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Plot Summary:
A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
Plot Summary:
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Plot Summary:
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, classic horror
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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
Plot tags:
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The Inn on the River (1962)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Zombie Walks (1968)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: detective
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Room 13 (1964)
Plot Summary:
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Denmark, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror
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The Indian Scarf (1963)
Plot Summary:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
Plot Summary:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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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
Plot tags:
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Angels of Terror (1971)
Plot Summary:
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister who she finds is involved with a heroin smuggling gang. The gang itself is under attack from an unknown rival, who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, poliziottesco
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The Hunchback of Soho (1966)
Plot Summary:
A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Plot Summary:
The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if The Hexer may get away yet again.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, black and white
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Target for Killing (1966)
Plot Summary:
A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Italy, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Plot Summary:
US TV version of the classic Sherlock Holmes story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: detective, psychotronic
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Psycho-Circus (1966)
Plot Summary:
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Dead Eyes of London (1961)
Plot Summary:
A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, gothic, suspense, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, art house
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The College Girl Murders (1967)
Plot Summary:
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, independent film, eurospy
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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
Plot tags:
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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, retro, spooky, black comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Like Father Like Son (2005)
Plot Summary:
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective, realistic
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
Plot Summary:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, black and white, suspense, slasher, crime drama, independent film, mind bending
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The Alphabet Murders (1965)
Plot Summary:
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, parody, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Murder She Said (1961)
Plot Summary:
Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing by train yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own. Her inquisitions lead her to a mountain top. The first of four films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple that all achieved cult status.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever, black and white, slasher, crime drama, cult classic, detective, cult film
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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Plot Summary:
Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are witness to the death of the very old and rich Mr. Enderby by heart attack. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don’t believe them thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself. A cult film starring Margaret Rutherford.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: black and white, slasher, twist ending, crime drama, detective, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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Borkmann's Point (2005)
Plot Summary:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration that is not without its problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, realistic
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The Riddle (2007)
Plot Summary:
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, clever, psychological thriller
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Sometimes the Good Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious death at the Abbey, Sister Talia finds herself caught in the center of the internal investigation. With strict orders from the newly elected Mother Superior, she must uncover the truth behind the death and ensure the Abbey remains undisturbed. Things take a sharp turn when another sister is found murdered and Sister Talia is forced to find the killer. As she discovers larger secrets plaguing the Abbey, Sister Talia must reconcile her past life in order to follow through with the task at hand. For Sister Talia, all that she knows about the Abbey and her Sisters is about to come into question, as she discovers sometimes the good kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
Similar in 85%
A Is For Acid (2002)
Plot Summary:
John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatisation.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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The Boston Strangler (1968)
Plot Summary:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, rough, suspense, detective, suspenseful, slasher, psychosexual thriller, retro
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Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
Plot Summary:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, gloomy