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thriller film
In Black Point, Washington, John Hawkins meets two newcomers to town: a married couple named Gus and Natalie. Unknown to John, the two are bank robbers on the run with a large sum of money from their latest robbery. When John rescues Natalie from a suicide attempt, he sees bruises on her body where Gus has beaten her up.
Crime, Drama
The film was about a North Las Vegas narcotic unit of six undercover police officers who fought crimes against drugs and illegal automatic weapons. It became a series the following year.
Crime, Drama
Sailing to a coastal California island, Steven Conway sets out to find out what caused the mysterious death of his son. Denied food and lodging at his first two stops, Conway goes to a remote and elite military school on Sabre Island. The school is run by Major Redfern Kelly, whose secretary Jennifer Evans wonders why it took Conway four months to come inquire about his son.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Sleuth Gay Lawrence, known as The Falcon, and assistant Lefty arrive at dockside to meet a Latin American cruise ship. On board is Lawrence's brother, Tom, who is pronounced dead, a victim of suicide, by homicide inspector Timothy Donovan. Diane Medford, Tom's shipboard companion offers sympathy but Lawrence has Lefty tail her, as he already knew that the body in the cabin was not his brother.
Crime, Drama
Late one night in Los Angeles, Sgt. Fred Matthews (Frank Harding) and Officer Lynn Donahue (Slate Harlow) arrest a pusher who is carrying two pounds of uncut heroin. They are ambushed by gangsters Mitch Swadurski (Herman Rudin) and Lenny Potter (Philip Mansour), who kill Matthews and wound Donahue, then kill the pusher after he tosses the briefcase containing the heroin into the underbrush.
Psychological Thriller, thriller film
After two female strip club workers disappear and are found dead later on, a team of reporters including Jesse St. Clair (Rachael Leigh Cook) and her camera operator Rob Latrobe (Kip Pardue) unearth a mysterious tape which shows the women being followed and later murdered by the cameraman. After investigating the cases further, the pair's producer Jane Berger (Annabella Sciorra) notifies the police but the sheriff refuses to help.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Drifter mechanic Tom Price lusts after seductive Marilyn, the young wife of ill-tempered garage owner George Saunders. Assuming (correctly) that Marilyn is fooling around with his employee, Saunders angrily confronts him. Defending himself, Tom accidentally kills his boss.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Mike is hired to protect Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Chris heads up an all female high-risk courier agency that has become tied up in a dangerous exchange involving high-stakes bribes by an American helicopter manufacturer to a corrupt General in Central America. Chris nonetheless drops dead in the middle of testifying before a grand jury, but not before informing Mike that he has a 19-year-old daughter, Michelle Jameson (Lisa Blount), who is caught in the middle of everything and might already be dead.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, thriller film
Claudia (Haylie Duff) is out for dinner with her boyfriend Drew (Eric Johnson) and his friend, Jace (Jon McLaren). While she is out, she gets a call from her brother Carter (Dillon Casey) who has been arrested for the third time and needs her to bail him out of jail. She heads to the jail with Drew and bails Carter out.
Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, thriller film, war film
Special Activities Division Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding Jr.) stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders to remain off the field, and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.
Comedy, Crime, musical film
Two sidewalk photographers, Tubby McCoy and Flash Fulton, aspire to work for the local newspaper. Their childhood friend, Dr. Bill Burns, invites them to come along on a call to a building fire.
Comedy
Following the assassination of his crime boss's biological father (Robert Forster), whom he had not even known existed, a young Ohio investment advisor (Michael Rapaport) must impersonate a Mafia Godfather for a few weeks to prevent a gang war. He tries to keep this new life secret from his real family, especially his very jealous fiancée (Christine Taylor), with the help of his new "family" and his father's chief lieutenant (Christopher Walken). At the same time, he is being pressured by his boss at work to sign off on a due diligence report for a questionable investment, trying to keep his family safe, dodging assassination attempts,…
Comedy
Rock Slyde is a clumsy private detective, helped by his assistant Judy Bee. Slyde is trying to protect Sara Lee, a seductive baker, from a mysterious stalker, while contending with cult leader Bart and his followers, the Bartologists, who are trying to take over Slyde's office space.
Crime, Drama
Based on a true story, the film follows a young mother's search to bring her daughter's killer to justice. Laurie Phillips (Markie Post) is distraught when her five-year-old daughter Marilee (Sarah Freeman) is discovered murdered. Increasingly frustrated by the inabilities of the local police to find the killer, Laurie turns to an old friend of the family, State Trooper Frank Mayfield (Gerald McRaney) and soon reaches the terrifying conclusion that the guilty individual may be someone she knows.
Crime, Drama, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
Ben (Daltrey) is a successful and rich architect, living in Los Angeles. Sondra (Kinski) is his beloved wife, who broke a leg while skiing. As Ben is leaving town for his work, Sondra accesses his intelligent house computer Hal, and discovers that Ben has been chatting on "American Love Online".
Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama
Johnny Barrows, a winner of the Silver Star is set up by his captain O'Malley when he inadvertently steps on a landmine. When O'Malley mocks him, Johnny slaps him, leading him to be dishonorably discharged from the army. Shipped back home to Los Angeles, Johnny promptly gets mugged and arrested by some racist cops who believe him to be drunk.
Crime, Mysterie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder. They find that an American criminal organisation called The Scowrers has asked evil mastermind Professor Moriarty to wreak vengeance on John Douglas, the informant who sent them to prison.
Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Detective
In France, U.S. State Department employee Donald Free is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported.
Action, exploitation film, Motor-Bike Film, thriller film
The film opens with Karen (Christie Wagner), a young woman leaving her mother's house after a visit. She drives her car to a local garage where she trades it with a motorcycle and changes out of her sun dress into street clothes (blue jeans, a T-shirt, and a green fabric vest with an image of a pink cat head and the words "MAN-EATERS" on the back). Karen re-joins her real friends that she has apparently kept secret from her mother; Karen is a member of an all-female motorcycle gang called the Man-Eaters.
Crime, Drama, Heist, neo-noir
Jack (Lillard) is a con artist who sets out to enlist a couple to help him with a scam. Jack eventually meets up with two petty criminals, Max (D'Onofrio) and Jamie (Valeria Golino). Max is a small-time thief with high aspirations and low self-esteem, while Max's hot-tempered girlfriend Jamie collects poisons.
Crime
Billy Lacross is a ruthless gang leader who persuades Jim Maxton to take part in a big robbery. Maxton is shopped and convicted of the robbery. He serves his time, and returns home to his son.
Crime
Private investigator Norman Conquest stumbles across a cryptic message being sent by carrier pigeon and his curiosity leads him to room 605 of the Park Plaza Hotel, where he meets a mysterious foreign blonde woman, and finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation with himself as the prime suspect.
Crime, Drama, Romantic drama
William Vincent (James Franco) returns to New York after four years in exile to save the girl (Julianne Nicholson) he loves from the same dangerous crime syndicate that brought them together.
Crime
Marie Windsor stars as Carolyn Ellenson Grant, a nasty and independent lady. Her husband asks to divorce her when he falls in love with another woman, he had previously refused to divorce her when she asked years ago. Now they live completely separate lives while he supports her financially, so she refuses to divorce this time.