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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
John D, a retired spy in his 70s residing in a luxurious hotel on the French Riviera, is fascinated by his new neighbor, who kindles his memories of the Riviera's vibrant days in the 1960s. When his neighbor vanishes without a trace, John is forced to confront his past demons.
Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film
Hitmen Charlie Strom and Lee enter a school for the blind and shoot the nonresistant Johnny North (who goes by the name Jerry Nibbles) several times, killing him. Charlie is bothered that North refused to flee and notes they were paid an unusually high fee. He and Lee run through what they know about Johnny.
Crime, crime film, drama film
When an undercover detective is shot dead while investigating a string of Porsche 911 thefts, Lieutenant Vincent Bracey assigns 22-year-old San Diego officer Benjamin "Benjy" Taylor to infiltrate a Porsche garage suspected to be a front for the grand theft auto scheme. Benjy is chosen because of his extensive mechanical knowledge of German cars and his rookie status, which dissuades others from suspecting that he is a cop. Bracey wants Benjy to obtain evidence that millionaire playboy Ted Varrick is the mastermind behind the thefts and the murder of the detective.
Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah, and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. Dale, recently released from prison, initially appears to be a good, kind worker.
Thriller, drama film, horror film, thriller film
After his university graduation ceremony, David (Anastasios Soulis) publicly and awkwardly proposes to his girlfriend, Nadja (Nanna Blondell), which she happily accepts. A year and a half later, however, they are stressed due to work and school and fight frequently in their apartment in Stockholm. The stress is compounded when Nadja learns that she is pregnant, which she is unhappy about as she is studying to be a doctor and she is not sure if she and David should be parents.
Action, Romantic Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film
Jesse Lujack is a cocky, hedonistic drifter and small-time car thief in Las Vegas. He’s obsessed with Silver Surfer comic books, the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, and Monica Poiccard, a UCLA architecture student whom he knows only from a weekend fling while she visited Vegas. Leaving Vegas, Lujack steals a Porsche, intending to drive to Los Angeles.
Adventure, Military Film, Political Thriller, action film, comedy film, political thriller film, war film
The film begins with a disclaimer: Only the most ridiculous parts of this story are true. After years of covering one armed conflict after another, American journalist Simon Hunt is in Bosnia and Herzegovina in early 1994 reporting on the Bosnian War. In parallel, he has managed to romance a local Muslim young woman who is pregnant with his child.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, erotic film, thriller film
Evelyn is studying lepidopterology under the older Cynthia, who frequently lectures on her studies. Evelyn is romantically involved with Cynthia and works as a maid in her home, where she is subject to strict behavioral expectations and high standards of cleanliness. When Evelyn does not complete tasks to Cynthia's satisfaction, she is punished.
Animation, action film, crime film, mystery film, speculative fiction film, superhero film, thriller, thriller film
Lex Luthor is elected President during a severe nationwide economic depression. Under his leadership, the economy begins to thrive, and he assembles a group of government-employed superheroes consisting of Captain Atom, Katana, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, and Major Force. Despite Power Girl's enthusiasm about the peace and stability and Atom's loyalty to the government, Superman and Batman maintain their distrust toward Luthor.
Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, horror film
Margaret is a composed, successful businesswoman living in Albany, New York, and single mother to Abbie, who is leaving for college. She has an affair with Peter, her married co-worker. One day, Abbie finds a tooth in her wallet.
Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, heist film
thumb|Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra An aging gangster, Big Mac M'Gann, is planning a robbery at a fashionable resort hotel in the resort town of Tropico Springs in the Sierra Nevada. He wants the heist led by convicted bank robber Roy Earle, whose recent release from an Indiana prison was engineered by Big Mac's bribing the governor. Roy drives cross-country to an abandoned logging camp in the mountains to meet with the three men who will assist him in the heist: Louis Mendoza works as a clerk in the hotel, while Red Hattery and Babe Kozak are living at the camp.
Drama, drama film, thriller film
In the late 1980s, Rory and Allison O'Hara live a middle-class life in New York City with their kids Samantha "Sam" and Benjamin "Ben", the former born from Allison's previous relationship. Allison teaches horseriding, while Rory works as a trader. Believing his opportunities in the States are limited, Rory persuades Allison to relocate with him to London, where he plans to return to the firm of his former employer Arthur Davis.
