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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 848 films · Page 13.
Action, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Rookie NYPD officer Megan Turner shoots a robber dead with her service revolver while he is holding up a neighborhood supermarket. The robber's gun falls to the ground and lands near commodities trader Eugene Hunt, one of the customers tak…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, drama film, heist film
Detectives Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher investigate a daring heist by a group of well-organized bank robbers. Led by Gordon Cozier, the crew consists of John, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica. A former member, Ghost, was caught du…
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Mysterie, Romance Film, Western film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, romance film
Two off-duty sergeants discover a human skeleton on an old U.S. Army rifle shooting range along with a Masonic ring, a Rio County sheriff's badge, and, later, an expended .45 pistol bullet. Sam Deeds, sheriff of Rio County, Frontera, Texas…
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Action, Justice Drama, Road Movie, Trucker Film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
thumb|upright|Replica of the hood ornament of Rubber Duck's truck In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar XK-E, escapes being given a citation by the Arizona Highway Patrol thanks t…
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Ghost-House-Movies, Horror, ghost film, horror film
Jessica Loren, a rookie police officer on her first assignment, is ordered to take the last shift at a police station before it is permanently closed. Her mother pleads with her not to take the job, as her father, also a police officer, wa…
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Action Comedy, Crime Comedy, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
After a successful sting-operation-turned-shootout, Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Joe Bomowski tries to call his elderly mother, Tutti, at home in Newark, New Jersey. He is dating his superior, Lieutenant Gwen Harper, who accuses …
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Martial-Arts, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, crime film, martial arts film
Nicolo "Nico" Toscani is an expert martial artist, who is recruited by the CIA during the Vietnam War. While serving in covert operations on the Vietnamese-Cambodian border, he became disgusted with agent Kurt Zagon, who tortured prisoners…
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Crime, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Former RAF squadron leader Richard Blaney is fired from his job as a barman in a pub near Covent Garden. He laments his loss with his friend Bob Rusk, who runs a fruit and vegetable stall in Covent Garden. Rusk consoles him and gives a tip…
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Drama, Melodrama, Social Drama, drama film
In New York City, Helen returns to the apartment that she shares with her boyfriend Marco after an unhygienic and inept abortion. Helen becomes ill, and Bobby, an amiable small-time drug dealer to whom Marco owes money, shows gentleness an…
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, teen film
In Bridgeport, Oregon, high school freshman Donna Keppel returns home one evening to find her father and younger brother have been murdered. She later witnesses her mother being killed by an unseen assailant who later attacks Donna as she …
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Crime Comedy, Komödie, Police Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Late at night at the country home of millionaire Benjamin Ballon, several of its occupants are moving about rooms, hiding and spying on others. The household consists of: Ballon's wife Dominique; Henri LaFarge, the head butler, and his wif…
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Drama, drama film
In a room at a university campus, white and black students argue about an impending student strike. Mark leaves the meeting after saying he is "willing to die, but not of boredom" for the cause, which draws criticism from the young white r…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
In Marin County, two gas-company workers are lured by a scantily clad woman named Miki to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell. A group calling itself the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), led by Maxwell, pose…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, drama film, road movie, thriller film
Car delivery driver Kowalski arrives in Denver, Colorado, late on a Friday night with a black Imperial. The delivery service clerk, Sandy, urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment: delive…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
During a drug bust, LAPD officers Dennis Peck and Van Stretch assault a dealer and his girlfriend. Outside, fellow patrolman Dorian Fletcher shoots a man running towards him, only to discover that he was unarmed. Peck plants a knife on the…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Paul Armstrong, a liberal Harvard professor and former lawyer opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded by an elderly woman to go to Florida to investigate the conviction of her grandson Bobby Earl Ferguson for murder. Ferguson, a former…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir
A large drug deal between New Jersey mobsters and a Jamaican gang goes awry, leading to a shootout that kills two corrupt police officers who were attempting to rob the gangs. Mobster Tommy Perello orders his subordinate, Joey Gazelle, to …
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
Detective Sal Procida shoots someone named Carlo Powers, grabs a bag of money and flees. Sal confesses the murder to a priest, asking for help with his financial situation: his wife is pregnant with twins, and they live in a moldy house to…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
On their way home from a family party, David and Amy Fox, who are on the verge of divorce after the death of their son, are on a remote mountain road due to a wreck slowing down the interstate. They stop at an old auto repair garage after …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film
In Salamanca, Spain, an assassination attempt on U.S. President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) unfolds from several different vantage points. GNN producer Rex Brooks directs news coverage from a mobile television studio as the president arriv…
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Action, action film
On the eve of Bastille Day in Paris, American drifter and pickpocket Michael Mason steals a woman's handbag, not knowing that it contains explosives. After taking the cash and her cell phone from the bag, he discards it, caught unwittingly…
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Buddy Cop, Crime, Slasher Horror, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film, zombie film
In New York City, a waitress on her way home is assaulted by two muggers and seeks aid from a police officer, who breaks her neck. Over the next two nights, this "Maniac Cop" commits more murders, prompting Lieutenant McCrae, who was told …
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, heist film
In the fictional country of Lugash, a mysterious thief seizes the Pink Panther diamond and leaves a white glove embroidered with a gold "P." With its national treasure once again missing, the Shah of Lugash requests the assistance of Inspe…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Thriller, mystery film, techno-thriller, thriller film
United States Under Secretary of Defense Michael Bergstrom commits suicide after being informed that he has tested positive for HIV. The relationships of freelance Venice, Los Angeles systems analyst Angela Bennett are almost completely on…
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