Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore puzzles, investigations and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,777 films · Page 36.
Drama, Thriller, crime film, mystery film, trial film
In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for The New York Times named Michael Finkel. Meanwhil…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Erotic Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
Frannie Avery, an introverted writer and English professor in New York City, meets her student Cornelius at a local pub to talk about coursework. He proposes a theory that John Wayne Gacy may not have been guilty of his crimes, later sugge…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Drama, Mysterie, Romance Film, disaster film, drama film, political thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
Harry Washello and Julie Peters meet at the La Brea Tar Pits and immediately fall in love. They spend the afternoon together and arrange to meet again at midnight. However, due to a freak accident, a power failure results in Harry's alarm …
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film
Jake (William Moseley), a dedicated police officer, embarks on a family vacation to Bangkok with his wife, Prang (Urassaya Sperbund), and their young daughter, Loo. Despite being on vacation, Jake remains engrossed in work, causing tension…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Drama, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, Western
In the near future, the people of Bacurau, an impoverished, rural settlement in the fictional municipality of Serra Verde, in western Pernambuco, gather for the funeral of Carmelita, an elderly woman seen as the matriarch of the community.…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film
Rhoda Williams, a brilliant 17-year-old girl who has spent her young life fascinated by astronomy, is delighted to learn that she has been accepted into MIT. She celebrates, drinking with friends, and in a reckless moment, drives home into…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Stop Motion, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, stop-motion animated film, thriller film
Story 1: And Heard Within, A Lie Is Spun In the late 19th century, young Mabel lives in poverty with her parents, Raymond and Penny, and baby sister Isobel. After a visit from wealthy relatives who scold Raymond for still living in squalor…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Erotic Thriller, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller
Assistant District Attorney David Corelli is called to the murder scene of prominent businessman Kyle Medford, found skinned to death in his San Francisco home by an antique hatchet. Police detectives Bob Hargrove and Petey Vesko find phot…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Monster Film, fantasy film, historical film, horror film, romance film, science fiction film
Baron Charles Frankenstein, Dr. Zalhus, and Frankenstein's assistant, Paulus, attempt to create a female mate, Eva, for his creation. The team of scientists succeed in creating Eva, who is physically identical to a human and lacking the de…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Komödie, Stop Motion, comedy film, heist film, musical film, mystery film
Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are newly hired investigative reporters at The Daily Chronicle, and Gonzo the Great is their photographer. After failing to cover a jewel theft from prominent fashion designer Lady Holiday, the three are fir…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Mysterie, action film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film, thriller film
In West Texas, Roy Tomlin and his childhood friend Lucas hear an Amber alert for 8-year-old Alton Meyer and his reported abductor, Roy, while the boy reads comic books in the car. At the Ranch, a religious cult in San Angelo, Texas, Pastor…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film
Bob and Jill Lawrence, a British couple on a trip to Switzerland with their daughter Betty, befriend Frenchman Louis Bernard, who is staying at their hotel. Jill is participating in a clay pigeon shooting contest. She reaches the final but…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Thriller, crime film, romantic drama film, thriller film
Socialite Claire Gregory attends a party and art show sponsored by one of her oldest friends, Winn Hockings. Accompanying her is her straitlaced boyfriend, Neil Steinhart. In another part of town, there is another party, this one for newly…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Horror, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film
The Freeling family has sent Carol Anne away from her native California to live with Diane's wealthy sister Pat and her husband Bruce Gardner in Chicago. Carol Anne has been told she is living with her aunt and uncle temporarily to attend …
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film, mystery film, science fiction action film, thriller film
Lee Weathers is a "risk-management specialist" for genetic-engineering company SynSect. She arrives at a rural site hosting its L-9 project, an artificial being with nanotechnology-infused synthetic DNA named Morgan. The "hybrid biological…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, crime film, film noir, mystery film
Juliet Forrest, daughter of scientist and cheesemaker John Forrest, asks private investigator Rigby Reardon to investigate her father's death. Searching Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, "Friends of Carlotta" (FOC) and "Enemies of …
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film
A man calling himself prot (not capitalized and pronounced with a long O, rhyming with boat) is committed to the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan after claiming he is an extraterrestrial from the planet 'K-PAX', 1,000 light years away in…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
On July 5, a mysterious phenomenon briefly darkens the sky over Hamilton, New Zealand. Zac Hobson, a scientist working on Project Flashlight (an experiment designed to create a wireless global energy grid), awakens to find all radio transm…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Action, action film, crime thriller film
Arthur Bishop is an elite contract killer, known as a "mechanic", who specializes in making his assassinations appear to be accidents and natural causes. He works for a strict, secretive international criminal organization. While his occup…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Crime, Horror, Thriller, comedy horror, crime film, horror film
Middle-aged Ezra Cobb helps operate a farm in the rural Midwest with his elderly mother, Amanda, a religious fanatic who has indoctrinated him since childhood to abhor women. She tells him that there is one woman that he should contact upo…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
Bart Bromley lives with his mom and has Asperger syndrome. He places hidden cameras in a room at the hotel where he works as a night desk clerk and uses the live feeds and recordings to overcome his social awkwardness by imitating the spee…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Ghost-Movie, Horror, Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
In Swinton, Louisiana, police officer Kevin Ganning pulls over a green van for not having a license plate, but when he points his gun at the driver, an unknown entity pulls him away. Officers Renee Lomito-Smith and rookie Danny Holledge ar…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Mysterie, thriller film
When a copycat murderer strikes, Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek help from an incarcerated serial killer called "the Artist", who makes a deal with them to speak to the district attorney to commute his sentence into life in priso…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution
Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
Ed Horman, a conservative businessman from New York, arrives in Chile to search for his son Charlie, a journalist who disappeared during the recent military coup. Ed meets his daughter-in-law, Beth, with whom he has a strained relationship…
CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Plot source & revision · Attribution