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Plot Summary:
Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Container (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sasha makes her living as a professional surrogate mother. Contrary to the usual practice, she moves in with her new customers until the baby is born. She finds herself in a different world - in the house of rich government official Vadim and his wife Marina. For them, Sasha is merely a "container" - their new toy. But what was intended as a safe way of caring for the future child turns out to be a test for everyone involved. Behind the luxurious facade of the elite hides unsightly secrets. And Sasha has a secret of her own. Container was selected by 2021 MIP Drama Awards, the annual premium drama showcase offering international buyers an exclusive first-look at a curated selection of the most anticipated series in production around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: captivating, cynical, suspense, ambiguous ending, twist ending
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Seesaw (1999)
Plot Summary:
British series starring David Suchet.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Beartown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hockey is the last beacon of hope for the citizens of Björnstad, so when its junior hockey team makes the national semifinal, the burden of the entire town’s dreams weigh heavily on the shoulders of its teenage superstars. However, the day of the semi-final is also the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatised and the town in turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 288 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, suspense, suspenseful
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Edge of Desire (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man falls for a seductive, confident woman who performs as a mermaid, and actually believes to be one.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Ingobernable (2017)
Plot Summary:
The First Lady of Mexico has big plans to improve conditions for the country. As she starts to lose faith in her husband, President Diego Nava, she finds herself at a crossroad where she will need to find a way to deal with a great challenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, sensual, political thriller
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Blue Lights (2023)
Plot Summary:
Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags:
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The Truth Commissioner (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Verdict (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a renowned criminal lawyer sees one of the people she loves most become a victim of the Brazilian penitentiary system, she must decide whether to cross the line that separates her between looking for justice or committing an unforgivable crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Uruguay, Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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You Don't Know Me (2021)
Plot Summary:
Accused of murder, Hero shouldn't stand a chance in court. He swears he's innocent. But in the end, all that matters is this: do you believe him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, talky, crime drama
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Fearless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, rough, detective, crime drama
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False Identity (2018)
Plot Summary:
Isabel and Diego, two complete strangers, must assume the identity of a married couple in order to flee the state of Sonora.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, telenovela
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Harassment (2018)
Plot Summary:
With the help of a journalist, a group of women come together to denounce the sexual abuse they suffered from a respected doctor: Roger Sadala (Antonio Calloni), a specialist in reproductive medicine and famous in high society. It all starts when one of them breaks the silence, inspiring the other victims to build a mutual support network with a thirst for justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 37 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
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Bancroft (2017)
Plot Summary:
A dark and compelling thriller centering on Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft, a female detective with an explosive secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, intellectual, captivating, hardboiled detective, psychological, detective series
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Screw (2022)
Plot Summary:
Rob Williams' darkly comic crime drama portrays prison as you've never seen it before: through the embattled and inspiring characters who work there.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: humorous
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Plot Summary:
If These Walls Could Talk follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. Each of the three stories takes place in the same house in three different years: 1952, 1974, and 1996.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, emotional, sentimental, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, political, mystical, retro
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Black Work (2015)
Plot Summary:
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to discover who really killed her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama
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Justice (2006)
Plot Summary:
Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand. It first was broadcast on Wednesdays at 9:00 but, due to low ratings, it was rescheduled to Mondays at 9:00, in the hope viewers of the hit series Prison Break would stay tuned. On November 13, 2006, the show was put on hiatus, but two days later the network announced it was shifting it to Fridays at 8:00 to replace the canceled Vanished. Fourteen episodes of the series were ordered, of which 13 episodes were produced. Twelve of the episodes of Justice have aired in the United States with the final episode airing in Mexico, the UK and Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
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Caliphate (2020)
Plot Summary:
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, slasher, dramatic, masterpiece
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Signora Volpe (2022)
Plot Summary:
After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 270 min
Plot tags: detective
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Vera Drake (2004)
Plot Summary:
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sincere, depressing, bleak, compassionate, thought provoking, contemplative, period piece, grim, realistic, social
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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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Safe (2018)
Plot Summary:
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 356 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, witty, crime drama, thrilling, tense, talky, compassionate, psychological thriller, atmospheric
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Prime Suspect 1973 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Quirke (2013)
Plot Summary:
A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, bleak, realistic, tense, suspense, detective, crime drama, historical drama, suspenseful, period drama
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Stella Blómkvist (2017)
Plot Summary:
Stella is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, cunning Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass who takes on mysterious and often dangerous cases and only loves rules when she's breaking them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bloodlands (2021)
Plot Summary:
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, crime drama, thrilling, intellectual, contemplative
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Get Even (2020)
Plot Summary:
On the surface Kitty, Margot, Bree and Olivia appear to have nothing in common - but there’s one passion which unites them: to expose injustice. They form their own secret society, DGM - they Don’t Get Mad, they Get Even - playing anonymous pranks to expose bullies.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: tense, surprise ending, confusing, captivating, suspense, mysterious
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The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Plot Summary:
A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling
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Bodyguard (2018)
Plot Summary:
A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: political, detective, exciting, suspense, disturbing, romantic, philosophical, atmospheric, feel good, serious
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The Fall (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, serious, tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir