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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 159.
Crime, Mysterie, Splatter Film
Developmental psychologist Dr. Philip Lacan performs as a magician at a children's party at the Zurvan Institute, a clinical psychology hospital outside Vancouver. Angelique, a Frenchwoman who is one of his former patients and ex-wife, performs as Philip's assistant.
Action, crime thriller film, Drama, Gangster Film, neo-noir, thriller film
Johnny Colini, an exiled American living in Rome, rescues Salvatore Giordano, a young Sicilian outlaw, from the police. After Giordano is groomed, polished, and renamed "Johnny Cool", Colini sends him on a mission of vengeance to the United States to assassinate the men who plotted his downfall and enforced exile. Johnny arrives in New York and quickly kills several of the underworld figures on Colini's list.
Drama, Erotic Thriller, thriller film
Paris After discussing his plans for retiring by selling on the shares in his security company to his debtors with his partner, André, aging underworld entrepreneur Miles Rennberg is paid a surprise visit at his Paris office by aggressive underworld moll Sandra. Brazenly taunting him with her sexuality, she bluntly dissects their prior relationship—a nightmarish web of masochism, money, manipulation and dependency, pimping her out to dangerous clients in order to gain both a business advantage and perverse personal thrills. She outlines her newest ambition, since their estrangement, of raising the necessary capital to run a nightclub in…
Action, Science fiction, spy film
Teri leaves the gym and stops by a motorcycle repair shop to pick up parts for her inventor boyfriend Rick. Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns, which only needs oxygen to operate.
Crime
A man, on the run after killing his wife, takes refuge in the house of a woman who is hiding dark secrets of her own. Soon, her husband is murdered and she is falsely accused of the crime while the murderer escapes from police.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie
When police respond to a burglar alarm at premises in Long Acre, Central London, they find nothing amiss after meeting the nightwatchman, who allows them to search the premises. However, the next day the safe, which had been opened with a key, is found empty. Superintendent Tom Halliday and his new Detective Sergeant Ward, begin searching for the fraudulent nightwatchman.
Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama
In a small Southern town, a black man, Jim Price is elected sheriff over John Little, the white incumbent. Racial tensions exist in the community, and Price gets little assistance from Little, who is leaving office, or from Mayor Parks, who insists he be consulted on any decision the new sheriff makes. A white man, John Braddock, is arrested on a manslaughter charge after his drunken driving causes the death of a young girl.
Crime, Drama, Gangster Film
Police Captain Jim Fitzpatrick is a dedicated family man and crime fighter not averse to using violence to fight violence. Although he's been demoted for political reasons, public outcry forces the mayor to take more aggressive action against sleazy gang boss Sam Belmonte, and Fitzpatrick is promoted to police chief. His younger brother, Police Detective Ed Fitzpatrick, allows himself to be seduced by a languorously sexy Belmonte gang moll, Daisy, and needs money to continue the relationship.
Crime, Drama
thumb|left|300px|Tony (J. Carrol Naish) and John (Edward G. Robinson) in Two Seconds As John Allen, a condemned murderer, is led to the electric chair, a witness asks the prison warden how long it takes for the condemned person to die.
Drama, thriller film
In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome card sharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her chauffeur. At Barbara's chateau, her niece Melinda becomes attracted to Marc, and Marc discovers that Barbara is hiding her lover Vincent in the secret rooms and passageways of the chateau.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
A lawyer who's still recuperating after the untimely death of his wife, must defend his probably dirty brother-in-law, a stockbroker under investigation. He discovers that everyone has dark secrets, including himself.
Crime, Drama, Erotic Thriller, thriller film
Jennifer Reed, heiress to a huge fortune, believes that her husband Baxter, an insurance agent in Los Angeles, is unfaithful to her. Unable to reconcile with it, she takes a full pack of sleeping pills and falls down the stairs. A few weeks later, Jennifer, now in a wheelchair, becomes even more jealous of her husband because he does not spend time with her, giving more attention to nurse Lynn Foster.
