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Plot Summary:
Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman is miserable in the narrow-minded town she is living, while Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, biblical
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Wildland (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year-old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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A Blast (2014)
Plot Summary:
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full of money. In front of her, the hopeless vastness of the motorway. Only a day before she was a caring mother, a loving wife, a responsible daughter. Today she has gone rogue.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, non-linear, gloomy, homoerotic, gay cinema
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Beauty and the Dogs (2017)
Plot Summary:
Mariam just wanted to enjoy the night, when a tragic event occurs. Despite the trauma, the pretty tunisian student is determined to go to the police. But what can be done when your persecutor is your only chance?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller
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Spring Awakening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, non-linear, freeze frame
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Nigerian Prince (2018)
Plot Summary:
After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager, joins forces with an internet scammer, in order to return to the United States.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Nigeria
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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Killing Jesus (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paula, a young art student, witnesses the assassination of her father, a university professor. Frustrated by the local police she starts to investigate the murder herself. Driven by anger, frustration and sorrow, she commits fearless acts that put her and her family at risk.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking
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Heli (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, controversial, neo western, slow cinema
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The Collaborators (2015)
Plot Summary:
A tale of two art students who, after a horrific event, are forced to take off across country in a stolen taxi to evade the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, road movie
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Undercover (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young female police officer Nurgül Özdemir lives her life in a rural environment. When she gets asked for an undercover mission in Amsterdam, she grabs the opportunity to get out of the problems this place is giving her. She leaves her homesick father and dependent mother behind in an attempt to find out what she really wants with her life. In Amsterdam Nurgül gets to play a key role in the exposure of a drugdealer and learns what it is to be an undercover agent. During the mission, she finds out the secrets about her long lost brother and discovers the real reason why she was sent to Amsterdam.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating
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Where Birds Don't Fly (2017)
Plot Summary:
A team of hardened detectives come face to face with evil as they investigate a killing spree in San Bernardino California.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Red Ink (2000)
Plot Summary:
A female doctor is shot by police who think she pulled a gun on them. A reporter looks into the case and discovers links to the deaths of several black children.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Only God Can Judge Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ricky spent years behind bars after taking the rap for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif after a failed robbery. Now, Latif wants to express gratitude by letting Ricky in on a coup that will bring lots of money. After some hesitation, Ricky agrees, and gets his brother Rafael on board. Everything runs smoothly, until police officer Diana turns up on the scene. A nerve-wracking cat and mouse game is set in motion. Director Özgür Yildirim’s most recent film offers insight into Frankfurt’s gangster world. As before in CHIKO – which also starred Moritz Bleibtreu – he portrays the daily life of the criminal underground scene in a large German city.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Cuck (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ronnie is a young white male, struggling with the pressures of life. He’s unemployed, rejected from the military for being mentally unstable, and lives at home with his ailing and nagging mother. Ronnie finds an outlet for his frustration online. The alt-right community gives him a place to belong and absolves his personal responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, thought provoking
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Murdered (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cathy has been preparing herself since early morning. She is about to celebrate her daughter Eva's 20th birthday. But on this very day, Cathy's life is turned upside-down with the shocking news that her daughter has been murdered. At first devastated and lost when faced with the workings of the police and the justice system, Cathy becomes determined to fight to know the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Badge of Honor (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two Narcotics Detectives find themselves in an intense investigation lead by a determined Internal Affairs Detective after a child is wrongfully shot dead in a violent drug bust.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating
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Lila & Eve (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, exciting, captivating, crime drama, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Policewoman (2000)
Plot Summary:
Die Polizistin is a documentary by Andreas Dresen about the life of a young police woman who is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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No Good Deed (2002)
Plot Summary:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, neo noir, suspense, talky, stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense
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The Jingoist (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, talky
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Stand Off (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Gangster (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Antapal" is a fact-based tale with documentary segments in which old-timers from the era are interviewed and talk about the young gangsters of 1950s and '60s Thailand, but centres on Dang's friend Jod this time. Jod is a gangster who has been sent to jail as a result of a military coup who brings new order to the streets. In the young gangsters' neighbourhood, it is a uniformed officer named Neung who rules like a dictator and is a frequent thorn in the side of Jod's gang. When he emerges from prison, Jod is a changed man with a determination to set things right. But, knowing no other life, he returns to his old gangster ways with his old crew, which the new kids have joined. Amidst beefing with rival gangs and paranoia over a possible mole within their ranks, Jod's new gang quickly unravels.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, heroic, poliziottesco
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Bonded by Blood 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the shadow of the Range Rover murders, drugs, violence and revenge continue to reign in a criminal underworld even darker and deadlier than before as a new generation of Essex Boys begin to carve their bloody mark.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing
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The Accused (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect for a crime that attracts a lot of media attention and has placed her in the center of the public eye. Dolores spends her days preparing for the trial, secluded in her house as her parents work as a team ready to do anything to defend their daughter. The best lawyer is not enough, they obsessively control around her: how she looks, what she does, eats and who she sees. But as the trial moves forward and pressure grows, suspicion and secrets emerge within the family. Cornered, increasingly isolated and just when any mistake could prove disastrous, Dolores puts the entire strategy at risk.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Eiffel Tower Mystery (2015)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend embark on a quest across Paris to solve the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, historical drama, queer cinema, period drama
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A Life Not to Follow (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Neo-Noir film told in three interlacing chapters: Eric is a dead man and he knows it. Death is imminent and he must make amends for his past sins, by killing those who wronged him, no matter the price: A wiseguy willing to do anything to move up in the world must now make the ultimate sacrifice. He must kill his best friend or in turn be killed: An F.B.I.agent turned P.I. is on the trail of a missing girl. In his long search for her he comes face to face with a host of unsavory characters who will lead him to perdition or salvation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film, detective, cult film
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The Corrupted (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Black Widow (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Black Widow is not dead ... Drug Queen Carmen van Walraven is hiding in Canada and leads an anonymous life there. One evening a colleague is harassed and Carmen helps her. In self-defense, she kills the perpetrator, is arrested and extradited to the Netherlands. While her children are in shock that their mother is still alive, there are also some people who still have to settle something with Carmen. Everyone is again dragged into an emotional rollercoaster. Carmen will now have deal with her past to save her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)
Plot Summary:
A resident in Ooty named ‘Petition’ Pethuraj reopens a case from 2004 that involved a serial killer ‘Psycho Jyoti’ who was convicted for the kidnapping and murder. Venba, his daughter and a passionate lawyer, seeks to unveil the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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I Killed My BFF (2015)
Plot Summary:
A friendship between two young mothers results in murder when one develops an attraction to the other's boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (2014)
Plot Summary:
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, bloody, suspense, neo western, weird