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Crime, Drama, Thriller, thriller film
Nora Timmer, a biracial (African and European descent) woman, is being questioned by Ford Cole, the District Attorney. Nora, who is the Assistant District Attorney, claims she was being raped by Isaac Duparde when she shot him in the head. Journalist Ty Trippin interviews Ford; Ford surprises Ty by anticipating his first two questions.
Classical Western, Western film, film noir
Notorious outlaw Wes McQueen breaks out of jail and heads off to the Colorado Territory to meet the man who arranged the escape, his old friend Dave Rickard. Along the way, the stagecoach he is riding in is attacked by a gang of robbers. When the driver and guard are both killed, McQueen kills or drives off the remaining gunmen, earning the gratitude of the other passengers, dreamer Fred Winslow and his daughter Julie Ann.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, romance film
Gangster Eddie Bendix and his henchman, Johnny Ryan, arrive in the small mining town of Chuckawalla in northern Nevada, where Eddie hopes to cash in on the local community's gambling trade, which is overseen by the powerful Fritzi Haller, owner of the Purple Sage casino. The two men stop at a bridge entering Chuckawalla where Eddie's wife, Angela, died in a car accident. Eddie was once involved with Fritzi, but left town under suspicion of causing his wife's fatal car accident.
Political Thriller, political thriller film
On a foggy night a car containing two men is pursued by police. The radio is discussing the country being on high alert due to a terrorist attack in Ankara. Going down a dead end road and forced to stop, (Steven) escapes over a high barbed-wire fence, but the other one is caught.
Destiny, Family Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, drama film, thriller film
War photographer Paul Prior (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to his hometown in the South Island of New Zealand following the death of his father Jeff (Matthew Chamberlain). Paul reunites with his younger brother Andrew (Colin Moy), a pious local ostrich farmer who is married to the very religious and agoraphobic Penny (Miranda Otto). Under Andrew's pressure, Paul reluctantly prolongs his stay to help sort out the sale of their father's cottage and the adjoining orchard.
Crime, drama film, film noir
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Political Satire, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Richard "Dicky" Pilager, the dim-witted scion of a powerful political dynasty, is running for Governor of Colorado. One day, while filming a campaign ad that shows him fishing at Arapahoe Lake, Pilager hooks a corpse on location. Chuck Raven, Pilager's campaign manager, hires Danny O'Brien, a former journalist who works as a private investigator, to examine the case.
Drama, horror film
The film takes place in 1822 in Tasmania and is loosely based on a true story. A group of transported convicts, suffering brutal treatment at the Macquarie Harbour penal settlement on Van Diemens Land, as Tasmania was then known (until 1856), escape into the wilderness in hopes of reaching the settlements to the east. Their enthusiasm and bravado soon give way to hunger, which saps their strength and causes them to despair.
Action, Crime, crime film, neo-noir
Raymond Lembecke is an ex-con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his boss Eddie Grillo. Lembecke was innocent, but took the fall for Grillo. Lembecke thinks Grillo owes him, so when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars' worth of drugs from him.
Crime, Drama, Komödie, comedy film, crime film
At an advertising firm, office manager Seaver is instructed by the boss, J.G. Carpenter, to fire the next employee who shows up late and to reward a particular employee, meek and mild-mannered clerk Arthur Ferguson Jones, with a raise, as he is never late. That morning, when Jones oversleeps and shows up late for work for the first time, Seaver is unsure whether to fire him or give him a raise.
Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Three teenagers from the Italian section of New York City's East Harlem, Danny diPace, Anthony Aposto and Arthur Reardon, are members of a street gang named the Thunderbirds. They have an ongoing turf war with a Puerto Rican gang, based in another section of East Harlem, called the Horsemen. As the movie begins, the three Thunderbirds unleash a knife attack on Roberto Escalante, a blind member of the Horsemen, stabbing him to death.
Criminal Comedy Film, drama film, romantic comedy
Dylan (Dan Futterman) and Jez (Stuart Townsend) are two orphans who meet in their twenties and vow to achieve their shared childhood dream of living in a stately home. In pursuit of this dream, they spend their days living in a disused gas holder, spending as little money as possible and conning the upper classes out of their riches. During one of their cons, they encounter Georgie (Kate Beckinsale) who is a medical student who can type.
