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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 133.
Crime, adventure film, crime thriller film, horror film, science fiction film
The beheading of Dr Fu Manchu is witnessed in China by his nemesis, Nayland Smith. Back in London, however, it is increasingly apparent to Smith—now assistant commissioner in Scotland Yard— that the international criminal mastermind is still operating. Smith determines that a hypnotized actor took Dr Fu Manchu's place.
Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film
Buster McHenry works as an undercover agent for the Philadelphia Police Department. He is attempting to flush out a corrupt officer, but his investigation hits two complications. The first occurs when he is arrested while trying to stop a carjacking; after having distracted the suspect with a beer bottle, he assaults an officer.
Komödie, action comedy film, mystery film
William Gridley, a newly arrived American diplomat at the American Embassy in London, rents a room in the Mayfair townhouse of Carly Hardwicke, a charming young woman and a fellow American expatriate. When Gridley inquires about Carly's marital status, she replies that she is separated and is unaware of her husband's whereabouts. Later, Gridley tells his superior, Franklyn Ambruster, that he has rented a room from Carly.
Crime, Drama, Dramedy, comedy drama, neo-noir
A college graduate turned bartender, Pierre, returns to his hometown in the Driftless Area after his parents' death. Shane picks up Pierre, who was hitchhiking and carrying a rosebush, after Pierre's car breaks down. Shane charges Pierre $20 for the privilege and kicks him out of his vehicle further down the road, stealing his rosebush.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Drunk and down-and-out Casey Morrow in London is approached by a young and beautiful heiress, Phyllis Brunner, offering him much money if he will marry her. He accepts, but then wakes up the next morning in some other woman's apartment with blood on his coat from the murder of Ms. Brunner's father with a fire poker.
Komödie, comedy film
The film opens with an infomercial, given by Dick Dupre (a parody of Don Lapre, played by John C. McGinley), which Larry (Danny Masterson) and Rico (Ronnie Warner) are watching. Larry and Rico are two stoners who live in a one-room apartment, and after watching the entire infomercial, they decide to start a "tiny classified ads" business.
Crime, Thriller
Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film
Calvin Khumalo, Terra Mabunda and Aldo Erasmus are anti-apartheid freedom fighters in MK, whose planned petrol depot sabotage outside the Pretoria suburb Silverton is thwarted because the local police, led by Captain Langerman, has been tipped off. Forced to abort the mission, they flee towards Pretoria. When Terra's partner Masego and their van's tires are shot, they end up fleeing on foot, eventually through the sewage tunnels.
Documentation, crime film, documentary film
Action, Crime
In the Golden Triangle region of the Mekong River, there is a section known as the "Gate of Hell." Two Chinese merchant ships were attacked by unidentified assailants while passing through this area. The Thai military later held a press conference, accusing the merchant ships of being involved in drug trafficking. Although it was claimed that all crew members had escaped, the bodies of 13 Chinese crew members were soon discovered, all brutally murdered.
Film Noir, Police Film, crime film, drama film, film noir
In order to convict a counterfeiting ring, two United States Treasury agents are chosen to go undercover and infiltrate the Vantucci gang in Detroit. Dennis O'Brien and Anthony Genero are the agents, and they are to start at the bottom and work their way up the gang's hierarchy. To infiltrate the gang they must appear to be criminals from the Detroit milieu, so they study the history of Detroit crime in order to create reliable false identities.
Secret Agent, crime film, drama film, spy film
Cpl. John Leatherby, an American soldier stationed in West Berlin, is kidnapped after escorting his German girlfriend to her home. The Soviets deny involvement in the kidnapping through their intermediary Col.
crime film, drama film, hood film
Dennis, living in a Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn, New York has had enough of poverty, and witnessing his alcoholic father beat his mother. His father is depressed and troubled from working hard for "the white man" for so many years, yet having nothing to show for it. Dennis and two friends come up with a plan to rob a local drug dealer and split the money.
Thriller, crime film
Jerry Logan, a cab driver in Las Vegas, picks up a nervous passenger who offers him $100 to get to the airport as quickly as possible. Unknown to Jerry, the man has stolen $1 million from Al Chambers, a mob-connected casino manager. Chambers himself skimmed the money from mob boss August Gurino.
LGBTQ-related film, drama film
The film begins with two recently escaped convicts – Frank (James Remar) and "Red" (Jaimz Woolvett) – approaching a group of campers. Frank, the elder of the pair, shoots and kills the campers. D.J.
Film Noir, drama film, film noir, mystery film
After a fight with his wife on their anniversary, Scott Henderson, a 32-year-old engineer, picks up an equally unhappy woman at Anselmo's Bar in Manhattan, and they take a taxi to see a stage show. The woman refuses to tell him anything about herself. The star of the show they are watching, Estela Monteiro, becomes furious when she notices that she and the mystery woman are wearing the same distinctive hat.
Marital Tragedy, Police Film, action film, crime film, drama film
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, police detectives Dan Madigan and Rocco Bonaro break into a sleazy apartment and arrest Barney Benesch, a hoodlum wanted for questioning by a Brooklyn precinct. Momentarily distracted by the suspect's nude girlfriend, the two detectives are outwitted by Benesch, who escapes with their guns. When it is discovered that Benesch was wanted for homicide, Madigan and Bonaro are reprimanded by Police Commissioner Anthony X.
Drama, Thriller, drama film
Felicia is an Irish teenager whose boyfriend, Johnny, has left to join the British Army after impregnating her. Taking a ferry to England, she begins a hopeless search for the lawnmower factory in Birmingham where she believes Johnny now works. Instead, she encounters Joseph Hilditch, a catering manager at a factory who is also the son of an eccentric TV chef of decades past.
Criminal Comedy Film, crime film, drama film
Ivan Warding is a thief who specializes in stealing art from the elite of Los Angeles. He is obliged to a crime boss and wants to get out of the art heist business. Elyse Tibaldi is an in-debt aspiring actress who is also a con-woman.
Crime, Thriller, crime film, trial film
After parking his car and wearing a "Happy Now?" sign, a man finds extortionist Jake Farley lying under the bridge. He grabs his foot with the rope and discovers he is dead. Meanwhile, beleaguered ex-police officer Joe Paris wakes up with a splitting headache and blood on his shirt after a night of drinking, and cannot recall events of the previous night.
Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, exploitation film
Linda is attacked as she is leaving the barn where she keeps her horse by a man in a hockey mask. While she fights him, the man eventually incapacitates her and rapes her, making her sing "Jingle Bells" while he does. After the rape, she goes to the police, who are largely unhelpful, asking her personal questions that imply she may have brought the rape on herself, though they acknowledge that the man has assaulted other women in the past and Linda is his fourth reported victim.
Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
Eli Wurman is an aging, burnt-out Jewish publicist whose best days are behind him, and he wishes to retire from his line of work, but all he knows is how to hustle, cajole, threaten and persuade. The hazy mania of his everyday life is fueled by a steady stream of prescription drugs and alcohol. One night, Eli's last remaining "big client" Cary Launer—an actor considering a campaign for political office—entreats Eli to take care of his latest publicity mess, a dangerous liaison with Jilli Hopper, a hard-shelled, quick-tongued television actress with a soft center and a taste for illegal drugs.
Thriller, thriller film
Schoolgirl Tessa Hurst is raped on her way home from school. She is so traumatised she is unable to speak, despite the efforts of Dr Lomax. Some weeks later, another girl, Susan, is raped and killed.
Crime, Drama