Action, political thriller film
On 30 April 1980, six Iranian Arabs storm the Iranian Embassy located at 16 Princes Gate, Kensington in London and hold at least 26 hostages including PC Trevor Lock. Notable persons have been summoned by the incident, including SAS members led by Lance Corporal Rusty Firmin, BBC reporter Kate Adie, and Chief Inspector Max Vernon of the Metropolitan Police. The authorities receive a call from the terrorists' leader, Salim, demanding the release of 91 Arab prisoners in Iran, or else they will kill a hostage at noon the following day.
Animalhorror, Horror, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, teen film, thriller film
Jess goes for a swim in the lake. Her boyfriend scares her and takes her bra off. He leaves and she goes to retrieve it.
crime film, drama film
The film starts with a footballer, Lawrence "Lorry" Gomes, who gets admission into an American college. Due to insufficient funds, he is unable to fulfill his dream. On the other hand, his girlfriend Tani got a scholarship to the US.
Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In Tijuana, makeup artist Gloria Fuentes visits her best friend Suzu Ramós. Gloria and Suzu plan to enter the upcoming "Miss Baja California" beauty pageant, and hope to improve their chances by impressing the influential municipal police chief Rafael Saucedo at a nightclub. While Gloria is in the bathroom, the nightclub is attacked by gunmen and Gloria is separated from Suzu, who disappears in the chaos.
Drama, drama film, mystery film, romance film
Lisa, from the United States, is a shoe designer, married for 25 years to Peter Ryman, a software CEO from Northern Ireland. They live in Cambridge, and Lisa frequently travels to Milan on business. Peter disapproves of their daughter Abigail's boyfriend, George, and Lisa makes an oblique attempt to discuss her and Peter's monogamy, which he dismisses.
Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Movie special-effects expert Rollie Tyler is hired by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to stage the murder of Mafia informant Nicholas DeFranco. DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection, but the DoJ is afraid he will be killed before the trial. Rollie rigs a gun with blanks and gives DeFranco a rig with radio transmitters and fake blood packs to simulate bullet hits.
Crime, Thriller, crime film, horror film, thriller film
FBI Special Agent Jennifer Marsh is a widowed single parent living in a suburban Portland home with her daughter, Annie Haskins, and her mother, Stella Marsh. At night, she works in the FBI's cybercrime division with Griffin Dowd, fighting identity theft and similar crimes. One night, an anonymous tip leads them to a website called KillWithMe.com.
Film Noir, Thriller, drama film, film noir, thriller film
New York lounge singer Lyn Lesley is approached by airline pilot Jed Towers, her former boyfriend, who has registered as usual at the McKinley Hotel, where she works. Lyn explains that she sees no future with him, perceiving his coldness to people as his lacking "an understanding heart". Elevator operator Eddie Forbes arranges for his reticent niece, Nell Forbes, to babysit for Bunny, the child of guests Peter and Ruth Jones, who attend a banquet downstairs.
action film, crime film, drama film
Several years after his arrest, Sung Tse-ho is offered early parole by the police in exchange for spying on his former boss and mentor, Lung Sei, who is suspected of heading a counterfeiting operation. Inspector Wu, the leader of the task force, wants to mark his retirement with the capture of a ß criminal like Lung. Though Ho initially declines because of his loyalty to Lung, he eventually changes his mind when he discovers that his younger brother, Kit, who is expecting a child along with his pregnant wife Jackie, is working undercover on the same case.
Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, martial arts film, political thriller film, thriller film
Neil Shaw is an operative for the United Nations's covert SAD, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. In Hong Kong, Shaw infiltrates a Chinese New Year party held by Chinese business mogul David Chan and covertly hacks an office laptop of a North Korean Defense Minister, and blackmails him with the misappropriation of U.N. aid money, in exchange for continuing negotiations with South Korea.
Thriller, prison film
The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug trade in Harlem, which is currently in a power dispute between the Italian Bottolota crime family and black gangsters led by Hollywood Nicky (Combs). Rocco takes them to Artie Bottolota (Young) who at first is reluctant to work with blacks and Puerto Ricans, but who eventually cuts a deal with them in heroin distribution.
Thriller, action film, adventure film, buddy cop film, crime film, thriller film
In San Francisco, a man is discovered breaking into his own jewelry store. The FBI questions him and learns the man's wife is being held hostage at their home by a brutal extortionist, who demands the store's diamonds for her life. During a standoff at the jeweler's home, the extortionist shoots the family's maid and demands that he be allowed to bring the jeweler's wife to the docks.