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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,130 films · Page 129.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Western film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

Teresa, the pregnant teenage daughter of a powerful Mexican crime lord known only as , is summoned before her father and interrogated as to the identity of her unborn child's father. She then identifies the father as Alfredo Garcia, whom El Jefe had been grooming to be his successor. Infuriated, El Jefe offers a $1 million bounty to whoever will "bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia".

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Into the Night (1985)

Action, Drama, Komödie, Thriller, action film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film

Upon discovering that his wife Ellen is having an affair, aerospace engineer and depressed insomniac Ed Okin drives to LAX on his friend Herb's suggestion. There, he is surprised by a beautiful jewel smuggler, Diana, who jumps into his car and begs him to drive her away from four Iranian SAVAK agents who are chasing her. She persuades him to drive her to various locations and he becomes embroiled in her predicament.

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The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

Monster Film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film

Following the Gill-man's escape from Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida, a team of scientists led by the deranged and cold-hearted Dr. William Barton board the Vagabondia III to capture the creature in the Everglades. Barton is mentally unstable and apparently an abusive husband to his wife Marcia, as he becomes very jealous and paranoid when Marcia is with other men.

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Mo' Money (1992)

Komödie, action film, romantic comedy

Ted Forrest, who works for the Dynasty Club, is murdered by Keith Heading and his men on the street. They switch a computer tape in Ted's car before police arrive. Johnny Stewart is a lifelong con man who performs scams with his younger brother Seymour.

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An Eye for an Eye (1981)

Action, action film, crime film, martial arts film

Undercover San Francisco narcotics cops Sean Kane and Dave Pierce head into a dark alley to meet up with an informant named Tony Montoya, who promises to break their big investigation wide open, by providing the name of the oriental drug ringleader. Minutes later Pierce is dead, after having been shot, hit by a car, and burned. Kane gets into trouble with his boss, Captain Stevens, for sending one of the killers flying out a third-story window to his death in view of the public.

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The Matador (2005)

Crime, Drama, Komödie, Thriller, buddy film, comedy film, drama film

An encounter in the bar of the Mexico City branch of the Camino Real Hotels, between tired businessman Danny Wright, hoping to land a career-saving contract in Mexico, and jaded, falling-apart-at-the-seams assassin Julian Noble, leads them into an awkward friendship. Julian is confronting the immorality of his profession and experiencing a mid-life crisis that caused him to freeze on a job; Danny is fearing that a vitally important deal will fall through and cost him his job. After an uncomfortable-at-times conversation, Danny leaves the bar.

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The Invisible (2007)

Fantasy, Mysterie, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, teen film, thriller film

High school senior Nick Powell plans to skip his graduation and fly to London for a writing program, despite the plan of his controlling mother, Diane. His mother pressures him to succeed and is emotionally distant. Nick's best friend, Pete Egan, confides in him that he is bullied by Annie Newton, a troubled teen.

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One for the Money (2012)

Road Movie, Romantic Comedy, action comedy film, crime film

In the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum is divorced and unemployed. Seeking a job at her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds business, she blackmails him into letting her become a bail enforcement agent and tracks down fugitive Joe Morelli, her high school ex-boyfriend who has skipped his $500,000 bail. Morelli escapes the inexperienced Stephanie, who turns to veteran bounty hunter Ricardo "Ranger" Manoso for help.

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The Gambler (1974)

Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film

Axel Freed is a literature professor in New York City with a gambling addiction that begins to spiral out of control. In the classroom, Freed inspires his college students with his interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work. In his personal life, Axel has the affection of his beautiful girlfriend Billie and the admiration of his family, including his mother, Naomi, who is a doctor, and his grandfather, a wealthy businessman.

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P2 (2007)

Christmas film, Psychological Thriller, Splatter Film, horror film, thriller film

Young businesswoman Angela Bridges, who works in a Midtown Manhattan office block, is working late on Christmas Eve, before leaving to attend a family party. After reaching the second underground parking level (P2) beneath the office block, she discovers that her car will not start. After receiving assistance from Thomas Barclay, a socially awkward security guard, and turning down his offer to spend Christmas with him, she calls for a taxi and waits in the lobby.

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Bait (2000)

Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Thriller, action comedy film

When fast-talking, petty thief and hustler Alvin Sanders gets arrested for stealing prawns, the worst of his problems would seem to be going to jail. Unfortunately, he ends up sharing a cell with John Delano Jaster, who, while stealing $42 million in gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, double-crossed his partner, Bristol, after Bristol murdered two bound and gagged guards during the gold heist. Bristol, who is the mastermind of the heist, is shown to be a dangerous man, with a knack for computers, a long memory, and who will go to any lengths to find where Jaster hid the gold, including killing others.

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Nurse Betty (2000)

Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, crime film, drama film

In the small Kansas town of Fair Oaks, diner waitress Betty Sizemore is a fan of the soap opera A Reason to Love. She has no idea that her husband Del, a car salesman, is having a sexual affair with another woman, his secretary. She also doesn't know that her husband supplements his income by selling drugs.

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Dead Reckoning (1947)

Film Noir, film noir, mystery film

Leaving a church, Father Logan, a well-known ex-paratrooper padre, is approached by Captain "Rip" Murdock. Murdock needs to tell someone what has happened to him in the past few days before his enemies can kill him. A flashback follows: Just after World War II, paratroopers and close friends Murdock and Sergeant Johnny Drake are mysteriously ordered to travel from Paris to Washington, D.C..

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The Contract (2006)

Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film

Frank Carden is a professional assassin who has been hired to kill a reclusive billionaire named Lydell Hammond Sr., a vocal opponent of stem cell research. Frank's plan goes awry when he gets injured in a car accident and ends up in the hospital. When the hospital staff see his gun, they're able to identify him and federal marshals are called to pick him up.

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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, giallo, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, romantic horror film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film

Sam Dalmas is an American writer vacationing in Rome with his English model girlfriend, Julia, while trying to overcome his writer's block. They are preparing to return to the United States in two days. While walking home one evening, Sam witnesses a woman being attacked in an art gallery by a male figure wearing a black raincoat and black leather gloves.

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Walled In (2008)

Ghost-House-Movies, horror film

The film opens when a little girl, Julie (Sophi Knight), wakes up to find herself in a small concealed room, confused at what is happening. When the room starts filling with cement from all corners, the girl cries for her father, but the cement only continues to rise, and eventually she is buried alive. Fifteen years later Samantha "Sam" Walczak (Mischa Barton) is a recent engineering graduate.

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Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)

Animalhorror, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film

Fin Shepard and his former wife, April Wexler, are traveling to New York City to promote How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters, a book April has written about the Los Angeles sharknado. As the plane comes in for a landing through a storm, it is battered by airborne sharks, losing an engine. Sharks enter the plane, killing passengers and the crew, including both pilots.

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Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Drama, Historie, thriller film

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the Augusta Victoria College, a finishing school for daughters of the Nazi elite in Bexhill-on-Sea, is under surveillance by the British secret service and English teacher Wheatley, a government agent. Realising his cover has been blown, Wheatley disappears before he can report to his handler, Colonel Smith. Another German-speaking agent, Captain Thomas Miller, is sent to replace him.

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My Son (2021)

Thriller, mystery film, thriller film

Edmond Murray is an absent father who is called to the site of his son Ethan's disappearance. He meets and briefly consoles his former wife Joan there, and promptly joins a search party before being interviewed by the police. After being interviewed by Inspector Roy (the police), Edmond visits his former wife's new partner, Frank, and the two begin talking.

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Hannie Caulder (1971)

Western, Western film, rape and revenge film

Hannie Caulder is a frontier wife, living with her husband at a horse station between towns in the American West. After a disastrous failed bank robbery raid, the inept Clemens gang, three brothers, arrive at the horse station. After acting friendly, they murder Caulder's husband, gang-rape her, burn down the family house, and leave her for dead in the burning house.

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The Crow: Salvation (2000)

Super Hero, Thriller, action film, crime film, fantasy film

In Salt Lake City, Alexander "Alex" Frederick Corvis is framed for the murder of his girlfriend, Lauren Randall, and sentenced to death. Three years later, he is executed in the electric chair, suffering a painful death due to lightning overloading the energy of the chair. The Crow resurrects Alex in the prison morgue and gives him supernatural abilities, allowing him to escape the prison and avenge Lauren's death.

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