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Angels & Demons(2009)

PG-13
| 2h 18min | Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 3,204 votes)

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Déjà Vu(2006)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 2,141 votes)

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

The Frighteners(1996)

R
| 1h 50min | Horror, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 644 votes)

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Finding Steve McQueen(2019)

R
| 1h 31min | Crime, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 45 votes)

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.

The Dilemma(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Drama
2.7/5 (with 372 votes)

Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really launch their company. Then Ronny spots Nick's wife out with another man, and in the process of investigating the possible affair, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. As the presentation nears, Ronny agonizes over what might happen if the truth gets out.

Vikram(2022)

NC-17
| 2h 26min | Action, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 28 votes)

Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj - With Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Kalidas Jayaram, Narain, Chemban Vinod Jose, ...

The Cell 2(2009)

2.0/5 (with 33 votes)

The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now the Cusp Killer is back and Maya has little time to do what she has never done before: go into the mind of a killer unprotected and save his latest victim.

Directed by Tim Iacofano - With Tessie Santiago, Chris Bruno, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson

The Imposter(2012)

R
| 1h 39min | Documentary, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 321 votes)

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

Directed by Bart Layton - With Frédéric Bourdin, Ellenie Salvo González, Ronald Kukulies, Nils Brunkhorst

Millennium(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Science Fiction
2.7/5 (with 48 votes)

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

Absentia(2011)

R
| 1h 32min | Mystery, Horror, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 146 votes)

Tricia's husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia.' As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that Daniel's presumed death might be anything but 'natural.' The ancient force at work in the tunnel might have set its sights on Callie and Tricia—and Daniel might be suffering a fate far worse than death in its grasp.

The House That Dripped Blood(1971)

PG
| 1h 42min | Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 62 votes)

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

The Mask of Fu Manchu(1932)

2.8/5 (with 31 votes)

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

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The Running Man(1963)

NR
| 1h 43min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in life insurance money. His wife joins him in Spain, but when an insurance investigator arrives unexpectedly, Rex's paranoia causes him to flee again.

The Pretender 2001(2001)

1h 31min | TV Movie, Action, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper explorations in the show's mythology, including a revealing look back at how Jarod originally espaced from the Centre. But now he must infiltrate the NSA to capture a ruthless assassin who might be a fellow Pretender from his past!

Blood Relatives(1978)

R
| 1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

The Man from Bitter Ridge(1955)

1h 20min | Western
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

The Man from Bitter Ridge is a film directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Carr, a special investigator, arrives in Tomahawk. His assignment is to discover who has been holding up the local stagecoach and is guilty for a series of killings that terrorize the town. Sheepman Alec Black is suspected by the local population but it is not long before Jeff realizes the man is innocent. Alec even becomes a good friend although he is in love with the same woman as him, Holly. Jeff will manage to arrest the real culprits but not before the latter try to compromise him down.

Footsteps in the Night(1957)

1h 2min | Mystery, Crime
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Thegidi(2014)

2h 2min | Crime, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Vettri joins a detective agency and is assigned a series of subjects to observe. He falls in love with Madhusree, one of his targets, and just when everything seems to be going fine, Vettri's subjects start dying mysteriously. Can he save Madhu before it is too late?

Directed by P. Ramesh - With Ashok Selvan

The Spider Woman Strikes Back(1946)

NR
| 59min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

Escort Girl(1941)

NR
| 1h 8min | Crime, Drama
1.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.

Directed by Edward Kaye

Restitution(2011)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Thriller, Crime
1.9/5 (with 7 votes)

A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.

The Mystery of the 13th Guest(1943)

NR
| 1h | Crime, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Murders result from an uncle's wish to eliminate beneficiaries to a will.

Directed by William Beaudine

Insurance Investigator(1951)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.

Directed by George Blair - With Richard Denning

Bank Alarm(1937)

NR
| 1h 1min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A federal agent learns the gangsters he's been investigating have kidnapped his sister.

Directed by Louis J. Gasnier

Revenge in the forest of the dead sharks(2019)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Journalist Max Fadeev investigates the circumstances of the death of Dima Maslennikov. He goes to the place of his death, not suspecting that a real nightmare awaits him. The dead sharks from the forest begin to hunt him.

Good Wife's Guide to Murder(2023)

1.8/5 (with 2 votes)

When an expert in spousal murder is accused of killing her husband, she must use her investigation skills to prove her innocence.

15 Maiden Lane(1936)

NR
| 1h 5min | Drama, Crime

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan(1995)

2h | Crime

Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.

Directed by Joyce Chopra

Vestigio(2016)

1h 30min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In a small town, a writer and a local man unite to find out what happened to their missing relatives.

Unlicensed(2022)

11min | Action, Crime
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An unlicensed Private Investigator gets hired to find out who killed a doctor.

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