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LGBTQ-related film, erotic film, erotic thriller, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
A sadomasochistic serial killer in a bondage suit is running amok in Palm City, murdering stage actresses who moonlight as BDSM prostitutes. Assigned to the case are Detectives Lisa Ryder and Harry Shine, who are under pressure to apprehen…
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Crime, Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
A young businessman and avid jogger finds a prime voyeurism spot on his nightly route. After some time spying he witnesses a murder instead. He soon becomes involved in a variety of situations stemming from the incident.
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mystery film
In London, fortune hunter Eric Durand is romancing the wealthy Sir George Mannering's niece Eve. He murders the solicitor who is hired by Mannering to investigate him and, marrying Eve, takes her to British India. Eve realizes too late tha…
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Crime, crime film, drama film, mystery film
thumb|200px|left|Lightning in The Case of the Howling Dog Severely agitated by the howling of a German Shepherd police dog next door, millionaire Arthur Cartwright comes to Los Angeles lawyer Perry Mason to draw up his will, stating that t…
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horror film, slasher film
Wade Chen, who works for a rich and powerful CEO, Mr. Yang, accidentally sees his boss having sex with supermodel Dana. His boss supposedly rewards him by sending him to an exclusive party on company money.
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Crime, crime literature, mystery film
thumb|upright=1.2|Genevieve Tobin, Warren William and Patricia Ellis in The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) Margie Clune wins the "Lucky Legs" beauty contest concocted by Frank Patton, but has trouble collecting her $1,000 prize when the pro…
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neo-noir, slasher film
Veteran cop Mike Turner (Robert Davi) is brought in to help solve a string of baffling satanic homicides. He soon finds himself along with Captain Hodges (John Amos) seeking to catch a murderous psycho called Bishop (Michael Ironside) who'…
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mystery film
The film is a murder mystery about an insurance agent/advertising executive (Andrew McCarthy) accused of his wife's murder. He claims that his wife had paid a hit-man/contract killer/assassin to eliminate him - but she is killed before he …
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comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, romance film
Thriller, thriller
Special Agent Jennifer Beck (Jennifer Beals) is an intrepid FBI agent who is assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As the clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck, who has a secret gift of clairvoyance, …
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Mysterie
Film Noir, film noir, mystery film
Running berserk, art critic and lecturer George Steele violently forces entry into the Manhattan Museum of Art. Apprehended by a patrolman, Steele claims that he was involved in a train wreck. Police lieutenant Cochrane finds no record of …
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crime film, drama film, mystery film
After someone places sugar cubes laced with LSD in his cup of coffee, Jonathan Fields regains consciousness, only to find a woman drowned in his bathtub and flecks of blood on his hands and clothes. Suffering from amnesia, Fields can't thi…
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mystery film
An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.
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drama film
Dog Days of Summer opens with adult Philip Walden paying a visit to the unnamed town where he grew up. In a voiceover, he expresses his disgust over the ramshackle, broken down state of things, and, with trepidation, recalls "the summer I …
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film
With the help of his Peruvian friend Ricardo, Oliver, an American hedge fund banker, buys debts owed by the Peruvian government to landowners. Though the deals are lucrative, Ricardo has lingering doubts about whether they are helping Peru…
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comedy drama, mystery film
Reva Prosky, a New Age devotee and Manhattanite who is an advocate of healing crystals and vegetarianism, goes about "improving" the lifestyles of everyone she meets, including her neighbor Crystal, a prostitute who wants to become a barte…
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crime film, drama film, mystery film
Private detective Michael Shayne is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from a wealthy old dowager, Mrs. Murdock, She is convinced her daughter-in-law has stolen the coin but Shayne soon finds himself up to his ears i…
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Horror, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film
The film revolves around a freshman at a college who believes a haunted house on sorority row is hiding sinister secrets. A sorority ritual leads to a ghost seeking revenge on sorority members.
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Sofie Talbert is a hard-hitting journalist against illegal immigration to the United States. Learning that her brother in Mexico has gone missing, she goes to find him and uncovers the brutal reality of the desperate people who risk their …
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Crime, crime film, mystery film
Charlie Chan has been investigating the whereabouts of Allen Colby, heir to a vast fortune. He recently made contact with his relations in San Francisco: his Aunt Henrietta Colby Lowell, her daughters Alice and Janice, and Janice's husband…
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Drama
Amidst a Southern Utah Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints community, BeckyLyn (Wettig) is accused of murdering her polygamist husband. A fellow wife, Queenie (Leigh) is convinced of her friend's innocence and with B…
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Action, film noir
Lester Abbott is carrying stolen diamonds he intends to sell to gem dealer Jules Sparkle, but Abbott is robbed and strangled by ex-convict Harry Lake, nicknamed Cueball for his round, bald head. Accomplices Simon Little and Mona Clyde have…
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Crime
Arthur Jamison, a wealthy criminal defense attorney, is facing a costly divorce from his wife, Louise. Arthur deals with the predicament by imagining numerous schemes in which he kills her. As a defense attorney, Arthur is familiar with bo…
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