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Plot Summary:
A male escort's life begins to unravel when he gets involved in a client's family affairs and breaks the cardinal rule of his work: Don't fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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The Black List (1995)
Plot Summary:
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Forgotten Valley (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of youngsters get lost while hiking in the woods and are suddenly attacked. Wounded and with one of them have being captured, they find shelter in an eerie village shrouded in an eternal mist, a place from where no one can escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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Trust Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
A series of gripping thrillers that expose the dark side of the people we trust to care for us - doctors.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, captivating, realistic, sentimental, psychological thriller
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Band of Gold (1995)
Plot Summary:
Band of Gold is a British drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It was originally shown on ITV between 1995 and 1997. Starring Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson and Samantha Morton, the series revolves around the lives of a group of women who live and work in Bradford's red-light district.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 290 min
Plot tags:
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The Vice (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police force's vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other such organized crime are regular occurrences. Most episodes end in such a way where the main villain is caught but often not in a 'naturally' concluded way that you would expect with other TV dramas, and often ending an episode with more questions unanswered than answered. The small dedicated team is led by Detective Inspector Pat Chappel who struggles to manage the balance between his home life and his work life - as do the other members of the team. Working in the seedy underworld leads to a continual dilemma for the team - the tension between the Vice Squad and the vice-related crimes that they investigate runs throughout the series and gives the show a rich viewing experience. The programme often blurs the line of the team staying on the right side of the law, as almost every member of the team at different points submits briefly or permanently to the temptations of either sex, drugs, money or honey traps. Sometimes with drastic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama
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Black Butterflies (2022)
Plot Summary:
Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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Life on Call (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of an unusual businessman Alexander Schmidt, nicknamed Magic, who is ready to fulfill the most daring and explicit sex fantasies of his clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 34 min
Plot tags:
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Somebody (2022)
Plot Summary:
A software developer and her friends become entangled in a murder case involving her dating app and a mysterious man who seems to be hiding something.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: psychological
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Red Light (2019)
Plot Summary:
Red Light is a TV series created by Patrícia Muller & directed by Marco Leão & André Santos about the true story of a group of women from Bragança that in 2003 rebelled against the presence of Brazilian immigrant prostitutes that were having a social and moral impact on the life of this small town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration:
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Saint X (2023)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller
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Inside (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a 28-year-old woman who was interned against her will in a psychiatric hospital is murdered the night she was scheduled to leave, young and brilliant police inspector Angela is put in charge of the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, tense, surprise ending, suspense, dark, suspenseful, tricky
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Beverly Hills Bordello (1996)
Plot Summary:
Beverly Hills Bordello was a softcore series aired on premium cable. It was an anthology series that centered around the fictional Winston Spa located in Beverly Hills. The spa was a bordello run by Madam Veronica Winston. The only recurring character was Veronica Winston who was played by Nicole Gian, Monique Parent and Gabriella Hall during the various seasons the show ran.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: erotic
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An Ordinary Woman (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marina is in her late 30s, she has a successful business and a close-knit family. Her husband is a surgeon and her daughters study at fancy establishments. To everybody her life seems perfect. Though, it is all just a facade concealing the real problems: her husband has a mistress, her elder daughter is a slacker and drug-dealer, her youngest is a sociopath. Well, Marina herself is not really a flower-lady, but a brothel-keeper who is hiding her dark business from everyone. The truth may come out when a girl of Marina’s is found dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: disturbing, captivating, talky, suspense, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Killer Net (1998)
Plot Summary:
Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 201 min
Plot tags:
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Those Who Love, Hate (2017)
Plot Summary:
Enrique Hubermann, homeopathic physician, travels in flight from a love. By a joke of fate, in that distant place he meets the woman he wants to forget, a beautiful young woman like a demon who manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Now and Then (2022)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of college graduation, six best friends embark on an epic weekend to celebrate—but it takes a fatal turn. Nearly 20 years later, the survivors are reluctantly reunited by a blackmail text threatening to expose the truth about that fateful night.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Femme Fatales (2011)
Plot Summary:
Femme Fatales is an anthology TV series, inspired by the men's magazine of the same name, with each episode focusing on an antihero woman, intercut with softcore pornographic scenes and produced by Cinemax. Lilith, introduces each episode Rod Serling-style and occasionally appears within the narrative. Some characters make encore appearances in later episodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, stylized, serious, anthology, realistic
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Red Light (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three women become entangled in the world of human trafficking and prostitution when Esther's husband suddenly disappears. From completely different worlds, the lives of these women become intertwined. They discover that they need each other to escape from the difficult situations they find themselves in.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Dead Sexy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective, tense, serious, realistic, slasher, sexual
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Dark Desire (2020)
Plot Summary:
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, dark, semi serious, bleak, scenic, sensual, exciting, light
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Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mickey Bolitar and his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
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Estocolmo (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Stockholm: Lost Identity" narrates over 13 chapters with almost surgical detail the criminal, judicial and media research about the disappearance of a young woman by a network of trafficking. An attorney general, an undercover agent and a journalist will be immersed in a police plot that mixes suspense, drama and action where law and justice are two different sides of the same coin.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Disappearance (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in Lyon, the show traces the increasing trauma of the Morel family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, The Disappearance explores every parent’s worst nightmare. There are similarities to Broadchurch in that the lead detective has a complicated backstory while the family members and friends each appear to be hiding something.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, detective, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, atmospheric, noir
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Elite (2018)
Plot Summary:
When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, erotic, intense, intellectual
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Above Suspicion (2009)
Plot Summary:
Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC Anna Travis. The first series, Above Suspicion, was shown on the fourth and fifth of January 2009; the second series, Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia, was shown on the fourth, fifth and sixth of January 2010. The third series, Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, was shown on the third, fourth and fifth of January 2011. The fourth series, Above Suspicion – Silent Scream was shown on the ninth, sixteenth and twenty-third of January 2012; in a break from the previous broadcasts, which were broadcast on consecutive days, this latest tale was serialised weekly. ITV cancelled Above Suspicion on May 28, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, crime drama, dark
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El marginal (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, detective, hispanic, hood, exciting, interesting
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Deception (2018)
Plot Summary:
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, detective
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Damages (2007)
Plot Summary:
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: rough, clever, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, exciting, bloody
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The Americans (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, dramatic, sexy, neo noir, political, dark
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Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
Plot Summary:
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 472 min
Plot tags: spiritual, teen, thrilling, detective