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Plot Summary:
Saki and team are a special band of scoundrels. They are out to swindle other scoundrels. They were formed by detective Kazuki to trick swindlers and take back what was stolen from the deceived, the tricked and the downtrodden. At the same Saki is in an all-girl band. Others are unaware that she is a Japanese 'idol' especially because she is in has a day job, has short hair and never lets on. She also uses an alias while performing as a musical idol.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
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The City of Shadows (2008)
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City of the Shadows is original Slovak crime TV series, broadcast since April 11, 2008 on the Markíza. It was produced by DNA Production company. The episodes are based on real events. TV series received the "Televízna udalosť roka“ Award by film critics.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Crime
Country: Slovakia
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Rapeman 3 (1994)
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Keisuke is a timid and nerdy high-school teacher by day, and a leather clad rapist "superhero" by night. One day, one of Keisuke's students is found dead, and her death is ruled an accident. Keisuke and the girl's mother don't believe her death to be accidental – and upon investigation, Keisuke and Uncle Shotoku unknowingly delve into an underground world of shady cops, scummy drug dealers, corrupt teachers, and a rape-porn ring. Of course, with Rapeman's upstanding moral values, he must do something to avenge the young student's death, bring down the criminals and right wrongs through penetration!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: black comedy, transgressive
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Rapeman 2 (1994)
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The story is about Rapeman and his Uncle who are a tag-team of sorts and created a company together where their motto is "Righting Wrongs Through Penetration". People want revenge Rapeman style, they go to the Uncle, and if it's rape worthy, Rapeman does what he does best. Anyways in Rapeman 2, Rapeman Co. has realized that the hospital and the mafia are somehow related and they decide enough is enough. What follows is even more of what you wouldn't expect from a movie called Rapeman. It's full of kind and silly humor but also inserted with a some serious emotional scenes.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, transgressive
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FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan (2017)
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Yuki Rin’s parents passed away and she has been living with her older brother Koichiro. Koichiro was an IT engineer who worked for the government until he was recruited by a vicious cyber crime group one year ago. That was when Rin’s ordinary, happy life crumbled. She miraculously survived despite taking her brother’s bullet. Then she was brought into FACE, a cyber crime special investigation unit which the Cabinet created in secret, on the strength of her profiling ability by Minegishi Shugoro. Believing in Minegishi, Rin joins the unit’s members to combat cyber crime which can destabilize the nation.
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Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
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Married To Evil (2016)
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Think you know the person you married? Think again. These gripping true stories explore the wickedness behind the wedding and show the devastating consequences of what happens when people are betrayed by those who should love them the most.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
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Eye For An Eye: Revenge Agency's Two People (2020)
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Mami Shirasawa became a lawyer at the age 20, but she does not get any cases to work on.One day, Mami finally gets a case. The client was sexually assaulted by a man, who is the son of an owner of a large construction company.Mami and Swindler, Kensuke Kuroiwa happen to team up and take revenge on the man who assaulted the client.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
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Banjo no Himawari (2019)
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A human skeleton is discovered north of Tokyo. There is a shogi piece next to it. Two detectives are assigned to the case and the first place they look is with the maker of game piece. In the meantime, a superlative shogi player recalls his terrible childhood and angry father and how an encounter lead to his becoming a shogi player. The two detectives drive to visit the shogi player. They wonder whether they have established a connection between the crime and the player.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Marks' Mountain (2010)
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20 years ago a half-frozen boy was rescuded in the mountains after his parents apparent sucide. He gets released from a mental institution and his girlfriend notices him talking about a dark mountain shadow. Meanwhile a murder happens in a residential area in Tokyo. Assistant Inspector Goda Yuichiro takes on the investigation. Soon an official of the Ministery of Justice gets murdered in a similar fashion pointing towards a serial killer. Yet, Goda receives a strange order from above: he's not to further investigate in this direction. He senses a huge mystery behind the case and starts chasing after the psychopath killer called Marks. Somehow a journalist's research about a corrupt construction magnate and another unsolved murder that happend in the mountains 13 years ago are also linked to the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
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Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977)
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Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Crusade (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Crime
Country: Poland
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The Copycat Criminal (2016)
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Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and become involved in a serial kidnap and murder case. Shinichi first discovers a cut arm and handbag from the murder case. Elderly Yoshio's granddaughter is a murder victim. Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Trautmann (2000)
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Detective superintendent Trautmann solves crimes in an unconventional way.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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The Snake Bearer (2005)
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Norwegian Miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel by the same title.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Inspector Borowski (2016)
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Joined by his young colleague Sarah Brandt, veteran police inspector Klaus Borowski tackles disturbing and unsettling criminal cases in the city of Kiel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration:
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In the Line of Fire (2007)
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All across America brave men and women in blue risk their lives to serve and protect others. They go to work knowing that each day could be their last. These brave police officers face dangerous situations and put themselves In The Line of Fire to save everyday citizens.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger
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Mandrake (2005)
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Meet Paulo Mandrake, a charismatic defense attorney who finds himself sidetracked by his vices--especially beautiful Brazilian women--while serving as a liaison between his high-end clients and the Rio de Janeiro subculture. Marcos Palmeira stars in this HBO Latino drama series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, humorous
