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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min
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The Naked Edge (1961)
Plot Summary:
Michael Anderson's 1961 suspense thriller stars Deborah Kerr as a London wife who suspects her wealthy husband (Gary Cooper) might be a murderer. The cast also includes Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold and Michael Wilding. This was Gary Cooper's last film.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: noir
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The Carey Treatment (1972)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Peter Carey is a pathologist at a Boston hospital. The daughter of the hospital's Chief of Staff dies after an illegal abortion goes wrong, and Carey's friend and colleague Dr. David Tao is accused of performing the abortion. Carey doesn't buy it, and so he digs deeper, angering the girl's father in the process. Questions abound: Who performed the abortion? Was the girl really pregnant? And what does it have to do with stolen morphine, blackmail attempts, and a mysterious and dangerous masseur?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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The Vanity Serum (2003)
Plot Summary:
The vips of italian television disappear in a mysterious way. Two detectives, Lucia and Franco, try to investigate in this mystery, drowning into a strange world, where the leader is the powerful star Sonia Norton.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
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The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962)
Plot Summary:
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min
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Frozen with Fear (2001)
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Katherine Sullivan, an acute agoraphobic, witnesses the murder of her husband and speaks with the investigating detective. Then both the body and the detective disappear. Katherine hires private investigator Jack Mize to figure out, only Mize isn't so sure Katherine's version of reality is the truth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Stegman is Dead (2017)
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In this crime comedy, bizarre assassins must come together to unravel the puzzle of Stegman's blackmail secret, and why he's already dead on the set of his own porn film.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
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The Two Lives of Daniel Shore (2009)
Plot Summary:
A thriller about a man haunted by a past trauma.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
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Polish Death (1995)
Plot Summary:
Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min
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Souvenir for the Prosecutor (1989)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly ordinary car accident turns out to be a murder investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
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The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
Plot Summary:
A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, cult film
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Death will return (1961)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, suspense
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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
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Lords of London (2014)
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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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Out of Annie's Past (1995)
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Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those involved. Soon, deaths of some major players in the game change the stakes from dollars and cents to life and death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Trick of the Eye (1994)
Plot Summary:
A woman artist is hired by a wealthy woman to paint a mural in a room however she finds out that the woman wants her to do more than paint the mural as hidden family secrets are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Red Herring (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas homicide detective investigating his best friend uncovers a professional assassin.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Falsely Accused (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer to prove her innocence. Along the way she encounters unexpected love, sadness, and hardships, as well as deep insights about the crime, herself, and her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
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The Fearless (2019)
Plot Summary:
A reborn gangster accidentally found himself being able to see ghosts, which led to a life-changing experience. "Guests" came to him for help one after another... Started from death, what did they want him to see?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Squeaker (1963)
Plot Summary:
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 93 min
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Machine Gun Man (1961)
Plot Summary:
Police procedural: tracking a ruthless Chicago hitman who's found a gig in Mexico City.
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Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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One Step Behind (2005)
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Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three friends and a fourth person, a young woman in a mental hospital.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 101 min
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Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons (2022)
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The members of the Fallen Angels Murder Club must band together again as they search for answers surrounding the death of one of their own. Hollis Morgan finds herself at the center of the investigation when a journalist reporting on the murder also winds up dead. As bodies begin to stack up, and Hollis connects the dots, she must solve the murders before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
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Tango of Perversion (1973)
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A rich man with an impotence problem becomes subject to manipulation by those around him. When he gives the keys to his villa to two women, he witnesses a murder. A series of cunning plots and secrets make things difficult for the police as they hunt for the murderer, but a film that the owner of the villa secretly shot reveals the perpetrator’s identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, cult film
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The Preacher (2007)
Plot Summary:
A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Heads or Tails (1980)
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Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001)
Plot Summary:
In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
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Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
Plot Summary:
English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
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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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A Study in Terror (1965)
Plot Summary:
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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The Vanished (2018)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, twisted