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Action, Martial arts
The story centers around Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt), an ex-kickboxing champion known as "Mad Max", turned globetrotting sports photographer. Max quit kickboxing after accidentally killing a fellow boxer during an unlikely comeback in the ring, but still suffers from flashbacks to the fight. After a bar scuffle over a biker girl (Nikki Ziering), his agent (Diego Walraff) sends him to Guam for a publicity photo shoot.
Crime, Drama
Three small-time crooks, Griff, Len and Len's brother Alec, hold up a bank just after closing time on a Saturday preceding an Easter Monday bank holiday. The stuffy bank manager, Mr Spencer, and his secretary, Rose are locked in the bank's airtight vault, or "Strongroom" by the crooks when two cleaners unexpectedly arrive. The robbers escape but realise that they face possible murder convictions as the bank will be closed for days and the two employees will suffocate.
Action, Crime, Drama, hood film
Reggie Cooper is a young man who lives with his father in order to avoid the violent gang activity that almost claimed his life when he was a teenager. However, when his recently paroled mentor, J-Bone reconnects with Reggie, and when his father is murdered, Reggie slips back into a life of crime. Reggie murders a local preacher, whose daughter later develops a relationship with him.
Biography, crime drama film
Action, Drama, Gangster Film
Charlie Wright's (Aidan Quinn) business empire is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, having taken as much as eleven billion from his clients. Leaving his office after hearing about his punishment, Wright is intercepted by FBI Agent Hobbs (Mario Van Peebles), who is unable to arrest Wright as at the moment there is not a warrant. Stalling time, Hobbs gets his warrant and Hobbs' partner Jimmy (Jordan Belfi) intercepts Wright as he pulls out of the office garage.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Crime
A young Ken Boyd is tormented by five other kids from school until he snaps, becomes suicidal and is institutionalized. Years later, upon Ken's release, he begins to try building a life and reconnecting with the community but those who put him away start turning up dead.
Crime, Drama, Noir
The "Voice of Chicago" introduces the world and the main characters of the film: Sally "Angel Face" Connors (Mala Powers) is an exotic dancer in a nightclub; Gregg Warren (Wally Cassell), a former actor, works as a performance artist, a "Mechanical Man", in the nightclub window; Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) is a cop having an affair with Angel Face and struggling with his conscience whether to leave his wife; Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold), is a successful and smooth but crooked attorney; and Hayes Stewart (William Talman) has given up magic for a career as a pickpocket and thief. Officer Johnny Kelly is disillusioned with his job, which he…
Crime, Daffy Comedy, romantic comedy
At 3:00 am, Melsa Manton takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane, the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker.
Drama, thriller film
The sequel to Motives picks up three years after the original. Emery Simms is a rarity—an innocent man in prison. On the outside, his ex-wife Connie is married to his best friend-turned-rival Brandon, and they're attempting to make a normal life.
Horror, thriller film
The film opens as a couple named Tom and Gwen are in a national park and are attacked and taken hostage. Later Gwen is raped, while Tom is killed. Mark Till is a young CEO, a self-made sporting goods tycoon who sees human survival as a skill to be honed and cherished in the boardroom and beyond.
Gangster Film
Miss Blandish, a sheltered heiress, is targeted for a simple robbery by a cheap thug who ultimately involves two groups of rival gangsters, their goal being her diamond jewelry worth $100,000. The robbery is botched when one of the robbers, Riley, is knocked down by her bridegroom, Foster Harvey, and the resulting shooting spree leaves Harvey and some of the assailants dead. The surviving robber, Bailey, drives away with Miss Blandish, leaving the dead bodies behind.
Crime, Drama, Noir
At a farmhouse in a lonely wood, "The Dark Man" kills a petty criminal. He then shoots the taxi driver who drove him there, knowing he would be able to identify him. However, The Dark Man is spotted at the scene of the second murder by a young actress, Molly, who is passing by on her bicycle, although she doesn't realise what has happened at the time.
Horror
In a Tyrolean castle in the late 18th century, twin sons, Gregor and Anton, are born to the de Berghmann baronial family. The baron is concerned: an old prophecy in the family states that the younger brother shall kill the elder in the Black Room of the castle. Prior to dying, the Baron has the Black Room sealed up.
Blaxploitation, thriller film
Street-smart white detective Danny Bassett (Alex Rocco) teams with educated black detective Sgt. Jesse Williams (Hari Rhodes) to investigate a theft of $400,000 at a fund-raiser for Representative Aubrey Hale Clayton (Rudy Challenger).
Crime, Drama, Noir, romance film
Bob Cain, Jr.'s stockbroker father, "Pop" Cain, is sentenced to prison for embezzlement of funds. Up until this time, the two were close, but Bob falls out with Pop over this situation and quits college to look for a job. He is unable to find one due to his father's notoriety.
mystery film, Noir
Set in Victorian London, the story concerns a music hall chorus girl, Belle Adair, aka Rose Lynton, who blackmails a gentleman, Michael Drego, after seeing him leave the house where another dancer, Daisy Arrow, was found murdered. Instead of accepting money she demands to be invited to the man's stately home to experience the life of a lady. The woman becomes friends with the man's mother, Lady Margaret Drego, and his fiancée, Audrey Ashton, but her peace is disturbed when Inspector Clinner, played by Vincent Price, arrives to question them further about the murder.
Action, Crime, Drama
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Gary Tison is serving two consecutive life sentences for murder, while his three young adolescent sons try to move on with their lives. The oldest, Donny, is the only son making something of his life. He is a pre-law student and is in a loving relationship with his high school sweetheart, Carol.
Drama, Noir
Sherry Conley is a model who is in prison for a crime she did not knowingly commit. She is offered a deal for her freedom by U.S. attorney Lloyd Hallett if she will testify as a witness in the trial of mobster Benjamin Costain.
Crime, Horror, rape and revenge film, thriller film, Torture Porn
The plot centers on a psychopath who is on a violent spree as he randomly stalks and invades the homes of suburban women whom he considers to be whores. His modus operandi is to break in, terrorize, rape, and murder his victims while recording their pleas and his crimes on a portable tape recorder. One day, Nancy, a young and pretty housewife, accepts a ride from a stranger, unaware that he is a stalker who has been following her for some time.
Crime, thriller film
Stan Jeter (Beau Mirchoff) is a new detective invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives. Each tells Stan about the insights they gained from murder cases they investigated, which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious, anonymous assailant (Michael Eklund). Imprisoned with Amy (Halston Sage), the daughter of a police officer, Stan must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a way for them both to escape.
Crime
Attorney Jack Durant successfully defends racketeer Tony Gaziotti against a high-profile murder charge and waives his fee. His staid law firm feels his taking the racketeer on as a client reflects badly on them; when he refuses to give up his exciting new line of work, they go their separate ways. His upper class girlfriend Sue Leonard turns down his proposal and breaks up with him for the same reason.
Action, Comedy, Crime
Gerald Clamson is a bank examiner who loves fishing on his annual two-week holiday. Unfortunately, one day at the ocean he reels in Syd Valentine, an injured gangster in a scuba diving suit. Syd tells Gerald about diamonds he has stolen from the other gangsters and hands him a map.
Crime, Gangster Film
After serving an eight-month prison sentence for breaking and entering, working class Dublin lad Git Hynes, meets ex-girlfriend Sabrina Bradley, who now prefers his best friend Anto. She asks Git to reassure Anto that he accepts this. On meeting Anto in a bar, Git finds that the latter's gambling addiction has left him in debt to the bookies, who are about to take his fingers as collateral.