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Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime thriller film, mystery film
In 1994, Sean Veil is acquitted of charges relating to an infamous triple murder. He becomes paranoid that the police are trying to frame him for this and other crimes. A book based on his trial called Darkness Invisible is released.
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LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, horror film
The film is based on the real-life murders committed by Charles E. "Smitty" Schmid, Jr. in Tucson.
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Drama, drama film
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist Paul Malcolm (Samuel L. Jackson).
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Film Noir, crime film, film noir
All Paris is frightened by the murders attributed to "Bluebeard". Modiste Lucille is introduced to Gaston Morrell, a puppeteer and painter, by her friend. They are attracted to each other, and she accepts a commission to design some costum…
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Detective Film, Thriller, crime film, mystery film
A former police officer, Derian McCall (Rebecca De Mornay), hands in her badge then she and a colleague, opens a detective agency. One day Anthea (Dana Delany) walks in, the wife of a wealthy investor, Michael Ferrow-Smith (Kiefer Sutherla…
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LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, historical film, mystery film, thriller film
Police inspector Danladi Waziri is summoned by the British colonial authorities to present his findings on a series of rapes and murders of young women in Akote, a remote village in Western Nigeria. Upon his arrival in Akote, he is receive…
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mystery film
The Carters (Richard Long, Polly Bergen) and two other couples win tickets to a luxury Caribbean cruise. When each of the winners start turning up dead, it soon becomes apparent that the contest was just a trick to begin a killing game. It…
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For the past four years, Los Angeles has been terrorized by a series of mysterious murders, in which several men have been found dead with huge puncture wounds in their chests. The latest happens when private detective Mark Higbie is visit…
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horror film, mystery film
During the 1930s, three privileged old university friends gather for the week-end in an old country house located in a sprawling British estate. In fact McFadyen, who has recently inherited the estate, invites his two college acquaintances…
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mystery film
Set in 18th century London, the story focuses on Sweeney Todd (Ben Kingsley), a murderous barber whose business provides him with two profitable sidelines: the sale of his victims' jewelry and the disposal of their bodies to his mistress M…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, mystery film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
After the events of the previous film, another shark is awakened by Russian miners drilling underwater for red mercury. Two ships intercept the MegaShark, which survives the attack. Benedict leads a team of prospectors into a mine in Russi…
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Drama, documentary film, trial film
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister, has just been released from the hospital in which he stayed for two months following a heart attack. Returning to his practise of law, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accu…
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Thriller, coming-of-age film, drama film, thriller film
Wynne Kinch, an adopted 14-year-old girl, has a crush on her 32-year-old stepbrother, George. While spying on George in the bathroom, Wynne notices he has several scratches on his back, and finds a jumper she made for him thrown in the rub…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, mystery film
On the evening of November 7, photographer Sophie Jacobs and her attorney boyfriend Hugh go to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. As they travel home afterward, Sophie develops a craving for "something sweet" and stops their car at a convenie…
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Crime, crime film, horror film, mystery film
The film is set in London and the countryside, mainly in the East End and docklands. When an armoured car is robbed, in a daring daylight raid co-ordinated on Tower Bridge, one of the guards is shot and killed by Mason. The gang escape on …
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horror film, mystery film
Gail Cooper travels to her ex-husband Nick's apartment in London in order to remove some of its more valuable items. It soon becomes apparent that while Nick (a successful singer) isn't at home, someone is clearly there. The anonymous pers…
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Teen Horror Film, Thriller, horror film
High school student Billy Colton (Derek Rydall) is spying on his attractive new neighbor (Shannon Tweed) when he witnesses her being murdered by a man in a robe, and he recognizes the man as his unpopular history teacher Zachary Willard (A…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film
The film begins with a baby, Sebastian, being born. After Sebastian viciously murders the doctors who delivered him, his mother (Sara Malakul Lane) realizes that there is something seriously wrong with the child. Over the course of the fil…
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Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Allie has a secret relationship with Justin, who is an older but charming guy. What she does not know is that he is married to Sabrina who, upon discovering the affair enlists her reluctant sister Paige to help kidnap Allie. Intended as a …
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thriller
Joe is a newly divorced, single dad in his forties living in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Though he makes a decent living working as a casino pit boss, and loves the time he is getting to spend with his son, he still longs to start a new rel…
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Crime, Horror, Mysterie
The mysterious and grisly murders of a mother and daughter leave police investigators puzzled. Few clues were left behind. The killer could not have fled via the windows as they were nailed shut.
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historical drama, mystery film
Marian Fairlie (Tara Fitzgerald) and Laura Fairlie (Justine Waddell) are half-sisters (same father but different mothers). Laura's mother died, leaving Laura an inheritance which she will receive when she comes of age. They both live in Li…
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crime film, mystery film
Advertising salesman Leo (Butt) unwittingly assumes the role of a private investigator to help Kyra (Smart), but becomes embroiled in a risky and ever-deepening murder mystery. In Canada, a woman named Kyra goes to the office of the middle…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller, film noir, thriller film
New York theatrical producer Larry O'Brien plans to start a film company in Hollywood and purchases a disused studio from the days of silent films. In the studio's office, a famous director was murdered 20 years earlier but the case was ne…
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