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Horror, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
June Abbott (Camilla Luddington), a crime scene cleaner, finds an order to clean the residence of Ellie Ford, a woman murdered by a serial killer that mimics the modus operandi of the "Judas Killer". She receives a ring from her boyfriend,…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, psychological horror fiction, silent film
Pig opens with a scene of the black-garbed killer preparing to leave a small house. The individual places several items into a briefcase, appearing among them a deck of cards, a notebook, and a copy of the children's novel Mr. Pig and Sonn…
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Sugar Torch, a stripper who headlines a show in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, is returning backstage after her act when she is ambushed in her dressing room by an assailant with a gun. She flees and runs out onto the street in …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film
Tom Merriam (Russell Wade), a young merchant marine officer, joins the crew of the ship Altair. At first, all seems well and Merriam bonds with the captain, Will Stone (Richard Dix). The ship, already shorthanded due to the death of a crew…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, erotic film, horror film, vampire film
During the Prohibition era in the Southern United States, the devout 13-year-old Lila Lee is summoned by letter to visit her injured father, a gangster, before he dies. She runs away from the Reverend who has raised her and in whose church…
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Destiny, Mysterie, drama film
In the fall of 1972, on a wooden pontoon on the edge of a lake on the island of Nantucket, two children, Claire and Nathan (8 years old, of French origin) observe a swan. The pontoon breaks and Claire falls into the water. Nathan runs to g…
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Crime, crime film, mystery film
A lodge in Kanab, Utah, is where Los Angeles lawyer David Hewson goes for a peaceful vacation. He is quickly attracted to Beth Dixon, a switchboard operator and a personal assistant to lodge owner Edmund Parry. thumb|left|160px|Drive-in ad…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, crime film
A group of particularly violent armed robbers, who are committing bank and payroll robberies across London, are taking just £60,000 from each robbery, leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill anyone who ge…
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Mysterie, drama film, thriller film
Tom is an introverted and troubled young man living with his struggling mother Elaine, the pair having just moved into a house that they have inherited. They have come from a distressing family background. Tom explores the nearby 'turlach'…
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Detective Film, mystery film
The great detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted companion Dr. John Watson travel to New York City to investigate a recent threat made by Professor James Moriarty. During their investigation, Holmes and Watson are reunited with their ol…
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Monster Film, drama film, horror film, miniseries, mystery film, science fiction film
Horror, Mysterie, crime film, detective film, horror film
In 1870s France, a string of strange murders occur on the Rue Morgue, a fictional street in Paris. The authorities are baffled, but they do know of one man who may have the answers - a professor named Dupin. Dupin agrees to help the police.
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comedy horror, mystery film
Lord Arnold Dwellyn and his lover Karen have just been married. However, this is no ordinary marriage because Arnold is a recent corpse. There are also interesting conditions: Arnold is not to be buried.
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
Sherlock Holmes is visited by Mr. Chalmers, an insurance agent with a strange tale. Seven single men, calling themselves the "Good Comrades", live together in the remote Scottish castle of Drearcliffe House, near the village of Inverneill.
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Detective Film, mystery film, spy film
Alfred Pettibone, a British secret agent carrying a vital secret document, is murdered on his way to deliver it in the U.S. The British government turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. He deduces that Pettibone converted the document to micro…
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Action, action film, drama film
During the rage of Hurricane Katrina, Detective Andy Devereaux (Val Kilmer) discovers the body of his former partner in a warehouse. Quickly forgetting about his discovery, he joins a newly transferred detective named Stan Johnson (Curtis …
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mystery film
When aspiring mystery writer Mickey Raymond travels to Malta to research her first novel, she finds herself falling in love with Terry, a handsome, mysterious American. She also finds herself falling into a conspiracy of events, apparently…
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action film, adventure film, crime film, documentary film, drama film, mystery film
The plot of Dangerous Men is nigh incomprehensible, and changes abruptly towards the middle of the film. Mina (Melody Wiggins) and her fiancé, Daniel (Coti Cook) are walking on a beach when two bikers, named Tiger and Leo, set upon them. T…
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erotic film, erotic thriller, fantasy film, mystery film, romance film
Alan Desland is an English antique dealer who specializes in ceramics. A solitary man, he is a bachelor with no romantic ties. On a business trip to Copenhagen, he hires a German-born secretary, Karin Foster fluent in English, Danish, and …
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Action, Mysterie, action film, mystery film
A patient of Chicago psychoanalyst Dr. Judd Stevens is murdered after a session, stabbed while wearing a raincoat belonging to the doctor. Police detectives McGreavy and Angeli investigate.
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Crime, Mysterie, thriller film
A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing contest. Extravagance and excess collide, as the death of a contestant sows seeds of division in a community whose passion for hair verges on obsession.
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Crime, Mysterie, splatter film
Developmental psychologist Dr. Philip Lacan performs as a magician at a children's party at the Zurvan Institute, a clinical psychology hospital outside Vancouver. Angelique, a Frenchwoman who is one of his former patients and ex-wife, per…
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Romance Film, drama film, mystery film, romance film
Former child star Cilla McGowan has found more satisfying work restoring old houses. In search of a normal life, Cilla buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to rescue it from ruin. Cilla's hope for serenity is so…
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Drama, Mysterie, crime film
When police respond to a burglar alarm at premises in Long Acre, Central London, they find nothing amiss after meeting the nightwatchman, who allows them to search the premises. However, the next day the safe, which had been opened with a …
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