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The Dark Knight Rises(2012)

PG-13
| 2h 45min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 10,320 votes)

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, ...
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The Mechanic(2011)

R
| 1h 33min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 1,494 votes)

Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.

Directed by Simon West - With Ben Foster, Jason Statham, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Mini Andén, Christa Campbell, ...
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The Third Man(1949)

NR
| 1h 45min | Thriller, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 775 votes)

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Directed by Carol Reed - With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde-White, ...
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Conspiracy Theory(1997)

R
| 2h 15min | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 622 votes)

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

Directed by Richard Donner - With Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart, Steve Kahan, Dean Winters, ...
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The General's Daughter(1999)

R
| 1h 56min | Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 387 votes)

When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Directed by Simon West - With John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson, Clarence Williams III, ...
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The Fourth Kind(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 737 votes)

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi - With Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Will Patton, Corey Johnson, Raphaël Coleman, ...
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Spotlight(2015)

R
| 2h 9min | Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 3,835 votes)

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Directed by Tom McCarthy - With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, ...
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The Crazies(2010)

R
| 1h 41min | Mystery, Horror, Action
3.1/5 (with 890 votes)

Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.

Directed by Breck Eisner - With Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Ann Roth, Frank Hoyt Taylor, ...
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I Know What You Did Last Summer(1997)

R
| 1h 40min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 1,193 votes)

After four high school friends are involved in a hit-and-run road accident, they dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret. A year later, they each start receiving anonymous letters bearing the warning "I Know What You Did Last Summer.".

Directed by Jim Gillespie - With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche, ...
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Side Effects(2013)

R
| 1h 46min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 1,383 votes)

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh - With Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw, Mamie Gummer, ...
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In the Valley of Elah(2007)

R
| 2h 4min | History, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 422 votes)

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Directed by Paul Haggis - With Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Jason Patric, Frances Fisher, James Franco, ...
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The Return of Godzilla(1984)

PG
| 1h 43min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 58 votes)

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Directed by Koji Hashimoto - With Kenpachirō Satsuma, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yōsuke Natsuki
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Edge of Darkness(2010)

R
| 1h 57min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 668 votes)

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Directed by Martin Campbell - With Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Jay O. Sanders, Denis O'Hare, ...
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Erased(2012)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 318 votes)

A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.

Directed by Philipp Stölzl - With Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato, Kate Linder, Achille Ridolfi, Alexander Fehling, ...
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 220 votes)

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

Directed by Peter Landesman - With Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Stephanie, Kate Walsh, Josh Lucas, Michael C. Hall, ...
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The Tunnel(2011)

NR
| 1h 30min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 150 votes)

In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the government suddenly goes cold on the plan and it is not made public why. There is talk of homeless people who use the tunnel as shelter going missing, even though the government states that there are no homeless people in there. This, and the silence from the officials and ministers, leads a journalist, Natasha to begin an investigation into a government cover-up. She and her crew Pete (Producer), Steve (Cameraman) and Tangles (Sound Technichian) decide to investigate the story in the tunnel.

Directed by Carlo Ledesma

Murder at 1600(1997)

R
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
3.0/5 (with 225 votes)

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.

Directed by Dwight H. Little - With Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Alan Alda, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, ...
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Cleaner(2007)

R
| 1h 28min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 343 votes)

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

Directed by Renny Harlin - With Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzmán, Keke Palmer, Maggie Lawson, ...
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Arbitrage(2012)

R
| 1h 40min | Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 390 votes)

A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

Directed by Nicholas Jarecki - With Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Monica Raymund, Laetitia Casta, ...
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Tell No One(2006)

NR
| 2h 11min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 605 votes)

A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

Directed by Guillaume Canet - With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand, Nathalie Baye, ...
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Narc(2002)

R
| 1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 217 votes)

When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman, an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.

Directed by Joe Carnahan - With Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Chi McBride, Busta Rhymes, John Ortiz, Alan van Sprang, ...
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Z(1969)

2h 7min | Thriller, History, Drama
3.9/5 (with 181 votes)

Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.

Directed by Costa-Gavras - With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer, ...
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The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment(1999)

1h 35min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

A very typical post-Soviet era storyline. A bunch of vagabonds lured an innocent teenage girl to their apartment, offered her a drink, intimidated, then gang raped her. Local cops are incapable to undertake an adequate actions against the scoundrels - prevented by the superior chief of the local police, who is the dad of one of the scumbags. The case is closed. The girl's granddad tired of an endless circumlocution decides to take revenge in his own hands.

Directed by Stanislav Govorukhin - With Mikhail Ulyanov, Anna Sinyakina, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Vladislav Galkin, Irina Rozanova, Ilya Drevnov, ...

End Game(2006)

1h 33min | Action, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 37 votes)

Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscience haunted by a bullet, and his devotion to his country stronger than ever, Alex teams with a seasoned reporter to navigate a treacherous web of lies, unlocking a dangerous conspiracy, and enter a deadly world in which skilled assassins and highly-trained ex-special ops lurk in every shadow.

Directed by Andy Cheng - With Cuba Gooding Jr., James Woods, Angie Harmon, Anne Archer, Burt Reynolds, Patrick Fabian, ...
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow(1981)

1h 36min | Horror, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Directed by Frank De Felitta - With Larry Drake

Insomnia(1997)

NR
| 1h 36min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 104 votes)

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.

Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg - With Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjørn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie
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UFO Sweden(2022)

1h 55min | Science Fiction, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 27 votes)

When a foster home placed teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to find out the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders and into a world filled with UFO expeditions, conspiracies and inexplicable phenomena.

Directed by Victor Danell - With Inez Dahl Torhaug, Jesper Barkselius, Eva Melander, Sara Shirpey, Oscar Töringe, Isabelle Kyed, ...

Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)

NR
| 1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 70 votes)

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Directed by Otto Preminger - With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Craig Stevens, ...

Chappaquiddick(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | History, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 119 votes)

Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Directed by John Curran - With Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, Olivia Thirlby, ...
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51(2011)

R
| 1h 27min | Science Fiction, Horror
2.1/5 (with 43 votes)

Due to political pressure from the American public, the Air Force has decided to allow two well-known reporters limited access to the most secretive base on the planet. But when one of the base’s “long-term visitors” exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.

Directed by Jason Connery - With Bruce Boxleitner, Rachel Miner, Vanessa Branch, Jason London, John Shea, J. D. Evermore, ...
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