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List of mysterious character movies

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Edge of Madness (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, erotic, bleak ...
Plot: sexual abuse, marital rape, investigation, vengeance, starting over, mysterious character, manipulation, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage, dangerous attraction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
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Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Louisiana woman discovers that a trusted neighbor has installed video surveillance equipment in her home to spy on her family. As a result, the real-life Wilson lobbied for a 1999 state law passed in nine other states since making video voyeurism ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: obsession, mysterious character, hidden camera, surveillance, family problems, society, espionage, dishonesty, neighbor, trust, legislation, legal action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Italy, the American writer Sam Dalmas witnesses an attempt of murder of the owner of an art gallery, a couple of days before his foreseen return to the United States of America. He decides to stay with his girlfriend Julia and help the police in ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, slasher, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, voyeurism, female psychopath, maniac, attempted murder, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, police detective, female killer, danger ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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Yesterday Was a Lie (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hoyle a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon -- finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists as events around her grow increasingly fragmented... disconnected... surreal. With an ...
Style: neo noir, surreal, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: uncover truth, mysterious character, intrigue, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, innocence lost, private detective, gain trust, twists and turns, strong female presence, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
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Night Junkies (2007)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the seedy London underworld of junkies and prostitutes, a vampire stalks women. When a stripper, Ruby, is bitten, she is determined not to give in to her blood addiction, no matter what.
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, love affair, downfall, fall in love, serial killer, danger, rivalry, murder, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england
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Perfect Strangers (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: obsessive love, obsession, island, stalking, psychopath, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, isolation, danger, destructive relationship, couples, kidnapping ...
Time: future
Place: new zealand
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Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: dark and stormy night, ghost, murder, mysterious character, who done it, characters killed one by one, seance, old dark house, estate, journalism, last will and testament, mad woman ...
Time: 1930s
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 4.1
 94
1st Bite (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of ...
Style: touching, semi serious, sexy, captivating, humorous
Plot: mermaid, island, food, chef, cooking, love affair, opposites attract, mysterious character, couples, social differences, femme fatale, supernatural ability ...
Place: thailand, montreal, bangkok thailand, asia, canada
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All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Zel is a fortune teller. She lives and works in an old house at the edge of the woods. The house is crowded with ghosts (including a priest, a bride, a mute child, some washed up vaudevillians and a noisy, sight-impaired group of musicians among ...
Style: semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, surreal, captivating ...
Plot: mysterious character, ghost, haunted by the past, afterlife, redemption, supernatural, society, social misfits, supernatural ability, misfit, miraculous event, estate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
Style: psychological, sexy, enigmatic, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, femme fatale, obsession, murder, voyeurism, secrets, stalking, false identity, female serial killer, mysterious character, private detective, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, boston, pittsburgh, utah, chicago ...
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Alois Nebel (2011)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland. The end of the eighties in the twentieth century. Alois Nebel works as a dis­patcher at the small railway ...
Style: neo noir, adult animation, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot: surrealism, mysterious character, uncover truth, society, haunted by the past, railroad, murder, train, superhero, revenge, mental disorder, cat ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, poland, central europe
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Boogiepop Phantom (2000)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Boogiepop Phantom is a twelve-episode anime television series produced by Madhouse Studios, based on the Boogiepop light novel series by Kouhei Kadono, particularly that of Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop At Dawn. The series is directed by ...
Style: anime, scary, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, serial killer, mysterious character, danger, nobody believes, evil force, murder, high school, mature, another dimension, memories, urban legend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, asia
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9:06 (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Slovenia, Germany
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A police inspector investigates an unusual suicide case. The investigation develops into an obsession, inspector starts living in the apartment of the deceased, digging through his life and gradually taking over his identity.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: police investigation, mysterious character, obsession, haunted by the past, police detective, life is a bitch, destiny, father daughter relationship, guilt, death of child, ex husband ex wife relationship, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, slovenia
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Malice Aforethought (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: investigation, mysterious character, unhappy marriage, crumbling marriage, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, rivalry, obsession, danger, serial killer, couple relations, infidelity ...
