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Plot Summary:
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: suspense
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African Story (1971)
Plot Summary:
African set action thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco
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The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
Plot Summary:
The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. They have to perform at the kingdom's Jubilee Celebrations. But coming to the kingdom, they use their natural goodness and curiosity to find out that all is not well in the kingdom. There is exploitation of poor farmers and diamond-miners. There are sycophant courtiers and ruthless armies. And there is a mad scientist with this Brain-washing machine. With the help of an upright school-master, Goopi and Bagha set out to correct the evils... with the help of their ghost-given skills, fast thinking and an impish sense of humour.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, offbeat, humorous, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Cockpit (2017)
Plot Summary:
Cockpit is a story based on true incidents. The story follows a flight that is going from Mumbai to Calcutta and gets hit from bad turbulent weather.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags:
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The Moon-Spinners (1964)
Plot Summary:
Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: light, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, tense
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Joi Baba Felunath (1979)
Plot Summary:
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: epic
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Hatyapuri (2022)
Plot Summary:
Pradosh C. Mitter AKA Feluda, Topshe, and Lalmohan Ganguly go to Puri for vacation. One evening, the trio spot odd footprints on the sand. Later, Lalmohan goes to meet Lakshman, an astrologer who is presumably gifted with extrasensory perception. Soon they stumble upon Roopchand's dead body lying on the beach. Feluda figures out the mystery and gathers everyone at Bhujanga Niwas and tells everyone that Bilas Majumdar is actually Animesh Kumar Sarkar, a smuggler by profession. Feluda tells them that the actual Bilas Majumdar had died three weeks ago in a hospital in Nepal. Why?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags:
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The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969)
Plot Summary:
Goopy and Bagha are banished from the kingdom for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three wishes.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: horror spoof
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Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mahendra Kumar Choudhuri, the middle prince of the Bhawal Estate (also known as the Bikrampur Estate), was affected by syphilis and was taken to Darjeeling for treatment along with his wife, Chandrabati Devi, brother-in-law, Satya, and a family doctor, Ashwini. He apparently died in Darjeeling and was cremated there as well. After 12 years, a Sanyasi shows up at the estate, arousing people’s curiosity and leading to a rumour that he is the lost prince of the Bikrampur Estate.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags:
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Phatik Chand (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mystery-drama about a botched kidnapping of a Calcutta schoolboy and his relationships and adventures.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Shikar (1968)
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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Celestial Camel (2015)
Plot Summary:
When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing
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A Murder to Remember (2020)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Ann Rule’s true crime collection Empty Promises. Javier and Robin Rivera are celebrating their one-year anniversary on a camping trip. But when Javier ends up dead, Robin finds herself alone in the rough wilderness. She accepts help from another camper, a mysterious stranger named Sam and slowly places her life in his hands. But is Sam there to protect Robin? Or does she need protecting from him?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
Plot Summary:
Soon after Gogol's death, Binh names him guilty for the deaths of the Cossacks and the young women at the hands of the Dark Horseman, since he was the one who ordered them to be hidden in the barn. Bomgart is unable to perform a post-mortem analysis on the Gogol's body, while Vakula's daughter Vasilina (who secretly has magic abilities) proclaims denial about Gogol's demise.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, bleak, bloody, suspense, surprise ending
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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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Traffic (2011)
Plot Summary:
An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Kochi to Palakkad. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, road movie
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The Coward (1965)
Plot Summary:
Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a Calcutta based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: intelligent
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Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Plot Summary:
Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, lost her life in the mansions impressive staircase, and the circumstances of her death still remain obscure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, detective, whimsical
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The Harvest (2013)
Plot Summary:
Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Maryann's persistence pays off, however, and during a series of secret visits she gradually uncovers some seriously sinister goings-on in the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, scary, cult classic, teen, disgusting
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Seventh Code (2013)
Plot Summary:
Akiko, a young woman, comes to Vladivostok to meet Matsunaga, a young businessman she has met in Tokyo only once. Akiko finally finds Matsunaga. However, he leaves her again, warning her not to trust strangers in a foreign country. She tries to follow him, but she is attacked by thugs and dumped on the outskirts of town.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller, surprise ending
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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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In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 15 year old Stas Tarkowski and 9 year old Nel Rawlinson are kidnapped by rebels fighting for the great Arab leader - the Mahdi - their fathers desperately organize a search party. But the Mahdi uprising is spreading rapidly across North Africa and the chances of finding the children seem remote. Forced to rely on themselves, Stas and Nel, together with two young African slaves, Mea and Kali, escape their captors and head south across desolate country. In their search for a way home, they must battle wild animals, thunderstorms, hunger and malaria. Their journey to freedom brings them into contact with some colorful adult mentors: Kaliopoli, a displaced Greek, guides Stas through a critical encounter with the great Mahdi and Linde, an eccentric Polish cartographer, himself lost in the jungle, offers hope when Nel comes down with malaria and all hope for her survival seems lost.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Chorabali (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sumon is compelled to grow up in the city's underworld as mafia lord Osman Ali's killer machine. After killing a pregnant woman carrying Osman Ali's illegitimate child, Sumon's conscience leads him to defy Ali's order.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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The Dark Red (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
Plot Summary:
A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. After being separated from her master, Nikki must fend for herself amidst bears, the harsh Yukon weather, and a trapper who wants her skin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, serious
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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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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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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1982)
Plot Summary:
The screen version of the most famous novel by American writer Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of a child! The small but brave heroes Tom and Huck search for the treasure, become "pirates", enter into a dangerous battle with the Indian Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 225 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, serious, realistic
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: clever, detective, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, juvenile, cult classic, atmospheric, realistic
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The Deep (1977)
Plot Summary:
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, scenic, scary, slasher, action thriller, serious, realistic