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Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 129.

Cat Chaser (1989)

Action, Political Thriller, Thriller, action film, heist film

George Moran is a former Marine and veteran of the Dominican Republic intervention who now runs a small beachfront motel in Miami. While searching for a Dominican woman named Luci Palma who saved his life in 1965 (and gave him the nickname "Cat Chaser"), he begins a relationship with Mary DeBoya, the wealthy, unhappy wife of a sadistic former Dominican general. Moran gets involved in a plot by fellow military veteran Nolen Tyner and a former New York policeman, Jiggs Scully, to rip off the general.

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Beautiful Creatures (2000)

Crime, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, drama film

Two women are thrown together when one accidentally kills the other's boyfriend while attempting to stop a public beating. They attempt to rob the dead man's wealthy brother with a ransom scam, but when a corrupt detective gets involved things go awry.

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Gunmen (1994)

Action Comedy, action film, buddy film, crime film, thriller film

Wheelchair user and drug baron Peter Loomis has his $400 million drug fortune stolen in South America by his errand boy Carlos, who stashed the fortune on an undisclosed boat in an undisclosed harbor. Loomis sends ruthless killer Armor O'Malley to find the boat and recover the money—he and sidekick Marie kill Carlos before they can get the name and location of the boat, but they learn that Carlos's brother Dani knows where it is, and set out to find him. Dani is sprung from a South American prison by Cole Parker, a bounty hunter working for the DEA who is bent on taking down Loomis—Cole knows the name of the boat, Dani knows the location,…

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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, thriller film

Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al-Rahim, who bombed a movie theatre and later planned to release gas from a chemical plant similar to the Bhopal disaster. However, Al-Rahim is also looking for Randall, and Randall's employers tell him where to find Randall. This results in the death of his best friend, Sergeant Danny Quintz, and his girlfriend Terry, eventually forcing a showdown on the waterfront.

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Murder in a Small Town (1999)

Crime, Mysterie, historical drama, mystery film

The film opens with a series of arguments involving local millionaire Sidney Lassiter. First, Sidney threatens to remove his son Albert from his will if Albert doesn't leave his current lover. His wife Martha then reveals that she knows that Sidney is unfaithful, and unsuccessfully tries to seduce him.

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The Rosary Murders (1987)

Crime, crime film, mystery film

In a Roman Catholic parish in Detroit, a series of murders rapidly unfolds: first, Father James Lord is killed on Ash Wednesday by an unknown assailant who unplugs the respirator in his hospital room. Shortly after, Sister Ann Peschal informs her superior, Father Robert Koesler, that she intends to leave the convent, as she has fallen in love with a man and wishes to marry him. The next morning, she is found by Koesler stabbed to death in her bathtub.

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Gone (2007)

Psychological Thriller, horror film

Alex (Shaun Evans) arrives in Sydney. Realising he has missed his bus, he is reading his travel guide on stone steps in the street, when Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz) suddenly sits near Alex and makes small talk with him, insisting that he come with him. After drinking and raucously horsing around with two unnamed girls, Alex awakens in a city park with Taylor standing over him with a Polaroid camera, snapping a photo of Alex with one of the girls they met that night.

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The King (2005)

Drama, drama film, thriller film

A man enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Elvis Valderez (Gael García Bernal), is discharged and purchases a used car to travel to his “home” in Corpus Christi, Texas. Elvis arrives at the church of Pastor David Sandow (William Hurt).

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The Candy Snatchers (1973)

Crime, Thriller, exploitation film, horror film

Candy is a 16-year-old girl who gets kidnapped on her way home from her Catholic school. The three kidnappers include Eddy, his partner Jessie and Jessie's brother Alan. After taking her in their van and tying her up, they bury her alive in a Southern California field.

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Motives (2004)

erotic thriller, neo-noir

Emery Simms is a highly educated business tycoon whose life takes a turn for the worse when he engages in an adulterous fling with the wildly free-spirited and exotic Allanah James. Emery accidentally kills a man who tries to get information out of him, which is then witnessed by another man who flees. Emery does not notice the dead man's cell phone, which has all their calls logged in.