Time: future, 1920s
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Beyond the Door II (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
Style: atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, satanic ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, death of husband, supernatural, vengeance, mysterious character, losing-it hero, husband wife relationship, danger, parents and children, haunted by the past, doctor patient relationship ...
Time: 70s
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 5.3
 14K
Jade (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he ...
Style: erotic, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, femme fatale, adultery, investigation, nudity, murder mystery, manipulation, sex, femdom, prostitution, seduction ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, usa
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Trois 2: Pandora's Box (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she meets a handsome stranger and begins an affair that may cost her more than just her husband.
Style: erotic, tense, sexy, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: extramarital affair, murder, infidelity, nightclub, manipulation, who done it, love affair, love and romance, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, femme fatale, couples ...
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 6.3
 623
The Visitor (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Estonia, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, tense ...
Plot: childhood, boy, child's point of view, parents and children, stranger, mute, mysterious character, family relations, life turned upside down, countryside, isolated house, desperation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, europe
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Mortuary (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground
Style: slasher, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: afterlife, family in danger, murder, funeral home, small town, supernatural, mysterious character, family problems, starting over, curses spells and rituals, haunted house, zombie ...
Place: california, texas, usa
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 5.4
 6K
The Guardian (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The idyllic lives of Phil and Kate seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child. But the lovely young Camilla s not what she appears to be.
Style: scary, suspenseful, sexy, creepy, erotic ...
Plot: supernatural, witch, death, babies and infants, gory, macabre, mysterious character, danger, hidden identity, human sacrifice, curses spells and rituals, folk horror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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Triple Threat (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ex-assassin, Dina Lo Bianca, receives an offer she cannot refuse, thrusting her back into the world of hired guns, espionage and surveillance. With the help of her young sexy protégé and Dina's new straight-laced love interest, the femme ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: espionage, murder, secret agent, rivalry, mysterious character, undercover, femme fatale, betrayal, danger, dishonesty, chases and races, government agency ...
Time: 21st century
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Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An 18th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.
Style: scary, gothic, gothic horror, psychological, rough ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, evil child, investigation, uncover truth, witch, village, haunted by the past, vengeance, mysterious character, danger, occult ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 1966, 20th century
Place: romania, europe
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The Incubus (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister occult might be behind ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: murder, curse, demon, small town, rape, mysterious character, teenage life, haunted by the past, danger, amateur detective, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new england, usa, ireland, europe
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The Unseeable (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in 1934 Siam, the story involves a young pregnant woman named Nualjin who's searching for her missing husband. She comes to stay in the spooky rural mansion of a widow, Runjuan.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, mind bending, surprise ending
Plot: ghost, haunted house, pregnancy, mysterious character, woman in danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, estate, twists and turns, disappearance, mysterious man, nightmare ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: thailand, asia
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, detective, suspense ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, beast, who done it, monster, investigation, curse, uncover truth, mysterious character, murder, rivalry, deadly creature ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, europe
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Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a ...
Style: clever, tense, suspenseful, mind bending, thought provoking ...
Plot: train, private detective, murder, revenge, investigation, riddles and clues, conspiracy, mysterious character, law enforcement, who done it, on the road, multiple suspects ...
Time: 21st century
Place: former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia, istanbul turkey, belgrade
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Jericho (2000)
Genre: Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A man, Jericho (Mark Valley), wanders into a town and gets embroiled in a deeper mystery than he bargained for.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, suspense, mind bending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, uncover truth, mysterious character, on the run, haunted by the past, heroes, redemption, chases and races, vengeance, lone wolves, memory loss, murder ...
Place: california
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Third Man Out (2005)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chad Allen stars as gay detective Donald Strachey in this gritty series of crime stories based on the popular novels by author Richard Stevenson. "The Donald Strachey Mysteries" follow Strachey through upstate New York as he works on ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: gay couple, gay, murder, lgbt, private detective, uncover truth, mysterious character, who done it, amateur detective, dishonesty, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Place: new york state, mexico
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Illusive Tracks (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's ...
Style: stylized, humorous, not serious, neo noir, dark comedy ...
Plot: train, murder, infidelity, mysterious character, group of strangers, dark humor, dishonesty, danger, passenger, men hatred, nun, train travel ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, eastern europe
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Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
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