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1) Marlowe
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English
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A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
5) The commuter
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
While on his train commute home, an insurance salesman finds himself swept up in a criminal conspiracy.
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English
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It's l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind, but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time.
8) Last looks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch's wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The case finds Waldo contending with gangsters, Hollywood executives, and...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ignoring the warning of a mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own children are drawn into La Llorona's supernatural realm, their only hope for survival being a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay.
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English
Description
When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben Gates' great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The page is one of 18 pages missing from Booth's diary. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley from Buckingham Palace to the White House - both places they break into - and even stealing a page from a secret book. But in order to see...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this homage to Agatha Christie, set in England, an amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit! Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley along with five mysterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden clues, interview witnesses, and find the killer before she...
13) That darn cat!
Series
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English
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When a Siamese cat saunters into the hideout of two bank robbers, their hostage scratches a plea for help on her wristwatch and places it around the cat's neck. When the cat returns home wearing the clue, the F.B.I., two sisters, their boyfriends and a neighbor get involved in the case.
14) Get out
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
16) Den of thieves
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
18) The forest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A woman goes into Japan's suicide forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to...
20) Wind River
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
An FBI agent teams with a town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
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