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In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
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The Outrage
Film · 1964 · also crime and dramaAt a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murd...
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Blindfire
Film · 2020 · also crime and dramaA police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and f...
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Snowtown
Film · 2011 · also crime and dramaBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spr...
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Stranger on the Third Floor
Film · 1940 · also crime and dramaNewspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Boys Don't Cry
Film · 1999 · also crime and dramaA young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
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Flesh + Blood
Film · 1985 · also dramaA band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throug...
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Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Film · 2013 · also crime and dramaIn 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
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Bully
Film · 2001 · also crime and dramaA group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Film · 1989 · also crime and dramaWhen churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. Hi...
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John Doe: Vigilante
Film · 2014 · also crimeWhen John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about...
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