Best movies like To Love, Honor and Deceive
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Plot Summary:
Sydnee Carpenter (Vanessa Marcil) is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew (Thomas Gibson). When her husband and son are suddenly killed in a boating accident, Sydnee's comfortable existence is shattered. Although she is overwhelmed by her grief, Sydnee cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present. Before long, she suspects that her husband has masterminded an elaborate scheme in order to abandon her and kidnap their son. Unable to convince the authorities of her wild sounding speculations, Sydnee does catch the attention of detective Jim sanders (James Wilder), who may have his own hidden agenda for getting involved with her plight.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Rainbow Experiment (2018)
Plot Summary:
Things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
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Velvet Smooth (1976)
Plot Summary:
Johnnie Hill plays Velvet Smooth in this soft-core crime meller. The slinky Ms. Smooth is head of a private detective agency, specializing in protecting the unprotectable. Her current client is in deep with a murderous numbers racket. So Velvet Smooth goes undercover (and occasionally under covers) to smash the ring. An "R" rating hardly covers it.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
Plot Summary:
14 year police veteran, looking to make it to retirement, experiences the highs and lows of police work as a police woman in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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A Killing Affair (1977)
Plot Summary:
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
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Only the River Flows (2023)
Plot Summary:
1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his fellow citizens.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense
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Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
Plot Summary:
Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
Plot Summary:
After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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Someone Was Watching (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Chris falls asleep whilst supposed to be watching his little sister, Molly, she goes missing. Finding her colouring book by the river, everyone believes she drowned there and try and move on with their life. But when Chris and his best friend, Pat watch over a tape of the day she went missing some things just don't match up and Chris believes his sister was kidnapped and is still alive. Chris and Pat go on an adventure to New Mexico to prove to everyone that Molly is really still alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious
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Keys (1994)
Plot Summary:
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
Plot Summary:
When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible gallery manager, former Boston detective Jeff Jackson teams up with local doctor - and old flame - Dr. Zee Madeiras, to catch the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: stylized, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
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A Mind to Murder (1995)
Plot Summary:
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order him back to work to investigate the murder of the Director of the Steen Clinic, which specializes in psychiatric cases.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic
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McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out (2005)
Plot Summary:
In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride goes to the murder scene, the doctor is, as the title says, out - as in gone! A search for the body begins, with time of the essence. David Bowe has a nice comic turn as the panicked client. Former child star Sydney Penny plays one of the suspects, and she has grown up to be a very beautiful young woman. Soap star John Ingle is the confused head of the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, realistic
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Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
Plot Summary:
Roger Dollison, a police officer, and his wife Kendra are living the American dream. They have two children, Teddy and Sandy, a lovely home, and a dog named Rex. What they know and how they live as a family is irreparably changed one day when it is discovered that a classmate of Teddys' is the apparent victim of sexual abuse and molestation at the respected neighborhood daycare center. Like all other parents, the Dollisons are tormented - "we should have known, we should have seen" - but their devastation is complete when Teddy tells his own story, one he promised his abusers he would never tell.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological
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Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995)
Plot Summary:
Supt. Tennison orchestrates a search for an abducted baby, but events take a turn for the worst when personal emotions cause complications.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: detective, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison leads to a hidden political scandal.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The F.B.I. (1965)
Plot Summary:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, factual, vintage
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Hunter: Return to Justice (2002)
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On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall. But upon their reunion, Hunter and McCall become embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse that has its roots in Russia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995)
Plot Summary:
From IMDB: A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Superintendent Jane Tennison's first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man the first time.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Stolen (2009)
Plot Summary:
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy, detective, extraordinary
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The Happiest Place on Earth (2015)
Plot Summary:
A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: neo noir, neorealism, touching, sincere, captivating, independent film, contemplative, cinema verite
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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
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The Assault (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice. Based on the true story of the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful, crying
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Recurrence (2022)
Plot Summary:
Years after moving to a remote town, ex-cop Pipa is pulled back into the dark world she thought she'd left behind when a corpse appears on her property.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Lost Girls (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, emotional, disturbing, compassionate, bleak, dark, perverse, powerful
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Big Apple (2001)
Plot Summary:
Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime. A subplot involves Mooney's sister who is receiving hospice care for Lou Gehrig's Disease. Big Apple was originally slated to compete with NBC's very popular medical drama series ER. Although 13 episodes were commissioned, only 8 aired before CBS canceled the show and replaced it with the newsmagazine 48 Hours in the 10pm Thursday time slot. In 2008, the series aired in syndication on Universal HD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, detective
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Quantico (2015)
Plot Summary:
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, surprise ending, detective, exciting, captivating, disturbing, sitcom
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 285000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: twist ending, detective, thought provoking, neo noir, surprise ending, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense
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Inside Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 392000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: clever, detective, tricky, suspense, twisted, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, neo noir
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Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Plot Summary:
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 285000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: detective, surprise ending, suspense, artsy, clever, twist ending, costume drama, suspense thriller, period piece, psychological