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Key Features:
Psychological thriller, FBI, Serial killer, Profiling, Training, Whodunit, Remote island, Trapped, Mind games, Cat and mouse, Trust, Betrayal, Violence-moderate
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, gritty
Target Audience:
Thriller fans, Crime drama enthusiasts, Fans of mystery
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Suspicion → Paranoia → Revelation

Mindhunters

2004-05-07
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Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Cast
Kathryn Morris, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Patricia Velásquez, Clifton Collins Jr., Eion Bailey, Will Kemp, Val Kilmer, Cassandra Bell
Crew
Wayne Kramer, Renny Harlin, Wayne Kramer, Kevin Brodbin
Rating
6.5(1260 votes)
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The Ugly
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Kill Switch
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Wilderness
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Trick
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8MM
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A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.



The Silencing
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The Clovehitch Killer
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Poker Night
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Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.



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No Man of God
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Exam
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6.7

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What Lies Below
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Malignant
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4.7

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Never Talk to Strangers

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Elephant Song
7.1

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6.3

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Virtuosity
5.5

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