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Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
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Paris Belongs to Us
Original name: Paris nous appartient
Genre: Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological, stylized, mind bending
Plot: intrigue, mystery, theater, politics, new wave, danger, actor's life, amateur detective, immigrants, mental illness, mysterious character, investigation, dishonesty, state affairs, secret movement, french new wave, brother sister relationship, suicide, drunkenness, conspiracy
Time: 20th century, 50s, year 1957
Place: france, paris france

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Masterpiece Mystery (1980)
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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
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The List of Adrian Messenger
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
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The Lady Vanishes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
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A Murder of Quality (1991)
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A Murder of Quality
Genre: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
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The Man in the Brown Suit
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Shadow of Doubt (1998)
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Shadow of Doubt
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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The Cradle Will Fall
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Gunn
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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The Pale Horse
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Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
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Last Year at Marienbad
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Unnatural Causes
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
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Stunts
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Country: USA
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Rogue's Gallery
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While My Pretty One Sleeps
Genre: Mystery
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The Gang of Four
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Hidden Agenda (1999)
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Hidden Agenda
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Ten Little Indians (1974)
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Ten Little Indians
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Stratosphere Girl
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Ordeal by Innocence
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Utopia (2013)
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Utopia
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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The Dark Wind
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Thesis (1996)
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Thesis
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The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
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The Crimes of the Black Cat
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
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