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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 210.
Crime, Detective, Drama, Noir, thriller film
Father Tomasino is stabbed to death. San Francisco traffic cop Joe Martini felt the priest was like an actual father to him. He speaks to homicide Lieutenant Kilrain about his hunch that restaurant owner Sylvio Malatesta could be involved and asks to assist with the investigation.
Crime, Horror, thriller film
In 1978, two thieves, "Scorpion Joe" and Lenny, escape into the desert with a hostage, Vivian, after a failed heist. Lenny dies of a gunshot wound suffered during their escape, and Joe forces Vivian to help him dispose of Lenny's body. After a failed escape attempt, Vivian explains that she was at the bank to seek a loan to save her family's farm.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Louise Graham witnesses the murder of a New York City crime boss and flees the East to hide out in Glacier National Park, on the Montana-Canadian border. She is trailed there by two men, Matt Hallett and Paul Adams, one of whom is a federal agent charged with protecting her, the other a ruthless New York hit man who's been paid to silence her. A subplot involves a Blackfeet Indian girl, Mary Tiller, a brilliant award-winning scholar whose overriding worries center on her father, Katoonai, a fugitive from the White man's justice.
Crime, Drama
A serial killer is on the loose, baffling policemen. Their main suspects are mostly a gang of street racers with one of them, Jimmy, never having an alibi. Even though he's innocent, a can of worms opens as Jimmy's life is thrown into chaos.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Wes Clayton (Richard Dutcher) is the town sheriff of the small, idyllic town of Brigham City, Utah. Clayton is a devout Latter-Day Saint who is one of seventeen bishops in the town. In Clayton's entire career, there have never been any serious or heinous crimes reported in Brigham City, and generally remains optimistic about the town's friendly nature.
Comedy, Crime, Heist, thriller film
A cleaner goes into the office of a banker. He tells the staff to leave then proceeds to change into a suit and place a picture on the desk of two brothers. Lardier, a courier, arrives and the man proceeds to explain to him that he has several financial options available.
Crime
Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On Bob's last day working aboard the famous Flying Scotsman, a disgruntled fireman, dismissed after being reported for drinking at work, decides to get his revenge on Bob (who reported him to the company) by causing an accident. Meanwhile, the fireman's amorous young replacement has fallen in love with a beautiful girl, whose father, unbeknown to him, happens to be Bob (and who has also boarded the train in an attempt to stop the villain).
Crime
thumb|thumbtime=10|Born Reckless (1930)|left A gangster, Louis Beretti, gets caught involved in a jewelry heist and taken to see the judge. The war has begun and hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, the judge offers Louis and his two buddies, the choice of going to jail, or signing up to fight in the war - if they prove themselves, he will throw away their arrests. Louis makes it home from the war (one of his buddies was killed), and opens up a night club downtown that becomes very successful.
Crime
Angie is in college, but finding that money is hard for her family. Her father tells her to change colleges to save money, and she decides to earn some money herself. While partying with friends, she is introduced to MDMA.
Comedy, comedy television program, Crime Comedy
When the Daye family goes out to dinner, they become accidental witnesses to a gangland slaying at a Japanese restaurant. One of the mobsters, Nick Delgado, is shot and captured, and the family reluctantly agrees to testify against him for the government. After Nick's father, mobster Papa Delgado, sends his other son Frank to silence the Dayes, the FBI assigns Charlie Mitchell, a grizzled and unlucky veteran agent, to protect them until the trial.
Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Deep within the soundproofed confines of his secluded country home, an upstanding police officer harbors a dark secret in director Paul Lynch's tense tale of unjust imprisonment and unhinged madness. On the surface, Lieutenant Krebs is a respected law enforcement officer with close ties to his community. A glance into Krebs' crippled psyche, however, reveals another, much more malevolent persona.
Crime, Drama, hood film
Action, Martial arts, spy film
A world's new kung-fu hero is out to stop drug dealers, gangs and help save the world from an evil con .
Action, Crime, Drama
In January 1988, in Denver, Colorado, KCNC-TV helicopter pilot Mike Silva flies over Denver to allow cameraman Jim Stair to get aerial shots of the area. Meanwhile, escaped convict Phillip Hutchinson, under the alias of Mark Taylor, has fled from Texas to reside in Denver, where he works as a car mechanic. While working in Denver, Hutchinson carries out various crimes, including the armed robbery of a local store and the mugging of a courier delivering some money, whom he beats up with a crowbar.
Crime
The Glitter Dome is a bar frequented by the Hollywood police detective division (the name is a slang reference to Hollywood). When the investigation of a high-profile studio president is going nowhere, the case is handed over to two experienced detectives, Al Mackey (James Garner) and Marty Welborn (John Lithgow). For this case, however, they need help, which they receive from a pair of vice cops called the Ferret and the Weasel and a pair of street cops commonly referred to as the Street Monsters, due to their fondness for violence.
Crime, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller
Billy, a fetish photographer who specializes in staged depictions of dead women, becomes involved in a murder mystery when one of his models turns up dead for real. Michael Bamfeaux, a depressed police detective, investigates the crime and probes Billy as to why he chooses to involve himself in the world of exploitation and fetish. Billy can not explain why he does what he does, except that he accepts that he is attracted to certain ideas and women.
Tragicomedy
left|thumb|The full film. Remember "Mem" Steddon marries Owen Scudder after a whirlwind courtship. However, on their wedding night, she has a change of heart.
Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
Dr. John Garth is on trial for murder after performing a mercy killing on an elderly friend. In the trial, he reveals that he had been researching a cure for aging but had not had time to perfect it before his friend's pain became unbearable.
Crime, Science fiction
Gangster Eddie Candel is framed for a crime he didn't commit. Escaping from the police he flees to the desert, stumbling by accident into an atomic bomb testing site. Eddie is exposed to high levels of radiation, and his body begins to transform in remarkable ways.
Crime, police procedural
During an intense summer heat wave in New York City, two cops are murdered and the detectives of the 87th Precinct must find the killer. Steve Carella and Mike Maguire are the lead investigators on the case, but they cannot make any progress and their work is hampered by the interference of reporter Hank Miller. The two cops try to keep their personal lives separate from their work to no avail.
Crime, Drama
Sam Nicoletti, a film editor, works in his office where he is unaware that there is an intruder. After talking on the phone, Sam is rendered unconscious by the intruder. Ten years later, Sam's brother Vito is being released from prison for an unspecified crime.
Crime
Married doctors Niles and Carole Nelson save the life of a gangster shot in a gunfight. Joe Gurney, the patient's boss, gives Niles $500 as a reward, and suggests he take his "million dollar hands" uptown, where he can treat the rich. Niles takes his suggestion, but soon neglects his practice for his addiction: betting on the horses.
Crime, Drama
Georgia Benfield is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete, has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris, is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her widowed mother, Charlotte, moves in. Amid juggling a new full-time job, raising two children, and her failing marriage, the constant bickering between mother and daughter continues as it has ever since Georgia was a child. Finally, at her wit's end, Georgia loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child.
Comedy, Crime, thriller film
After 20 years in prison, a former inmate becomes a rideshare driver to catch up on his life in Los Angeles.