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The Investigator (2008)
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The Investigator (2008)
Original name: A nyomozó
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: This multi-award winning film tells the story of precise and silent, Tibor Malkáv – your average 37 year-old man, who though not rich, leads a comfortable and uncomplicated life. All this changes when he finds out his mother is dying of cancer and the cost of surgery is well beyond his means. A one-eyed man known as the Cyclops offers Tibor a solution to his financial woes, however, there is a catch and Tibor has to kill someone in return. What follows is a chain reaction that has long lasting and unexpected results.
Style: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, absurd, dark comedy, dread
Plot: murder, murder mystery, needing money, murderer, hitman, criminal, secret identity, attempted murder, money problems, cat, asexual, lesbian, revenge, lgbt, hunting, money, investigation, cancer, hospital, blind man, funeral, autopsy, stranger, corpse, half brother ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing and suspenseful films with plots about murder, murderer, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, criminal and killings mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Investigator: Witness Unprotected (2018), Paralytic (2016), Grudge (2021), Awakening the Zodiac (2017), Eeram (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Witness Unprotected (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sam is a divorced freelance photographer who is struggling to put her daughter, Laurie, though college. She takes any job, even the dangerous ones, to keep the paychecks coming. Her latest assignment, given to her by a private investigation firm, ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: photographer, murder, murder mystery, threat to kill, murder investigation, investigation, threat, investigator, crime investigation, stalking, crime solving, murderer ...
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Paralytic (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A contract killer takes vengeance against a ruthless drug cartel, resulting in a mysterious puzzle that a small town sheriff must solve in order to stop untold horrors.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, murder mystery, hitman, organized crime, murderer, drug cartel, killings, murder, vengeance, criminal's revenge, puzzle, undercover ...
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Grudge (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: female police detective, criminal, murderer, murder, secret, killings, homicide detective, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, cold case ...
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Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
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Eeram (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: A police officer investigates his former lover's death which is believed to be a suicide by others.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating
Plot: attempted murder, murder investigation, private investigation, jealousy, murderer, murder mystery, murder, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, sleuth, uncover truth ...
Place: india
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Murder at Honeymoon Hotel (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Da Zhi is a doorman at a luxury hotel. He uses his vacation in exchange of a presidential suite at the hotel to satisfy his wife's wish. However, the manager gives the presidential suite to a celebrity and breaks the deal with him. He tries to ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: hotel, murder, wedding, trap, trapped, murder mystery, murderer, secret, couple relations, male female relationship, motel, actress ...
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Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play?
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot: relationship problems, assassination plot, female assassin, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, female protagonist, conspiracy, female villain, unlikely criminals, murder mystery, murderer, girlfriend ...
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The Confessions (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: murder mystery, monk, murder, murder investigation, murderer, economics, confession, investigation, religious, catholic, liberation theology, political intrigue ...
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Monochrome (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners, and a brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condition to track her down.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: serial killer, revenge, hitman, female assassin, criminal's revenge, vengeance, criminal, murderer, fight, police investigation, killings, forensics ...
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Say Your Prayers (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the famed atheist writer Professor John Huxley.
Style: captivating, tense, satirical, disturbing, suspense
Plot: brother brother relationship, murder, radicalism, murderer, religion, satire, attempted murder, orphan, religious cult, criminal, radical, countryside ...
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Murder in Mind (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: murder, female killer, killer, murderer, killings, attempted murder, criminal, psychological torment, murder mystery, serial murder, psychological trauma, psychology ...
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Population Zero (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. He found them! Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to ...
Style: mockumentary, tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, murder, murderer, confession, national park, murder investigation, criminal, law and order, motive, legal, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: montana
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The Secret of Hidden Lake (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After her dad is critically injured in a so-called hunting accident, Maggie returns to her hometown in the mountains of Colorado to be by his side. But during her stay, this devoted daughter learns that the shooting was no mistake. As Maggie ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: conspiracy, secret, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, murder investigation, getting home, crime investigation, investigation, puzzle, hunting, hunter, mountain ...
Place: colorado
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Murder Unresolved (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is the prime suspect in the mysterious drowning death of her anchorwoman sister.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, homicide detective, sister, murder mystery, murder investigation, crime investigation, framed for murder, accused of murder, loss of sister, sisters, female protagonist, murderer ...
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Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: assassination plot, whodunit, world war two, murder mystery, investigation, criminal, murder, female writer, murderer, murder investigation, forensics, writers ...
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Brazen (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mystery writer Grace Miller has killer instincts when it comes to motive - and she'll need every bit of expertise to help solve her sister's murder.
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: journalism, investigation, murder, race against time, dishonesty, murder investigation, homicide detective, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage boy, criminal, murderer, death threat, murder, escaped prisoner, con artists, threat, risk, boy, house, trailer
Place: new york
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Fatal Intuition (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jang-woo had only his sister to live for until she is brutally murdered. During a ritual to send her spirit to heaven, he comes across a suspicious man, who manages to escape from the scene. He begins to suspect a local pharmacist and keeps an eye ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: medium, killer, murderer, murder investigation, revenge, loss of sister, investigation, murder mystery, murder, criminal, psychic, unsolved crime ...
Place: china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
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Grasshopper (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
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The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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A martfűi rém (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, strangulation, woman strangled to death, investigation, murder, violence, death, psychopath, hunting, danger, deception, cruelty ...
Place: hungary
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Blood (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death - she has an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games and the lies family tell each other.
Style: disturbing, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, family relations, uncover truth, tragic past, family secret, confronting the past, dysfunctional family, crime solving, private investigation ...
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The Deal (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: serial killer, revenge, murderer, criminal's revenge, jail, police detective, criminal, partners in crime, murder, serial murder, killing spree, forensics ...
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Traders (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, hitman, murderer, suicide, social misfits, money problems, white trash, killings, attempted murder, deal
Place: ireland
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Wild Indian (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing
Plot: native american, murder, confronting the past, hidden corpse, secret, indians, murder mystery, hidden truth, dark past, murderer, revenge, native american reservation ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, year 2019
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Evaru (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, rape victim, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death, evidence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Deadly Influencer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young woman commits murder to keep her classmates' social media careers under her thumb. After killing a popular friend, she turns her sights on a new girl, but the girl's mother suspects the truth and will fight to protect her daughter.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: murder, mother daughter relationship, secret identity, murderer, teenage life, teenager, social problems, death threat, killings, social media, social network, family relations ...
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