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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
Plot tags:
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Km. 72 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The millionaire Diego Verastegui has been murdered at his house, and somebody has taken a valuable briefcase from the safe-deposit box. Dimas -Verastegui's bodyguard- comes back to the house and finds three suspects: Carlos, the millionaire's son, Anna Karina, a sweet girl, and Andres, a bohemian magician. They retell the scenes of the murder from contradictory points of view, each claiming a different version of who committed the crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, dark comedy, exciting, contemplative
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Love Kills (1991)
Plot Summary:
Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during a photo shoot. He's exciting. He's handsome. And, after a night of lovemaking, he confesses he's a hit man hired by her husband to kill her. The stranger also says he's had a change of heart and wants to be Rebecca's protector. But Rebecca's husband, a renowned psychologist, insists the man is a former patient with a hidden, twisted agenda. Both men can't be right. Both could be lying. As the circle of suspense closes in on her, one thing is clear to Rebecca. Any choice she makes could be more than wrong...it could be fatal.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Tea Man (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1987 when cell phones were car phones and any respectable bank robber still used a gun. Two life long mid-life crisis friends decide to rob banks. With the help of an ex-con "old head" who had 25 years to think about how to get it right, what could possibly go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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Frozen with Fear (2001)
Plot Summary:
Katherine Sullivan, an acute agoraphobic, witnesses the murder of her husband and speaks with the investigating detective. Then both the body and the detective disappear. Katherine hires private investigator Jack Mize to figure out, only Mize isn't so sure Katherine's version of reality is the truth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate (2022)
Plot Summary:
Goldy is a spirited single mom who’s thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend’s mysterious death. With the clock ticking to find the culprit, Goldy strikes up an unlikely partnership with Detective Tom Schultz, who leans into Goldy’s local knowledge. As their relationship shows signs of becoming something more, the suspect list rises. Will Goldy narrow in on the killer before the killer narrows in on her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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My Body Hungers (1967)
Plot Summary:
Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Passing Fancy (2005)
Plot Summary:
"Passing Fancy" is a film about the devastating effects that emotional and sexual abuse reap on the human mind. In this story the abuse leads to drugs, deception, insanity and eventually murder. With few clues to go on, Detective Rodriguez is assigned to the case and charged with the task of bringing a beautiful, murdering seductress to justice. After being sentenced to a life term at a mental institution for the criminally insane, the convicted murderer fights for her freedom while falling in love with the man who put her there.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)
Plot Summary:
Retired police captain tells a reporter about his latest action - carried on their own investigation into the mysterious death of the girl. Captain MO, Gray, conducts her own investigation into the death of Eve Salm, called Princess. She was a witness in a process in which the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Gray has doubts and risked their lives seeking to apprehend the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Souvenir for the Prosecutor (1989)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly ordinary car accident turns out to be a murder investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
Plot Summary:
With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, period drama
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Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective
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Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons (2022)
Plot Summary:
The members of the Fallen Angels Murder Club must band together again as they search for answers surrounding the death of one of their own. Hollis Morgan finds herself at the center of the investigation when a journalist reporting on the murder also winds up dead. As bodies begin to stack up, and Hollis connects the dots, she must solve the murders before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Evil Judgment (1984)
Plot Summary:
A girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, independent film
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Where Is the Third King? (1967)
Plot Summary:
A classic criminal story set between Poland and South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Subho Mahurat (2003)
Plot Summary:
Shubho Mahurat (2003) is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Plot Summary:
The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if The Hexer may get away yet again.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, black and white
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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019)
Plot Summary:
During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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At Risk (2010)
Plot Summary:
"At Risk" introduces Win Garano (Sunjata), the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police, when D.A. Monique "Money" Lamont (MacDowell) sends him to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years before. The calculating Monique thinks she has found the perfect murder to showcase her new crime initiative and Win has no choice but to follow her lead. With the help of his colleague Sykes (Gish), Win follows the evidence as it leads him to a killer in Knoxville, and then all the way back to Boston and a crime that hits much closer to home.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
Plot Summary:
When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible gallery manager, former Boston detective Jeff Jackson teams up with local doctor - and old flame - Dr. Zee Madeiras, to catch the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: stylized, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
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My Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young detective in the Northern Russian region of Yakutia is dealing with a seemingly simple murder case. The investigation becomes a dangerous journey into the world of illegal mining and gold trafficking in which life has no value.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, detective
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Second Chances (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two years ago reporter Kate Fisher's interview with the man who turned out to be a serial killer sparked public outrage. Not believing that this man was in fact the September Slayer - led to another senseless murder. Had Kate turned over the interview to the authorities would Laura Rose still be alive? After losing her husband, her job and sense of self, she is now making a fresh start as a professor of ethics in the media. But someone out there can't forget her past. Kate must figure out which one of her students wants her dead before it's too late for her and her young son.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional, crime drama
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Life is an Art (2010)
Plot Summary:
You need to suffer, to understand.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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The Odds (2011)
Plot Summary:
A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000)
Plot Summary:
Postal inspectors investigate a con man who uses the identities of others to falsify credit card purchases. Stealing credit card offers from mail boxes, he obtains cards in others' names, makes many purchases until the card is maxed out, but is always careful to pay minimum balances. According to the story, it is possible for individuals such as this to run many credit cards at a time without being caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For (2019)
Plot Summary:
A brilliant crossword puzzle editor (Chabert) finds her life turned upside-down when she is pulled into a police investigation after several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes. Proving her innocence means leaving the comfort of her sheltered world and working with a tough police detective (Elliott), puzzling through clues together in order to crack the case, as the two are fish out of water in each other's worlds.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, psychological, surprise ending
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
Plot Summary:
A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive estate. 11th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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Secret of the Blackbirds (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. But who really did it? And who is responsable for killing his young servant and his wife within the next couple of days? Of course the only person who can answer this question is Ms. Marple. And of course, the murderer is the person you least expected it to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, detective, surprise ending
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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting
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The Interpreter (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, South Africa
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, political, tense, political thriller, mind bending, tricky, surprise ending, psychological, social
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Woodstock Villa (2008)
Plot Summary:
After a heated public argument between Mumbai-based Jatin Kampani and his wife, Zara, he returns home, and finds her missing. A day later, he is contacted by a male to come up with a ransom of 50 Lakh Rupees, and not to contact the police under any circumstances. Hours later, he notifies the Police, who begin their investigation but fail to trace subsequent telephone calls from the kidnapper. Jatin is then asked to deliver the cash initially at V.T. Railway Station, however, upon arrival there, he is asked to travel to Kala Ghoda and then to Sea Rock. Once there, he is told that the kidnapper is aware of the involvement of plainclothes policemen, who have been following him, and that his wife is no more. Watch what impact this has on the police and on Jatin himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense