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Plot Summary:
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Kenya
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: costume drama, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, historical drama, period drama
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The Blue Room (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, sensual, hot
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360 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's classic La Ronde, screenwriter Peter Morgan and director Fernando Meirelles' 360 combines a modern and dynamic roundelay of stories into one, linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of love in the 21st century. Starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix into a single, mesmerizing narrative.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Austria, France, Canada, Brazil, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, touching, serious, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, political thriller, slang, existential
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In Secret (2013)
Plot Summary:
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Hungary, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, period piece, costume drama, historical drama, gothic, suspenseful, stylized, frightening
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Death in a French Garden (1985)
Plot Summary:
The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia's new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on returning home but saved by a mysterious stranger Daniel who reveals himself to be a hired killer. David begins to suspect that his affair is no longer secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, erotic, sexy, slasher, anthology, surprise ending, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Another Life (2001)
Plot Summary:
A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Base on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, romantic, captivating, independent film, historical drama, tense, contemplative
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The Advocate (1993)
Plot Summary:
Bizarre black comedy about 15th-century Paris lawyer Richard Courtois (Firth) who decides to ply his trade in the country, only to find things stranger than he can imagine. His first case turns out to be defending a pig that's accused of murdering a child. And the pig is owned by beautiful gypsy Samira (Annabi), so the idealistic lawyer can fall in love (or lust). There's religion and superstition, there's power struggles, there's ignorance versus knowledge--things sound very modern indeed.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, tense, stylized, intense, realistic, clever, witty, factual, erotic, costume drama
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The Tender Hook (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, neo noir, sexual
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Bloodline (1979)
Plot Summary:
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, independent film, detective, realistic
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Dead Gorgeous (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of her rich husband and wants to marry her lover. They are both unhappy with their marriages and plot to kill their husbands.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, humorous, neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy
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Fatal Desire (2006)
Plot Summary:
Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. Cassaday plan to have a second chance to fall in love with Miller, and makes plans for their future together. During this time, Miller leads a double life full of lies. His talent for deception and manipulation reach their summit with the murder of the husband of Miller and the suicide of his lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 789
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, realistic, sexual, sexy
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Plot Summary:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Up at the Villa (2000)
Plot Summary:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, romantic, realistic, crying, independent film, fairy tale, sentimental
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)
Plot Summary:
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. The proud, flighty and bewitching Bathsheba Everdene finds herself entangled into the passions of three men and her impulsive nature pushes her into a web of deceit and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, serious, realistic, period drama
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The Big Sleep (1978)
Plot Summary:
The classic Raymond Chandler tale retold with Mitchum taking over the Bogart role.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, suspense, clever, talky, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Plot Summary:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara (Charlotte Rampling), the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth, with surprising results. Both Serrault and Rampling are outstanding in this well-directed, well-paced film. On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois was also released as He Died With His Eyes Open and won the Jury Prize at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, detective, gloomy, sexual, sexy
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Malice Aforethought (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Forever Mine (1999)
Plot Summary:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, sex comedy, anamorphic, erotic
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Under Suspicion (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, serious, clever, realistic, suspenseful, detective, noir, visually stunning, sexy
Similar in 82%
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
Plot Summary:
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, independent film
Similar in 78%
China Moon (1994)
Plot Summary:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, surprise ending, detective, slasher, anamorphic
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American Gigolo (1980)
Plot Summary:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, intense, enigmatic, serious, realistic
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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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Separate Lies (2005)
Plot Summary:
A cyclist is killed, swiped by a Range Rover in a village lane. James and Anne Manning become involved because the victim is the husband of their cleaner, Maggie. James, a solicitor in the city, soon comes to suspect William Bule, a millionaire playboy who has moved back to the village. William, pressed by James, confesses to the hit and run. But the confession is clouded by Anne's admission of her affair with William.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, emotional, psychological, realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy, erotic
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)
Plot Summary:
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, erotic, costume drama, sentimental, captivating, disturbing, period piece, romantic drama, historical drama
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Shanghai (2010)
Plot Summary:
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy, surprise ending
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The Golden Bowl (2000)
Plot Summary:
An intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal, "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower and his sheltered daughter, both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful American expatriate and an impoverished Italian aristocrat, are entangled with one another in a romantic intrigue of seduction and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: period piece, serious, stylized, realistic, costume drama, suspense, romantic drama, historical drama, clever, biting
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Bel Ami (2012)
Plot Summary:
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, costume drama, romantic, gothic, sexual, romantic drama
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The Two Jakes (1990)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot involving murder, oil, and even some ghosts from his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: neo noir, stylized, clever, cult classic, suspense, period piece, visually stunning, twisted, tense, serious
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
Plot Summary:
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, thought provoking, neo noir, dark, creepy, crime thriller, terrifying
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All Good Things (2010)
Plot Summary:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller