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Key Features:
Serial killer, Detective, Missing person, Kidnapping, Police procedural, Parental desperation, Vigilante justice, Crime investigation, Violence-high, Torture, Revenge, New York
Tone:
gritty, serious, suspense-driven
Target Audience:
Thriller enthusiasts, Crime drama fans, Viewers interested in suspenseful narratives
Emotional Arc:
Desperation → Rage → Confrontation

The Factory

2012-10-20
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An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

Genres
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Cast
John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Mae Whitman, Dallas Roberts, Sonya Walger, Michael Trevino, Ksenia Solo, Mageina Tovah, Katherine Waterston, Gary Anthony Williams
Crew
Morgan O, Morgan O, Paul Leyden
Rating
5.6(301 votes)
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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.



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Texas Killing Fields

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The Missing
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When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.



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Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.



The Neon Demon
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The Mother
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Butterfly on a Wheel

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Hardcore
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A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.



The Cell
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A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.



Disappearance at Clifton Hill

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Resurrection
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Almost Human
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6.2

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The Numbers Station
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The Killing
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The Prowler
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