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Plot Summary:
A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Midnight Man (1974)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a night watchman. He is reluctantly drawn into the criminal investigation and eventually becomes a suspect in the case. Will he be able to find the real murderer and clear his own name, or not?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: political
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Stone Cold Killers (2004)
Plot Summary:
Four drug dealers with completely different backgrounds band together to become the most feared force in the business.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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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A Crime of Passion (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense
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A Complex Plot About Women, Alleys and Crimes (1985)
Plot Summary:
Rabal is a blind, elderly leader of the Camorra whose son ends up dead as he attempts to rape Molina. Somebody has stuck the corpse strategically with a hypodermic needle, which is to become the signature of a series of killings of Naples drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, poliziottesco
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Permanent (2014)
Plot Summary:
Six unrelated people must push through their past and the mob underworld to discover what has controlled each of them all these years. Sex, Drugs, Guns and God have created a series of events which will leave each of them changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Such a Lovely Town... (1979)
Plot Summary:
Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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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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Motel (1984)
Plot Summary:
The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective
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Where Is the Third King? (1967)
Plot Summary:
A classic criminal story set between Poland and South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971)
Plot Summary:
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: weird
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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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Crime on the Highway (1982)
Plot Summary:
L'omicidio di un camionista avvenuto su di un'autostrada nei pressi di Roma mette in allarme la polizia che affida le indagini all'ispettore Giraldi.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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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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Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Grey Lady (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Berenice Seeks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the killers offer him a large sum of money to remain quiet.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Plot Summary:
Terrence McDonagh, a New Orleans Police sergeant, who starts out as a good cop, receiving a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. During his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and later becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. McDonagh finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: surreal, stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, harsh, disturbing, detective, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Distortion (2006)
Plot Summary:
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late. His story dismissed by the police, he's left with no choice but to rely on his own detective skills in a high-stakes race against time.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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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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Carambole (2005)
Plot Summary:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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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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Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
Plot Summary:
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, disturbing
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The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
Plot Summary:
Athos Magnani, a young researcher, returns to Tara, where his father was killed before his birth, at the request of Draifa. The father, also named Athos Magnani and looking exactly like the son, was killed by a fascist in 1936 -- or so says Draifa (his mistress), the town statue, and everyone in town. As the son untangles the web of lies this story is constructed from, he finds himself ensnared in the same web.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: metafiction, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, contemplative, talky, stylized, non-linear
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Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits suicide, authorities discover a marriage of secrets and betrayal. While the investigation seems to be leading to the final conclusion that her death was a suicide, bits and pieces of the couple’s lives come to the surface. These discoveries soon convey that looks can be deceiving and people are not necessarily what they appear to be!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Clockers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein doesn't buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: hood, detective, grim, neo noir, realistic, dark, social, controversial, crime drama, tense
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People I Know (2002)
Plot Summary:
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, stylized, intense, cynical, bleak, intellectual, clever, serious, realistic, witty
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Plot Summary:
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, detective
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Narc (2002)
Plot Summary:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, harsh, disturbing