thriller
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Samrat & Co. (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for reasons that appear natural but are not known; leading horticulturists have examined the fading plants but they have not been able to identify the probable reason. Further, her father's favorite horse died; once again the reason for the pre-mature death remains a mystery. That's not the end; Dimpy's father Mahendra Pratap Singh, otherwise a very strong and balanced man, has been experiencing deteriorating health. All these aspects when combined makes the case sound weird and that grabs the attention of Samrat. Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey, visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers lots of mysterious facts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
Plot Summary:
The films depicts a team of CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating into a murder case. The lead character, Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radhavinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, suspense thriller, cult film
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Kahaani 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) has only one obsession in life. She wants to see her teenage daughter Mini, who is paralysed waist-downwards, walk again. But, is this scenario as obvious as it seems? Or is Vidya an impersonator of Durga Rani Singh from Kalimpong, who is wanted for kidnapping and murder?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Stillwater (2018)
Plot Summary:
A weekend camping trip among six old friends in Northern Minnesota's "Boundary Waters" turns tragic after one dies under mysterious circumstances, triggering further turmoil as they attempt to unmask the killer within their own group.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The deaths from the Black Forest (2010)
Plot Summary:
A woman disappears mysteriously in the middle of a forest. Police begins his search, in addition to her husband, a forensic expert. When officers asked to provide them with a photograph of the missing, he discovers that someone has entered her house and stole all the images of women.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Hypnotic (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist but, after a handful of intense sessions, discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, psychological horror
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Anjaam Pathiraa (2020)
Plot Summary:
A psychologist with a keen interest in criminology gets entangled in a tough serial killer case which the police find hard to crack.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Hollow in the Land (2017)
Plot Summary:
With their father in prison for murder, siblings Alison and Brandon are instantly considered suspects when a string of killings plagues their town, and they must fight to clear their names.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Paula-Paula (2010)
Plot Summary:
An audio/visual experience from Jess Franco about a murdered woman named Paula, and the main suspect/culprit, her friend - also named Paula.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, experimental, avant garde, non-linear, sexploitation film
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Eeram (2009)
Plot Summary:
A police officer investigates his former lover's death which is believed to be a suicide by others.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Forensic (2020)
Plot Summary:
A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, twisted, exciting, contemplative
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Nemesis Game (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, serious, gloomy
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Random 11 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prodigy detective Mitsuko Unagi is on the hunt for a notorious serial killer known only as "Eleven". 10 years earlier, on February 29th 2006, a series of murders began, involving 11 randomly selected victims killed simultaneously in various parts of Tokyo. The killings continue over the next decade, leaving the police with no evidence, no witnesses, and the killer always one step ahead. But now something has changed, and the killer has changed his pattern, giving Detective Unagi the one chance to finally get closer to solving the mystery of the Random 11.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, action thriller, psychological thriller
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The Crimes That Bind (2018)
Plot Summary:
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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McBride: Dogged (2007)
Plot Summary:
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Who's There? (1999)
Plot Summary:
While alone in the house, a woman hears news of serial killer on the loose. And then a stranger rings the doorbell.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, dark, slasher, experimental, twist ending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, psychological thriller, light, offbeat, epic
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36 China Town (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sonia [Isha Koppikar] is the owner of a casino in Goa. A successful entrepreneur, the only love in her life is her son. When the toddler suddenly goes missing, the lady is distraught and distressed. She offers a huge reward [Rs. 25 lacs] to anyone who can trace her son.Raj [Shahid Kapoor] and Priya [Kareena Kapoor], two strangers from different backgrounds, accidentally spot the child and decide to split the reward money given by Sonia. But when they finally reach Sonia's mansion late at night, they find her murdered!Raj and Priya panic and escape from the mansion. In the confusion that follows, Priya forgets her suitcase in the mansion. Soon, they are the chief suspects in the murder. The cop [Akshaye Khanna] realizes that this isn't an open-and-shut case, since a number of new suspects show up while the investigations are on.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller, detective
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Story (2012)
Plot Summary:
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London to find her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. Seven months pregnant and alone in a festive city, she begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on except fragments from her memories about him, all clues seem to reach a dead end when everyone tries to convince Vidya that her husband does not exist. She slowly realises that nothing is what it seems. In a city soaked in lies, Vidya is determined to unravel the truth about her husband - for herself and her unborn child - even at the cost of her own life.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller, psychological thriller, offbeat, surprise ending, twisted
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Talvar (2015)
Plot Summary:
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, captivating, social, psychological, tense, psychological thriller, mind bending, dark, realistic
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Andhadhun (2018)
Plot Summary:
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, suspense, twist ending, captivating, surprise ending, philosophical, mind bending, epic