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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Aboard a commercial Boeing 747 airliner, U.S. Marshals brothers Terry and Pete Nessip are escorting computer expert Earl Leedy to a high-security prison. When an apparent terrorist hijack attempt blows a hole in the airliner, Terry is sucked out of the plane, falling more than to his death.
Action, Thriller
Political journalist Julia Peterson travels to Venezuela to investigate the country's economic crisis and its connections to American political and corporate interests. During an interview with whistleblower Fede Torres, Julia learns of an illicit arrangement involving Keystone Oil, a private American oil company, and a military contracting operation overseen by General Roman and his associate Moreau. The evidence also implicates Julia's mother, U.S.
Psychological Thriller, crime film, horror film, thriller film
Seth is a severely introverted man who works at an animal control center. He develops an obsession with Holly, a waitress and former high school classmate of his, after seeing her writing in her journal on the bus. Seth seeks advice from security guard Nate, who tells him to be confident and approach her.
Drama, Erotic Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, teen film
Cassidy Merteuil is a beautiful, manipulative student at an exclusive Santa Barbara college. Jason Argyle and Patrick Bates are roommates there. They pull off a devious plan where Patrick beds Cassidy and disrupts a potential relationship she had been pursuing with a British prince.
Komödie, Secret Agent, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Spy extraordinaire Derek Flint is an ex-agent of Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage) who is brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of Galaxy, a worldwide organization led by a trio of mad scientists: Doctor Krupov, Doctor Wu, and Doctor Schneider. Impatient that the world's governments will never improve, the scientists demand that all nations capitulate to Galaxy.
Horror, horror film, thriller film
Ann Gentry is a social worker wracked with guilt over a severe car accident with serious repercussions for her husband. She is assigned to a new case: the eccentric and mysterious Wadsworth family. Ann quickly reveals that she has a special interest in the family's youngest member, a seemingly mentally impaired adult man in his 20s, who does not have a name and is called only "Baby." Mrs.
Action, action film, thriller film
A young woman named Lydia buys ammunition at a megastore for her boyfriend Jonah Pincerna and his gang. After loading up, the gang goes to kill a tenant family who apparently stole money the gang had stashed in the walls of their rented house. After killing a tenant, Jonah ties up another and presses Lydia to kill her.
Dark Comedy, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Michael Williams is a drifter from Odessa, Texas living out of his car after being discharged from the Marine Corps. After a drilling crew job on a Wyoming oilfield falls through due to his unwillingness to conceal a war injury on his job application, Michael wanders into the rural town of Red Rock looking for other means of work. A local bar owner named Wayne mistakes him for a hitman, "Lyle from Dallas", whom Wayne has hired to kill his wife, Suzanne.
Action, Christmas film, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Seven years after Detective Sid Reiner discovered he was the vigilante, Paul Kersey returns to New York City in the witness protection program, having assumed the name Paul Stewart. He is invited by his girlfriend, Olivia Regent, to a fashion show. Backstage, mobster Tommy O'Shea and his goons muscle in.
Thriller, crime thriller film
Set in 1978, the plot centers on Los Angeles private investigator Carson Phillips. He is hired to conduct an investigation in his Texas hometown where mental facility patient Barbara Van Poole has been incommunicado for some time, which has her L.A.-based niece worried about her well-being. Upon reaching the sanatorium, Phillips notices that the staff all look nervous when he asks for her.
Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film, action film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
A young Matty Demaret is forced to decide whether to kill or spare the man responsible for his father's arrest by his father's associate Teddy. Unable to pull the trigger, Teddy tells Matty he is unfit for mob work. Years later, Matty is unable to find a job because employers fear his mob boss father, Benny Chains.
Crime, Erotic Thriller, Komödie, Sexploitation Film, action film, erotic film, sexploitation film
Gas station attendant Clint Ramsey, who works at Martin Bormann's Super Service in the desert, finds himself too irresistible to a series of girls, all of whom have the word "Super" in their given names. In the beginning, he is married to the hypersexual, demanding, and jealous SuperAngel, who constantly harasses him at work. She orders him home at once when she calls Clint and overhears a female customer, SuperLorna, hitting on him at work.
