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26 Years (2012)
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26 Years (2012)
Original name: 26년
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story: 26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to convict the person responsible for the massacre.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: revenge, murderer, vengeance, price of justice, bandit, police, murder, convict, fighting crime, law and order, assassination, civil rights movement, netflix
Keyword: korean

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Death of a Cheerleader (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A remake of the cult classic, inspired by Randall Sullivan’s Rolling Stone article of the same name about the real life murder of a popular, affluent and beautiful Northern California high school cheerleader at the hands of a classmate.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleading, cheerleader, social problems, socially awkward, antisocial behavior, school, revenge, murder, high school life, social outcast, relationship problems, teensploitation ...
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The Lost Choices (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
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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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Missing You (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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.
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Plot: serial killer, revenge, killings, vengeance, murderer, sleuth, serial murder, killing spree, murder, criminal, homicide detective, police detective ...
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I'm Not a Killer (2019)
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Duration: 110 min.
Story: One livid dawn, a cold and damp wind blows as a man walks alone through the darkness. Deputy Police Superintendent Francesco Prencipe is on his way to meet his best friend, Judge Giovanni Mastropaolo whom he hasn't seen for almost two years. ...
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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 ...
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Adanga Maru (2018)
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Duration: 145 min.
Story: A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An immigrant travels from Sedona to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life.
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Dark Blood (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: revenge, confined, male protagonist, prisoner, jail, bandit, violence, murderer, violent, male nudity, father
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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
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If You Knew Me (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
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Place: india
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Maternal Instinct (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A teenage girl who sees her mother shot goes into hiding with a police detective who grows attached to her as she protects her from the killer who is hunting the girl. Laura Mennell, Karin Konoval, Marcus Rosner star.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After his five-year-old daughter is murdered, a loving family man becomes convinced that the oddball down the street is guilty.
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Governance (2021)
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Duration: 89 min.
Story: Renzo Petrucci is forced to leave his job as general manager of a multinational oil company after corruption charges. Convinced that the woman who has taken his place has betrayed him, Renzo takes his revenge by killing her. Reinstated by the Board, ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
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Story: During the tumultuous reign of King Injo (1623-1649) of Joseon-era Korea, Chil-woo witnesses the brutal murder of his family and village at the hands of the government.  As an adult, Chil-woo joins the Uigeumbu, a governmental body in charge of ...
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Anna (2015)
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Stray Bullets (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
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Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Audience: teens
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
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Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspense thriller
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