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Plot Summary:
After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a comic con convention and every single one of them was a white spider sitting on or nearby the body.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective
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The Outsider (1967)
Plot Summary:
Not so uncommon themes of the 1960's are used as dark backdrop for a hard-nosed, private eye/ex-con with a bone to pick with the Los Angeles police Dept. Darren McGavin plays David Ross the hired investigator to play a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quick when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect of an attractive woman's death.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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An Obsession (1997)
Plot Summary:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end is all too disturbingly similar to the hero. Under Kurosawa's humanistic world view, Stray Dog presented the fundamentally shared nature of Japanese suffering amidst the Occupation and postwar poverty. An Obsession, however, is different.The film begins with a fin-de-siecle, apocalyptic sense of insanity which Kurosawa's humanism could never tolerate.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, detective, cult film
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Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of TV crime dramas. Someone is murdering all the great detectives and cops, and it's up to the remaining few to find the killer and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, detective, spoof
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A Little Virtuous (1968)
Plot Summary:
Ferdinand, a young photographer, meets Claire, a supposed cover girl, in a cafe. Although he is instantly attracted towards her, Ferdinand soon learns that she is a professional thief, working for a thug named Brady.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Juego peligroso (1967)
Plot Summary:
Two stories set in Río de Janeiro. The first one (HO) is about a man who picks up a couple of newlyweds on the highway to Río. The couple's car is wrecked and the man offers his help to take the bride to their honeymoon bungalow. Everything goes wrong when the man is caught by his wife with the bride in his car. The second story (Divertimento) is about a woman who wants to kill her lover's wife. She doesn't know that her lover and his wife plan to stage the crime to blackmail her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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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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Beyond the Law (1968)
Plot Summary:
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, cinema verite, fake documentary
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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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Proof of the Man (1977)
Plot Summary:
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974)
Plot Summary:
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Judy (1970)
Plot Summary:
A depraved sex killer preys on women of ill repute in the red light district area of Boston, Massachusetts. Hard-nosed maverick private detective Gunner Sloan gets hired by the wealthy Fairchild to find the psycho after the creep attacks Fairchild's daughter Regina.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, detective
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Jai Gangaajal (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film features SP Abha Mathur who is appointed the first female SP of Bankipur district, Bihar. She then goes against the Local MLA of Bankipur and henchmen of Lakhisarai district.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)
Plot Summary:
The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, captivating, rough
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Killer Hair (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fashion reporter stumbles on a murder investigation in the Nation's Capitol, only to be thrown for a loop when her police detective former lover is assigned to the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, realistic, ridiculous
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Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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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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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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A Very Missing Person (1972)
Plot Summary:
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective
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Angels of the Street (1969)
Plot Summary:
Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, poliziottesco
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Arrest the Restless (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective who knows the truth risks his career to help the kid out.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: detective
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Heads or Tails (1980)
Plot Summary:
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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The Death of Dick Long (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, offbeat, twisted
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Without Compassion (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lima, 1980s. Based upon Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Peru, Mexico, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Case G (2006)
Plot Summary:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van Veeteren has personal reasons for wanting him caught.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
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Happy Birthday, Türke! (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Double Whammy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter. To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor may just be Ray's undoing.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, witty, detective, clever, stylized, black comedy
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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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Rikos ja Rakkaus (1999)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Small Crime (2008)
Plot Summary:
Leonidas, a young, ambitious police officer, is assigned to a remote island in the Aegean Sea. He dreams of solving important crimes, but there are few to be found in the sleepy beach community where he is left to such menial chores. Each day at the town café, Leonidas and the other locals watch the beautiful Angeliki, the small islands most famous daughter, as she hosts a popular talk show on national TV. These daily rituals are shattered when the island experiences what appears to be an actual crime-the island drunk, Zacharias, is found dead at the base of a cliff. Eager to do some sleuthing, Leonidas soon finds clues that tie the victim to Angeliki, who returns to the island and joins the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Cyprus, Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, humorous
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Sweet Killing (1993)
Plot Summary:
A business man decides to kill his wife but the plan sets off a chain of weird events that cause his life to become a living hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy