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Plot Summary:
Roberto is a specialist in Criminal Law whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that Gonzalo, one of his best students, has committed a brutal murder right in front of the Faculty of Law. Determined to uncover the truth he begins a personal investigation that will soon become an obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, crime drama, mind blowing, serious, ambiguous ending
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The Widows of Thursdays (2009)
Plot Summary:
The closed community of "Altos de la Cascada", a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident. It is the starting point so that through the life of some married couples who live there, Tano (Pablo Echarri) -manager of a multinational- and Teresa (Ana Celentano), Ronnie (Leonardo Sbaraglia) who lives at the expense of his wife Mavy , a real estate agent (Gabriela Toscano), the pusillanimous Martin (Ernesto Alterio) and his dissatisfied wife Lala (Gloria Carrá) and the newcomers Gustavo (Juan Diego Botto) and Carla (Juana Viale), the film attempts a description of the social sector that makes up that type of community and, by extension, to a broader sector of society at the time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, realistic
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The Mudboy (2007)
Plot Summary:
Police try to hunt down a serial killer in 1912 Buenos Aires.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, bleak, mind bending, detective, serious, realistic
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I'm a Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime thriller
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Cortex (2008)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mind bending
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The 7th Floor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Like every day, Marcelo gathers her children on the floor of his ex-wife. As each day play "to see who gets there first" them down the stairs, him in the elevator, a diversion that your ex-partner does not like. But when one day Marcelo plays the downstairs children are not. They are not anywhere. The fear begins to emerge when a phone call will catapult the horror: a kidnapper puts a price for the release of their children.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending, suspense, twisted
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Epitafios (2004)
Plot Summary:
Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires. The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentinian TV/film company Pol-Ka Producciones. It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco. Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local vos in favor of the more common tú. The series debuted in Australia on SBS in May 2007 under the title If The Dead Could Speak. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on pay TV channel FOX under the title Epitafios - Tod Ist Die Antwort.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, detective, serious, realistic, crime drama, spooky, anthology, gloomy, slasher
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Class of '76 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious "faceless child.".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, mind bending, realistic
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Swallow, Cat, Rose, Death (2006)
Plot Summary:
What's in a name but murder? Münster comes across the strangled body of a young woman in her home and surprises the murderer who is still on the premises. Though the murderer escapes, a rare book is found at the scene with a dedication by the killer. When another victim is uncovered, Van Veeteren's literary expertise is put to the test as it becomes clear they are dealing with a serial murderer who kills using names taken from 19th century crime novels. Which name will he use for his next victim?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Private Affair (2002)
Plot Summary:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injured by an anonymous assailant and becomes reluctant to continue his search. But when Rachel's body is found, Francois is drawn deeper into the investigation as he discovers the dead girl's secret life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, detective, deep, realistic, cynical
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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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The Cradle Will Fall (2004)
Plot Summary:
The suicide of a pregnant woman begins to look like murder and a county prosecutor is called in to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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I Know What I Saw (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. Is she losing her marbles, or is there something sinister at work around her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Apostate (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man of the cloth finds his faith challenged both by the death of one of his closest relatives and the aftermath of the crime in this thriller. When a man is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his brother, a Catholic priest (Richard Grieco), decides to start his own investigation with the help of his uncle, a detective, in hopes of tracking down the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, scary, rough, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, serious, gloomy
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My Neighbor's Secret (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nicholas Brendon is a grieving husband out to ruin a man (Vincent Ventresca) he blames for ruining his marriage by targeting his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful
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Murder on the Home Front (2013)
Plot Summary:
At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, stylized, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, period piece, clever, serious, suspenseful
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The Oxford Murders (2008)
Plot Summary:
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, sexy, philosophical, detective, psychological, psychological thriller, spiritual
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The Factory (2012)
Plot Summary:
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, scary, serious, psychological, suspense, psychotronic, crime drama
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The Postcard Killings (2020)
Plot Summary:
A New York detective teams investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London, and recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, bleak, emotional, psychological, crime drama, twist ending, sadistic
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Tightrope (1984)
Plot Summary:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, detective, sexual, intense, neo noir, suspense, sexy, tricky
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Evidence (2013)
Plot Summary:
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, mockumentary, slasher, psychological, suspense, surprise ending
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Marshland (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ideology, detectives Juan and Pedro must put aside their differences if they are to successfully hunt down a killer who for years has terrorized a community in the shadow of a general disregard for women rooted in a misogynistic past.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, detective, enigmatic, serious, tricky, psychological, hispanic, tense, neo noir
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Plot Summary:
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, touching, suspenseful, intense, detective, psychological, psychological thriller, clever, captivating
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The Killing Game (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her career as a forensic sculptor and works to close the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic
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The Alphabet Killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, crime thriller, twisted, slasher
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The Sovereign (2008)
Plot Summary:
For two months a serial killer has been terrorizing the city of St. Petersburg. Every Wednesday a girl between 9 and 12 years old is the victim. The brutality of the maniac plunges city residents into horror. Parents are afraid of leaving their children alone on the street. The press reinforces the atmosphere of fear and hysteria.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, detective
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Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Plot Summary:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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Switchback (1997)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, rough, serious, realistic, clever, surprise ending, psychological
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Horsemen (2009)
Plot Summary:
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, detective, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, surprise ending, rough
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The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, detective, psychological, rough, sexy, enigmatic, atmospheric
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Zodiac (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 584000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, tense, neo noir, stylized, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, rough, detective