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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 17.
Crime, Thriller, neo-noir
Fritz Brown is a disgraced former LAPD officer now working as a private investigator, part-time repo man and struggling on-the-wagon ex-alcoholic. Fritz is hired by an obese caddy named Freddy 'Fat Dog' Baker, supposedly to keep tabs on Fa…
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Mysterie, mystery film
Dr. Jesse Rainfeather Goldman (Lou Diamond Phillips) is an emergency room doctor living with his adoptive Jewish parents Douglas (Adam Roarke) and Leah Goldman (Melinda Dillon) in Beverly Hills, California. Going maverick with another phys…
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Action, Adventure, Erotic Film, Sci-Fi, science fiction film, spy film
Jeff Sutton arrives in Rio, allegedly carrying $10 million in stolen money. Checking into a hotel, he connects with Lesley, a manicurist, apparently oblivious to his alleged crimes. He is also pursued by minions of Sir Macius, a crime lord…
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Daffy Comedy, crime film, romantic comedy
At 3:00 am, Melsa Manton takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane, the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker.
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action film, adventure film, detective film, superhero film
Professor Davidson plans an expedition to find the Lost City of Zoloz. The location of the city is contained on seven pieces of ivory, three of which Davidson already possesses. Doctor Bremmer, however, intends to find the lost city and us…
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Crime, Drama, Horror, Police Film, Thriller, crime film, horror film
Fiona Wagner is studying for a master's degree in Journalism and still grieves for her mother Samantha who committed suicide 3 years ago. Her father, Detective Tom Wagner, is investigating the brutal death of lawyer Elliot Vincent, by the …
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Detective Film, Thriller, crime film, mystery film
A former police officer, Derian McCall (Rebecca De Mornay), hands in her badge then she and a colleague, opens a detective agency. One day Anthea (Dana Delany) walks in, the wife of a wealthy investor, Michael Ferrow-Smith (Kiefer Sutherla…
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Drama, Gangster Film, neo-noir
In 1963, aging Philip Marlowe is newly married to younger socialite Laura Parker. The private investigator has left his Los Angeles apartment behind and goes to live with his wife in Poodle Springs (a parody of Palm Springs), an upscale co…
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
One night, a boat reaches Snape Island. Two seamen go on shore and find a male corpse with a severed hand. They enter a lighthouse to investigate and find a female body with a severed head.
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Drama, Mysterie
Joseph is a retired NYPD cop and Holocaust survivor. He travels to Nuremberg to visit his son Ronnie years after turning his back on him for rejecting a promising career in the NYPD and marrying a local artist, Anna. No sooner does Joseph …
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Drama, Horror, Mysterie, drama film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
The story begins with the discovery of Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Jones (April Telek), a student at an Eau Claire, Wisconsin Catholic school, who is found dead, hanged from the church bells. Over the last five years, eleven girls have disappeared fr…
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Mysterie, crime film, mystery film
Ladies' man and amateur crime solver Gay Laurence, the Gay Falcon, reluctantly agrees to give up both habits to mollify his fiancée, Elinor Benford. He and his uncouth sidekick, Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, become unenthusiastic stockbrokers. …
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Action, Crime, crime film
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and masked mystery villain the Spider/the Lame One (both names are used) and his Spider Ring. In the process of committing various crimes, including using his flying wing and sound weapon …
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Drama, crime film, mystery film
Elderly sisters Rosemary and Floretta Turnbull want to donate their mansion for a children's hospital. However, their father's will states that at least one of them has to stay in the house every night for twenty years before they can inhe…
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mystery film
Cyrus Miller's carnival has come to town. Its chief draw is a gorilla named Goliath. Each night, Goliath is teased by a trapeze artist named Laverne.
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crime film
Tony Petrocelli is a Harvard-educated attorney of Italian heritage who practices in an unidentified part of the American Southwest. He works (and drives) at a frenetic pace, not only because he is a zealous advocate for his defendants (mos…
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
The Grandview is a sprawling Californian hotel with a terrible secret: single blonde visitors who check in don't check out. Hotel detective Rick Stewart begins investigating what's happened to a handful of vanishing guests but he soon beco…
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Cartoon, Crime, Thriller, action thriller, adventure film, crime film, detective film, film noir, heist film, surrealist film
Unlikely as it seems, Ruben Brandt travels by train along with Duveneck's Whistling Boy and is attacked by Velázquez's Infanta Margarita Teresa. It is revealed that he had been having a nightmare. Acrobatic thief Mimi steals Cleopatra's Fa…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
New York police sergeant John Kennedy, who had guarded Abraham Lincoln on the campaign trail, has infiltrated a cabal and discovered that an assassination attempt has been planned as Lincoln, the president-elect, travels by train to Washin…
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Documentation, documentary film
Crime, crime film, mystery film
New York private detective Duncan "Mac" Maclain is blind, but he has keenly developed his other senses. Skilled in self-defense, he pursues his work with the help of his faithful guide dog Friday and assistant Marty. Retired actress Norma …
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Western, Western film, action film, detective film
A gang of Colorado bank robbers led by Amos Troop uses a technique where they break prisoners out of jail, use them to commit crimes, then later kill them to collect the reward. A detective, Gifford, goes undercover with the gang to bring …
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Crime, detective fiction
Chief Inspector Paul Fein and his eldest son Inspector Ben Fein investigate the double murder of wealthy banker Phillip Chandler (whose family is also in politics) and his wife in their home. Their first suspect, the spoiled and rotten hei…
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Crime, Drama, Romance Film, thriller film
New York City private eye Peter Joseph "P.J." Detweiler needs the work, so he accepts an offer to be a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. Orbison takes the family to the Bahamas, where a…
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