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The Golden Eye (1948)

Crime, mystery film

Mr. Manning, owner of the Golden Eye Mine in Arizona, persuades Charlie Chan to help him. To avoid alerting Manning's murderous enemies, Chan registers as a guest at a nearby dude ranch along with his number two son, Tommy, and his black c…

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Father Brown, Detective (1934)

mystery film

When infamous jewel thief Flambeau announces his intention to steal stones from a diamond cross in Father Brown's church, the crime-solving cleric fights to retain the cross, and also to save the soul of the elusive Flambeau.

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Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

Mysterie, mystery film

At her family's rural manor in Germany, Irene von Helldorf celebrates her twenty-first birthday with her father Robert, her suitor Thomas Brandt, and Thomas's two rivals, Walter Brink and Frank Faber. Thomas challenges Walter and Frank to …

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iMurders (2008)

Crime, Drama, Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film

When the participants of an internet chat room are brutally murdered in succession, one person's past holds the key to the gruesome mystery.

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Bury Me Dead (1947)

crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film

When the remains of a woman's body are found after a fire consumes the stables on the estate of wealthy Barbara Carlin, it is assumed to be her, especially since she was wearing Barbara's diamond necklace. However, after the funeral, Barba…

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Night Screams (1987)

Horror, horror film, mystery film, slasher film

Somewhere in Wichita, Kansas, David is a potential college football star who has just won a four-year scholarship to a college somewhere in Oklahoma. His friends decide to throw him a serious farewell party while his parents are out that n…

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The Plot Thickens (1936)

mystery film

The New York police are called in after the wealthy John Carter is murdered in his car at midnight. Among the suspects are his maid and chauffeur; his butler who has designs on the maid; and a young couple implicated at the crime scene. Sc…

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The Weapon (1956)

Mysterie, thriller film

Elsa Jenner is an American war widow who lives in London with her young son Erik. While playing with friends in Aldersgate, Erik hides in the basement of a bomb-damaged building, Erik finds a handgun stuck in a lump of concrete. As all the…

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The Amazing Transplant (1970)

fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, sexploitation film

Arthur visits Mary to profess his love and propose to her. But when he notices her earrings, he begins to rape her and winds up choking her to death. His mother is worried and asks her police detective brother-in-law Bill to help find him.

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Beautiful (2009)

Thriller, drama film

In the fictional Adelaide suburb of Sunshine Hills, three teenage girls have disappeared: Jenny Wells (found in a dumpster with her body cut open), Teresa Fields (found impaled and hanging from a clothesline), and Amanda Howatt, who disapp…

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Shadow of the Law (1930)

crime film, drama film, mystery film

Mechanical engineer James "Jim" Montgomery escorts attractive blonde Ethel George to her apartment, one floor up from where he himself lives. However, inside she is startled to find an angry Lew Durkin, a "Chicago millionaire". Jim leaves,…

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Psyche 59 (1964)

Drama, Mysterie, drama film

Alison is apparently happy as a wife and the mother of two daughters despite her blindness, caused by a fall during pregnancy. She is helped by her devoted husband, Eric, a London businessman, an elderly French maid, and Paul, a close fami…

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Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Crime, crime film, mystery film

thumb|upright=1.2|Keye Luke and Warner Oland in Charlie Chan at the Circus Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find o…

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The Ringer (1952)

Crime, Mysterie, crime film, drama film

Maurice Meister, an underhand solicitor, receives threatening notes from a man known as "The Ringer" to all but his wife and Meister who know him as Henry Arthur Milton, a master of disguise. Milton's sister has been found drowned and he b…

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The Smiling Ghost (1941)

comedy horror, film noir, ghost film, mystery film

The elderly Mrs. Bentley (Helen Westley) and her lawyer see a newspaper ad from an unemployed and unmarried engineer seeking work doing “anything legal.” The lawyer calls the engineer, Alexander “Lucky” Downing (Wayne Morris), and sets up …

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Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)

Crime, crime film, drama film, mystery film

While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner returning from Germany in their previous adventure (Charlie Chan at the Olympics), they have a run-in with a mysterious woman, named Billie Bro…

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The Dark Place (2014)

LGBTQ-related film, mystery film, thriller film

Keegan Dark (Blaise Embry), the protagonist, has a condition called hyperthymesia, a condition that makes a person remember almost every single moment of their life. Keegan Dark and his boyfriend (Timo Descamps) arrive at the mansion of Ke…

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The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

Mysterie, crime film, mystery film

A wealthy gem-collector, Brandon Edwards, gains possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the 'Eye of the Daughter of the Moon', after it has been stolen in China. Edwards, at a party in his home, confides to Mr. Wong that his …

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Flourish (2006)

comedy drama

The film tells the tale of Gabrielle Winters, a brain-damaged and institutionalized tutor and proofreader who elaborately recounts the disappearance of the sixteen-year-old girl she was babysitting.

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