Crime, Drama
In Washington, D.C., police captain Frank Matthews's career is on the rise, having just been appointed consultant for a powerful U.S. senator. His domestic life, however, is questionable.
Crime
Logan McQueen, a Vietnam War veteran and Miami police officer, chases two briefcase thieves down an alley. One of the thieves knocks him down, steals his gun and shoots the other thief Pepe with it. Logan is put in prison pending investigation but his bail is provided by the mob, who expect him to return money that is missing from the stolen briefcase.
neo-noir, thriller film
Jack, a grad student who has a history of mental illness, can not get over the death of his father. Jack decides to take over his father's business. After receiving an anonymous tip that his father was murdered, he tries to put together the murder scheme.
Comedy, Crime
Within one hour, a businessman must choose between his finances or murder to keep his family safe.
Crime, Drama, satanic film
thumb|left|Says Ted: "After I've cleared up a couple murders, you and I could have lots of fun." Private detective Ted Shane returns to work with his former partner Ames, who is not particularly happy about the situation because his wife Astrid dated Ted before they were wed. Valerie Purvis hires the detectives to locate a man called Farrow, and when both Ames and Farrow are found dead, Shane is suspected of both murders. Shane finds his office and apartment have been ransacked and his secretary Miss Murgatroyd has been locked in a closet by Anthony Travers, who is in search of an 8th-century ram's horn rumored to be filled with jewels.
LGBTQ-related film
The film's plot combines several elements from these original films. Starrbooty (RuPaul) is in the middle of a major karate fight when she receives a phone call informing her that her adopted niece Cornisha has been kidnapped. With the help of fellow crime fighter Agent Page Turner, Starrbooty learns that her nemesis Annaka Manners is using her billion-dollar cosmetics company as a front for kidnapping prostitutes and selling their organs on the black market.
Crime, Gangster Film, thriller film
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense, abrasive and racist Irish NYPD cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a Puerto Rican suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop, but that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to find out who killed his partner of three years, Gigi Caputo (Louis Cosentino), all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryan's search leads him to Puerto Rican drug kingpin Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and a shipment of guns for Puerto Rican independentistas.
Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama
Joey Maxwell, Manuel, and Reynaldo invade a New York City drug den in Harlem, killing three dealers. One escapes long enough to telephone his boss, Eddie Baker, but Eddie is having sex. The killers break in and murder Eddie and his girl.
comedy thriller, Crime, romantic comedy
A voice over says, "No, that's not right." The scenario is repeated with adjustments until the voice is eventually satisfied. The screen fades to Cathy Palmer sitting at a typewriter, finishing up the story. She seals it in an envelope and sends it off.
Action, Crime
In the midst of financial crisis, a recent college graduate Lance Zutterland, who leaves school in debt, decides to join with other college graduates – Ellis, Jack, Stewart, Chandler, and Allie – in stealing valuable paintings owned by Chicago's richest for themselves, under the supervision of Mel Donnelly. During the heist, the group express their anger by wrecking anything valuable, but Mel will only pay them if they deliver the stolen paintings intact. Lance bonds with Ellis's girlfriend Allie and they become friends but upon bringing Allie home to their apartment, Ellis intimidates Lance into staying away from her.
Comedy, Drama, Heist
The film follows the story of two women living in London, Shannon and Frances, attempting to con a group of gangsters, led by Kerrigan and Mason, into giving them £1,000,000 after they overhear a conversation between gang members during a local bank heist. The idea is that the money will later be used to purchase a large amount of expensive medical equipment for the hospital where Shannon works as an overworked and underpaid nurse. Frances, a failing American actress who has resorted to doing voice acting for children's cartoons, wants the money so that she can get out of the rut she believes she is stuck in, and also because she wants a…
Horror, thriller film
In New York, PR colleagues and roommates Holly Parker and Jan Lambert are disputing a promotion in their agency. The unethical Jan deceives Holly and sends her to Chicago. Meanwhile, she seduces Holly's boyfriend David Kray, in the opening of a fancy restaurant he owns, and they have a one-night stand.