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The Usual Suspects

1995 · Thriller · Bryan Singer · 1h 46m

Five criminals meet in a police line-up and agree to work together, and the only man left standing after the job tells the story to a customs agent. Almost all of it is that interview.

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  • Memento

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    A man who can no longer form new memories hunts his wife's killer using notes, photographs and tattoos. The scenes run in reverse order, so at the start of each one you know as little as he does.

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    Describe: Memento

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  • 2025 · Mystery

    A young priest arrives at a small parish where a death in a locked room looks impossible, and the same private detective is called in. The third of these mysteries, and the most sombre in tone.

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    Describe: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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  • Parasite

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    2019 · Thriller

    A family with no money talk their way one by one into jobs with a rich household on the other side of the city. The first half plays as a con, and they are good at it.

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    Describe: Parasite

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