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Crime, Drama
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, separated at birth and placed for adoption. Henry is a very funny and strong garage mechanic. He lives in a slum and loves Beverly Franks, his best friend's sister.
Crime, thriller film
Detective Jack Verdon is investigating a series of brutal murders when he realizes that each victim is a woman with whom he has slept or had a relationship with in the past. Verdon is taken off the case by FBI Agent Vukovitch and suspended by his Captain. Verdon is forced to work outside the law and confront his past to catch the killer, who has been extracting details of Verdon's other lovers – and subsequent victims – from each victim.
Comedy, Drama, Tragicomedy
A couple of ex-cons, Harry and Roy, break into a home expecting to find $250,000 in a safe, but come away empty-handed. They do, however, take 8-year-old Gary with them, hoping that the boy's father will pay a ransom. Harry forms a bond with Gary, who has multiple allergies, is home-schooled and has rarely been out in the world.
documentary film
The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a three-hour documentary film about the 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square, which culminated in the violent government crackdown on June 4. The film uses archival footage and contemporary interviews with a wide range of Chinese citizens, including workers, students, intellectuals, and government officials, to revisit the events of "Beijing Spring." From the beginning of the protests in mid-April to the night of June 3–4, the film provides a "meticulous day-by-day chronicle of the six-week period... This unglamorous but absorbing film interweaves videotaped scenes of the demonstrations and conversations with…
Comedy horror, Horror, monster film, Parody
thumb|left|A colorized version of the original cut of Creature from the Haunted Sea During the Cuban Revolution, deported American gambler and racketeer Renzo Capetto devises a get-rich-quick scheme and uses his yacht to help a group of loyalists commanded by General Tostada to escape with part of Cuba's national treasury, which they plan to use to stage a counter-revolution. American secret agent XK150, using the alias Sparks Moran, has infiltrated the gang. The gang consists of Capeto's brazenly felonious blonde girlfriend Mary-Belle Monahan; her deceptively clean-cut younger brother Happy Jack; and a gullible, good-natured, and…
Biography, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama
The plot concerns the obsession of Duke (Hampton Clanton), a 15-year-old member of the gang Royal Pythons, to get a gun from a racketeer named Priest (Carl Lee), in order to become the president of the Pythons and a big shot in Harlem. After their friend Littleman's father was forced out of his apartment, the Pythons take over the place and install Luanne, Python president Blood's girlfriend, as resident prostitute. Discovering that Blood is a heroin addict, Duke assumes leadership of the gang and Luanne becomes his girl.
Crime, Drama, silent film
Valentine Wilmot's Piccadilly Circus, a nightclub and restaurant in London, is a great success due to his star attraction: dancing partners Mabel and Vic. One night, a dissatisfied diner disrupts Mabel's solo with his loud complaints about a dirty plate. When Wilmot investigates, he finds Shosho distracting the other dishwashers with her dancing.
Drama, trial film
While travelling in London, Canadian World War II veteran pilot Jeffrey Buckenham sees baronet Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon on television leading a tour of his ancestral home in England. Buckenham recalls that he was held in a POW camp in Germany with Loddon, whom the Germans captured during the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. Buckenham is convinced that Loddon is Frank Wellney, a British actor.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Sugar Torch, a stripper who headlines a show in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, is returning backstage after her act when she is ambushed in her dressing room by an assailant with a gun. She flees and runs out onto the street in a state of undress before succumbing to a mortal gunshot wound. Police detectives Joe Kojaku and Charlie Bancroft, partners and bachelors who share an apartment, are assigned to the case.
Action, Action Comedy, Comedy, Crime, Dark Comedy, Gangster Film, Modern-Day Fantasy
Arvid (Dejan Čukić), a bank teller, is constantly harassed by people he meets and looked down on by his girlfriend Hanna for being too boring and dull. Hoping to put some excitement in his life, Arvid helps stop a robbery at the bank. However, Hanna doesn't believe he was involved and dumps him, taking the majority of their shared possessions with her.
Crime Comedy, Mafia Film, Parody
Yong-Gu (Shim Hyung-rae) is the illegitimate child of the infamous mafia boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel), who is based in New York. Carini shocks everyone by stating that he wants Yong-Gu to take over the operation, something that seems to be a bad choice when the man in question shows himself to be a poor candidate to be a mafia don.
