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Plot Summary:
One of Korea's top actresses has her son kidnapped. She struggles to carry out a mission on a live reality show following the kidnapper's demands.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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A Superior Day (2022)
Plot Summary:
A thriller set in 24 hours where only the superior survives, and the ordinary man who has to save his kidnapped daughter by killing a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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The Bricklayers (1976)
Plot Summary:
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min
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Terra Brava (2019)
Plot Summary:
To avenge his dead parents, Diogo will have to destroy his lover's mom and face his younger brother. Diogo, a decorated military officer, finds out that Eduarda is responsible for the destruction of his family. He returns to his homeland to take revenge, but falls in love with her daughter, Beatriz, who is married to Tiago, his biological brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration:
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Bed of Roses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy / drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 10 May 2008. It stars Kerry Armstrong and was created by Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman; produced by Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags:
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Crimson River (2020)
Plot Summary:
An unsolved murder case of a young girl repeats itself twenty years later and awakens the memories of a peaceful town. Shan Feng, who was once a witness to the murder case, now returns to the town as a policeman, unable to forget the painful memories. He seeks out the truth and discovers all the people related to the case have undergone drastic changes.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Silent Court (2017)
Plot Summary:
In Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. Detectives from the Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto. She does housework for her customers. The detectives from Police Station visit Miki’s house. What is the truth behind the cases?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower (2020)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful coffee shop owner Zhong Meibao suddenly dies in a condominium at the Horizon Tower. When she died, her face still wore a doll-like makeup, hence the case was referred to as the "Doll Murder Case". This case shocks the whole tower, and after investigation the clues point to three suspects - security guard Xie Baoluo, architect Lin Dasen and property manager Lin Mengyu. All three suspects were enthralled by Zhong Meibao's beauty, and all had an intimate relationship with her. All the clue seem to point to the possibility of a love crime. However in the midst of investigation, new clues begin to emerge, and turns the focus to Zhong Meibao's complicated and painful youth. Her family, consisting of her step-father, mother, younger brother and foster mother, were implicated into the case. Just who could be the real murderer?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Killing Vote (2023)
Plot Summary:
People are busy watching the screen. The person wearing a mysterious mask so called 'Gaetal' appears, and the Killing Vote begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Wired (2008)
Plot Summary:
Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna (Charlie Brooks) she’s introduced to Anna’s slippery new boyfriend Phillip (Laurence Fox). Phillip makes Louise an indecent proposal: accept a briefcase full of money in return for helping him to defraud one of the bank’s richest clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? (2013)
Plot Summary:
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves 「TAKE FIVE」. This group stole from the rich who had acquired their wealth through immoral means. Due to an incident, Masayoshi decided to retire from the group, and settled into his life as a professor of Psychology at a reputable university. One day, he runs into a mysterious homeless woman, who passes him a picture of a Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, which prompts him to re-enter the world of thievery and resurrect 「TAKE FIVE」. Sasahara Rui joined the Burglary Division in the footsteps of her father, who had died in an accident involving a burglary heist. She wows to take down 「TAKE FIVE」 and stop them from stealing again. What was the real reason for the disbanding of 「TAKE FIVE」 20 years ago? Who is the mysterious homeless woman and what is the significance of the Da Vinci picture she had given to Masayoshi? How did Rui's father really died?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags:
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Hijack (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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Hello My Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
Zhang Fan, an interior designer who is divorced and no longer believes in stable relationships; Pan Xiao Chen, a stellar insurance salesman who is experiencing a seven-year itch in her relationship; and Luo Xiao Xiao, a pet blogger who has never been in love, are three protagonists of different ages and personalities who are in a difficult situation in life. In the face of betrayal, deception and traps, they break through the bottleneck of life with sincerity and persistence, ushering in the highlight of their lives and meeting a better version of themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Deconstructing Sarah (1994)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about an advertising executive Kelley who leads a double life, looking for men in dive bars at night. However, when she goes missing, it causes her best friend Ticotin to turn detective and infiltrate the seedy underworld to discover what happened.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Riptide (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alison has just married Australian Sean Weston. Both of their children struggle with the new family situation, and Alison's former husband wants her back. When Sean disappears during a morning surf, it is not clear if he got caught up in a rip tide or if there is more to his disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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The Elegant Empire (2023)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman take revenge desperately yet elegantly after being trampled on by enormous power.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags:
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Paula (2017)
Plot Summary:
