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Drama, Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe is sentenced to death for the murder of his brother Michael, a crime he did not commit. Geoffrey, his best friend Dr. Frank Griffin - the brother of the original invisible man - and Geoffrey's fiancée Helen form a pl…
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Detective Film, Splatstick, crime film, mystery film
The police raid a premises at night and find a priest at an open safe: he explains he is replacing the money for a parishioner. He is arrested and put in the cells but released when the Monsignor confirms who he is. Outside he meets the er…
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Ghost-House-Movies, Horror, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film
thumb|left|An opening prologue explains that The Screaming Skull is so frightening that it may kill its viewers. Over a scene of an opening coffin, a narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, wh…
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Thriller, drama film, mystery film
In 1889, young Englishwoman Victoria (Vicky) Barton and her older brother Johnny arrive in Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle. This is Vicky's first time in Paris, and after checking into the Hôtel de la Licorne (or Unicorn Hotel), …
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Mysterie, thriller film
At an Alabama truck stop, truck driver Joe Majors walks in on a woman, Julie, being choked and seemingly assaulted by another man. He grabs the man and pulls him off Julie. However, Julie goes on to explain that she had asked the man to ch…
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Mysterie, horror film, mystery film
In London, during a raging thunderstorm one night, Ellen Wheeler frantically tells her husband, John, that from the living-room window, she has seen a man with his throat slit in a chair by the window in the large, old, deserted house acro…
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
thumb|260px|left|Robert Montgomery and Dame May Whitty in Night Must Fall thumb|260px|right|Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall Police drag the river and search the surrounding countryside in a small English village f…
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Erotic Thriller, Film Noir, crime film, detective film, mystery film
The story is narrated in first person by Porter Wren, a columnist and crime reporter for a New York City newspaper with a reputation as a good listener. One night, he attends an after work party hosted by publishing magnate Hobbs, who has …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, thriller film
A group of friends enter the Man's nightclub, Volcano, where one of them, Jason, is approached by one of the entertainers called the "Red Bastard". Jason follows the Red Bastard with the intention to buy party drugs from him or his employe…
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Adventure, Animation, adventure film, comedy horror, mystery film
The Mystery Inc. gang head to Chicago, Illinois for a talent show, called Talent Star, hosted by Brick Pimiento, where songwriting duo Fred and Daphne are finalists. Upon arrival, they learn that the opera house in which the show will be h…
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Crime, Thriller, mystery film
Michael Taylor is tormented by his sheer lack of memory concerning the night his wife was found brutally killed. Michael's girlfriend Paula helps him attempt to make sense of it all.
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved from San Francisco to New York to escape a troubled past. He blames his former partner Tony Jardine for his problems. Complicating matters, he is hounded by New York police lieutenant Frank Reev…
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Horror, crime film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Paul Toombes is a successful horror actor whose trademark role is Dr. Death, a skull-faced serial killer. During a party in Hollywood marking his fifth Dr.
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film
On the way home from visiting her parents' grave, Christy crashes her car into a rock. The impact throws Christy to safety, but her older sister, Vanessa, is trapped inside when the car explodes. Vanessa initially survives, though disfigur…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film
After her estranged mother's death, Linda Stevens inherits a rural estate called Montclare, which has been in her family for years. The rambling structure houses a long-held rest home for the elderly. Linda arrives on the same night as a n…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor prison, embeds code revealing the hidden location of extremely valuable stolen Bank of England currency printing plates in the melody notes of three music boxes that he crafts to be sold at auct…
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Drama, drama film
thumb|left|upright|James Garner and Katharine Ross in Mister Buddwing (1966) A man wakes up on a park bench in Central Park to find that his mind is a total blank. He has no identification or money, just a folded slip of paper enclosing tw…
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Drama, Film Noir, drama film, film noir, mystery film
A woman wanders through Los Angeles, saying little more than "David". Admitted to a hospital's psychiatric ward in a catatonic stupor, and interrogated by a doctor, she calls herself Louise Howell, and recounts her life in intermittent spu…
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drama film, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
While vacationing in Monte Carlo in 1927, Maxim de Winter meets the young and somewhat naive British companion of Mrs. Van Hopper, a typical Ugly American whose bout of influenza frees the girl to spend time with the wealthy widower. When …
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Adventure, Thriller, action film, mystery film, thriller film
In Paris, a woman named Donna Lloyd has been missing for two days. In Dallas, her husband Walter and their college-age son Chris decide to look for her. At the airport, Chris bumps into backpacker Carla.
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Film Noir, Melodrama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
Johnny Eager masquerades as a taxi driver for his gullible parole officer, A. J. Verne, but in reality, he is the ruthless head of a powerful gambling syndicate.
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film
In rural Wilmington, North Carolina, Linda Henry lives a solitary and unfulfilled life with her husband, Henry Henry, a doctor who spends the majority of his free time tinkering with model trains. At his clinic, Henry carries on an affair …
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LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, horror film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
A mysterious woman calling herself Miriam Webster offers Jim, a bellboy at a hotel in Ventura, California, two thousand dollars to marry her that night. The two arrive at the home of Alfred Adrims, a local justice of the peace and, after a…
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Horror, Occult Horror, Thriller, horror film
Miranda Reed is saved from an abusive boyfriend by Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills and his lawyer friend and coworker Derek Clayton. The boyfriend makes threats at Jeff, but eventually leaves. As Miranda has no home, Jeff offers to let her…
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