Crime, crime film, drama film
Russell Williams (Gary Cole), known to friends and family as 'Russ', is a Colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He is promoted to base commander at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, and celebrates the promotion with his wife, Mary Elizabeth Harriman (Nahanni Johnstone), at her charity fundraiser. Both Russ and Mary are well-respected members of their small community of Tweed, Ontario.
Action, Martial-Arts, action film, martial arts film
The assassination of Tokyo's governor Takayama causes a stir of public outrage in Tokyo, Japan. Upon hearing news of the incident, the U.S. FBI asks the CIA's Tokyo office to investigate the killing, believing it to be linked to the yakuza.
Action Comedy, Dark Comedy, Thriller, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, neo-noir
In Eagles Nest, Western Australia, a wealthy motel proprietor Jack Taylor believes his wife Alice to be having an affair. After a violent argument, Jack hires Charlie Wolfe, a private investigator and contract killer. When Charlie returns with video proof that Alice is having sex with Dylan Smith, Jack orders Charlie to kill her.
Crime, Thriller
While in a boat making out with her Italian college professor, Enrico Rosseni, Elizabeth Seccles witnesses a man with a knife stabbing another woman in the woods on the nearby shore. Rosseni convinces Elizabeth to keep silent about what she saw, especially after it turns out that the dead victim was one of her classmates and was killed by having a long knife pushed deep into her vagina. Another girl, a student at the same college, is killed later by the same attacker.
Crime, Film Noir, Melodrama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir
A dead man tumbles down a flight of stairs. When the police arrive at the top-floor apartment of Joe Adams, he shoots at them through the door. The sheriff calls in reinforcements and sets up snipers on nearby rooftops.
Girls with Guns, action film, crime film, drama film, girls with guns, thriller film
Two crime lords, Virgil Vadalos, a wealthy Greek mafia boss and an MS-13 leader meet in a bathhouse to discuss business. A woman appears in the room with a stiletto switchblade knife, and kills the MS-13 leader, before stabbing Virgil, leaving him for dead. Virgil survives, however, and orders his men and a corrupt Los Angeles Police Department detective to find the woman, whom he identifies as his lover, Raina.
Thriller, comedy thriller, crime film, horror film, teen film
Vaughn Ely is a beloved native of the small town of Smithville, TX with a dark secret. Formerly the star quarterback, now he's the local mortician. When Ely discovers that his wife Rosemary is cheating on him with the high school English teacher's husband, David Moore, he makes sure they can't do it again.
action film, crime film
Bobby Kalinowski, a former Navy Seal, enjoys a peaceful life as a landscape architect in Louisiana with his family. After receiving an invitation from new neighbors Clay Freeman and Elise Freeman, they go out for a night on the town to a famous club. The evening soon takes a turn for the worse when Bobby gets into a conflict with one of the club owners, named Ethan Bordas.
Crime, crime film, mystery film
In the 1920s, English war widow Mrs. Edwina Broome moves to the Irish village of Kilshannon, into the exclusive enclave derisively called "Widows' Peak" by the locals. Mrs.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|left|Woman on the Run. In San Francisco, artist Frank Johnson observes the gunshot murder of an important trial witness by a gangster seeking extortion money. Noticing Frank, the murderer takes shots at him.
Drama, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|left|260px|Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes Young, insecure drifter Axel Nordmann arrives at the waterfront on the west side of Manhattan, seeking employment as a longshoreman, and giving his name as "Axel North." He goes to work in a gang of stevedores headed by Charlie Malick, a vicious bully, and is befriended by Tommy Tyler, who also supervises a stevedore gang and has an engaging, charming sense of humor. Malick resents blacks and is antagonized when Axel goes to work for Tommy. Axel moves into Tommy's neighborhood, becomes friends with Tommy's wife Lucy and develops a romantic relationship with her friend Ellen Wilson.
Horror, Sci-Fi, mystery film, science fiction film
Unaccountable, deadly malfunctions begin occurring at a top-secret government facility located under the New Mexico desert, where a space station is being constructed. Dr. David Sheppard, from the Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI) in Washington, D.C., is called in to investigate the mysterious deaths.