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GirlHouse (2014)

Horror, Slasher Horror, Thriller, horror film

In Rehobeth, Alabama, 1988, two girls trick an overweight boy, whom they nickname Loverboy, into dropping his pants and preparing for a kiss, only to tease and humiliate him. When one of the girls rides home alone later, Loverboy knocks her from her bicycle, then throws both her and the bicycle off a bridge. In the present day, Kylie Atkins, a college student struggling to pay tuition, is recruited by entrepreneur Gary Preston into Girl House, his online pornography venture.

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Compulsion (1959)

Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir, trial film

Close friends Judd Steiner and Artie Straus each believe they fit Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy of a "superman" (Übermensch), and thus are above the law. From wealthy, socially prominent families, both are graduate law students under age 20 at the University of Chicago (Artie tells investigators that he began undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan at age 14). Both believe themselves able to outsmart the "inferior" persons surrounding them.

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Dark Angel (1990)

Action, Sci-Fi, action film, buddy cop film, science fiction film, thriller film

Houston police detective Jack Caine will not let police procedure prevent him from pursuing his mission to wipe out the White Boys, a gang of white collar drug dealers who killed his partner while Caine was stopping a convenience store robbery. The White Boys disguise their narcotics trafficking behind the visage of expensive luxury sports cars, executive level jobs, and flashy designer suits. Led by the vicious but urbane Victor Manning, the White Boys operate above accusation but not suspicion.

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By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

Drama, Political Drama, Thriller, action film, action thriller, disaster film, thriller film

In 1991, dissident officials in the Soviet Union launch a nuclear missile at Donetsk from a site in NATO member Turkey. Soviet automated defense systems, believing that a NATO attack is in progress, execute a measured launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at the United States. After Donetsk is destroyed, Strategic Air Command (SAC) scrambles its forces and SAC Commander General Renning urges the President to authorize a large-scale counterattack.

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Under Suspicion (2000)

Conspiracy Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film

Wealthy tax attorney Henry Hearst is about to give a speech at an exclusive fundraising party in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the city celebrates the San Sebastián Festival. He is called to the Puerto Rico Police station to be questioned about the body he found the day before – that of a young girl who had been raped and murdered. Hearst changes his version of events several times; Captain Victor Benezet and Detective Felix Owens question him about inconsistencies in his story.

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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)

Political Drama, Secret Agent, political thriller film, spy film

Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad's clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To neutralize him, they first kidnap (and later execute) his brother, Michel, who, wearing a ski mask, lectures to audiences about the profound suffering and losses of Palestine under Israeli military occupation. Charlie, an anti-Zionist American actress working in England, is lured to Greece on the pretense of shooting a wine commercial.

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I Confess (1953)

Crime, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, film noir, flashback film, thriller film

thumb|Montgomery Clift in the I Confess film trailer Father Logan is a devout Catholic priest in Ste. Marie's Church in Quebec City. He employs German immigrant married couple Otto and Alma Keller as caretaker and housekeeper, respectively.

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The Born Losers (1967)

Action, Drama, action film, exploitation film

Billy Jack is introduced as an enigmatic, half-Native American Vietnam veteran who shuns society, taking refuge in the peaceful solitude of the California Central Coast mountains. His troubles begin when he descends from this unspoiled setting and drives into a small beach town named Big Rock. A minor traffic accident in which a motorist hits a motorcyclist results in a savage beating by members of the Born Losers Motorcycle Club, led by Danny Carmody.

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Hush (1998)

Psychological Thriller, drama film, thriller film

A couple, Helen and Jackson Baring, lives together in New York City. The two drive to the Kentucky farmhouse, Kilronan, where Jackson grew up, primarily to introduce Helen to Jackson's mother, Martha, during the Christmas holidays. They arrive late in the evening and go straight to bed.

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Once Upon a Crime (1992)

Crime Comedy, comedy film, mystery film

A series of couples are in Monte Carlo, Monaco and their lives get intertwined during a murder investigation. Augie Morosco is a reformed gambler whose wife Elena is concluding a business deal, while Neil Schwary is a gambler looking to strike it big and whose wife Marilyn is hoping to buy some designer clothes. Julian Peters and Phoebe met each other in Rome and are attempting to return dachshund Napoleon to the wealthy Madam Van Dougan.

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Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

Horror, Mysterie, fantasy film, horror film

Trevor Gooden survives a car accident that apparently killed his wife Kirsty Cotton when their car plunged off a bridge into the river below. Trevor manages to escape with his life, but even though police divers find both car doors open there is no sign of Kirsty. One month later, Trevor wakes up in a hospital and realizes that Kirsty is missing, but because of a head injury his memory is uncertain and he cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality.

