Islands

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Islands (2025)

Thriller, Drama, Crime

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1973 ★ 6.3

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Overdrive

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2017 ★ 6.1

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The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942 ★ 6.6

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The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019 ★ 6.7

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The Pelican Brief

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1993 ★ 6.6

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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

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A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Limbo

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Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case.

The 355

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2022 ★ 6.0

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Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

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Man from Reno

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TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

2017 ★ 5.8

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

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2019 ★ 7.4

At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the bloody knife that has just killed one of the other performers. 12th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries

The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

1967 ★ 6.3

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.

Fracture

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2007 ★ 7.3

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Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

1988 ★ 6.1

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

The Detective

The Detective

1968 ★ 5.9

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Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009 ★ 6.1

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Nancy

2018 ★ 5.8

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.

No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

1996 ★ 7.0

Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and jealous-telling her who she can speak to and what she can wear. Threats escalate into violence when Bobby thinks Stacy has stepped out of line. Soon she is walking on egg shells and living in fear. Having seen the tell-tale bruises, Stacy's best friend convinces her to break things off with Bobby-but in a moment of weakness, Stacy goes to meet him. It will be the last time she is seen alive.

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