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Officer Down (2013)

Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

Police detective David 'Cal' Callahan (Stephen Dorff) takes down a rapist cop but his boss Captain Verona (James Woods) cuts a deal to sweep the embarrassing situation under the rug. Cal is still haunted by a traffic stop where he was almost killed.

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Brainstorm (1965)

Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film

On a lonely highway, Jim Grayam spots a car stopped on the tracks of a railroad crossing. Inside he finds a sleeping or unconscious woman with the car doors locked. Unable to wake her, Grayam smashes a window and drives the car to safety just ahead of a speeding train.

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Slam (1998)

Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, independent film, musical film

Raymond "Ray" Joshua (played by Saul Williams) is a young man growing up in the Southeast, Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Dodge City, slang for a real Southeast D.C. neighborhood.[A] Despite his innate gift for poetry and his aspiration to be a rapper, he finds it difficult to escape the pressures of his surroundings: violence and drug dealing.

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Scarecrows (1988)

Horror, action film, horror film, slasher film, zombie film

Five paramilitary mercenaries and war criminals—Corbin, Curry, Jack, Roxanne, and Bert—steal three million dollars from Camp Pendleton and take two hostages: Al, a pilot, his teenaged daughter, Kellie, along with their dog Dax. As they fly toward Mexico, Bert steals the loot and parachutes into a dark field. Corbin and Jack parachute after him.

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Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

crime film, drama film, thriller

As part of his college thesis, Jason Moss (Jesse Moss), a criminology student, decides to write to John Wayne Gacy and attempt to gain his trust through impersonating a typical victim or admirer. Moss sends a carefully crafted letter to Gacy (William Forsythe) in prison, portraying himself as a vulnerable, sexually confused boy. The letter is an intricate plan to get inside Gacy's head in hopes of uncovering new information regarding his murders that will aid Moss in writing a standout term paper.

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Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)

drama film, mystery film

Main plot The film begins with the shooting murder of a young man at night as he opens his car door in a parking garage. Jesse Stone, following his suspension as chief of police, has sunk into seclusion and alcoholism. Ordered not to communicate with his former subordinates while on suspension, he has been out of touch with everyone.

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Killers (2014)

Action, Crime, Drama

Nomura Shuhei (Kazuki Kitamura) is a young Japanese executive in Tokyo who is charismatic and well-liked but has a darker side. He killed several people and documented his violent crimes online. In addition, he uploaded the video of the murder to the Internet for all to see for his satisfaction.

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Terror by Night (1946)

Detective Film, crime film, mystery film

thumb|The full film In London, Vivian Vedder verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother's body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret Carstairs, who owns and is transporting the famous Star of Rhodesia diamond; Lady Margaret's son, Roland; Sherlock Holmes, whom Roland has hired to protect the diamond; Inspector Lestrade, who is also worried about the diamond's safety; and Dr. Watson and Watson's friend Major Duncan-Bleek.

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The Sniper (1952)

Film Noir, drama film, film noir

Eddie Miller, a delivery man, struggles with his hatred of women. This hatred is exacerbated if he feels drawn to a woman who turns out to be unattainable; he tends to see this as a personal affront. Also, he is especially bothered when he sees women with their significant others.

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Rockers (1978)

Drama, Komödie, Musical, documentary film, drama film

Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, plans to make some extra money selling and distributing contemporary reggae records. He buys an orange-red 175 motorcycle on borrowed money to carry them to the sound systems, bodegas, clubs, and even (dance) parties around the island. His friend Jah Wise paints a Lion of Judah on both sides of the gas tank.

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The Good Die Young (1954)

Crime, crime film, drama film

Mike is an injured ex-boxer unable to find a job and penniless after his wife Angela, who he loves, gives their life savings to her criminal brother. Joe has been fired from his clerical job in the USA to reclaim Mary, his pregnant English wife, who feels unable to escape her clinging and unstable mother. Eddie deserts the US Air Force in an effort to regain Denise, his unfaithful actress wife.

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King's Ransom (2005)

Crime Comedy, Komödie, comedy film, crime film

Malcolm King is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife Renee. She plans to ruin him financially during the court proceedings, and King is willing to do anything to protect his fortune. He enlists his mistress, Peaches, and her brother, Herb, to stage a mock kidnapping.

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