Crime, Drama, Noir
A crime wave, including a holdup at a nightclub that ends in a murder and a bank robbery in which a guard is killed, has hit Center City. A squad of FBI agents headed by inspector George A. Briggs meets with local FBI field officer Richard Atkins, police chief Bernard Harmatz and Police Commissioner Ralph Demory.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Crime, Drama, Noir
Brooklyn fishermen Jonah Goodwin and Olaf Johnson are threatened by extortionist gangster Harold Goff, who demands "protection" money of $5 a week. Jonah's daughter Stella falls in love with Goff, but Goff learns that Jonah plans to finance Stella's $190 trip to Cuba aboard an ocean liner. Knowing that Jonah has the money, Goff demands it from him.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Society columnist Claire Cummings is about to marry wealthy Carl Henneman in his opulent mansion. Just after the ceremony, Claire sees her former lover Les Burns and tells him she'll continue to see him, despite her now being married. While on their honeymoon in Los Angeles, Claire writes a love letter to Les and hides it, but Carl discovers it and tells her he's going to divorce her.
Action, thriller film
One night in Beverly Hills, California, a truck carrying hazardous materials crashes, releasing a deadly chemical. The citizens of Beverly Hills are sent to quarantine in a hotel in Century City, while the police and the EPA agents stay behind to keep an eye on the valuables and clean up the town. In fact, the spill is a cleverly executed hoax masterminded by the head of L.A.'s football team, Robert "Bat" Masterson.
Crime, crime thriller film, Drama, Noir, Police Film
Los Angeles police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham meet a nightclub singer, Lilli Marlowe, who may hold the key to solving a major New York robbery. Lilli assists the detectives in the search for a suspect she has encountered, and a romance develops between her and Cal. When the suspect is finally spotted, a chase ensues that results in the death of the fugitive.
Crime, Drama
The film opens to the murder. Two teenage boys are holding a knife to the throat of a man. They are demanding his wedding ring, and he is begging for his life.
Crime, mystery film
A lodge in Kanab, Utah, is where Los Angeles lawyer David Hewson goes for a peaceful vacation. He is quickly attracted to Beth Dixon, a switchboard operator and a personal assistant to lodge owner Edmund Parry. thumb|left|160px|Drive-in advertisement from 1958 The murder of playgirl Marsha Morgan, her throat cut, disrupts the peace and quiet.
Crime
Anne Fielding is delayed on the London Underground, making her late for a meeting with her friend Victor James Colebrooke. She meets Jack Williams who is also delayed. The two take an immediate liking to each other.
Crime, Drama, Political Thriller, thriller film
In 1950, one Monday, the British Prime Minister receives a letter from a man who says he has stolen a nuclear weapon and will destroy the centre of London next Sunday at noon, unless the British government declares that the country is going to stop making such devices. The letter is signed "Professor Willingdon", which is the name of the senior researcher at Britain's atomic weapons development facility, the fictitious Wallingford Research Centre; Detective Superintendent Folland of Scotland Yard's Special Branch is charged with investigating whether the letter is a fraud or represents a genuine threat. At the Research Centre, Folland…
Action, Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Eight-year-old Sean Donovan watches helplessly when his parents are attacked in a carjacking attempt. Sean's father, Terry, is knocked unconscious and his mother is murdered. Afterward, Terry moves them to a nicer neighborhood.
black comedy film, Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film
Handsome young stranger Konrad Ludwig is fascinated by a castle near the Bavarian village of Ornstein. He dreams of owning and living in the castle, which is the property of widowed countess Herthe von Ornstein, who lives in the dower house, financially unable to maintain the castle itself. As Konrad schemes to become one of the countess's servants, he romances the beautiful and wealthy young lady Anneliese Pleschke, daughter of a nouveau riche couple.
Action, Crime, thriller film
A group of particularly violent armed robbers, who are committing bank and payroll robberies across London, are taking just £60,000 from each robbery, leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill anyone who gets in their way: they even kill badly injured members of their team to ensure they cannot inform. As Regan puts it after the first raid, "I've never seen so many dead people".