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Plot Summary:
A blind acupuncturist finds himself in the middle of a murder mystery at the royal palace.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 778
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Door to Silence (1992)
Plot Summary:
Successful businessman Melvin Dovereux is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him and a woman in a sports car. Could the funeral procession actuly be for him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Chinese Room (1968)
Plot Summary:
It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Museum Of Horror (1964)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Mother's Deadly Son (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Death Cruise (1974)
Plot Summary:
Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Jigsaw (1968)
Plot Summary:
After inadvertently ingesting some sugar laced with LSD, a man wakes up with amnesia and in the middle of a murder plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Unthinkable (2019)
Plot Summary:
When he is tasked to take care of the former US ambassador in Syria, a med student comes to learn of the devastating impact a past attack left on the ambassador's family and the dark secrets connected to it. Soon, he finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, political, suspense, suspense thriller, twisted
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Lords of London (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tony is a notorious gangster with a big problem. He has woken up in an abandoned farmhouse, with blood on his shirt, and no memory of how he got there. He stumbles into a small town and discovers he’s in an Italian village that seems to be lost in time.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, period piece, british noir
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Deep in the Wood (2015)
Plot Summary:
When young Tommi goes missing during a festival in the Dolomites in 2010, his parents are devastated. Five years later, a boy is found with no name or records; DNA tests prove it is Tommi. But while Tommi's father Manuel welcomes him back with open arms, his mother Linda is not convinced that it is her son. Suspicion and superstition permeate the pores of this eerie mystery thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Dead Sleep (1990)
Plot Summary:
A nurse uncovers the terrifying truth about a renowned doctor whose patients have become permanently maimed by his special dose of a drug called "Dead Sleep.".
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, mind bending, bleak, realistic, erotic, medical horror, independent film, scary, tense, serious
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No Date, No Signature (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, sentimental, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative, independent film
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Stalked by My Mother (2016)
Plot Summary:
A daughter acuses her mother for killing her boyfriend but was it really the mother who did it or was it someone who has always been there?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspense, mysterious, suspenseful
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10 Year Reunion (2016)
Plot Summary:
At their 10-year high school reunion, Carly Newman and her old clique discover that their friend Abby's death right before graduation may not have been an accident after all when an unknown assailant begins to threaten them. Kayla Ewell, Jillian Nelson, Johnny Pacar, Anya Engel-Adams, Abigail Klein, Thea Gill, Bryce Durfee star.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Shenanigans (2012)
Plot Summary:
A famous novelist invites five friends for dinner. He prepared everything: good wine, small presents for everyone, a good meal and... his suicide as dessert.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful
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Office (2015)
Plot Summary:
An exemplary officer worker and head of his family KIM Byung-Guk murdered his entire family without any provocation and disappeared into thin air. Homicide detective Jong-Hoon immediately begins his investigation at KIM's office but all of KIM's colleagues seem to be hiding something. He realizes that KIM and an intern named Mirae were close and suspects something out of ordinary. During his investigation, Jong-Hoon obtains a CCTV footage of KIM entering the office parking lot immediately following the murder of his family but he was never seen exiting. Meanwhile, KIM's colleagues are all on the edge, fearing that KIM may come after them for various reasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, twisted, surprise ending, twist ending
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Irul (2021)
Plot Summary:
A dark rainy night, an empty house, a stranded couple and an unknown man. A sleek game of the cat and the mouse starts playing on, as the three of them find a dead body in the basement.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, psychological thriller
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Samrat & Co. (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for reasons that appear natural but are not known; leading horticulturists have examined the fading plants but they have not been able to identify the probable reason. Further, her father's favorite horse died; once again the reason for the pre-mature death remains a mystery. That's not the end; Dimpy's father Mahendra Pratap Singh, otherwise a very strong and balanced man, has been experiencing deteriorating health. All these aspects when combined makes the case sound weird and that grabs the attention of Samrat. Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey, visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers lots of mysterious facts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