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Bones (2001)

Black horror, Psychological Thriller, Zombiefilm, blaxploitation film, supernatural horror film

In 1979, Jimmy Bones is a numbers runner who is loved in his neighborhood as its member and protector. He is betrayed and brutally murdered by corrupt cop Lupovich and drug pusher Eddie Mack who then force Jimmy's associates Jeremiah and Shotgun to take turns stabbing him to death. His lover Pearl, who had been the only one to refuse, tries to kill herself instead but is stopped by Jimmy who proceeded to protect her.

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Europa (1991)

Drama, Thriller, art film, drama film, thriller film, war film

Just after the end of World War II, a young American of German descent, Leopold Kessler, comes to the U.S.-occupied zone of Germany and gets a job with his uncle as a sleeping car conductor for the railway company Zentropa. Fresh faced and idealistic, Kessler has come to work in Germany as his "small contribution to making the world a better place," but has difficulty adapting to German customs. Kessler meets a young German woman, Katharina, the daughter of the founder of Zentropa, Max Hartmann.

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City Hall (1996)

Political Thriller, crime film, drama film

When NYPD Detective Eddie Santos surprises drug dealer Tino Zapatti on a Brooklyn street corner, Tino opens fire; the two men gun each other down, and a stray bullet from Zapatti kills a 6-year-old boy. As Mayor John Pappas responds to the tragedy, his loyal deputy mayor Kevin Calhoun investigates the connection between Santos and Tino, the nephew of mob boss Paul Zapatti. Amid public outcry, Calhoun questions probation supervisor Larry Schwartz about why Tino, convicted on serious drug charges, was free on probation.

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The Glimmer Man (1996)

Action, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, thriller film

Jack Cole was once a CIA operative known as "the Glimmer Man", because he could move so quickly and quietly through the jungle that his victims would only see a glimmer before they died. Having retired from the CIA, Cole versed in Buddhism and unaccustomed to working with others has become a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Cole is partnered with Detective Jim Campbell, who has little patience for Cole's New Age philosophies and "outsider" attitude.

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Nightwatch (1997)

Horror, Mysterie, crime film, horror film

Law student Martin Bells is hired as a night watchman at a hospital morgue. A string of gruesome prostitute murders committed by a necrophiliac serial killer quickly point to him as the lead suspect in the investigation carried out by Inspector Thomas Cray. At the same time, Martin slowly discovers clues that point to the real perpetrator.

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The Big Combo (1955)

Detective Film, Film Noir, Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir

left|thumb|Full film Police Lieutenant Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down the sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He is also dangerously obsessed with Susan Lowell; she is Mr.

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Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)

Action, action film, spy film, thriller film

Two drug enforcement agents are killed on a private Hawaiian island. Donna and Taryn, two operatives for The Agency (Molokai Cargo), accidentally intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for drug lord Seth Romero, who takes exception and tries to get them back. Soon, other Agency operatives get involved, and a full-scale fight to the finish ensues, complicated here and there by a very dangerous snake infected by deadly toxins from cancer-infested rats.

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Rampage: President Down (2016)

Crime, Drama, action thriller

Three years after his second killing spree at WK7 TV station in Washington D.C. (following which he was presumed dead in a massive explosion), Bill Williamson returns from hiding and, using a sniper rifle, assassinates the President of the United States, as well as the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense (which happens off-camera). While hiding in his cabin in the nearby woods, Bill taunts the authorities and prepares for a final confrontation, expecting to die as a self-proclaimed martyr for his cause.

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The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, drama film, psychological thriller, science fiction film

Nick and his girlfriend, Julie, are celebrating Julie's 24th birthday with their friends Trevor and Amanda. Nick and Julie begin discussing their future when Nick is urgently called in to work. He has to go to the meeting because he is up against co-worker Dave Bristol for a promotion.

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The Deep House (2021)

Horror, drama film, horror film, supernatural horror film, thriller film

Ben and Tina are a young, engaged couple living in New York who are both passionate YouTube contributors and are travelling Europe to seek out reputedly haunted houses to live-record their experiences. One day, they go to south-west France to seek out a sanatorium submerged in an artificial lake, only to find it a crowded vacation spot. A local, Pierre, offers to take them to an isolated branch of the lake in the forest of Chanteloup, an area which was artificially submerged in 1984 to prevent frequently recurring, devastating floods.

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Hangman (2017)

Crime, Thriller, crime film, mystery film, thriller film

Confronting the driver of a hit-and-run van in Monroe, Georgia, Detective Ray Archer notices a gothic pendant dangling from the rear-view mirror. One year later, reporter Christi Davies accompanies Detective Will Ruiney to the scene of a murder: a teacher has been hanged outside her school, with the letter "O" carved into her chest. Inside, they find a classroom staged by the killer, with two mannequins playing Hangman, with Ruiney's and Archer's badge numbers carved into a desk.

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