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Contract (2021)
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Contract is a ZEE5 Original Bengali action thriller series starring Arifin Shuvoo, Chanchal Chowdhury, Shamol Mawla, Zakia Bari Mamo, and Rafiath Rashid Mithila. Bastard, a young man, accepts the contract to kill gangster Black Ranju, but things get complicated with the entry of Begh, a gritty cop. Will Bastard succeed in his mission or will Black Ranju have the last laugh?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime
Country: Bangladesh
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Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Police and Prosecutor (2020)
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An ex-gymnastic teacher working as a police detective and a super-elite Tokyo University graduate prosecutor are to become a bizarre buddy. They always clash head-on, but eventually they find themselves sharing the same chemistry within themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (2021)
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Ayako is a 35-year-old detective who is hardworking and has a strong sense of justice. However, she is inflexible and works too hard, which causes her to fail often. One day, she arrested a wanted suspect for a murder case, but, unfortunately, her soul was exchanged with the suspect just when she was looking forward to her rewards.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Murder Chose Me (2017)
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Homicide detective, Rod Demery, races against the clock to catch criminals running loose on the streets of Shreveport, Louisiana.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
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Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Nippon Noir (2019)
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Who is the killer? Who stole the $10 million? The doubts, lies, suspicion, and betrayal are unstoppable as one detective launches an evil mutiny in this unconventional police mystery drama where nothing goes as you predicted.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Road to Murder (2020)
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After his father was driven to suicide, Kubota Kazuma and his cousin vow to kill the man responsible for his death. However, given that neither of them have ever killed someone, it requires a lot of planning and a lot of help to achieve the perfect crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
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Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Strawberry Night Saga (2019)
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Reiko Himekawa is just 27-years-old, but she has already received a promotion to become an assistant police inspector. She leads the 10th murder investigation team at the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko Himekawa is an excellent detective and deals with many difficult cases. She works with Tamotsu Ishikura, Kohei Yuda and Shinji Otsuka on her team. The team then gets Kazuo Kikuta as a new member. Kazuo Kikuta is a detective who does not talk much, but looks to do the right thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Runaway (2010)
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Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. But when Cathy is forced to protect Madge from a violent attack by a punter it changes her life forever. Cathy is taken into care but she suffers institutional abuse which leaves her with no choice but to run away. She ends up destitute, on the streets of Soho. Desrae, a transvestite, unexpectedly comes to her rescue.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating, period piece, rough, emotional, realistic, stylized
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In Defense Of (2018)
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This series gives viewers a unique perspective on some of the most high profile cases as they turn the lens on the top defense lawyers who represented them. The attorneys will share riveting details from the most personal moments between attorney and client to the individual sacrifices made in order to represent these infamous cases.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– (2019)
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Kisaragi Toko is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano’s transfer will be carried out in 1 week. During this time, a murder takes place. A wealthy man is found dead in his home. His throat has been cut and a blue flower placed within the wound. Also, the victim's wife Mayumi is missing. A newspaper then receives an email from Kurasuta 16, professing themselves as the murderer. The email also implies the location of Mayumi. Since Detective Hideaki Takano is soon to transfer to the Public Security Bureau, Toko Kisaragi feels more pressure and responsibility to solve the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, psychological, atmospheric, unusual plot structure, serious, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Innocence, Fight Against False Charges (2019)
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This work is a human drama that attorney, Taku Kurokawa challenges reversal play with weapons, passion, and science as a weapon to cause "miracle" to clear false charges. Kurokawa who plays Sakaguchi actively opposes fake crime defense, which is said to be impossible, reproduces the events that occurred on the scene in an experiment and tries to elucidate the incident. In addition, Naoki Fujiki appears as a new American lawyer, Kazuaki Wakakura who is swayed by the pioneer, Haruna Kawaguchi , a scientist who lends power to Taku, Kyoichiro Akiro.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Death of a Girl (2015)
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Police officer Hella Christensen is on her way to her new job in Kiel. But she doesn't get far because a dead girl was found at the pier in her hometown. Hella's new superior, Simon Kessler, has already arrived from Kiel and is awaiting her on the bridge. Hella recognizes the dead person immediately: it is 14-year-old Jenni, daughter of her neighboring family. Kessler orders the recently defunct local office to be used to investigate the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Raid (2017)
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In the Kaliningrad remand prison, Major Andrei Ryzhov commits suicide, accused of exceeding his authority. Four of his colleagues - Oleg Kaplan, Pavel Karpenko, Oksana Golikova and Fyodor Vachevsky - are confident of the innocence of their former leader and, in order to restore his good name, begin their own investigation of the incident.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Freud's Method (2003)
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Special consultant Roman Freydin is introduced to the crime detection department under the Prosecutor's Office. A psychologist and professional poker player in his younger days, Roman traveled extensively throughout Russia and Europe dealing with many people from different professions - from qualified psychoanalysts to magicians and fortune-tellers, from celebrated scientists to illegal gamblers. When investigating a crime, Freydin uses scientific methods but is ultimately guided by his intuition. He pieces together events from the crime scene creating psychological and physical profiles of the perpetrators so that he is able to preempt their next move leading to their capture. While the foundation of Roman's approach is psychological science, his method - Freud's method - is about directly provoking his suspects in order to catch them out. Unfortunately, he also employs this method in dealing with his new colleagues, which is met with a variety of negative responses. Nevertheless,.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic