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Plot Summary:
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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Code Name: K.O.Z. (2015)
Plot Summary:
Political and social processes in recent and current Turkish political history.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, political, entertaining
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Paranoia (2011)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is terrorizing a small town. Mark Bishop (Brad Jones) has just killed an intruder who attacked him in his home. Only he's not sure if he killed the real serial killer, but knows he doesn't want the attention. Mark has to get rid of the body and avoid the authorities. But he can't shake the feeling that the real killer is still out there.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, unusual plot structure, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy
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Castle of Sand (1974)
Plot Summary:
Yoshitaro Nomura’s 1975 film of Seicho Matsumoto’s immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, horror musical, twisted, detective, cult film
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Dripping in Chocolate (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Bennett O'Mara finds a chocolate wrapper on a strangled girl, it leads him to enigmatic chocolatier Juliana Lovece. Just as this perceptive woman gets under his hardened skin, he suspects she may be at the centre of an increasing murder count.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019)
Plot Summary:
During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, detective, game show, twisted, hot
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6 Ways to Die (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sonny "Sundown" Garcia is the top cocaine distributor in the United States, which has made him a very rich and powerful man. It has also made him plenty of enemies. John Doe is just such a man. A nameless man of mystery, John lives to see Sundown not just dead, but to suffer six meaningful losses before his death—his fortune, his freedom, his love, his reputation, his most valuable possession and, finally, his life. John hires six hit-men, each one assigned to inflict one of the six meaningful losses upon Sundown.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, twisted
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Six Sex Scenes and a Murder (2008)
Plot Summary:
Nick's made poor choices professionally and personally. A man feared and envied by many, he's lived a life seduced by crime, money, beautiful women, and burlesque. Now he wants out and he's got 24 hours to find an exit. He's helped by the love of his life, ex-burlesque dancer, Regan Price and by his brother Tony, owner of The Uptown Bar. (Julie Rubio).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir
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Grey Lady (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Life is an Art (2010)
Plot Summary:
You need to suffer, to understand.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Masquerade Hotel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa) works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer? --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Murder In The Tarentaise Valley (2018)
Plot Summary:
While she was jogging Lisa Campion , the daughter of the retired police officer Fabio Campion , discovered the frozen corpse of Julien , a child who disappeared 20 years ago.The police officer Simon Beauregard is then sent to Roches Noires , a village of the Tarentaise Valley, for the criminal investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Last Fashion Show (2011)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, intellectual, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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The Odds (2011)
Plot Summary:
A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the killers offer him a large sum of money to remain quiet.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected that someone from Mogami’s past is the perpetrator, the team prepares to do his best in order to prove the alleged criminal’s guilt.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Shannon is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques, as well as help her local police department solve mysteries. Jennifer is asked to make a home delivery for a customer, but she finds the recipient has been murdered. Jennifer soon realizes that the victim's cold-blooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
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The Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
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A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive estate. 11th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychological
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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting
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Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, rough, captivating, suspense, uplifting
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Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shinichi Kudo returns as the young Conan to investigate a murderous letter sent to a beauty pageant winner who demands affection.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime
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The Third Murder (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, social
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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
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Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
Plot Summary:
Feisty, flame-haired reporter, Kendall O'Dell is drawn into an evil web of conspiracy beyond anything she could have ever imagined when she accepts a position at a small newspaper in isolated Castle Valley, Arizona. In the mix is a vanished reporter, two dead teenage girls and an attractive cowboy. Kendall's life hangs in the balance as she strives to uncover the horrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits suicide, authorities discover a marriage of secrets and betrayal. While the investigation seems to be leading to the final conclusion that her death was a suicide, bits and pieces of the couple’s lives come to the surface. These discoveries soon convey that looks can be deceiving and people are not necessarily what they appear to be!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Women Document Detectives (2018)
Plot Summary:
Detective Tomo Yashiro is ordered to transfer to the Sixth Special Investigations Unit. it is in charge of deciphering documents of unsolved cases she begins work in her new post along with a senior detective Risa Narum who is called the expert of document deciphering for her unusual ability to predict the personality and thoughts of a writer from writings.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative, detective
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The 12th Suspect (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, The 12th Suspect follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and the 11 suspects who find themselves caught up in a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, detective