Investigation Mystery movies

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural

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After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

Themes

Loss and grief, Social media pressure, Online identity deception, Family secrecy and cover-up, Digital footprints and evidence, Parental vigilance and guilt

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Tense Claustrophobic Fast-paced Dreamlike Witty

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In the sweltering summer of 2011, unemployed and behind on rent, Sam has only days before his life in Los Angeles collapses—and then the mysterious woman in his pool vanishes overnight, leaving behind a painted symbol and a trail of codes. As billionaires disappear and secret shows in graveyards beckon, every hour he spends chasing conspiracies pulls him deeper into a citywide puzzle that’s devouring people who run out of time.

Themes

Secret society dynamics, Voyeur culture, Urban alienation and conspiracy, Surreal noir sensibility, Media deception and mythmaking, Seduction and manipulation

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced

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A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

Themes

Power and corruption, Betrayal and loyalty, Childhood trauma, Deception and identity, Criminal underworld, War crime legacy

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry

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Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Themes

Class differences, Jealousy and possession, Rural life pressures, Recurring arson as hobby, Quiet violence, Disappearance and detachment

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak

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Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Themes

Loyalty under strain, Trust vs suspicion, Family under pressure, Secrecy within kinship, Financial precarity and risk, Deception within kinship

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Tense Dry Relentless Stylish Intense

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Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

Themes

Serial killer dynamics, Privacy erosion, Procedural constraints, Augmented reality ethics, Dystopia pressures

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Bleak Intense Gritty Melancholic Haunting

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A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.

Themes

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Playful Whimsical Fast-paced Stylish Witty

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Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Relationships under strain, Leadership under renewal, Community displacement, Collaborative investigation, Misdirection and deception

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Bleak Dry Deliberate Intense Measured

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A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

Themes

Patriarchal pressure to adapt, Outsider integration into organized crime, Ritual obligation and hierarchy, Violence as currency of power, Postwar economic upheaval shaping loyalties, Loyalty and betrayal within clans

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Oppressive

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A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance and coercion, Protecting a child, Underground economy, Forged identity

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