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Horror, mystery film
Dr. Tim Mason, a medical researcher experimenting in "frozen therapy" visits the deserted home of Dr. Leon Kravaal, the originator of the therapy, who has been missing for ten years.
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LGBTQ-related film, crime film, erotic film, mystery film
Stephen Redding is a successful reality television producer with a big house in the hills and a trophy boyfriend, Dusty Young. But at Stephen's birthday party, Dusty discovers he has been having an affair with another man, Craigery. Humili…
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drama film, mystery film
Captain "Lucky" Ryland is about to retire. He has a flashback of several years to a voyage on a merchant ship which he was captaining from South America. He is forced to give passage to a British governess, Ruth Elton, who is returning to …
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Crime, thriller film
The wealthy Melanie and Keith Bauers are a married couple with two beautiful children. Melanie decides to hire a French au pair, Janine. At first, things in the household run smoothly under Janine's care.
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comedy thriller
An ineffectual science teacher William Lamb is hired by a school normally located in middle England (St Michael's) recently transferred because of Second World War evacuation policy to the remote Dunbain Castle on the Isle of Skye, Scotlan…
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mystery film
Charlie Chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
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Crime, Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
Chan is on his way back from completing the London case—they always mentioned the previous case—to go on "vacation" to Paris, but this is just a way to make people think that he is innocently there. He is on a case for some London bankers …
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Mysterie, mystery film
Private detective Doctor Morelle, who is intrigued by a case of a wealthy young woman named Cynthia Mason who has mysteriously vanished, visits her gloomy mansion to investigate. His secretary Miss Frayle poses as a maid and gets Bensall t…
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Crime, Mysterie, thriller
The sheriff of China Lake is confronted with a series of grisly murders that have shocked the small desert town. During the investigation, he befriends a vacationing highway patrolman who is eager to join in the investigation. As facts abo…
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Crime, action film, crime film
Simon Templar, alias "the Saint," meets and hires a reformed pickpocket and ex-convict named Dugan. Templar is recruited by Sir Richard Blake of British Intelligence to investigate Bruno Lang, a suspected spy. Templar tails Lang to his hom…
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crime film, mystery film
When gunshots are heard next door, the three children of widowed mystery novelist Marian Carstairs try to help the police help their mother solve the case or solve it themselves. Polly Walker, an actress, runs from the neighbors' house, te…
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drama film, mystery film
In 1889 Paris, musical comedy star Marie Roget has been missing for ten days. Police inspector Gobelin is investigating her disappearance. The French Minister for Naval Affairs, Henri Beauvais, a friend of Marie's grandmother, Madame Cecil…
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Crime, Mysterie, crime film
Scientist Henry Krasker (Aldo Farnese) experiments in speaking with the dead. He is also an occasional consultant for the Los Angeles Police Department, and has solved numerous cases through extraordinary means. He lives in a rooming house…
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drama film, mystery film
In the aftermath of a mysterious high school "incident" that results in the school burning and leaves a group of students dead, the school's attorney, Laura Sedgewick (Abigail Spencer) questions the only witness alive, a student, Alex (Eli…
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Mysterie, Sci-Fi
Studying the paranormal allows a convicted strangler to make himself invisible to kill five women who testified against him at his trial.
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Crime, crime film, mystery film
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chans in a web of blackmail and murder. The messenger for millionaire Victor Karnoff is ambushed and mur…
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Crime Comedy, Drama, comedy drama, crime film
Brash detective Butch Saunders is demoted from the robbery division to the bureau of missing persons. Captain Webb, his new boss, is unsure whether Butch will fit in or is on his way out of the police department. Webb assigns Joe Musik to …
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crime film, drama film
The film is about a New York City-based artist who claims to have witnessed his best friend's murder. Due to a drug problem, he cannot recall what happened, and is the prime suspect. He desperately tries to remember before it is too late.
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film noir, mystery film
Trucking company owner/driver Steve Reynolds finds himself caught up in a feud with a rival firm. A masked assailant associated with the adversarial company attacks Steve and steals his truck. The thief runs down and kills a policeman and …
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Mysterie, horror film, mystery film
Psychological Thriller, drama film, film noir
On board a ship traveling to Liverpool, England, from the West Indies, Anglican missionary's widow Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd) is prevailed on to help nurse malarial patients on the lower decks. There she meets the suavely handsome Mark Bell…
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crime film, drama film, mystery film
Crime, Mysterie, propaganda film, science fiction film, spy film
It is prior to the American entry into World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission.
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drama film, romance film, trial film
In a run-down Paris dwelling, an angry Hagolin accuses mistress Eponine of seeing a man named Robert Larnier behind his back. In a party at a stately home, prosperous attorney Lamerciere's guests include his longtime mistress Florence and …
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