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Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, detective |
Country | Japan |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Teens, Killers, Lawyers, Judge, Fathers |
Plot | Investigation, Computers, Mystery, Snow, Mystery |
Place | Prison, School, Trains, Japan, Kitchen |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense |
Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:26 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Fathers, Detectives |
Plot | Revenge, Investigation, Death, Justice, Freedom |
Place | Prison, Korea |
Style | Psychological problems, Heavy, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
A girl who lost her father to a serial killer, a detective and a killer are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia |
Duration | 02:43 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Psychopath, Killers, Tigers |
Plot | Death, Art, Snow, Cheating |
Style | Psychological problems, Tense, Fancy, Depressive, Not for everyone |
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Argentina, Spain |
Duration | 01:55 |
Characters | Dogs, Brothers |
Plot | Cars, Fight, Death, Hunting, Mental disorders |
Place | Aircraft, Mountains, Forest, Psychiatric hospitals, Kitchen |
Time | Winter |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
Mark | imdb: 4.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Canada |
Duration | 02:17 |
Characters | Serial killers, Killers |
Plot | Obsession, Death |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, For men |
The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Serial killers, Police, Criminals, Detectives |
Plot | Investigation, Mystery |
Place | Prison, Korea |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
Mark | imdb: 3 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Characters | Blonde girls, Fathers, Lovers |
Plot | Friendship, Death, Mental disorders, Art, Chase |
Place | USA |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing, Slashers |
Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:42 |
Characters | Dogs, Police, Criminals |
Plot | Revenge, Fight, Investigation, Death, Snow |
Place | Mountains, Hospitals |
Time | Night |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel. (Remake of the Chinese film “Drug War,” 2012.)
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Canada |
Duration | 00:30 |
Characters | Teens, Serial killers, Family, Artists |
Plot | Survival, Fight, Investigation, Friendship, Pursuit |
Place | Prison, Village, Forest, USA, Small cities |
Style | Action, Heavy, Tense, Serious, For men |
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:59 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Strong women, Killers, Blonde girls |
Plot | Motorcycles, Investigation, Death, Weapon, Internet |
Place | School, Trains, Cemetery, USA |
Style | Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Czech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, Russia |
Duration | 02:21 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Police, Military, Pregnant |
Plot | The escape, Relationship, Investigation, Political, Justice |
Place | School, Trains, Russia, Forest, USSR |
Style | Action, By books, Tense, Creepy, Serious |
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | thriller, crime, detective |
Country | Poland |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Killers, Police, Cows |
Plot | Investigation, Weapon |
Place | Poland |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense |
Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Spain, USA |
Duration | 01:39 |
Characters | Teens, Teachers, Psychics, Maids |
Plot | Friendship, Mystery, Female friendship |
Place | Prison, Mansions, USA, Office, New York |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Tense, Serious |
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, crime, detective |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Hired assassins, Family, Students, Nurses |
Plot | Mystery, Chase, Hypnosis, Mystery, Cheating |
Place | Hospitals, Korea |
Time | New Year |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating |
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok’s eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger…
Mark | imdb: 4.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Dogs, Horses, Gangsters, Angels, Soldier |
Plot | Investigation, Mystery, Supernatural, Religious, Birthday |
Place | Iraq, Metro, USA, New York |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective |
Country | France, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:11 |
Characters | Serial killers |
Plot | Love, Investigation, Death, Pads |
Place | France |
Style | Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, history |
Country | Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Terrorists, Friends |
Plot | Prison Break, The escape, Hunger, Freedom, Confrontation |
Place | Prison, Ireland |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Tense, For men, Disturbing |
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 03:18 |
Characters | Serial killers, Family, Sisters |
Plot | Death, Mystery, Mystery, Funeral |
Place | USA |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Tense |
A prominent Boston family attempts to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades — amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his accomplice.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | action, thriller, crime, detective |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:22 |
Characters | Dogs, Maniacs, Mafia, Serial killers, Gangsters |
Plot | On real events, Revenge, Motorcycles, Chase, Funeral |
Place | Hospitals, Korea |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Fascinating, Tense |
In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked by a suspicious man, and Tae-suk realizes that this man is the serial killer, K. Now, Dong-soo becomes the only witness and a survived victim from K.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:08 |
Plot | Chess, Skirmishes, Motorcycles, Friendship, Chase |
Place | Hospitals, India |
Style | Unexpected ending, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:58 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers, Police |
Plot | Investigation, Death |
Place | USA |
Style | Unexpected ending, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy, Tense |
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:21 |
Characters | Alcoholics, Lovers, Psychiatrists |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Investigation, Obsession, Mental disorders |
Place | Trains, New York |
Style | Psychological problems, Twisted plot, Heavy, Tense, Serious |
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:05 |
Characters | Gangsters, Musicians, Stewardesses, Businessmen |
Plot | Love, Passion, Death |
Place | India, Cemetery, Asia |
Style | Exciting, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Heavy |
ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Sweden, France |
Duration | 04:41 |
Characters | Serial killers, Police, Shamans |
Plot | Dancing, Investigation, Mystery, Conspiracies |
Place | France, Sweden, Small cities |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg. The victims seemingly have nothing in common more than that they are all being killed in a well-planned and vicious manner. In their hunt for the truth, both Kahina and Anders are forced to deal with their own past that they have repressed. A personal journey through a painful past becomes the key to succeed in preventing the violent killings that affects the small mining community of Kiruna.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | Canada, USA |
Duration | 01:14 |
Characters | Fathers |
Plot | Revenge, Death, Justice |
Place | Prison, USA |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy |
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:00 |
Characters | Lesbians, Gay, Lawyers, Photographers, Sisters |
Plot | On real events, Money, Investigation, Friendship, Death |
Place | Prison, Trains, Court |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Tense |
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, crime, detective |
Country | Germany |
Duration | 02:06 |
Characters | Maniacs, Serial killers |
Plot | Abduction, Passion, Investigation, Friendship, Death |
Place | Islands, Helicopters, Berlin |
Style | Action, Tense, Depressive, Disturbing |
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 02:01 |
Characters | Gangsters, Friends, Criminals, Tough guys, Fish |
Plot | Fight, Weapon, Baseball, Betrayal, Chase |
Place | Prison, Ships, Beach, Hospitals, Korea |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, For men |
An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:38 |
Characters | Serial killers |
Plot | Investigation |
Place | Prison |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy, Serious |
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:39 |
Characters | Family, Scammers |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Betrayal, Chase, Rivalry |
Place | Prison, England, London, Small cities |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Tense |
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.