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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 175.
For the past four years, Los Angeles has been terrorized by a series of mysterious murders, in which several men have been found dead with huge puncture wounds in their chests. The latest happens when private detective Mark Higbie is visiting a bar. A dark-haired woman with a German accent needs help with her car, and one of Higbie's friends goes out to help her.
Crime, rape and revenge film
Anna and Kevin Dunne are a newlywed couple who have recently moved to Pittsburgh. She is working in a discount department store, he is a garbage man. She leads a very happy life, until one night she, along with her husband, witnesses the kidnapping and rape of Patti Mullen from a bar.
children's film
John Gray, the local policeman, owns Bobby the Westie, but allows a shy boy called Ewan to befriend his dog. When Gray dies and is buried in the Greyfriars Kirkyard, the dog will not leave the grave, despite his fondness for Ewan. The Greyfriars gravedigger, James Brown, takes a liking to Bobby, and gives him food and protection.
Comedy, Crime, Horror
Crime, Drama, musical film, romance film
The film is set in a Paris nightclub, with the stars playing the 'regulars' at the club. The movie revolves around two main story points, a romance and a more serious conflict with death, and several minor plots. All of the stories are enlivened from time to time by extravagant musical numbers.
Action, Crime, Drama, Mafia Film, thriller film
Joshua and his boss, Vincent, are driving to a hospital. Both have been shot and are in pain. Joshua thinks back to his childhood, when his father was shot in front of his eyes.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
The story opens in Los Angeles with Dillon (Val Kilmer) who receives a phone call from Ray Burns (Mick Rossi) who has just been shot and desperately needs help. Dillon is a cleaner for a gangster named Eddie (Gabriel Byrne) and has been sent to assist Ray should he require it. After a colorful opening title sequence which follows Dillon's drive to the house, he finds Ray almost bleeding to death on a sofa.
Erotic Thriller
Jack Dobson, a homicide detective from Palm Beach, lays flat on his back with a bullet in his chest. Flashbacks show the events that led him to this fate. Jack has been receiving threatening letters.
Aliens, Crime, Horror, independent film, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
In outer space, there is a planet where its people fear that if the Earth is not destroyed first, it will destroy the universe. Because of this, the planet's inhabitants decide to contact Earth. In the United States, gangsters Nat Burdell and Brad Conley kidnap wealthy socialite Margaret Chaffee and, joined by gun moll Esther Malone, head for the San Gabriel Mountains to await the ransom they have demanded from Chaffee's father.
Crime, Drama, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
Tony Benson lives alone in a flat on a Dalston council estate tower block. He obsessively collects 1980s violent action movies, and he aimlessly wanders the streets of London most days in unsuccessful attempts to connect with other people. He is extremely socially anxious, has severe mental development problems and has difficulty trying to express himself or communicate naturally.
documentary film, Drama, trial film
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister, has just been released from the hospital in which he stayed for two months following a heart attack. Returning to his practise of law, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering the elderly Emily French, who had bequeathed her estate to him. Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, but his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, becomes the witness for the prosecution and defiantly testifies that her husband is guilty of the murder.
Crime
The film follows three small-time criminals as they pinball their way about Dublin on a boozy Saint Patrick's Day. Liam (Dan Hyland) is plotting an escape from minor villainy. Dave (Peter Coonan) hopes to move up the criminal pecking order, while Scratcher (Stephen Jones) seems happy to coast.
Comedy, Crime, Military Film, war film
The film is set during World War II, amidst Operation Market Garden. Captain Edward Banks (Andrew Howard) and Corporal Powell (Neil Newbon), both SOE undercover British Intelligence officers, are given command of a small unit dubbed "Matchbox". The objective of Matchbox is to retrieve Dutch gold and art treasures plundered by the Nazis, concealed within an underground bunker rigged with traps.
Coming-of-age, Drama, thriller film
Wynne Kinch, an adopted 14-year-old girl, has a crush on her 32-year-old stepbrother, George. While spying on George in the bathroom, Wynne notices he has several scratches on his back, and finds a jumper she made for him thrown in the rubbish, with blood on it; this leads her to suspect him of being the serial killer of several local teenage girls, who is still at large. Despite this belief, Wynne continues to have romantic sexual fantasies about George, and dreams of marrying him when she comes of legal age.
mystery film, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller
On the evening of November 7, photographer Sophie Jacobs and her attorney boyfriend Hugh go to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. As they travel home afterward, Sophie develops a craving for "something sweet" and stops their car at a convenience store. While Hugh is in the store buying some chocolate for Sophie, an armed man arrives and holds up the store, shooting the store clerk, his son, and Hugh dead.
Crime
Crime, thriller film
Comedy, Crime, musical film
American movie star Johnny Tyrone goes to Baghdad to premiere his new picture. He is seduced by the lovely Aishah while on a plane, then kidnapped by a man named Sinan who wants Johnny to help him kill the king in the fictional town of Bar Esalaam. Johnny escapes the palace with the help of a slave girl, Shalimar.
Crime, Horror, mystery film
The film is set in London and the countryside, mainly in the East End and docklands. When an armoured car is robbed, in a daring daylight raid co-ordinated on Tower Bridge, one of the guards is shot and killed by Mason. The gang escape on the river.
Crime, Drama
New York City taxi drivers Hershey, Rasha, and Salgado all work for the same company. Their boss, known as Box, warns Rasha that she will fire him if he has another accident. He causes two accidents and is convinced he has killed a boy in the second one.
Crime, Drama
A hooligan boss Billy Evans (Leo Gregory) feuds with gangster Mickey (Ricci Harnett) over a backstreet protection racket and quickly finds himself out of his depth as events rapidly escalate and he finds that he has taken on far more than he can handle.
boxing film, Crime, Drama, Noir
Ernie Driscoll is a New York taxi driver and former boxer who retired from the ring after sustaining a severe injury. His unhappy wife Pauline is having an affair with well-heeled jewel thief Victor Rawlins. An arrangement that Rawlins made for a batch of stolen diamonds is scuttled, and his fence indicates that Pauline's presence impeded the deal.
Crime, Drama, Noir, romance film
The Black Widows, a teenage girl gang, find one of their number killed; they suspect Barbara, sometime girlfriend of Eddie Rand, the leader of rival gang the Vandals. As the gangs prepare for a rumble, we glimpse the members' home lives, exaggerating every type of family dysfunction. The leader of the Black Widows is Hel (Helen) who decides to offer Rand money to turn Barbara over to them.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, mystery film
Allie has a secret relationship with Justin, who is an older but charming guy. What she does not know is that he is married to Sabrina who, upon discovering the affair enlists her reluctant sister Paige to help kidnap Allie. Intended as a prank, the situation goes out of control as Allie fights for her life.