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Plot Summary:
A Russian producer Alexander happened to see an old magazine photo from Cambodia; to his surprise he looks at his grandfather, who had been considered dead during The Great Patriotic War. The photo was taken in the French Indochina, and Alexander decides to lead an investigation and eventually finds out that his grandfather stored a statue of the golden Buddha. Mysticism, free masons, pursuits and adventures will change Alexander's life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Adventure, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal
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The Escapees (1981)
Plot Summary:
Marie and Michelle are escaping from a lunatic asylum. Michelle is a tough girl who knows how to survive on the road, but the extremely shy Marie desperately clings to her until Michelle gives in and promises help. The two get into a lot of trouble which puts their friendship to a test.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal
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Joyride (2005)
Plot Summary:
Joy is a young girl looking for friendship. She thinks to find friends in Roos and Chantal. When Roos and Chantal don't show up at Joy's friendship party, Joy is furious and she thinks out a plan to force her 'so called friends' into a long life friendship: they will make a joy ride to a model competition in Nice and on their way Joy will ensure their friendship with the killing of an innocent passenger.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, epic
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Raiders of the Lost Library (2022)
Plot Summary:
While digging one of the many tunnels for the Moscow metro, Soviet workers unearth ruins of a dungeon. The site is closed, the metro tunnel is diverted, and amidst the bustle no one notices the tunnel workers’ foreman pocketing a little ‘souvenir’ – a book-sized frame made of precious metals featuring an inscription in an unknown language. Decades later, the foreman’s grandson Ilya, who works as a courier, discovers the ancient relic in a pile of old junk. Oblivious to the true value of the family heirloom, he soon learns about it from a mysterious stranger. The relic is the key to the secret location of the priceless ancient library that belonged to Ivan the Terrible. What Ilya doesn’t know is that the search for the lost library has been going on for centuries, and now very powerful people are after him. Ilya and the mysterious stranger decide to try their luck in finding the library.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Love Statue (1965)
Plot Summary:
Wimpy struggling Greenwich Village painter Tyler Westin is in love with gorgeous, but mean and snippy cabaret dancer Lisa, who treats Tyler like dirt and constantly belittles him. Sultry nightclub singer Mashiko turns Tyler on to LSD. After a nightmarish three day acid trip, Tyler returns to his shabby apartment to find Lisa murdered. Is Tyler responsible for her death? Or did someone else kill Lisa?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Lost Tribe (1983)
Plot Summary:
Anthropologist Max Scarry mysteriously disappears while doing excavation/research of a lost New Zealand tribe on a remote island. His wife and his twin brother Edward are clueless as to what could have happened, a situation complicated by their city's police suspecting that one of the brothers murdered a local prostitute who was found with a strange tribal charm on her body matching one found in Max's abandoned hut. What most certainly isn't helping matters is the strange behavior of Max's daughter as she seems to have visions beyond possibility, warnings of a supernatural threat and her uncle's fate - and she's the film's narrator, to boot. Edward decides to go to the island to find out exactly what happened, but the deeper he goes into the mystery the more perilous and unknowable his world becomes, leading towards a shocking fate that raises more questions than it answers. (cont. http://view-from-the-paperhouse.blogspot.de/2014/10/the-threat-of-ancient-echoes-lost-tribe.html).
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sinister, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Dressed to Fight (1979)
Plot Summary:
It's all action, all the time, in this seldom-seen kung fu extravaganza starring Tien Peng, who's all dressed up with somewhere to go: He's on his way to kick some butt! In the vaunted tradition of grind-house Hong Kong action flicks, this film features breathtaking thrilling battles and martial arts moves that have to be seen to be believed (and then you still won't believe them!).
