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Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Judge, Investigators |
Plot | Love, On real events, Chase |
Place | Prison, USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Heavy, Tense, Depressive, For men |
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Characters | Gangsters, Mafia, Tough guys, Old men, American Mafia |
Plot | On real events, Money, Investigation |
Place | USA |
Style | For men |
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:41 |
Characters | Gangsters, Special agents, FBI, Partners, Bartenders |
Plot | On real events, Bank robbery, Gambling, Skirmishes, Political |
Place | Texas, USA |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Characters | FBI, Partners |
Plot | Bank robbery, Mystery, Undercover |
Place | Los Angeles |
Style | Atmospheric, Serious, Disturbing |
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
Mark | imdb: 4.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | Puerto Rico, USA |
Characters | Mafia |
Plot | On real events, Racing, Investigation, Double life |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Tense |
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | thriller, comedy, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Characters | Journalists, Housewives |
Plot | Abduction, Missing people, Mystery, Cheating |
Place | USA |
Style | Fancy, Womens in main roles |
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | USA, Italy, United Kingdom, China |
Duration | 02:08 |
Characters | Mafia, Police, Rich, Old man, Billionaires |
Plot | Love, Abduction, On real events, Money, Investigation |
Place | Italy, USA |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious |
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama |
Country | USA, Germany, Canada, France |
Duration | 02:02 |
Characters | Heroes, Soldier |
Plot | Survival, Apocalypse |
Place | Bunker, New York |
Time | Post apocalypse |
Style | Action, Tense, Depressive, Serious |
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, military, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:15 |
Characters | Terrorists, Jews, FBI |
Plot | On real events, Dancing, Investigation, Political, Betrayal |
Place | USA |
Style | Action, Smart, Tense, Disturbing |
Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:34 |
Characters | Mafia, Gangsters, Brides |
Plot | On real events, Money, Investigation, Death, Justice |
Place | Mexico, USA |
Style | Action, Tense |
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:43 |
Plot | On real events, Uprising |
Place | College, USA |
Style | Action, By books, Heavy, Gloomy, Makes me think |
Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | Canada, USA |
Characters | Teens, Serial killers, Special agents |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Missing people, False accusations |
Place | Small cities |
Style | Action, Heavy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:21 |
Characters | Serial killers, Strong women, Single mothers, Nurses, Mothers |
Plot | On real events, Abduction, Investigation, Mystery, Missing people |
Place | Court, USA, Los Angeles |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, To cry, Fascinating, Heartbreaking |
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, documentary, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:39 |
Characters | Family, FBI |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Mystery, Missing people, Lost memory |
Place | USA |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Makes me think |
It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Partners |
Plot | Love |
Place | USA |
Style | Exciting, Disturbing |
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, military, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, China |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Spy, Lawyers, Judge, Mothers |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Political, Computers, Intrigue |
Place | Court, England, London, USA |
Style | Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Action, Tense, Disturbing |
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | France, Germany, USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:23 |
Characters | Hackers, CIA, Spy |
Plot | On real events, The escape, Betrayal, Computers, Internet |
Place | USA |
Style | Action, Smart, Makes me think, Serious, Disturbing |
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:45 |
Characters | Mafia, Serial killers, Gangsters, Gangsters, Hired assassins |
Plot | On real events |
Place | USA |
Time | Dark ones |
Style | Action, Heavy, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:32 |
Characters | Teens, Orphans |
Plot | Love, Rivalry |
Place | USA, Small cities |
Style | Action, Serious, Disturbing |
Hannah and Amber Baker are trapped in a dark Southern underworld of violence, drugs and bikers. Both live in fear of their "Uncle Frank" Stinson, the ruthless leader of a crime organization.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, film noir, biography |
Country | USA |
Characters | Gangsters, Heroes, Special agents |
Plot | On real events, Robbery, Bank robbery |
Place | Chicago, USA |
Style | Exciting, Atmospheric, Heavy, Serious, For men |
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, France, USA |
Duration | 02:09 |
Characters | Teens, Hired assassins, Fathers, Veterans |
Plot | Abduction, Revenge, Slavery, Money, Death |
Place | Hotels |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Heavy |
A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:04 |
Characters | Dogs, Teens, Blonde girls, Thieves, Police |
Plot | Robbery, Bank robbery, Fight, Money, Loneliness |
Place | Prison, Ships, Ghetto, Hospitals, USA |
Style | Fascinating, Tense, Black humor, Disturbing |
After a heist goes awry, a bank robber spends a night trying to free his brother from Riker's Island prison.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:00 |
Characters | Friends, Single mothers |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Abduction, Cars, Friendship |
Place | USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Depressive, Serious |
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Serial killers |
Plot | On real events |
Place | USA |
Style | Heavy, Fancy, Serious, Disturbing |
Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA, Germany |
Duration | 01:49 |
Characters | Lesbians, Gay, Serial killers, Killers, Lawyers |
Plot | On real events, Revenge |
Place | Court |
Style | Depressive |
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Teens, Serial killers |
Plot | Abduction, Investigation, Chase, Fear |
Place | USA |
Style | Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Action, Tense, Serious |
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, biography, history |
Country | Germany, USA |
Duration | 01:48 |
Characters | Serial killers |
Plot | On real events, Loneliness, Seduction |
In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their personal ads in which Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Based on a true story.
Mark | imdb: 4.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:22 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Bodyguards, Businessmen, Orphans |
Plot | Basketball, Relationship, Money, Loneliness, Mental disorders |
Place | Party, Hospitals, Cemetery, USA |
Style | Heavy, Disturbing |
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA, India, Belgium |
Duration | 02:08 |
Characters | Hackers, Spy, Journalists |
Plot | On real events, Political, Internet, Conspiracies, Uprising |
Style | Action, Makes me think, Serious, Disturbing |
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.