A thriller about Paula, a chemistry teacher whose life is turned upside down after a one-night stand with James. They become locked in a dance of destruction. Only one can survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Café Minamdang (2022)
Plot Summary:
A suspicious business that offers the services of a purportedly all-knowing shaman catches the attention of a tenacious police inspector.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama
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Cold Shores (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday's intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together. Seven years later, Alina and Mark have a strong family. But one day, Mark goes on a business trip and meets there a woman who looks like his missing wife, Maria, like two peas in a pod. Mark is unable to master the feelings that have overwhelmed him again and leaves Alina for a woman who so frighteningly resembles his late first wife. Meanwhile murders of young women are renewed in the town - a mysterious maniac, already forgotten by everyone, goes hunting again. Alina, abandoned by her husband, returns to the police work and the search for a maniac, which leads her to a shocking discovery.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Maelstorm (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of investigators finds murdered teenagers in a city collector. Unraveling this case step by step, the police faces an unconditional evil - a whirlpool of a big city, which sucks and destroys the weak - those whom no one loves and does not care for. This evil destroys people with impunity, and each of the characters is forced to face it personally, look inside themselves to meet their own demons and fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense
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Sparta (2018)
Plot Summary:
While investigating the mysterious death of a teacher, a grizzled detective gets caught up in the world of a high-stakes virtual reality game.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, suspenseful
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Trigger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Fashionable uptown Moscow: psychologist Artem practices "provocative therapy", convinced that the fastest and most effective cure is to brutally confront his patients with their fears. Yet his own life is in chaos after he was sentenced to prison for causing a patient's suicide. Free again, he opens a practice in a makeshift office, in a glamorous high rise no less, and sets to work, trying to get his life back on track at the same time. This means getting his wife back, fighting to keep his license to practice, protecting his teenage sister from her violent boyfriend, and, most of all, proving his innocence for the death of his former patient. Moreover he knows the identity of the killer, but proving it isn't so easy. With each case he gets closer to his goal and, although he helps his clients, brilliantly solving their seemingly impossible problems - will he be able to help himself?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, rough
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No Second Chance (2015)
Plot Summary:
A doctor searching frantically for her missing baby daughter finds herself tangled in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious cops and dark secrets.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, heartbreaking, disturbing, noir, detective
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The Man from the Equator (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man that had his family and whole life has been taken away by the friend he trusted the most has returned and is burning for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Goodbye Mr. Black (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cha Ji-Won is a UDT officer of the Navy Special Operations Force. He is positive and has personal charm, but he falls into a desperate situation due to a friend's betrayal. He goes through numerous life or death situations. Cha Ji-Won then enters into a fake marriage with Swan to hide his identity. Through the bright persona of Swan, Cha Ji-Won falls in love and regains his trust of others.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, romantic, scenic
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Remember (2015)
Plot Summary:
Diagnosed with hyperthymesia, Seo Jin Woo possesses an uncanny memory, which he uses to his advantage as a lawyer defending his wrongfully convicted father. But when Jin Woo is afflicted with Alzheimer’s, his only link to his father’s innocence begins to fray. With a mind that’s both his greatest asset and greatest liability, can justice prevail?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological
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Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019)
Plot Summary:
An explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the cabinet, leaving Park Mu-jin, the Minister of Environment, to become the next president. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who has no ambitions in politics, but as the acting president for 60 days, he is compelled to investigate the truth behind the attack. Based on the popular American series, Designated Survivor.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: political thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful, political, political drama
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Intruder (2021)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca and Sam's lives are turned upside down when two teenagers break into their coast home.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Virgin (2022)
Plot Summary:
When the popular girl at school mysteriously dies, a schoolmate asks her friends’ help to create a documentary as a way into her dream school.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags:
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A Good Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
Who and What is “A Good Man”? This is the central question in this original drama series from Konstantin Bogomolov, agent provocateur of Russian cinema. Based on a true story, inspired by the capture of Russia’s most prolific and brutal serial killer “the maniac of Angarsk”. "A Good Man" looks at everyday violence in quiet suburbia. The protagonist is a police officer and a security guard, keen to uphold the law, protect people and his town. His methods are deadly. It takes almost a decade to reveal him as a mass murderer, who preyed on over 80 young women in and around Angarsk.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, detective, suspense
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Bitter Daisies (2018)
Plot Summary:
While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, detective