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Plot Summary:
The Sõpruse bridge connecting Russia and Estonia suddenly plunges into darkness. When the lights come back, in the middle of the bridge, on the borderline, a body is discovered. A joint Russian-Estonian investigation is appointed. Russian investigator Maxim Kazantsev and Estonian inspector Inga Veermaa will investigate a chain of crimes that are well prepared, masterly executed and contain “messages” on the topic of social injustice.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, social, surprise ending
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The Crime (2017)
Plot Summary:
Investigation of cruel murder of the young girl turns into the difficult psychological drama which opens questions of the human values and meanings, things that everyone cares about: fidelity and treachery, cynicism and compassion, revenge and humility.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing, captivating
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Under Military Law 3 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Summer and autumn 1944. Odessa. The city, liberated by the Red Army from the German-Romanian occupation, begins a new lease of life. But, according to military intelligence, a network of Abwehr agents recruited from among the local population and professionally trained saboteurs remained in the city after the Nazis retreated. Now a special task force is being formed in Moscow consisting of members of SMERSH and the military prosecutor's office investigators, who will be sent to Odessa to strengthen the local authorities and the police. The group, under the command of SMERSH Captain Viktor Zvyaginov, includes two investigators from the military prosecutor's office, Svetlana Elagina and Ivan Rokotov, who not only find the trail of Abwehr agents, but simultaneously solve a number of criminal cases. Along with their professional military activities, the romance between Svetlana and Ivan, who lost each other during the Red Army's retreat from Kharkov in 1941, is rekindled when they are reunited after a long separation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, suspense, harsh
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The Killer Inside (2014)
Plot Summary:
Psychological crime series following the investigations of interrogation experts Julie Beauchemin and Maxime Moreli.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, realistic
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MosGaz. Delo N3: Pauk (2015)
Plot Summary:
The third film of the project about Cherkasov's task force is "Goznak". Based on another famous story - the robbery of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR in 1977, when the Kalachyan brothers swept the treasury for one and a half million rubles (two million dollars at the then exchange rate). It was the largest kidnapping in the Soviet Union. 1967 year. Moscow. A fashion model from the House of Fashion was killed. A group of Major Cherkasov arrives at the crime scene. He urgently introduces his man, Sonya Timofeeva, into the Fashion House, whose main task is to obtain information about the relationship between the employees of the Fashion House. Soon, another fashion model dies. And simultaneously with this murder, a very daring crime is taking place - the robbery of Goznak.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Krik sovy (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in 1957. In the center of the plot - taking place in the small town of mysterious crimes, the investigation of which involved a policeman Balakhnin and KGB agent Mitin.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, harsh
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The Coroner (2018)
Plot Summary:
Alexandra Ehle is a coroner at the Bordeaux forensic institute. Fanciful and free-thinking, she devotes herself completely to what she considers her mission: restoring to the dead their dignity and human appearance, and giving them justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, realistic, suspenseful
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Murder in Provence (2022)
Plot Summary:
Antoine Verlaque, Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and romantic partner Marine Bonnet as they investigate the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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The Young Montalbano (2012)
Plot Summary:
The young "Commisario" detective Salve Montalbano, based in a village, solves mysterious crimes in Sicilia.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, witty, detective
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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness (2019)
Plot Summary:
When consumer news reporter, Ruby Herring stumbles onto a murder, the intrepid redhead inadvertently discovers a knack for crime solving. With the reluctant help of a handsome detective, Ruby finds a new career covering crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, twist ending, exciting
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Daughter of the Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
Filha da Lei, a criminal series on a Chief Inspector, Isabel Garcia, and the investigation of the most important police case in Portugal in the last 20 years. Garcia is faced with the greatest challenge of her career when she is assigned to lead the Investigation of the violent serial murders that devastate the city. Samuel Lopes, Trainee Inspector with a degree in Criminal Psychology, joins the Garcia Brigade where he will have to earn his place and the respect of the most experienced inspectors. The interaction with the Trainee Inspector helps Garcia to better understand his daughter Sara, a 16-year-old teenager who was married to the implacable journalist Jaime.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Shannon is a garage sale shopping expert whose sharp observation skills allow her to uncover valuable antiques, as well as help her local police department solve mysteries. Jennifer is asked to make a home delivery for a customer, but she finds the recipient has been murdered. Jennifer soon realizes that the victim's cold-blooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
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Detective Anna (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of Zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman, who is assigned to the police department and teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mysterious, captivating, intellectual, breathtaking, detective, tense, detective series
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Your Turn To Kill (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both enjoy mystery. The newlywed couple then move to an apartment and they attend a resident’s meeting there. Nana and Shota become involved in murder cases that take place at the apartment. Residents get murdered one by one. Some residents have a motive, but those suspects have an alibi. Because of this, an arrest has yet to be made.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Bridge (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a dead body is found on the Tuas Bridge, left right on the border between Malaysia and Singapore, two ICD officers from each country, Officer Megat from Malaysia and Officer Serena Teo from Singapore, must work together to solve the crime. But this case is far more complicated than either of them could have suspected, and they soon learn that the killer’s plan has just begun.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Singapore, Malaysia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Under Military Law (2015)
Plot Summary:
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the city, while a number of Soviet government representatives are happily profiting from other people’s misery.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: rough, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, touching
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Stopping Power (2000)
Plot Summary:
St. Petersburg, Russia, today. Special agents Plakhov, Rogov, Dukalis, Solovets, and Larin are installing the skids for businessman Arkadi Bogolepov. They suspect that Bogolepov is involved in a murder and some other unresolved crimes. Bogolepov's office is under surveillance. But Bogolepov is making a stellar political career. He is buying the media, feeding the poor, supporting the seniors and, most importantly, he promises to wipe out the mafia, if he is elected to the City Hall. Special agents are stretched out. Their resources are inferior to the mafia's, and some people in the law enforcement are also corrupt. But the agents don't give up.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, tense, exciting, humorous, captivating, suspenseful
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Suspended Cop (2019)
Plot Summary:
At the same time, former operational investigator Dmitry Ryzhov, who had served time in prison for abuse of authority, and police captain Arina Gordeeva were arriving in St. Petersburg. Ryzhov got a job in Zhilkomservis in order to earn money, drive his emergency car in his native district and no longer have anything to do with the police. Gordeeva becomes a precinct of the same region. In it, businessman Veniamin Voronov is in charge of everything - he is Venya Voron. Under his "patronage" almost all the hot spots and many enterprises that are covered for a considerable portion by the local district captain Teltsov. Honest and principled Gordeeva refuses to put up with the current state of affairs in the microdistrict and engages in an implacable fight against local crime and corrupt officials. In this, Dmitry Ryzhov helps her. He also does not tolerate injustice, and he also likes Captain Gordeeva. But she is in no hurry to reciprocate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining, tense, humorous, disturbing, detective
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Hierro (2019)
Plot Summary:
In El Hierro, the most remote island of the Canary Archipelago, a murder has occurred. Candela, an experienced judge with a strong character, must instruct the case as she takes up her position in a destination where she doesn't fit in. The island, an abrupt and changing landscape, is the home of a small community with singular traditions, where nobody enters or leaves unnoticed and where secrets are hard to keep. The murderer is surely one of the islanders. Everybody believes it is Diaz, a shady local businessman, who seems to fit the bill. But nothing is that easy, neither with Candela, nor with Diaz. They are both out to find the murderer. She is out to do her job to the best of her ability; he is out to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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London Kills (2019)
Plot Summary:
With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, detective
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Trace (2007)
Plot Summary:
A new governmental body is created to solve X-file and high-crime cases. Federal Expert Service brings together specialists in various areas: software development, ballistics, forensic, and investigators. FES is doing the whole range of expertise and research, and it investigates the most complex and intricate crimes. Launched as an experiment, FES trains young professionals and assists other special organizations, like FSB and MVDs branches, in solving crimes. Any investigator or detective, people from the Prosecutor's Office and a police officer can ask FES for help. A futuristic office was created especially for shooting: a laboratory, a meeting room, a morgue, an interrogation room, and so on.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: exciting, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
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The Dead Lake (2019)
Plot Summary:
Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense, rough
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Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand sales she frequents. When her friend Martin (Michael Kopsa) turns up murdered just hours after auctioning off an abandoned storage unit full of unique items to Jennifer, she is immediately pulled on the case as a key eyewitness. Working with Detective Lynwood (Kevin O'Grady), Jennifer helps single out a disgruntled customer as the prime suspect, while she and her business partner, Danielle (Sarah Strange), sift through boxes from the auction. As her husband Jason (Steve Bacic) worries about her safety, she starts to get over her head when there is a break-in at her store and a run-in with Martin's angry wife. They must race to save a life and put their own on the line. Will they succeed before times runs out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful
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Murders in... (2013)
Plot Summary:
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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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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Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Little Boy Blue (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child’s murder amid a wave of gang violence. In August 2007, while walking home from football practice in his England kit, 11-year-old Rhys Jones was unwittingly caught in the crossfire of a gang war. Shot in the neck outside the Fir Tree pub in Liverpool’s Croxteth, he died in his mother’s arms. Made with the support of Rhys’s parents, Melanie and Steve, Little Boy Blue explores their ordeal and looks at the agonising dilemmas of witnesses faced with becoming pariahs for speaking up. It tells the story of the long and extensive investigation, led by Merseyside Police SIO David Kelly, that eventually brought Rhys’s murderer and his associates to justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective, crime drama
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Gracepoint (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the town's residents.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy, detective, captivating, suspense, action adventure
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Dark Side of the Moon (2012)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by "Life on Mars", this Russian adaptation (which translates as "The Dark Side of the Moon) follows the story of police officer Mikhail Soloviev Jr. After being hit by a car- Soloviev embodies the firm of his father in 1979 and attempts to find a way home.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Don't Call It Mystery (2022)
Plot Summary:
University student Kuno Totono is the type who constantly questions what is taken for granted in society and develops his own theories based on his vast knowledge and unique set of values. One day in autumn, the police come to see him. His university schoolmate has been murdered at a park nearby and the police apparently regard Totono with suspicion. He is asked to come with them for questioning. In the interrogation room, the police are manipulated by Totono who tends to digress from the topic and poke at their contradictions. He even correctly guesses that one of them is troubled about not getting along with the wife and ends up giving advice. However, Totono’s fingerprints are eventually discovered on the murder weapon.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, detective
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One Ordinary Day (2021)
Plot Summary:
A drama that explores the criminal justice system from an extremely popular perspective through the fierce story of two men surrounding the murder of a woman. Hyun Soo, an ordinary college student, suddenly becomes the primary suspect in a murder case. Shin Joong Han is the only lawyer willing to help Kim Hyun Soo. Having just barely passed law school, Shin Joong Han's involvement in Kim Hyun Woo's case eventually takes his unremarkable life to new heights.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sad