Romantic Comedy, Thriller, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
At Burger-Matic, Henry Lever orders a milkshake at the drive-thru. At the window, he tells the attendant Sally Jackson that his wife Beatrice knows about their affair. She asks him if he has also told Beatrice about her pregnancy.
Secret Agent, spy film
Harry Palmer, who has left MI5 to work as a private investigator, is told by a mechanical voice on the phone to take a package to Helsinki. The package contains six virus-laden eggs that have been stolen from the government of the United Kingdom's research facility at Porton Down. In Helsinki, he is met by Anya, who takes him to meet her handler, Harry's old friend Leo Newbigen.
Adventure, Thriller, action film, crime film
An alcoholic Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy, Matt Scudder, takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer in front of the man's wife and kids. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering from booze and blackouts, ending his career, and his marriage, and jeopardizing his relationship with his daughter. After an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a woman hands Scudder a note, which invites him to a private gambling club on a hill, accessible only by a funicular, owned by Chance Walker.
Crime Comedy, Detective Film, comedy film, crime film, police film, thriller film
After spending three years without human contact in a remote trailer, former Detective Charlie Waldo returns to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of actor Alistair Pinch‘s wife. Initially unwilling to take the case, he agrees to stay for one day after his ex-girlfriend Lorena went missing. After Alistair is arrested as the prime suspect, Charlie is lured back to his trailer by gangster Don Q, who claims that Lorena secretly stashed a “mem“ in the trailer.
Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, thriller film
In 1988, New Orleans hitman Roy Cady is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and storms out of his doctor's office. Roy is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and contract killer whose boss sets him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky, a young escort being held captive and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape.
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film
Hardened criminal and drug dealer King David returns to New York City, where he can find redemption by settling an old score with drug lord Moon. He keeps tape-recorded journals about his life and is always talking about a woman named Edna. Upon David's return, he meets up with Jasper, a barkeep who expresses a strong dislike towards him.
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, horror film, science fiction film
In New York City, a stray lightning bolt strikes the 102-floor, 73-elevator Millennium Building. The three main express elevators begin acting strangely, resulting in a guard's flashlight being crushed. The next day, a group of pregnant women are held up between floors 21 and 22; The elevator overheats rapidly, causing two women to give birth and hospitalizing the rest.
Komödie, thriller film
Moses Al Shabazz is the impoverished leader of a small religious commune, the Star of Six, in Miami. The commune has three other members: Moses's wife Venus, and followers X and Afrika. It worships deities including Allah, "Black Santa", and General Toussaint Louverture.
Action, Thriller, action film
Frank Penny (Aaron Eckhart) is a police officer who loves his job and keeps himself fit like a soldier. Nevertheless, his career has stagnated because he killed a child in a dramatic shootout. This means he has a lot of time to monitor traffic offenses and other "small stuff" at an intersection.
Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
An opening sequence features Frank Bigelow walking through the long hallway of a police station to report his own murder. From here to the end, the story is told in flashback. Bigelow is a hard-driving accountant and notary public in Banning, California, who decides, to the chagrin of his secretary who is in love with him, to escape alone for a fun vacation in San Francisco.
Animalhorror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Retro Science Fiction, Thriller, body horror film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
A severely deformed man is found dead in the Arizona desert. Dr. Matt Hastings, a doctor from the nearby town of Desert Rock, Arizona, is called in by the sheriff to examine the body.
Thriller, action film, crime film
While FBI agent Jake Malloy pursues a serial killer who targets police officers in Seattle, his former partner becomes a victim. While Malloy is at his partner's home, the killer calls him from Malloy's home. The killer says Malloy pursued him earlier for a series of prostitute murders; as revenge, he kills Mary, Malloy's girlfriend.