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Plot Summary:
After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one stormy night. Only Sébastien, then a four-month old baby, was spared. Whilst Sébastien is being seduced by Charmaine, Dupin is killed by someone else. Sébastien’s next victim, the miller Didon Pujol, is also murdered before he has a chance to take his revenge. Sébastien realises that someone is watching his every move and is going to extraordinary lengths to protect him. But who, and why..?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973)
Plot Summary:
The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan misfires when a group of hippies are the first to move in. The hippies' free and unconventional ways quickly upset the staid lives of the locals. Then one of the locals is found murdered, and suspicion inevitably falls on the newcomers. Eventually, the locals and the hippies join forces to solve the mystery, and in the course of their adventures learn to respect each others' ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Murder Farm (2009)
Plot Summary:
The young Kathrin returns to the small village where she was born to bury her mother, whom she barely knew. Piece by piece she learns the details behind the gruesome murder of an entire family on a farm near the village. It has been two years since the murder happened, but the memories are still vivid and Kathrin's visit is stirring up the past. Almost everybody seems to have had a reason to be the murderer. The murderer who was never found.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, realistic
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So Long, Stooge (1983)
Plot Summary:
Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Bensoussan, raised in foster homes, now a small-time pusher for a bar owner named Rashid, comes to the station needing a spark plug for a stolen Moped. He and Lambert connect somehow, and a few days later, they go for a drink. The young man is too cavalier, and when he swipes Rashid's fancy motorcycle a couple of times, he's expendable. Lambert decides to avenge the young man and seeks information from Lola, a punk who knew Bensoussan. With surprising perseverance, she pierces Lambert's shell; he starts to feel again, tells Lola his story, and finds new enthusiasm for life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Zift (2008)
Plot Summary:
Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world - the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of freedom draws the map of a diabolical city full of decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets and a bizarre parade of characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, realistic, dark comedy, psychological, neo western, tense, rough, thought provoking
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End of the Game (1975)
Plot Summary:
Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy
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Ten Days Wonder (1971)
Plot Summary:
Anthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor (Michel Piccoli) to the Gatsby-like provincial manor presided over by his powerful tycoon father (Orson Welles). Welcomed by Welles' young wife (Marlene Jobert), Piccoli soon finds a nest of rats beneath the bourgeoisie voluptuousness -- a clan bound in a circle of illicit romance, blackmail, faked burglaries and, of course, murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Mystery, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Plot Summary:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, stylized, dark comedy, retro, anthology, art house, postmodern, perverse, psychological
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Frozen Silence (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1943, during the midst of World War II, a serial murderer appears in the Blue Division, volunteer body of Spanish soldiers who fought on the Russian front with German troops. After finding the body of a Spanish soldier who has been stuck in the shoulder and has a knife inscription ("Look at God looking at you"), an investigation is initiated by the soldier in charge Arturo Andrade, police inspector who takes the job with precision and professionalism, aided by Sergeant Estrada. They begin to suspect that behind this murder dark secrets of the past are hidden.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic
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Case G (2006)
Plot Summary:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van Veeteren has personal reasons for wanting him caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
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Body of My Enemy (1976)
Plot Summary:
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to Gilberte's family. He needs friends. And friends are hard to come by in his town.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, manga, clever, cynical
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Murder at the Savoy (1993)
Plot Summary:
A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Missing Gun (2002)
Plot Summary:
In this tense thriller, Ma Shan (Wen Jiang) is a Chinese police detective who awakes one morning after a night of heavy drinking at his sister's wedding reception to discover that his gun has been stolen. Since only police officers are allowed to carry firearms, Ma Shan is alarmed about the deadly possibilities of the theft, and he sets out to find his weapon; however, the memories of Ma Shan's friends are as hazy as his own regarding the wedding, and no one can tell who drove him home. The situation comes to a head when Ma Shan's former girlfriend arrives in town for a visit and is soon found shot dead with the bullets matching those used in his gun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, crying
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A Killing Affair (1985)
Plot Summary:
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she begins to fall for him, but continues to question whether or not she can trust him.Directed by David Saperstein and based on a novel by Robert Houston, A Killing Affair features twists and turns up until the end.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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And Never Let Her Go (2001)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
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Act of Aggression (1975)
Plot Summary:
After his wife and daughter are raped and killed by a motorbike gang a man sets out to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, classic horror, exciting, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Plot Summary:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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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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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
Plot Summary:
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, spooky, psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Moreno and the Silence (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, tongues begin to loosen.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
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Unnatural Causes (1993)
Plot Summary:
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named Inspector Reckless.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: detective, crime thriller, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic
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All Around the Town (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young woman, seemingly good but still psychologically disturbed from being kidnapped as a little girl, becomes the obvious suspect in a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic
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Into the White Night (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, twisted, realistic, suspenseful
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Plot Summary:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara (Charlotte Rampling), the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth, with surprising results. Both Serrault and Rampling are outstanding in this well-directed, well-paced film. On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois was also released as He Died With His Eyes Open and won the Jury Prize at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, detective, gloomy, sexual, sexy
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Malice Aforethought (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Try to Remember (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, scary, tense, mind bending, suspenseful
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The Owls (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this mysterious stranger has a plan which includes all four of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
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Pasha (1968)
Plot Summary:
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, microfilm
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The Man from London (2007)
Plot Summary:
One night Maloin, a switchman at a seaside railway station situated by a ferry harbour, witnesses a terrible event.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, black and white, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, contemplative, captivating, art house, confusing
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Pavement (2002)
Plot Summary:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this is a serial killer choosing victims at random, but Sam and Buckley discover a pattern involving health personnel who work in neonatal intensive care. Doctors aren't supposed to play god, but someone's decision years before has driven a killer over the brink. Can they find him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic