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mystery film
Returning home to England from the United States following news of her father's sudden death in a boating accident, April Haddon meets her stepmother Florence for the first time. The former nurse of her mother, she had married April's fath…
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mystery film
Dina Hunter (Barbara Eden), wealthy and unstable, takes a Mexican holiday with her husband Jerry (Robert Vaughn) in order for her to recover from a traffic accident. An artist named Paul Carter (Stuart Whitman) becomes intrigued by Dina an…
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Film Noir, drama film, mystery film
Sister Mary Bonaventure is in charge of the hospital ward of a convent in the county of Norfolk, England. She is troubled by her own sister's suicide, which she confides to her Mother Superior. A torrential rain closes nearby roads, causin…
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Thriller, psychological thriller, thriller film
After two female strip club workers disappear and are found dead later on, a team of reporters including Jesse St. Clair (Rachael Leigh Cook) and her camera operator Rob Latrobe (Kip Pardue) unearth a mysterious tape which shows the women …
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Horror, Mysterie, thriller film
The Wessex Hotel in Los Angeles is a Victorian hotel, built in 1898 at a height of 16 floors, including a 13th floor. Early in its history, serial killer Avery Block brought his friends to the 13th floor of the Wessex where he proceeded to…
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Crime, drama film, mystery film
Mike is hired to protect Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Chris heads up an all female high-risk courier agency that has become tied up in a dangerous exchange involving high-stakes bri…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Thriller, thriller film
Claudia (Haylie Duff) is out for dinner with her boyfriend Drew (Eric Johnson) and his friend, Jace (Jon McLaren). While she is out, she gets a call from her brother Carter (Dillon Casey) who has been arrested for the third time and needs …
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Dark Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, mystery film
Mysterie, mystery film, neo-noir
A small-town sheriff, Paul Del Moral accidentally runs into and knocks down a man late at night on an isolated road. A best-selling Japanese crime novelist, Aki Akahori, has a one-night stand with a mysterious man who suddenly disappears. …
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Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film
Preston Tylk and his wife, Emily, are having an argument when she confesses to having an affair. Preston storms out of their house to a local diner; upon returning he sees an orange car driving away and finds Emily dead. A few days later, …
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comedy film
Rock Slyde is a clumsy private detective, helped by his assistant Judy Bee. Slyde is trying to protect Sara Lee, a seductive baker, from a mysterious stalker, while contending with cult leader Bart and his followers, the Bartologists, who …
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horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Drama, Mysterie
Jill and Philip are an American couple living in Paris together with their two small children. Philip is currently an office worker, but he used to be involved with some shady organization which now wants him to do one more job for them. M…
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mystery film
Former bootlegger Stephen Recka is a powerful figure in city politics and business circles, with the mayor and bank in his pocket, and he aspires to climb socially. Recka discovers that a city councilor who wants to become mayor has plante…
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comedy film, comedy thriller, mystery film, spy film
The Stooges play janitors who work at a newspaper office, harboring aspirations of transitioning into the domain of journalism. Their entreaties to the managing editor for a chance to prove their mettle as reporters are met with conditiona…
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Mysterie, crime film
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder. They find that an American criminal organisation called The Scowrers has asked evil mastermind Professor Moriarty to wreak vengeance on John Douglas,…
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mystery film
A heavy storm catches everybody, nearly all with good reasons for fleeing the US, at the Black Raven motel just across the U.S./Canada border, and one of them winds up dead. The motel is run by a Mr. Bradford, who seems to have a sinister …
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teen film
The film takes place in the 1950s. Angel is a 15-year-old cheerleader who has her life all ahead of her. She falls in love with Tony Falcon, a drug dealing high school drop-out.
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Film Noir, film noir, horror film
A respected neurologist, Dr. Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) treats his patients successfully with hypnosis, but has troubles of his own from a marriage falling apart, that he cannot treat himself in the same way. His wife Maria (Ramsay Ames)…
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mystery film
Prudence Macintyre (Jane Seymour) is the host of the fictitious hit "do-it-yourself" television show Dear Prudence giving out 'Pru Pointers' to her viewers. The film opens with Pru recording a point on how to water plants whilst away, by f…
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Crime, mystery film
Charlie and Jimmy Chan are traveling by plane to San Francisco. Jimmy befriends insurance executive Thomas Gregory. Charlie's friend, novelist Paul Essex, dies aboard the aircraft after receiving a radiogram warning him not to ignore "Zodi…
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crime film, documentary film, mystery film
Spanning over several decades, Santoalla tells the story of the Dutch couple Margo Pool and her husband Martin Verfondern as they settle into a village known as Santoalla (also written as Santa Eulalia) in the remote mountainous region of …
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Crime, mystery film
Detective Charlie Chan's daughter prepares to give birth to his first grandchild. While Chan waits at the hospital, his "number two" son Jimmy intercepts a message intended for Charlie about a murder aboard the freighter Susan B. Jennings.
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, erotic thriller