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Adventure, Mystery
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Nude with a Hat (1992)
Plot Summary:
A promising erotic photographer Kostya Telegin is kidnapped and his friends-journalists decide to find him with the aid of his last photo "Nude with a Hat".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, detective
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Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Plot Summary:
Marie, is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste a young paranoid needing companionship. In their pursuit of a mysterious briefcase carried by Marie's former lover, they roam the street of Paris, transformed into a giant board game, a maze spotted with mysterious traps, puzzling clues, and chance encounters. Maybe they are bricks in some sinister scheme, maybe they are playing a board game, maybe it's a fairy tale, maybe it's yet something else.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, absurd, avant garde, art house, tragic ending
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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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Mystery Mansion (1983)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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School Killer (2001)
Plot Summary:
Six teenagers decide to spend the night at an old abandoned school where 27 years ago a horrible massacre occurred. The kids run afoul of the vicious crazed security guard who committed the brutal killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Wit's End (1971)
Plot Summary:
A journalist gets mixed up with a stripper, a defecting Chinese scientist and Red Chinese agents.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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The Man in the Maze (2011)
Plot Summary:
While doing research in the woods, four college friends find a mysterious and troublesome trail. Megan, Alex, Christi, and P.T. soon find that they may not be the only ones on the trail and that the dark figure following them is much more than he seems.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, independent film
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Clubhouse Detectives (1997)
Plot Summary:
Late one night, Billy and Kade Ruckman see their neighbor, Michael Chambers, murder a woman, but Chambers has a story all set to convince their mother Vicky, that it was just a rehearsal scene from an opera. The only ones who can help them find the body in Chambers' house before he moves and gets rid of all evidence, are their friends, Jimmy, Eddie, and J.J., who are determined to find the body before Chambers finds them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spooky, independent film, semi serious, detective
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Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Harts find themselves in the middle of a dangerous murder plot, but it isn't clear if the plot it a famous author's fictional murder-mystery, or an actual murder plot, until Jonathan finds himself the unsuspecting target of a killer. It begins to look like the culprit behind the plot is an old friend, Frank Crane, but there may be a connection to a corporate takeover of Hart Industries as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Robin Hood: The Ghost of Sherwood (2012)
Plot Summary:
After selling his soul to a sorceress Robin is killed in battle. Distraught over these horrific turn of events Marian and Little John attempt to resuscitate Robin and his Merry Men. In doing so they inadvertently have turned the one-time heroes into the living dead and worse, the ghostly reincarnations are now hunting down Marian and Little John. So the pair attempt to seek out a new potion that will free these tormented souls from their demonic possession.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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The Bay of Silence (2020)
Plot Summary:
Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, intense, tense
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Thirsty for Love, Sex and Murder (1972)
Plot Summary:
türkish Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Sphinx (1981)
Plot Summary:
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: stylized, independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crime thriller
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Bermuda Triangle (1996)
Plot Summary:
After a strange storm in the Carribean causes a boat to sink, a family finds itself stranded on an island in the "27th dimension".
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense
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Mother Lode (1982)
Plot Summary:
A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades searching the mountain caves for a chamber of long lost gold. He is prepared to do anything - including murder - to keep his gold for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley (2024)
Plot Summary:
A detective of lost Art masterpieces will discover his hidden legacy and his true identity during his last mission.
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Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
Plot Summary:
The theatrical movie spin-off of the ABC’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries will follow Essie Davis’ private detective as she embarks on a global adventure to find missing treasure, solve murders and break aviation records... After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: captivating, intellectual, detective, psychological, disturbing, sincere
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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
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Gerry (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: surreal, minimal cast, art house, enigmatic, melancholic, disturbing, captivating, visual, mindfuck, independent film
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Wrecked (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to be sitting dead in the back seat.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, clever, captivating, minimal cast, psychological thriller, twisted, atmospheric, mind bending, sad
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 661000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Australia
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, suspense, captivating, intellectual, detective, period piece, exciting, atmospheric, costume drama
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Prometheus (2012)
Plot Summary:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 635000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, dark, suspense, philosophical, tense, space horror, lovecraft
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Coma (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a colossal and mysterious accident a young talented architect comes back to his senses in a very odd world that only resembles the reality. This world is based on the memories of the ones who live in it - people who are currently finding themselves in a deep coma. Human memory is spotty, chaotic and unstable. The same is the COMA - odd collection of memories and recollections - cities, glaciers and rivers can all be found in one room. All the laws of physics can be broken. The architect must find out the exact laws and regulations of COMA as he fights for his life, meets the love of his life and keeps on looking for the exit to the real world which he will have to get acquainted with all over again after the experience of COMA.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, mind bending, atmospheric, philosophical, suspense, surreal, action adventure, psychological, thought provoking