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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: 5.9 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:39 |
Characters | Killers, Couriers, Good people |
Plot | Chase, Conspiracies, Pads, False accusations |
Style | Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, detective, history |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA |
Duration | 01:23 |
Characters | Witch, Teens, Family |
Plot | On real events, Superpowers, Death, Supernatural, Chase |
Place | School |
Style | Unexpected ending, Action, By books, Atmospheric, Tense |
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, military, biography, history |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:48 |
Characters | Terrorists, Family, FBI |
Plot | Survival, Investigation, Friendship, Death, Political |
Style | Fascinating, Touching, Serious, Disturbing |
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, detective, biography, history |
Country | Australia |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Political |
Place | Indonesia |
Style | Action, Heavy, Makes me think, Depressive, Serious |
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
Characters | Serial killers, Twins |
Plot | Pursuit |
Place | USA, Los Angeles |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing |
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | Turkey |
Plot | Rivalry |
Place | Turkey |
Style | Exciting, Action, By books, Fascinating, Tense |
In the absence of Behzat Ç., a superintendent named Himmet gets replaced as the president of the murder Bureau. When the murder of minister of Interior makes a big impact, Himmet decides to take advantage of it and he makes his team help the fight against terrorism bureau.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:47 |
Characters | Spy, Terrorists, Students |
Plot | Obsession, Conspiracies, Rivalry |
Place | England |
Style | Exciting, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Serious |
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and escapes. Ewan's spymasters task Ewan with hunting down the cell members and retrieving the briefcase.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | thriller, drama, biography, history |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:50 |
Plot | On real events, Death |
Style | Action, Serious, Disturbing |
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Plot | Conspiracies, Mystery |
Place | USA |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. Five unusual characters are unknowingly connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation, as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | thriller, drama, biography, history |
Country | Georgia, Poland, Russia |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Terrorists, Military, Parents |
Plot | Love, On real events, Wedding, Friendship, Death |
Place | Sea, Aircraft, Court, USSR, Beach |
Style | Action, Heavy, Tense, For men, Disturbing |
Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
Mark | imdb: 7.9 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | South Korea |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Police, Friends, Soldier, Taxi drivers, Reporters |
Plot | On real events, Time travel, Money, Friendship, Revolution |
Place | China, Hospitals, Korea |
Time | Night |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | drama, biography, history |
Country | USA, Hungary |
Duration | 02:15 |
Characters | Priests |
Plot | On real events, Revolution, Political |
Place | Russia |
Style | Action, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing |
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | thriller, drama, military, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:22 |
Characters | Journalists, Soldier, Reporters |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Weapon, Political, Conspiracies |
Place | Iraq, Party, USA, Office |
Style | Action, Tense, For men, Disturbing |
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
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: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, western, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:23 |
Characters | Horses, Indians, Friends, Insects, Eagle |
Plot | On real events, Time travel, Snow, Rivalry |
Place | Trains, USA, New York |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
In 1890, Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York, travels to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle of the Lakota people to get the Government respects their rights over the land where they live.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, western |
Country | USA |
Characters | Horses, Snipers, Teachers, Students, Criminals |
Plot | Investigation, Death, Water, False accusations |
Place | School, Deserts, USA, Small cities |
Style | Action, Serious, Disturbing |
After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s pregnant wife tries to come to his aid and lands in the hands of corrupt coyotes who hold her for ransom. Dissatisfied with the police department’s investigation, the former sheriff tries to uncover the truth about his wife’s death and discovers disturbing evidence that will destroy one family’s future, or tear another’s apart.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, military, biography, history |
Country | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 04:42 |
Characters | Kings, Hitler, Soldier |
Plot | War, On real events |
Place | Trains, Forest, Warships, Norway, Germany |
Time | World War II, Winter |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:30 |
Characters | Students, Psychologists |
Plot | On real events, Experiments, Quests |
Place | Prison, USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Makes me think, Serious |
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
Mark | imdb: 4.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | Denmark |
Duration | 01:39 |
Characters | Dogs, Partners, Cats |
Plot | Superpowers, Supernatural, Mental disorders, Conspiracies |
Place | Psychiatric hospitals, Alaska, USA |
Style | Unexpected ending, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
Just as David and Freja arrive at their newly bought country house close to the Cliffs of Møn the harmony is disturbed by an inexplicably suicide. When David realizes that their new craftsman Roar is linked to the person who fell of the cliff he starts being suspicious. David is also certain that Roar is hitting on Freja. She denies this and all Davids theories. David joins forces with the widow Veronica to solve the case and prove to Freja that he is right. But the closer he gets the truth the further away he gets from Freja. David has to risk everything to unveil circumstances that go far beyond his imagination...
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, biography, history |
Country | Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA |
Duration | 02:00 |
Characters | Dogs, Horses, Poets |
Plot | On real events, Death, Weapon, Border, Snow |
Place | Hotels |
Style | Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing |
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | drama, history |
Country | Russia |
Duration | 01:55 |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Revenge, Friendship, Death |
Place | Russia, Siberia, Small cities |
Time | 18th century |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing |
The story is set at the times of Peter the Great’s reforms. At those times when an emerging empire was wreaking havoc on provincial medievalism. The times were the melting pot of everything – of beliefs and of nations. The history of Russian Asia was made by captive Swedes, outlanders, Bokharan merchants, civil servants and officers, convicts, architects and chroniclers, Chinese smugglers, shamans and escaped dissenters, Orthodox missionaries and warlike steppe-dwellers Jungars.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, history |
Country | Brazil |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Photographers |
Plot | On real events, Death, Radio |
Place | School |
Style | Action, Heavy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
Mark | imdb: 2.8 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, thriller, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:05 |
Characters | Scientists, Veterans |
Plot | Survival, Apocalypse, Death, Supernatural, Viruses |
Place | Cemetery, USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, military, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Characters | Hired assassins, Slaves, Photographers, Soldier |
Plot | On real events, Slavery, Obsession, Conspiracies |
Place | USA |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Exciting, Action, By books, Fascinating, Serious |
April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history: the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln. From Executive Producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, and narrated by Tom Hanks, National Geographic Channel's first ever docudrama, Killing Lincoln, based on the New York Times bestseller, combines re-creations with historical insight in a thrilling chronicle of the final days of President Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, history |
Country | USA, Hungary |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Monsters, Serial killers, Psychiatrists |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Political |
Place | Russia, USSR |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Tense, Depressive |
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:49 |
Characters | Veterans |
Plot | Investigation, False accusations |
Place | Vietnam, Asia, California |
Style | Action, Twisted plot, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Tense |
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
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.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Maniacs, Teens, Captives, Neighbors, Cats |
Plot | Experiments, Stockholm syndrome, Conspiracies, Cheating, Sects |
Place | Small cities |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
When Sarah lucks into a sweet one-bedroom at Asilo Del Mar Apartments in Los Angeles, she think she's hit the jackpot. It's got plenty of space, friendly tenants, group BBQs and even a cute neighbour next door. All is not what it seems: loud noises start keeping her awake at night; her cat is missing; everyone seems to be a little too helpful and friendly, except for the weirdo, Lester. Soon, Sarah learns she didn't choose this apartment — it chose her.