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Crime, Science fiction
Dr. Aja Turner (Catherine Oxenberg), a beautiful female scientist, implants a computer in a German Shepherd's brain to help it track and capture criminals. Crooks, led by Anton Zeiss (Judson Earney Scott), make off with the cybernetic canine.
Crime, Drama, Noir
In Los Angeles, Cooper is a "key-man" (fence) for a local crime boss, operating a series of warehouses used as storage facilities for stolen and illicit goods. Cooper hopes to close a deal for a new block of storage units, bribing local realtor Elias O'Neil to broker a deal with city officials to sell him the warehouses. Elias tells Cooper that he needs more time, so Cooper gives him a week with an implicit threat of violent retaliation should he fail.
Drama, thriller film
Jim Doyle (David Wenham) is a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reily's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the "greed is good" ethos.
Crime, Noir
A wealthy Philadelphia man's property is left to "Sister Sara", the leader of a spiritualist group. Part of the bequest is a jewelled necklace. To steal the jewels, Nat Harbin forms a gang that includes two men, Baylock and Dohmer, and Gladden, the daughter of his mentor.
Crime, spy film, thriller film
In 1942, Nazi Germany attempts to bring neutral Turkey into the war on its side by staging an assassination attempt on Franz von Papen, its ambassador to the country. Much to the annoyance of Colonel Robinson (Sydney Greenstreet), von Papen survives and the Russians that his agent provocateur was trying to frame have solid alibis, forcing him to turn to another scheme to inflame Turkey's traditional rivalry with Russia. American machinery salesman, Joe Barton, (George Raft) boards the Baghdad–Istanbul Express train at Aleppo and is attracted to another passenger, Ana Remzi (Osa Massen).
Crime, Drama
In the late 1950s, Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana becomes infatuated with singer Phyllis McGuire of The McGuire Sisters after seeing her perform in Las Vegas. Although Phyllis is initially wary of Giancana's reputation, the two begin a passionate and highly publicized affair. Giancana aggressively courts her, boasting about the extravagant lengths he has gone to create romantic settings and demanding, "Look at me when I'm talking at you," reflecting his controlling personality.
Horror, Slasher
In New Orleans, a dapper and mysterious middle-aged man named John arrives at a bar searching for the "evilest" prostitute he can take home. He is directed to Shirley, who agrees to leave with him for $200. At his house, he asks her to lie on a table.
Adventure, Crime, Secret Agent, spy film
Alexander Waverly gives U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin, Arsene Coria from Italy, and Namana from Liberia their assignment: they are to take a top secret code to a hidden location. After they leave, Waverly sends another agent, Australian Kitt Kittridge, to follow them without their knowledge.
Crime, Drama
thumb|thumbtime=10|Sinners' Holiday (1930) Ma Delano runs a penny arcade on an amusement pier at Coney Island with her children Jennie, Joe, and Harry. Underneath La Verne's establishment, Mitch McKane is running a bootleg operation. In order to escape detection, McKane doubles as a sideshow operator.
Action
Mafiosi Joseph Palermo (Venantino Venantini) and his brother Tony are fleeing across the border after assassinating a building contractor. They get into a car accident and, after killing the driver of the other car, they decide to hijack a car from a local police station. In the ensuing firefight, Palermo shoots and kills the sheriff (Greydon Clark).
Crime, Drama, Horror, thriller film
An 1840s British surgeon, Dr. Thomas Bolton, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace.
Crime
The film focuses on the trial of George Smith and flashbacks showing how he met each of his wives. Smith is married to his wife Edith. He often goes away on the pretext of business.
Crime, Horror
In 1934, on the twentieth anniversary of his death, the remaining relatives (all cousins) of Cyrus West are summoned to his mansion in rural England to view his filmed reading of his last will and testament. Among them are former surgeon Harry Blythe; flamboyant stuntman Charlie Wilder, who has forged a successful career in California; Susan Sillsby, a noted English hunter; Cicily Young, Susan's female lover, also her cousin and roommate; the marginally successful American songwriter Paul Jones; and Annabelle West, a rising fashion designer. Overseeing the gathering is West's lawyer, Allison Crosby, and Mrs.
Drama
Based on real events, Black and White tells the story of Max Stuart (Ngoombujarra), a young Aboriginal man who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine-year-old girl on what was considered questionable evidence. It follows the fight by his lawyers David O'Sullivan (Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Fox) to save Stuart from execution, as well as Crown Prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain's (Dance) efforts to convict Stuart. Rohan Rivett editor of an Adelaide paper, The News, and its publisher, Rupert Murdoch (Ben Mendelsohn) also feature as leading the public response in the campaign to save Stuart.
Crime, Drama, Noir, thriller film
Claude is a disaffected man who, in search of fast money to purchase a $28,000 house, decides to become a contract killer for a Mr. Brink. After proving his worth by killing targets in a barber shop and a hospital for a Mr.
Crime, Drama
The film is based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère which is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire'''s protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps''.
Crime, Noir
Two criminals are stalking the streets of London one dark night. Frank Clemmons, a cocky young middle-class man, uses a gun to hold up psychiatrist Dr Clive Esmond outside Esmond's affluent home, but the doctor overpowers Clemmons. Arriving home from Paris, Esmond's wife Glenda is taken aback to discover Clemmons staying in their home as a household guest.
Drama
Walter is a young wrestler trying to deal with the brutal death of his sister. He returns home to help his mother Gloria and niece. After getting a dead-end job at Mega Burger as a chicken, wearing a yellow chicken suit, who stands outside and offers samples to passing pedestrians, he meets Linda, a beautiful older woman who is a widow and works as a wedding planner.
Crime, Drama
The film, like Ludovic Kennedy's 1985 book The Airman and the Carpenter upon which it is based, presents Bruno Richard Hauptmann as not guilty of the Lindbergh abduction and murder for which he was tried and executed. It suggests at least one of the perpetrators was Isidor Fisch, an associate of Hauptmann's who had conned several of the local German community out of money and who returned to Germany after the Lindbergh baby was found.
Crime, Drama
Chance (Brian Presley) returns home from a half decade in jail, determined to change his life. He tries to make peace with his father (Ed Harris), the head of the Aryan Brotherhood at the prison where he is serving a life sentence for murder. Chance's release is quickly marred when he has to help his best friend with a debt to a local mobster.
Drama, Noir, Psychological Thriller
Police psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Collins tells a detective that he believes that he can help to turn a young suspect away from crime. Through an extended flashback he illustrates his claim with the story of how he came to work for the police.
Crime, Drama
Michele is a young woman working with her abusive father at a diner. She quits her waitressing job when she meets a patron, Buz, who initially came in to rob the place at gunpoint, but instead invites her to Los Angeles where he promises Michele his sister, the famous Joan Nichols, can land her a job as a dancer at a Hollywood nightclub. The two drive off to L.A.
Crime, Drama, Noir, prison film
Cliff Taylor is an ex-con who wants to go straight, but since being released from prison on parole, he finds it hard to find and hold a job due to his criminal past. Cliff's younger brother Tim is worried and increasingly disillusioned because he cannot afford to marry his girlfriend Peggy and fears he will not be able to honestly find a position for himself in the world. Afraid that Tim might end up leading a life of crime like himself, Cliff decides to help him find the money to settle down.
Marital Tragedy, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
The film opens with a fire. Lyle Wilder (Charlie Sheen) is a decorated Los Angeles firefighter who saved an Afro-American baby's life in a crack house fire. He was honored for his bravery.