The Ninth Gate

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1999
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, ‘The Nine Gates of the Kingdom Of Shadows’ brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.

This mysterious gothic tale with stylish cinematography and great acting is one of the most under looked and the best works from Polanski. It’s technically an entertaining adventure movie, but…
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A Perfect Murder

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1998
Crime, Thriller, Drama

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.

Just like I want a thriller to be. Mysterious, sharp and stylish. The actors perfectly fulfil their roles and the story is really engaging in this one.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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1997
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A visiting city reporter’s assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Might be the weirdest and finest movie from Eastwood. He trades some of his careful storytelling for mystery, and the result is a great art-house cinema.
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Fargo

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1996
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It’s going to be a snap and nobody’s going to get hurt… until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing – and extremely pregnant – investigator who’ll stop at nothing to get […]

A phenomenally made crime-drama. Every detail is so well thought that I felt like watching the real life rather than a movie. As expected from Coens, soundtrack, cinematography and acting…
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Blade Runner

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1982
Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

I didn’t expect it to be this good. It’s clever yet emotional and works on so many levels. The perfect soundtrack, the amazing cyber punk style and the effects are…
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Joker

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2019
Crime, Thriller, Drama

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

OK, the script leaves you wanting more, but I can’t deny how good Phoenix was in this one. Oscar well deserved.
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The Art of Self-Defense

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2019
Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

Almost the kind of black comedy I like, which doesn’t go as smooth as I want to. The director got over-creative and lost the control a bit. You can also…
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The Mule

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2018
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

It’s very precisely done and tops many action movies of our times, but Gran Torino, a similar movie from Eastwood, is a little better.
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London Fields

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2018
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Clairvoyant femme fatale, Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men—one of whom she knows will be her murderer.

Don’t get mistaken from the trailer, this is not the movie you expect. It’s technically an erotic thriller but has a sad story in a second plan. Sometimes the movie…
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Upgrade

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2018
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

Netflix and action sci-fi is a risky combination, but this movie is a pleasant surprise. Given its 5 mil. budget, you could actually see the team squeezing every bit out…
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