
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank’s wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.
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Mystery
Undercover Heat (1995) Gregory Dark, Athena Massey, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Meg Foster, Mystery, Thriller

A dark and seductive tale of deception, passion and murder. Police officer Cindy Hannen is on the trail of a murderer following the death of a high-priced hooker. In order to get closer to the killer and solve the case, she poses as the dead girl’s friend and is employed as a prostitute at the bordello. Nervous and awkward to begin with, Cindy soon realises that her new persona and job description is not as distasteful as first she thought, and she begins to find herself falling deeper into the world of sex and money. With a killer on the loose and a murder to solve, Cindy must decide where her future lies and whether to follow her heart’s desire or her destiny.
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Picknick am Valentinstag / Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Peter Weir, Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine’s Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, not the answering of them.
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Cauldron of Blood (1970) Santos Alcocer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Boris Karloff, Viveca Lindfors, Horror, Mystery

A blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that he is the next target.
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Blow Out (1981) Brian De Palma, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Mystery, Thriller

In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances, as a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of a possible eyewitness to the crime (Nancy Allen), who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on moviemaking.
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The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey, Linda Christian, Mystery

The film follows an American captain searching for sunken treasure who becomes entangled with criminals and is arrested by the Dutch police.
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A Place of One’s Own (1945) Bernard Knowles, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
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Le violon rouge / The Red Violin (1998) François Girard, Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Drama, Romance, Mystery

Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into the finish. With this legacy, the violin travels to Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake.
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Gothika (2003) Mathieu Kassovitz, Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently raped by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident.
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Doctor Faustus (1967) Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus.
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