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Plot Summary:
Persecuted (Mauricio Islas) José Vicente Solís Armenta is a criminal prosecuted for justice for his crimes against humanity. After being betrayed, the authorities finally manage to track him down and want him dead or alive. Solís Armenta, on his way to escape, has to deal with his wife, who he cheated on, one of his lovers who seeks to assassinate him, and a bodyguard who seems to succumb to his charms. Given this adverse scenario, José Vicente declares a war without quarter to the authorities, but discovers that the real fight is against himself and perhaps, the only way of redemption is death. Mexican version of the Colombian series 'El capo'.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: telenovela
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Magnus (2019)
Plot Summary:
Magnus - perhaps the police's worst investigator - is set to solve a murder from another world, and then we mean a completely different world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: surreal
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Dressed for Mourning (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three women are gathered at a cabin with their three colleague husbands when they watch the men blow up in the boat just going out fishing. A police man investigates the widows, who will have to try to explain what happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: telenovela
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Romeo and Juliet are kids that belong to different worlds, rival groups, and enemy families, but they like each other and can’t help the feeling. To stay together, they have to solve mysteries from the past and face those who they love the most to bring back harmony.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: telenovela
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Plot Summary:
Scandinavian Co Produced Miniseries concentrating about a mysterious talisman and its powers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Crime, Thriller
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Plot Summary:
When his spoiled family forgets his birthday, hardworking and generous successful executive Antonio decides to cut them off unless they work for their money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: telenovela
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Spoiled Beauty (2004)
Plot Summary:
Barbarita is a young mestiza filled with beauty, a mixture of color and a passion for drums. However, she does not know her true origin as the daughter of a black woman from Barlovento, a small coastal town in Venezuela and a white Portuguese man. Barbarita is forced to flee from her hometown after being accused of a crime she didn't commit. To save herself, she poses as another woman and thus comes into the household of the Aristiguieta's, a family full of intrigue which is offended by Barbarita due to the color of her skin.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Romance
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: telenovela
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Plot Summary:
Los Carmona viven en el campo y su vida cambiará radicalmente cuando el gobierno les expropia su terreno y se mudan a la ciudad. En su nueva casa se encontrarán con la adinerada familia Velasco con quienes tendrán muchas aventuras. "The Carmona live in the countryside and their life will change radically when the government expropriates their land and they move to the city. In their new home they will meet the wealthy Velasco family with whom they will have many adventures.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Romance
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Duration:
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
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Duration:
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 40 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 770
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Plot Summary:
Destino is a Mexican telenovela produced by Maricarmen Marcos for Azteca. Paola Nuñez and Mauricio Islas star as the protagonists.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 60
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Country: Mexico
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Alex (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless and corrupt police officer Alex has decided to come to terms with his dubious past and become clean. But the dark forces he has collaborated with earlier refuses to let him off the hook, putting both Alex and his family's lives at great danger. At the same time Alex gets a new partner, Frida, who secretly has been instructed to bring him down.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 43 min
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Plot Summary:
GSI follow up a weapon trail that leads right into Kavkaz mafia headquarters on the west coast. GSI member Niklas Saxlid is the one in the group who is specialized in undercover operations, and he has penetrated Kavkaz' activities. But suddenly something happens and Niklas disappears.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
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Plot Summary:
After the death of their father, brothers Jesús, Damián, and Samuel are separated and adopted by different families. They reunite as adults and swear on their father's grave to seek vengeance against their enemy, the Ruíz Montalvo family.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 271
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
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The story of a humble farmer who becomes President of Mexico. When he is falsely accused of fraud and incarcerated, he must fight back against the corrupt system behind the scheme and clear his name for the sake of his country and family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 85
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Duration:
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 447
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Plot Summary:
Worlds collide when a vengeance-obsessed young woman from the other side of the tracks captures the attention of two well-off friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, telenovela
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, noir, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
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El Dragón: Return of a Warrior (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Tokyo business man returns to his home country of Mexico where he must battle rivals to replace his grandfather as the head of a cartel.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
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The Cartel (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Cartel follows ten friends, all of them members of a dangerous drug cartel, whose ambition for power and money will cause them to eventually kill each other. For it is an undeniable truth that, in this business, you always lose.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration:
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Plot Summary:
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport drugs, he was also known for washing more than $200 million through Colombia to finance his huge fleet. He is described as the most powerful drug trafficker of his time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, novela, telenovela