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True Crime
The documentary film tells the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents on August 20, 1989. In the documentary, for the first time in about thirty years, the brothers themselves talk abou…
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Drama, crime film
This summary is set out in chronological order, unlike the order in the film itself. Ulrich Mott, a 50-year-old conman and social climber, is working as an intern for a U.S. congressman when he uses the congressman’s ID card to gain entry …
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 1983, at an elegant Los Angeles party at a mansion, Bruce wanders away from the party and is killed by a speeding car. After the funeral, his friends Graham, Martin and Tim sit drinking with Raymond on a fancy hotel patio. Only Raymond …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, drama film
As a woman lies sleeping, a man methodically removes all traces of himself from her apartment and leaves, throwing a bag of belongings into a dumpster as it is emptied. Michael Boll, a shy, socially awkward doormat, finds important work da…
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Action, action film, buddy cop film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Walter "Walt" Coogan, a deputy sheriff of fictional Piute County, Arizona, is sent to New York City to extradite escaped killer James Ringerman. NYPD Detective Lieutenant McElroy informs him that Ringerman is recovering from an overdose of…
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Late Western, Social Drama, Western film, drama film
Melquiades Estrada, a Mexican illegal immigrant working in Texas as a cowboy, shoots at a coyote which is menacing his small flock of goats. A nearby United States Border Patrol officer, Mike Norton, thinks he is being attacked and shoots,…
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Crime
Ten people travel by aerial tramway to a snowbound mansion, invited there by a Mr U.N. Owen (Unknown) to spend the weekend. They discover that none of them has actually ever met Owen, including his secretary as well as a married housekeepe…
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Drama, Komödie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, romantic comedy
Philosophy professor Abe Lucas joins the faculty at Braylin College in Rhode Island. He is experiencing an existential crisis, is depressed, sees no meaning in his life, and drinks excessively. Despite this, he catches the eye of two women…
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Crime, Horror, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller
On 11 May 2000, a psychologist, Dr. Arnold, is conducting a session with Karla Homolka at Canada's Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Dr.
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Gangster Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, melodrama, suspense film, thriller film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Little Caesar (1931)|left Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello and his friend Joe Massara move to Chicago to seek their fortunes. Rico joins the gang of Sam Vettori, while Joe wants to be a dancer. Olga bec…
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Drama, drama film
Advertising executive Bill Compton, his wife Joan, and daughter Melissa are a wealthy family in New York City's Upper East Side. Melissa has been living with her drug-dealing boyfriend, Frank Russo. After Melissa overdoses and is sent to a…
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Crime, Drama, War Film, drama film, found footage film, war film
In April 2006, Private First Class Angel Salazar, a young United States Army soldier serving in the Iraq War, is an aspiring filmmaker who enlisted in the U.S. Army to help him get into film school, following the rejection of his applicati…
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Action, Drama, drama film
At a loading dock in Cleveland in 1937, supervisor Mr. Gant hires a new worker, Polish American Lincoln Dombrowsky. Gant tells Dombrowsky that he will only be paid for his regular shift even if he must work overtime, and that any merchandi…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film
Dorky executive Nelson Hibbert gets passed over for a promotion after spending years angling for the job, including engagement to one of his boss's daughters. He reacts angrily, swearing to kill the boss as security drags him away. When he…
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Dark Comedy, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film
In Tacoma, Washington, Catholic Italian American Joey Boca goes to church, and in the confession booth, admits to a priest to cheating on his wife Rosalie with at least seven women in the past two or three weeks. Despite asking for forgive…
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Crime, Komödie, comedy film, crime film
When the famous Pink Panther diamond is stolen again from Lugash, Chief Inspector Clouseau is called on the case despite protests by Chief Inspector Dreyfus. While on the case, Clouseau is pursued by the Mafia. Clouseau first goes to Londo…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
Charley Varrick is a crop-duster and former stunt pilot, down on his luck. So he, his wife, and two accomplices, Al and Harman, rob a bank in rural New Mexico. Though the heist results in a big haul, it also claims the lives of Al and Char…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
On March 5, 1873, Norwegian immigrants Karen Christenson and her sister-in-law, Anethe Christenson, are brutally murdered on Smuttynose Island, a lonely island among the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast. Karen's younger sister, …
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Detective Film, action film, crime film, drama film
FBI Special Agent Terry McCaleb, a veteran criminal profiler, leads a joint FBI-LAPD task force to capture the "Code Killer", a serial murderer who leaves taunting messages for McCaleb. While addressing reporters at the latest crime scene,…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, crime film
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the FBI, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the not…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, docudrama, drama film
On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician, former member of the Beatles, and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated fr…
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Destiny, Family Drama, Romantic Drama, crime film, drama film, romance film
Sergeant William "Dutch" Van Den Broeck is a seasoned police sergeant in the Internal Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Kay Chandler is a congresswoman for New Hampshire running for reelection. Dutch is married to…
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Psychological Thriller, neo-noir, thriller film
Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by glamorous, enigmatic Brooke Reynolds, who works at Crispin's (a fictitious New York auction house modeled after Christie's). Brooke was having an affair with one of Rice's patients, George …
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Daffy Comedy, Romantic Comedy, comedy of remarriage, crime film, romantic comedy film
thumb|left|Charles Coburn, Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve Jean Harrington is a beautiful con artist, who works with her equally larcenous father, "Colonel" Harrington, and his partner Gerald. They are sailing on an ocean …
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