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Plot Summary:
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: detective
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Twilight (1990)
Plot Summary:
In this grim story, three murders of young girls are committed in a similar manner, and their bodies are all found in the woods. The only suspect, a young man assumed to be a paedophile, commits suicide during the investigation. A policeman becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of this serial killer and he continues to investigate even after he has been taken off the case. The film is considered one of Fehér’s two masterpieces – the other is The Passion – and is based on a screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: black and white, slow cinema, bleak, aesthetic, dark, detective
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The Return of Charlie Chan (1972)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, detective, tension, suspense
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Me Too - Hidden Truth (2018)
Plot Summary:
Campus couple Tae-ho and Eun-seo join the same graudate school to sit in lectures for the most powerful person in Korean journalism, Lee Hee-hyun. On the first day of school, Lee Hee-hyun takes a liking to pretty and smart Eun-seo and uses his authority to try and seduce her, but fails. Hye-jin realizes what the professor is trying to do and spends a night with him, getting herself to the syposium. Eun-seo questions the result and asks Lee Hee-hyun for an explanation. He asks her for physical pleasure and Eun-seo is just confused.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Red Herring (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas homicide detective investigating his best friend uncovers a professional assassin.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (2017)
Plot Summary:
Born in an affluent family, Sakurako is grown beautiful but rather spirited and speaks roughly. As an osteologist, she reconstructs skeletal remains of animals in her atelier at home when receiving job offers from museums. Deeply inspired by the beauty and majesty of bodies, her eccentricity is remarkable. "Dead bodies speak eloquently." says Sakurako, at the events of examining incidents. She observes bodies and the crime scenes very carefully, and reveals the truth one by one. Kujo Sakurako, the beautiful osteologist, resolves the cases with her expertise hearing the "voice" of bones. How does this extraordinary heroine resolve cases?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: manga, detective
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Silent Voice (2018)
Plot Summary:
People tell lies with words through their cerebral neocortex. However, the moment before a person speaks, the mental reflexes of the limbic system will be apparent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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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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Mind Games (2001)
Plot Summary:
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her sceptical colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective
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Hope Street (2020)
Plot Summary:
The arrival of DC Leila Hussain sets tongues wagging – what brings this big city girl to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town? Warm-hearted detective drama in a stunning setting.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: detective
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And Then There Were None (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hotel “Shizen no Shima” is located on an small, remote island. The owner of the hotel invites 10 people to the island, but when they arrive they learn that the owner is not there. These 10 people do not know why they are there or what will happen to them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 215 min
Plot tags: detective
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For Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Detective versus Detectives (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kitagawa Keiko plays Sasaki Rena, a detective who risks her life investigating detectives for her dead sister. Beautiful, intelligent, and with a great memory, the talented woman judges situations and chooses the most appropriate course of action. Her brutal past surrounding her sister's death inspires her to learn everything she can about detectives, leading her to visit the Suma Research Company. As the sole member of the Anti-Detective Department responsible for investigating and pursuing unethical detectives, she is a solitary lady detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, detective, game show, twisted, hot
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Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. The son of an old friend and mayoral candidate, Gordon Thomas, has been arrested for killing someone while driving under the influence. Some of the people on Thomas' staff are afraid that this might jeopardize Thomas' bid for mayor, so they are pressuring Silvera to make it go away but Silvera relents so they threaten him to.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, tension, suspense
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Devices and Desires (1991)
Plot Summary:
A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the murders. His trademark is the letter 'L' carved on the forehead of his victims. L for Larksoken? At first, his victims seem to be chosen entirely at random - women in the wrong place at the wrong time - but then two women employed at the nuclear power station are murdered in quick succession.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Inspector Ricciardi (2021)
Plot Summary:
Naples, 1932. Detective Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi leaves no crime unsolved, being able to see the ghosts of people who have died violently and listen to their last thought. But this extraordinary gift is both a blessing and a curse!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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White Lab (2014)
Plot Summary:
Due to violent crimes becoming more and more complicated, it is crucial to make arrests with concrete evidence. The White Lab is the formed within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Departments First Investigative Division. The lab uses scientific investigation methods involving physics, chemistry, biology and medical science to solve cases. Members of the White Lab have knowledge of these scientific areas and have the authority to investigate cases. At the White Lab, Satoshi (Kazuki Kitamura) is a detective. He solves cases with his excellent scientific methods as well as his own unique methods.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective
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Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
Plot Summary:
British TV mini series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Cover Her Face (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of Alice Liddell who ran a home for unwed mothers. One of those residents is Sally Jupp who was a witness in a drugs smuggling and murder investigation in London. Sally works at the local manor house for the Maxies and it is apparent that eldest son Stephen has more than just a passing interest in her. The night after they announce their engagement, Sally is found strangled in her bed. The question is whether her death is related to the London investigation or a completely different reason altogether. Her engagement created a good deal of ill feeling among the Maxies and several guests in the house with any one of them having a motive to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 291 min
Plot tags: detective
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Burning (2020)
Plot Summary:
An unidentified female body was found in a cave in outskirts of Longwan. A man suddenly showed and required for a DNA match with the body. The latter turned out to be his mum Luo Hongying who was the missing suspect of the case 20 years ago which was handled by Gao Jianshe. Gao Feng who is Gao Jianshe's son found the connections between those leads and decided to find out the truth about his father's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective
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Cold Shores (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday's intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together. Seven years later, Alina and Mark have a strong family. But one day, Mark goes on a business trip and meets there a woman who looks like his missing wife, Maria, like two peas in a pod. Mark is unable to master the feelings that have overwhelmed him again and leaves Alina for a woman who so frighteningly resembles his late first wife. Meanwhile murders of young women are renewed in the town - a mysterious maniac, already forgotten by everyone, goes hunting again. Alina, abandoned by her husband, returns to the police work and the search for a maniac, which leads her to a shocking discovery.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Masquerade Hotel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa) works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer? --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, intellectual, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Suspect X (2008)
Plot Summary:
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, intellectual, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, crime thriller, twisted
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Lady Against the Odds (1992)
Plot Summary:
A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996)
Plot Summary:
One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott Manning.Manning challenges Jonathan, and their old rivalry is rekindled, with Hart besting Manning every time. When Manning begins to behave strangely toward Jennifer, a series of disturbing events reveals that this rivalry is no longer so good-natured, and the Harts find themselves bait in a trap.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)
Plot Summary:
Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 hours.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Certain Justice (1998)
Plot Summary:
The story is about the murder of Venetia Aldridge, a QC (Queen's Council) in a London "Chambers" and a very ambitious barrister who has a track record of winning her cases. She doesn't necessarily prove that her clients are innocent, she simply disproves the prosecution's case against them. In the course of her career ,she has made enemies and one of them kills her and she is found in a very ritualistic setting.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective
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Midsummer's Equation (2013)
Plot Summary:
Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective