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Plot Summary:
The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by their son, Matthew Wales. The crime and subsequent trial received widespread media coverage throughout Australia and later became the subject of both a book and a television film.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
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In Motion (2002)
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Modern Russian take on Felinni's "La Dolce Vita" focuses on a few days from one popular Moscow journalist's life and the essential attributes of his life: Sex, betrayal, love, friendship, murders, etc.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min
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A Glaring Emission (2010)
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Brian Torro (Sean Dennison) has built his career -- and his sizable fortune -- on his ability to make people believe anything. When a client (Joe Reed) uncovers his ruse by chance and tries to blackmail him for 50 million euros, Torro's only got a week to turn the tables. Director Aaron Moorhead also co-wrote the screenplay for this independent drama about the fine art of B.S. -- and the business of carbon emissions.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mordkommission K?nigswinkel (2017)
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Police commissioner Thomas Stark, released from jail after three years after the trial for the murder of his former partner was quashed, is picked up and housed not by his wife, who disowned him and hesitates whether to reestablish contact with their bratty teen daughter, but by his discredited attorney Rainer Kessler. Stark insists instantly to rejoin his Füssen precinct in Königswinkel, where doubt remain concerning his innocence. Captain Mehrin assigns him not above loyal believer Peter Breitkreuz but under openly hostile Julia Bachleitner, to keep an eye on him for chief and her husband, state attorney Magnus Bachleitner. Their first case is the murder of local newspaper reporter Schäfer; who sought his first great scoop investigating the Italian mafia connections in Allgäu. Despite sabotage from Julia, Thomas does a good job, using his rapport with former classmate and restaurant owner Francesco Danesi only to be mistrusted by both sides. The missing evidence apparently gathered.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
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Fresh out of juvenile prison, Tommy has sworn off the drugs. But when the going gets tough, the only support he finds is from his best friend Sule - who has "the master plan": one last drug deal to finance their own auto body shop.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 109 min
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976)
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Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at the baron by switching the vase with a cheap Hong Kong copy. One attempt is made during the barons hunting party, where Egon ends up being bricked up in the catacombs. In another attempt, the gang has to coordinate breaking through several walls at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen with the "Elverhøj" overture.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min
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It tells his story in the turbulent days near the end of the Vietnam War, as a young Chicano man questioning his and his people’s place in society as thousands of his Latino brethren return from the war in coffins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 81 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Duration: 97 min
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Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, contemplative
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While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 215
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Convict Roberto murders a guard and escapes from jail with his cellmate. Once free he joins a group of gangsters and becomes a professional hitman. The gang abduct a young woman and when one them attacks her, Roberto shoots him and takes her to an abandoned farm house….
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 66
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The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 118
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When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA head, realize he's bent on a vengeance killin. Who the prospective victim is remains to be seen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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After serving three years in prison for a bank robbery, Joe Dasco is released and reunited with his son. Together they both go looking for work in the Texas oil fields. Not being able to hold a steady honest job, Joe Dasco along with a few men that he befriends along the way attempt to kidnap an oil baron's son. The kidnapping fails and Joe Dasco is shot and killed. His son Joey is then left alone but inherits what his father fought and died for.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 281
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Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, poliziottesco
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 265
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 802
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 925
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Country: Australia
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 329
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 650
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the crime empire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
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