Plot Summary:
The films depicts a team of CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating into a murder case. The lead character, Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radhavinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, suspense thriller, cult film
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The Lightest Darkness (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, captivating, disturbing, surreal, independent film, detective
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Blood Rain (2005)
Plot Summary:
This is a powerful period piece murder mystery about disgrace, conscience, and the impossibility of justice. In 1808 the imperial investigator Won-kyu arrives on the idyllic island Donghwa in order to investigate a grisly murder series. The superstitious rural population belives that a ghost is taking revenge for a wrongful execution of seven years ago. However, inquisitor Won-kyu suspects there to be a rather rational explanation for the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, action thriller, twisted, serious, detective
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Children... (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out on a nearby mountain to catch frogs, and then they go missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: suspense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, depressing, dark, action thriller, twisted
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Wandering Eye (2011)
Plot Summary:
Neglected by her workaholic husband, a young wife, Maren Abbott, meets a man through Wandering Eye - a networking website designed to facilitate extramarital liaisons. Charming as he is, she realizes she can't go through with the affair. When he is found brutally murdered in their hotel room, infidelity is the least of Maren's worries as she finds herself in the cross-hairs of a serial killer who uses the website to trawl for his next victims. Written by Incendo Media.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful
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Beneath the Surface (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young woman survives a great white shark attack, whilst on a family boating vacation, however soon realizes the nightmare is far from over. Those around her can not be trusted, and she must face her demons, if she is to step back in the water.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, dramatic, rough, bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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The Flower with Petals of Steel (1973)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy surgeon Andreas Valenti accidentally kills one of his lovers, Daniella, with an unusual objet d'arte and covers it up by dismembering and disposing of the body never realizing he's being watched by a stalker the entire time. Daniella's half-sister, Evelyne, knows he is somehow responsible for the girl's disappearance and enlists the aid of Inspector Garrano to help prove it. They discover the good doctor had a rich young wife who went insane on her wedding night and was committed to a lunatic asylum; later pronounced cured, she had vanished upon release. Andreas, now being blackmailed with photos of his cover-up crime, also finds himself framed when the flower with petals of steel that did Daniella in is used to murder Evelyne. Having fallen for the dead woman, the Insector won't stop until he gets to the bottom of the disappearances and deaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, cult film
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The Unseen (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gemma and Will are shattered when their son dies in an accident. Gemma blames herself and starts to have panic attacks that affect her eyesight - and the audience's point of view. Will, tormented, believes he is hearing his son's voice calling out to him. To escape their grief, Gemma suggests they take up Paul's offer to stay at his Lake District country getaway. Gemma's, helped by ex-pharmacist Paul, tries to stop her panic attacks with medication. Will, unable to hear to his son in his bedroom back home, antagonizes Paul and suddenly goes home. Gemma is now reliant on Paul who appears to be developing genuine feelings for her welfare. Love, grief, and the frailty of the human condition are all brought to the fore as Gemma Will and Paul are caught up in a descent into violence, both psychological and ultimately physical.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, light, surprise ending, independent film
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Mortal Thoughts (1991)
Plot Summary:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, clever, tense, suspenseful, talky, stylized, neo noir, detective, noir
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Babysitter's Nightmare (2018)
Plot Summary:
With a killer on the loose, a young woman takes babysitting to a new level to escape the danger and reveal the killer’s identity.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fatal Intuition (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jang-woo had only his sister to live for until she is brutally murdered. During a ritual to send her spirit to heaven, he comes across a suspicious man, who manages to escape from the scene. He begins to suspect a local pharmacist and keeps an eye on him. Although Jang-woo is absolutely convinced that the pharmacist is the killer, no one believes him because the pharmacist is considered the kindest man in town. But he gets help from a possessed woman named Si-eun who foresees how people die. Their pursuit begins and Si-eun predicts yet another murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Crimes That Bind (2018)
Plot Summary:
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective