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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 284.
Crime, Drama
A young man takes his wife and a friend on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys on a boat owned by local Conks. Following a blow on the head when their boat hits a shallow bottom and loses its propeller, the husband becomes mentally unstable and believes his wife is having an affair.
Action, Crime, Drama
Bob Kane, a former auto racer, becomes a cab driver for a company that is being strong-armed by Jim Barnes and his gangsters trying to gain control of all of the city's taxi companies. Having gone through all of his winnings from his auto racing career, Kane hitches a train to the East Coast and joins a cab company owned by a former auto racing acquaintance after demonstrating he still has the skills necessary to handle a vehicle. Soon afterwards, Kane ruffles the feathers of Barnes racketeering outfit by banging up the cabs of his stooges.
Crime
Action, Adventure, Crime Comedy
Crime
Donald Kilgore is determined to take a shipment of silk from Seattle to New York City by rail to break a monopoly set up by gangster Wallace Myton. Also aboard the train are Professor Axel Nyberg and his daughter Paula. He is paralyzed (except for the use of his eyes) and needs an operation in New York urgently to save his life.
Crime
Reporter Val Hudson is scuba diving with three of her friends on a reef off the California coast when they come upon a man's dead body. After police lieutenant Mike Travis supervises the removal of the corpse, he returns to headquarters to find a sailor, Frank Larkin, being booked for participating in a bar brawl. Larkin has eight thousand dollars in new notes in his possession and refuses to divulge their source.
Crime, Drama
When his sweetheart, barmaid Kitty Tracy, is annoyed by a customer, longshoreman Johnny Barnes slugs the guy. The man is later found dead. Johnny is tried for murder and convicted.
Crime
Blackie's detective friend Joe Kenyon has died in a suspicious automobile accident, leaving his widow to operate his detective agency. Blackie and The Runt volunteer their services for a security job. They must protect an extremely expensive pearl necklace for a wealthy client, Claire Carter.
Drama
Set in the cold and industrial town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Forged follows Chuco (Manny Pérez) on his quest to redeem himself after committing a sin against his son, Machito (David Castro). After Chuco’s release from prison, the boy, now 13 years old, abused and homeless, seeks him out and mutters: “You killed my mother. Now I kill you.” As Chuco’s guilt and Machito’s need for a father take hold, they must find a way to move past the circumstances to forge a bond that has been once broken.
Crime
Delinquent gang members Tom, Pig, Ape, and String are trying to break out from the reformatory their confined to, but they are caught and brought to the parole officer Cathy Crookshank. All of the gang members are sons of gangsters, which makes it even harder for them to get paroled. They tell their superintendent this, and that they have no sponsor.
Crime, Drama, Heist, Noir
Frankie Mantell's gang pulls an $80,000 payroll stickup in Los Angeles. But getaway driver Nip Powers is killed and Frankie shot and wounded. Insurance investigator Dan Sullivan is assigned the case by the company that's been robbed.
Crime
Austin Mba is the CEO of Rolling Records, a label that's on the verge of signing a major sponsorship deal, brokered by his partner and company lawyer, Rotimi Lawal. A trio of inexperienced hustlers which consist of Francis, the leader of the gang, Filo and Blessing, intercept an e-mail about the Rolling Records sponsorship deal, which is supposedly worth ₦50 million; they then decide to kidnap one of the label owners for a ransom of the ₦50 million. Austin, in a celebratory mood of the incoming deal, goes to party at the club where he meets a socialite, Cassandra and they hook up.
Crime
In court, criminal attorney John Campbell defends a man, Frank Bricolle, who is charged with murdering a night watchman in a fur warehouse during a robbery. Frank having saved his life during the war, John believes in him so much that both he and wife Ruth provide the defendant with an alibi, resulting in his acquittal. Frank later confesses to John how he did indeed commit the crime, aided by Joe Corsi and other accomplices.
Crime, documentary film, Documentation, Mysterie
Crime, Drama, Political Thriller
Michael Cardiff is a professional revolutionary highly trained in a variety of techniques of assassination, infiltration and evading law enforcement. After escaping from prison he places identification items on a decomposed body to make him appear dead as he plans his revenge against the government. Cardiff uses his skills to murder a prominent judge making his death look like an accident in order to plant an improvised explosive device at his funeral attended by the movers and shakers of the regime.
Crime, thriller film
A segment from the Unsolved Mysteries TV series, the February 1977 murder of 47-year-old respiratory therapist Teresita Basa in Chicago, Illinois, inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she is possessed by a murdered co-worker's spirit which identifies the killer.
Crime
Boston Blackie's life gets complicated when maniac murderer James Cook goes on a killing spree, while pretending to be Boston Blackie. To further complicate matters, the murderer kidnaps Sally Brown to keep Boston Blackie at bay.
Comedy, Comedy drama
The film revolves around the lonely Wally, a Trojan skinhead whose only friend is his beloved Dalmatian Neechee. One day while walking her, Wally accidentally becomes involved with a strange deal gone bad when he bumps into a fleeing stranger being chased by a group of mob thugs. When he gets tangled up in Neechee's leash and frantically kicks the dog, Wally proceeds to beat him up and gets arrested by passing police officers.
Crime, Drama
Crime
American photographer Donald Meadows is touring Britain to take photos of cathedrals. He sees Hester Grantham attending services at a cathedral and flirts with her. She isn’t interested until she talks to him and finds that he is an American from Chicago.
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
According to the documentary film, prisoners in the United States are incarcerated in men's or women's prisons depending on their genitals and not their gender identity. As a result, transgender women who have not had bottom surgery are incarcerated in men's prisons, and trans men in women's prisons. The documentary focuses on five trans women, three incarcerated and two recently released from prison.
black comedy film, Crime
Filipino immigrant Onassis Hernandez mistreats his restaurant workers, causing a disgruntled cook to sabotage an inspection by the Singaporean health department. After Hernandez subsequently falls for a popular rental scam that targets immigrants, he takes several Singaporeans hostage and broadcasts his demands for social change on YouTube.
Crime
Pacifist surgeon Sir James Quentin operates on Zaroff, the inventor of a lethal weapon to be used against the Allies in the war. When Zaroff is discovered dead from an excess of ether, Quentin is immediately suspected. To clear her father's name, Quentin's daughter Pat and her boyfriend Captain Mellish search for the murderer.
Crime, Drama
In the grimy mill town of Pomfret Center, New York, orphaned teenager Gladys Cosgrove lives with her embittered uncle John Cosgrove, a drunken court reporter, in a bleak and decaying house. Working at the box office of the local Elysium Theatre, Gladys endures the daily humiliation of being mocked and harassed by the town's loafers, especially the leering speakeasy owner “Doc” Striker, his dimwitted crony Carlos, and swaggering playboy Sheik Smith. One evening, as their torment escalates, she is rescued by Terry Pomfret, a college student from the town's founding family, recently returned for summer vacation.