Vertigo
Vertigo summary: A retired detective with acrophobia becomes obsessed with a friend's wife who seemingly possesses a split personality, leading to a tragic series of events.
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The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others summary: The Lives of Others is a dramatic thriller set in East Germany during the 1980s, focusing on a Stasi officer who becomes increasingly absorbed in the lives of a playwright and his lover, whom he has been assigned to surveil.
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The Wages of Fear
The Wages of Fear summary: The Wages of Fear is a suspenseful thriller about four desperate men who accept a high-risk job of transporting a shipment of highly explosive nitroglycerin across dangerous South American jungle terrain.
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The Departed
The Departed summary: The Departed is a crime thriller about an undercover cop and a mole in the police force who try to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in Boston.
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island summary: In Shutter Island, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane, only to question his own sanity.
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Parasite
Parasite summary: Parasite is a South Korean dark comedy thriller about a poor family who schemes to become employed by a wealthy family by infiltrating their household and leading a parasitic existence.
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The Third Man
The Third Man summary: In post-World War II Vienna, an American writer investigates the mysterious death of his old friend, leading him into a web of intrigue and corruption.
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl summary: Gone Girl is a psychological thriller about a man who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden disappearance of his wife.
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Fargo
Fargo summary: A desperate car salesman hires two criminals to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law, leading to a series of tragicomic events investigated by a pregnant Minnesota police chief.
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Die Hard
Die Hard summary: A New York cop single-handedly takes on a group of terrorists who have taken over a Los Angeles skyscraper during a Christmas party.
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