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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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Maze (2007)
Plot Summary:
When U.S.-based Siddharth visits his Indian home town with his new wife, he insists they stay at the ancestral home, laughing off family members' warnings of ghostly goings-on in the mansion. But events soon make him reconsider his beliefs. As unexplained and terrifying occurrences arise, Siddharth calls on his doctor friend to help solve the mystery. What will be the outcome? Will Siddharth's friend be able to solve this riddle?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological thriller, funny, cult classic, suspense thriller
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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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Presumed Dead (2006)
Plot Summary:
A famous crime novelist's protigie disappears before the release of author's first new book in years. Is the seeming crime an elaborate publicity stunt, or was this author so desperate for material that he created his own sinister inspiration? Despite his cunning defense on trial (the trial that made his book a best seller), Detective Cooper suspects the latter. She's determined to separate fiction from reality, but the deeper she gets in the story, the more twisted the plot becomes.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic, surprise ending, detective
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Pornography: A Thriller (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Thriller weaves together three different but curiously related stories centering on the mysterious disappearance of quintessential “boy-next-door” porn star Mark Anton.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, rough, surreal, sexual, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, independent film
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Children... (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out on a nearby mountain to catch frogs, and then they go missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, depressing, dark, action thriller, twisted
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State Affairs (2009)
Plot Summary:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting dangerously close to the powers that be, the murders and betrayals accumulate, and signs point to a state affair at the heart of it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: political thriller, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, clever, cynical
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The Only Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, bleak
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and travel home alone. But her expectations of peace are short-lived when, at the railway station, Iris wavers in the scorching heat and constant jostle of passengers, fainting suddenly on the platform. She wakes in time to be rushed onto the train, but with a pounding head and a feeling of being almost in a dream. Whilst in this malaise she is comforted by an older English lady called Miss Froy, but when Iris falls asleep she awakes to find Miss Froy has gone and her fellow passengers denying she ever existed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense, absurd, period piece, mind bending, realistic
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Mortal Thoughts (1991)
Plot Summary:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, clever, tense, suspenseful, talky, stylized, neo noir, detective, noir
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The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Plot Summary:
The scene of the crime is Whitechapel, the same London district notorious for the recent attacks of Jack the Ripper. Three monks are found dead, the apparent victims of a vampire - now, someone else is out for blood. Or is it something else? As bizarre events unfold, the answer is left to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to find.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, gothic, realistic, detective
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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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Ebar Shabor (2015)
Plot Summary:
A very much experienced police detective Mr. Shabor Dasgupta (Actor-Saswata Chatterjee) is assigned to do the task of solving the mystery of the murder of Mitali Ghosh (Actress-Swastika Mukherjee),who is a woman with a messy past life, who was killed on the night she had thrown a house party for her close friends and family. The task is very tough for Shabor to find the real victim. There are lots of twists in the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, dark, detective
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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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Ugly (2013)
Plot Summary:
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, dark, twist ending, suspense thriller, inspirational, offbeat
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Fault (2001)
Plot Summary:
The film starts with the murder of Priti (Divya Dutta), wife of Shekhar (Aftab Shivdasani), a well-known journalist. Inspector Lokhande (Ashutosh Rana) investigates the case and accuses Shekhar of the murder, saying he has enough evidences to arrest him. Upon getting bail from the court, Shekhar's lawyer tells him that he will not be able to fight his case because he is a corporate lawyer. He asks him to contact Simran Bhargav (Lisa Ray), who is a criminal lawyer to fight his case.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, melancholic, surprise ending, remake of american film
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The Sight (2015)
Plot Summary:
A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, mind blowing, tense, captivating, suspense thriller, enigmatic, surprise ending, philosophical, intellectual
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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
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Sleuth (1972)
Plot Summary:
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, mind bending, atmospheric, enigmatic, minimal cast, serious, realistic
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The Vanishing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on television, putting up posters and ruining his new relationship in the process. Eventually an unassuming chemistry teacher, Raymond, approaches Rex, intimating that he knows what happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, France, West Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, creepy, mind bending, grim
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Badla (2019)
Plot Summary:
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, tense, atmospheric, realistic, twist ending, detective, cult classic, cute, mind blowing
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Evaru (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark tale filled with unexpected surprises.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, twist ending, detective, twisted
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No One Killed Jessica (2011)
Plot Summary:
A reporter teams up with the sister of a murdered model in order to bring her case justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller, motivational, entertaining, dark, suspense thriller, social message
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Eyes of Crystal (2004)
Plot Summary:
While hunting a cultured, intelligent and vicious psychopath, Inspector Amaldi comes face to face with the physical and moral decay of his city as well as the ghosts of his own past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, slasher, psychological thriller, disturbing, detective
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Angels & Demons (2009)
Plot Summary:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 306000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, serious, entertaining, intense, action packed, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Non-Stop (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, clever, exciting, psychological thriller, tricky, detective, serious, realistic
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Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Plot Summary:
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense thriller, psychological thriller, neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, mind bending, psychedelic
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Plot Summary:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 487000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, rough, clever, serious, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense
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Memento (2000)
Plot Summary:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller, non-linear, confusing, tense, philosophical
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Shutter Island (2010)
Plot Summary:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, cerebral, neo noir