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Plot Summary:
After a short live-action sequence, we are hurtled into an unveiled tour of our problems as a species, and then introduced to the beautifully simple solutions. For the first time in human history, we have the wisdom, the resources and the technology, available to us, to cater for every single persons basic human needs on this planet, without unnecessarily harming our home planet or our neighboring animals, and to a standard so high that we can't even comprehend it at this point in time. A wonderful blend of Logic & Love, of fascinating technologies and cleansed perception.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 215 min
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The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
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Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain deductive skills needed by detectives. Because of this Reiko relies on Kageyamaa to help her solve cases. Meanwhile, Kageyama isn't afraid to mince words and often calls out Reiko with his sharp tongue!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
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Der Film deines Lebens (2011)
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During a coma has blank visions from a desert. When he awakens in the hospital from the coma, he has to realize that his memory has lost him. Without knowing who he is, he makes himself looking for themselves. Station sister Maria, who has raised his son Gaspar alone for years without a man, becomes involuntary escape helpless from the hospital and complain with an adventurous search for the seven basic Game rules of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: educational
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Midnight Blue (1997)
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Shortly before he moves from New York to Los Angeles a banker visits his Atlanta branch. One evening he is propositioned, apparently by a high-class call girl. Their night of passion leaves him besotted but he is unable to find her again even with the help of a private investigator. In L.A. he is introduced to his boss's wife and is sure she is his lady of the night. But she insists she isn't. Meanwhile, many millions are missing from the bank.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of Freek Groenevelt and Simone Marijnissen whose lives are taken over by Joachim Stiller.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Mystery
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Torquemada's Curse (2022)
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Genere: Mystery
Country: Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Italy
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Plot tags: detective
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Frog and Wombat (1998)
Plot Summary:
Alli and Jane had their neighborhood under control until their new principal moved in next door and changed everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Agnes Cecilia (1991)
Plot Summary:
Nora is 15 years old. Her parents died when she was young and now she lives with Anders and Karin and their son Dag. They move into an old apartment in an old house in Enköping. Behind a wall they find some old items from people who lived there a long time ago. They also discover that their apartment is haunted by a ghost. Together with Dag, Nora tries to find out more about the people who lived there.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: retro, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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One Must Live Dangerously (1975)
Plot Summary:
Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband and wife generously paid him for proof of their infidelity "halves".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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To Catch a Spy (2021)
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When the newly renovated Hotel Optima in Malta has a grand reopening, Chloe and her team from Destination Traveler Magazine, head over to cover the travel scene in Malta and sees someone fall to their death, right past her hotel window.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery
Country: Malta, USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, melancholic, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Who Killed My Husband (2016)
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Sophie's husband is killed in the line of duty as a police officer, now she goes undercover to solve his last case as she deals with her gravely ill daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
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The Time Being (2012)
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An artist meets a mysterious and wealthy benefactor and their relationship is not what it appears to be. In this suspenseful drama from first-time writer-director Nenad Cicin-Sain, a struggling young artist (Wes Bentley) accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire (Frank Langella) who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Did I Kill My Mother? (2018)
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A young woman's mother is found dead in the home they both live in a year after her fathers unsolves suspicious murder. The police think the daughter may be responsible so she and her friends must prove she is innocent.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Carnal Innocence (2011)
Plot Summary:
A famous violinist Caroline Waverly returns to her home town. A killer is on the streets, and Caroline may be a target for murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 994
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating
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One and the Same (2021)
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When a young woman, Lola, is invited to a secret facility, she discovers an experiment beyond space and time. After uncovering her own past life as a teenage boy named Robbie, she embarks on a malevolent path for justice against the ex-con who killed him.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, disturbing, unusual plot structure
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Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead (2021)
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Tess gets invited to be a part of a popular game show, but when the host is unexpectedly murdered, she and Detective Logan O'Connor seek to uncover who was behind it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating
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Captive Market (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a happily married couple running a hot spring resort are awakened to their sadomasochistic desires, their relationship will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Mystery Cruise (2013)
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"The Mystery Cruise" centers around best friends and impending business partners, Alvirah Meehan (Gail O'Grady), a lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and Regan Reilly (Michelle Harrison), a private investigator. After rescuing the diamond-collared pooch of a wealthy socialite (Carol Higgins Clark), the two heroines set off with their spouses to join Regan's mom, Nora Reilly (Colleen Winton), a world famous mystery writer, on a luxurious three day cruise around the San Juan Island off the coast of Washington. The cruise serves as the setting for a mystery game created to promote the release of Nora's latest book. As the boat calmly sets sail, everyone is enjoying getting into character, especially Alvirah, who may or may not be the games "murderess." But troubled waters lie ahead when Alvirah gets a hunch that a real killer may be on board and, together with Regan, the pair teams up to solve the high seas whodunnit.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical
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While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
Plot Summary:
When the fashion world meets the underworld, it's murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007)
Plot Summary:
DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, serious
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McBride: It's Murder, Madam (2005)
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Mystery drama starring John Larroquette and Marta Dubois. A cop-turned-lawyer helps an aspiring actress accused of killing a woman running a dating service.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, realistic
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The Pale Horse (1997)
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Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark himself is under suspicion. But to save his reputation and put the real killer behind bars, he'll have to go through a mysterious list of names that's suddenly turned up and may hold the key to the murderer's identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, suspense
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Gunn (1967)
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The madam of a floating bordello hires private eye Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) to prove a gangster killed a crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eurospy
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The Pasta Killer! (2016)
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Now a disgraced P.I., Marius M. Quick is forced to relive the past he's desperately tried to forget when a murderer dubbed 'The Pasta Killer' begins assassinating his friends, connections and contacts.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: neo noir, black and white
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Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013)
Plot Summary:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team arrive in Three Pines to solve the unusual murder of a much-loved woman and find dark secrets shadowing this usually peaceful village.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: clever, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic
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Redemption in Cherry Springs (2021)
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After fallout from a story, reporter Melanie goes home to Cherry Springs for a break. When a friend disappears, she uses her skills to get to the truth, to the local detective's dismay.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Night's Tightrope (2016)
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Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspense
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The Man in the Woods (2020)
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On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, and the headmaster's wife, agree to go search for her. As they do, they confront the lies, ghost stories, and demonization that their idyllic school was built on.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014)
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New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Sleeping Forest (2014)
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A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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A Murder of Quality (1991)
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At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: political thriller, crime thriller, rough, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful