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A Grain of Truth (2015)
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A Grain of Truth (2015)
Original name: Ziarno prawdy
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti­Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish­Jewish relations and real findings of his work ­ that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir
Plot: ritual murder, investigation, killings, murder investigation, serial killer, murderer, murder, puzzle, sleuth, crime investigation, murder mystery, unsolved crime, urban legend, killing spree, crime solving, cold case, uncover truth, pathologist, female nudity, sex scene, morgue, bare breasts, murder of a nude woman, dead woman, nudity ...
Place: poland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films with plots about murder, uncover truth, investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, murder mystery and crime investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like A Grain of Truth: The Cheerleader Murders (2016), Midnight (2021), Angel of Death (2020), American Fetish (2011), Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
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Midnight (2021)
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Duration: 103 min.
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Angel of Death (2020)
Genre: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 40 min.
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Story: A young girl is murdered near Opole. Terrifying body mutilations and marks left in place indicate ritual murder. The matter is being dealt with by Commissioner Agnieszka Polkowska. Due to the extraordinary cruelty of the crime and the suspicion that ...
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Duration: 88 min.
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