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Plot Summary:
Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime
Country: China
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, suspense, disturbing
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Crimes of Passion: King Lily of the Valley (2013)
Plot Summary:
Spring is in the air and Puck and Einar, as well as Christer Wijk are invited to a wedding in Skoga. The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be enters a flower-shop in order to inspect her bridal bouquet of lily of the valley, but suddenly vanishes without at trace. When she eventually turns up again, it is Christer who finds her. She lies dead outside her home with a bouquet of lily of the valley in her hand. Everybody close to the bride are suspects, not least her best friend, whom Christer has just begun flirting with. Everybody seems to have something to hide. Question is: are their secrets connected to the murder?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Flames of Fury (2021)
Plot Summary:
First barns burn, then an old house burns. A fire brigade goes around. A corpse burned beyond recognition is found in the old house. Intention or amazing coincidence? Franzi Heilmayr and Martin Merana believe in coincidence - until the evidence suddenly points in a completely different direction. And deadly danger still emanates from there.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Entanglement (2011)
Plot Summary:
A member of a therapy group is found dead. A prosecutor and a police officer try to solve the mystery of his death.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, neo noir
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Final Vision (2017)
Plot Summary:
Capt. Jeffery McDonald is convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1979 for the murders of his wife and two children at their Fort Bragg home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Wedding Murders (2016)
Plot Summary:
Serial Killer Henry Sparks fall in love with his childhood sweetheart Detective Prospect Jenkins who is after him.
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Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, independent film, detective, gay cinema
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Iris 2: The Movie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set 3 years after the first season, members of the National Security Service (NSS) team, including Jung Yoo Gun, Ji Soo Yeon and other agents attempt to pull the curtain on mysterious group IRIS. Agent Yoo Gun is the leader of the NSS TF-A team. While he goes up against Baek San, Yoo Gun becomes involved in a case which changes his fate forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Cock and Bull (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a murder occurs in a small town in Southeast China, a local mechanic, known for his honesty, comes under suspicion. When the police target him to take the fall, he’s forced to try and exonerate himself, uncovering a number of disturbing facts, most much bigger than the initial crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Crime
Country: China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Chilling Cosplay (2013)
Plot Summary:
The police investigate the murder of a young woman whose corpse was frozen and dressed up like a doll.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Pleasure Principle (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious murders has been committed in four post-communist cities: Warsaw, Prague, Odesa, and Leipzig. The investigations are carried out by three absolutely different in many aspects criminal police officers. Independently of one another, they soon come to the conclusion that all four murders are connected. Now, to solve the crimes they have to work together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Crime
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Russia
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough
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Frustrated (2013)
Plot Summary:
Constant humiliation from society and a long drift into solitude slowly turn murder fantasies of Fabrice Lombard into an irrepressible impulse and Fabrice Lombard into a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, serious, suspense, noir, art house, crime drama, visual, twisted
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Love You to Death (2015)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer prosecuting a man accused of killing his wife must battle with her emotions due to the similarities to the death of her own mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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My Murder (2012)
Plot Summary:
A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the 15-year-old he thought of as his girlfriend, in what became known as the honey trap killing.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Murder Tapes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Incorporating bodycam footage from the initial crime scene, surveillance video, and interrogation room recordings, homicide investigations unfold through dramatic real video footage providing an up-close perspective on homicide investigations.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspense, disturbing, thrilling
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Evil, I (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sourcing the most intimate and incriminating thoughts from the dark recesses of a murderer’s mind, see real homicide investigations through the eyes of horrific serial murderers, with insight from tragic family members and detectives on the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Forensic Heroes IV (2020)
Plot Summary:
The forensics team and the crime team on Hong Kong's police force are challenged once again as the squad is staffed with new personnel. This time, the crime-solving police force led by Go Sir, Dr. Man, and King Sir, who all work together with their respective teams to solve murder mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, intellectual, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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The Defected (2019)
Plot Summary:
A thrilling story revolving around a policeman who becomes embroiled in a conspiracy plaguing the high-ranking officials due to an incident that almost cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Nippon Noir (2019)
Plot Summary:
Who is the killer? Who stole the $10 million? The doubts, lies, suspicion, and betrayal are unstoppable as one detective launches an evil mutiny in this unconventional police mystery drama where nothing goes as you predicted.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Strawberry Night Saga (2019)
Plot Summary:
Reiko Himekawa is just 27-years-old, but she has already received a promotion to become an assistant police inspector. She leads the 10th murder investigation team at the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko Himekawa is an excellent detective and deals with many difficult cases. She works with Tamotsu Ishikura, Kohei Yuda and Shinji Otsuka on her team. The team then gets Kazuo Kikuta as a new member. Kazuo Kikuta is a detective who does not talk much, but looks to do the right thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Double Xposure (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Song Qi stumbles upon her boyfriend's affair with her best friend, her life quickly starts falling apart and she is subsequently drawn into a quicksand of revenge and murder. Though all is not as it seems and Song Qi will have to embark on a twisted journey into her past and the very depths of her own mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing
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The Big Shot (2019)
Plot Summary:
Chinese remake of korean film Veteran.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama
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Unfair: the answer (2011)
Plot Summary:
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Original Gangster (2020)
Plot Summary:
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy (2012)
Plot Summary:
Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful
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Crack / System (2021)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary Warsaw. A homeless alcoholic dies. Commissioner Monika Brzozowska, who leads the investigation, senses that there is more to the case than just a scam. Subsequent crimes with a similar modus operandi confirm her suspicions. During the investigation it turns out that the former sins of the murdered are related to the mistakes of the commissioner's youth. Brzozowska, suffering from memory lapses, becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will force her to look back and fight again with the demons of the past. Demons that she had only apparently defeated years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, contemplative
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Nightstalker (2002)
Plot Summary:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, detective
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Angels (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hameem Haider (Indrajith) is a police officer who meets with an accident while investigating a series of murders and is forced to take a break from his duties. Years later the unsolved murders are picked up by a reality TV show.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Framed By the Killer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Elaborate who done it murder mysteries where every episode explores a case that points police to one suspect only to later discover that person was framed by the actual killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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The Killing Game (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her career as a forensic sculptor and works to close the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic