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Plot Summary:
With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathered all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed away a few months before. Nobody will be able to graduate until the truth is known.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, contemplative
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The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of the infamous Theatre Grand Guignol the story revolves around iconic actress Paula Maxa - the most famous of the Grand Guignol's leading ladies and the titular Most Assassinated Woman, who was graphically slain on stage multiple times a day.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, weird
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Murdered (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cathy has been preparing herself since early morning. She is about to celebrate her daughter Eva's 20th birthday. But on this very day, Cathy's life is turned upside-down with the shocking news that her daughter has been murdered. At first devastated and lost when faced with the workings of the police and the justice system, Cathy becomes determined to fight to know the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Glory (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a childhood marked by pain and violence, a woman puts a carefully planned revenge scheme in motion.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: dorama, suspense
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Voice (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shogo Higuchi (Toshiaki Karasawa) is a detective whose wife was murdered by a serial killer. Hikari Tachibana (Yoko Maki) is a voice profiler whose father was murdered. She has a special hearing ability which allows her to hear minutiae sounds that other people do not.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018)
Plot Summary:
A detective thinks about quitting his job. He takes on a female university student murder case that was disguised as a suicide. The detective becomes obsessed with solving the case. He has a young sister and she meets a man. The man does not remember when he was little. He is not a good person, but she has sympathy for him. The detective tries to push the man away from his younger sister. The detective suspects that the man is somehow involved in the female university student murder case. The man and the detective's younger sister fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, romantic, dorama, detective
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The Lies Within (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kim Seo-hui’s life is changed forever when her politician father dies in a car crash and her husband disappears – all in one day. She enters the world of politics and join hands with small-town detective Jo Tae-sik to uncover the truth when she finds out that the car crash might not have been an accident after all.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, political
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Return (2018)
Plot Summary:
Choi Ja-Hye is a lawyer and Dokgo Young is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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In Family We Trust (2018)
Plot Summary:
It’s a drama about conflicts in a big family, involving murder and a police investigation. The title is a twist on the idiom, blood is thicker than water. Because of the conflicts, their family bonds aren’t strong. When one relative mysteriously dies, the true colors of everyone in the family are about to be revealed. Yi, the eldest brother and Pete, the second brother, try to find out the truth. Patsorn and Cris, their mother, are the biggest suspects. Both of them need to prove their innocence. But the more Yi and Pete investigate, the more dirt they find on the family and everyone becomes a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Miracle (2018)
Plot Summary:
During the incursion in a mob boss' hideout, Police finds a Virgin Mary plastic sculpture which weeps blood. There is no answer to the mystery, but the power of the enigma will make crazy the people who will get in touch with this event, derailing their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic
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The Debut (2021)
Plot Summary:
Fame decides to audition for the famous idol group "Newtype" to find the truth about the death of her sister Farn, a former member of the group. She need to change herself from a rock girl to fit into Newtype, with the help of Kla. Her investigation led her to witness that many members of the group have violated their own rules. This entire experience also created a conflict with her rocker boyfriend Ble, who does not like the fact that they are in a secret relationship What will Fame do? And what will she choose between her relationship and finding out the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Ending Planner (2012)
Plot Summary:
Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner is a Japanese television drama series. It premiered on TBS on January 12, 2012. The drama revolves around the members of the Ihara family who operate a funeral parlor in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, dorama
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The Party (2014)
Plot Summary:
A huge party with guests who are hiding secrets and desires ends with a body floating in the pool: a murder where everyone is a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, novela
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DNA (2019)
Plot Summary:
Five years after his daughter disappeared, a mistake in the National Police's DNA register makes it possible for the officer Rolf to finally find out what happened to her.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 321 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Black Space (2020)
Plot Summary:
A rogue detective with unorthodox means leads an investigation into a massacre committed by unicorn mask-wearing assassins at an Israeli high school.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure
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Solomon's Perjury (2016)
Plot Summary:
A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Final Cut (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Keisuke Nakamura was a high school student, his mother was accused of killing a girl and then his mother committed suicide. 12 years later, Keisuke Nakamura tries to find the girl's real killer and also take revenge upon those responsible for his mother's suicide. He targets people from the media who covered the case and he crosses paths with sisters who hold a key to what happened. Keisuke Nakamura falls in love with one of the sisters.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Murders in Rochefort (2019)
Plot Summary:
Police captains Emma and Adrien look for a killer who would use a silver bullet… on multiple victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Women Document Detectives (2018)
Plot Summary:
Detective Tomo Yashiro is ordered to transfer to the Sixth Special Investigations Unit. it is in charge of deciphering documents of unsolved cases she begins work in her new post along with a senior detective Risa Narum who is called the expert of document deciphering for her unusual ability to predict the personality and thoughts of a writer from writings.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative, detective
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The Lawyer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Frank Nordling is a young and exceptionally promising defense lawyer. When Frank learns the truth behind his parents' death, his whole world unravels. As children, Frank and his sister Sara witnessed their parents die in an explosion caused by a car bomb. As Frank finds out, they were murdered by one of the leaders in Copenhagen's criminal underworld, Thomas Waldman. In order to avenge his parents Frank must infiltrate Waldman's organization and become his personal lawyer and trusted confidant. To avoid putting those close to him in danger, Frank has to keep up appearances and play the game. But can he handle it? Is it worth the price? And who's really tricking whom?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, France, Finland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Zekkyo (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely death" (someone died naturally without anyone noticing for a long period of time). Detective Ayano has doubts about that conclusion. The cats seemed like they were not house trained, which is odd for domestic cats. Detective Ayano wonders whether the cats were really owned by the dead woman. Detective Ayano then finds Suzuki Yoko’s bankbook in an empty fishbowl. It seems like the dead woman is 36-year-old Yoko.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Viso d'angelo (2011)
Plot Summary:
TV miniseries in four parts. A serial killer mysteriously leaves a signature species, a rosary in the hands of his victims. Inspector Roberto Parisi, a specialist in this type of crime, but that hides a dark past, will be responsible for conducting investigations.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 400 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Possessions (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young French woman living in Israel is accused of the murder of her husband on the day of their wedding. As the bride struggles to prove her innocence, mysterious happenings surround her. Is she guilty or could she be the victim?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Capitani (2019)
Plot Summary:
The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the closed, communal and protective mentality of the northerners, Capitani finds himself unwillingly dependent on the help of Elsa Ley, a young and intrepid local policewoman. The officers quickly find themselves entangled in a web of secrets and lies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg
Duration: 312 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Chiwawa (2019)
Plot Summary:
Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Long Goodbye (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Innocent Days (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and caused his wife and child to burn to death. Shinichi knows his childhood friend and perceives that she is innocent. He wants to save Yukino and meets people who knew her including her sister and former classmates. ~~Based on the novel "Innocent Days" by Kazumasa Hayami.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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High School Entrance Exam (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kyoko, a newly-appointed English teacher at a rural but well-respected, prestigious prefectural high school, had spent her childhood and high school years overseas before returning to Japan. Because she lived abroad for a long time, she cannot understand the old-fashioned ideas peculiar to Japan and tends to be frank about what she thinks. On the eve and the day of the school entrance examination, various incidents occur. There is the spectre of someone attempting to wreck the examination for some motive. Everyone present is a potential suspect and the truth remains shrouded in mystery to the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, talky
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Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? (2016)
Plot Summary:
One morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the classroom. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Stolen Face (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shirato Takamasa is a detective at the Investigation Cooperation Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. His job is to catch wanted criminals by only relying on their faces. One day, he sees Sunami's face who was a senior detective, but had a mysterious death 4 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Girl From Nowhere (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror, teen horror, harsh, intense, slasher, anthology