Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
Drama, thriller film
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Stone Cold (1991)
Action, Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Joe Huff is an Alabama cop who has been suspended for excessive violence. After stopping a supermarket robbery, he is summoned by FBI agent Lance Dockery, who takes him to meet with special agent Frank Cunningham. Cunningham blackmails Joe by threatening to turn Joe's three-week suspension into six months without pay.
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Accident, Action, disaster film, Drama
Kevin Harrison, a corrupt arms dealer, attempts to destroy an American-owned Concorde on its maiden flight after one of the passengers, reporter Maggie Whelan, learns of his weapons sales to communist countries during the Cold War. The Concorde takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and lands at Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C., despite being forced to perform a go-around when environmental protestors fly a hot air balloon into its approach path. Maggie reports on the flight the following day, which leads to a story of Harrison and his Buzzard surface-to-air missile project.
The Runner (2026)
Action, thriller film
Maia Marten is a prosecutor and mother to her diabetic son Noah, living in London. On the day she is scheduled to appear in court for the trial of crime boss Tommy Boyd, she drops Noah off at school, then goes for a run. While on her run, she receives a call coming from Noah’s phone from an unnamed man in Boyd’s employ.
Millennium (1989)
Action, Drama, Psychodrama, Science fiction, thriller film
In 1989, while on its landing approach, a commercial airliner is about to be struck by another plane from above. The pilot struggles to control the plane while the flight engineer checks the passenger cabin. He returns to the cockpit yelling that everyone is dead and the corpses are burned.
Sabotage (1936)
Action, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Horror, mystery film, psychological drama film, Psychological Thriller, spy film, thriller film, war film
In London, sand is put into the bearings of an electrical generator, causing a power blackout. At a cinema owned by Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), people demand their money back. Verloc enters through a back entrance to the living quarters above.
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Adventure, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Pirate Film, romance film, thriller film
In 1820 the Jamaica Inn houses the clandestine rural headquarters of a gang of cut-throats and thieves, led by innkeeper Joss Merlyn. They have become wreckers who are responsible for shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons, causing ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast. They then kill the surviving sailors and steal their cargo.
The Last Supper (1995)
black comedy film, Comedy drama, Crime, Dark Comedy, thriller film
Jude, Pete, Paulie, Marc and Luke are graduate school students living together in a house in Iowa. Marc is an aspiring painter, Pete is a law student from a wealthy family, Paulie is studying social work, Jude is studying psychology and Luke is completing a doctorate in political science. After Zack, a Desert Storm veteran and truck driver, helps move Pete's car, the group invites him to have dinner at their home.
When the Bough Breaks (2016)
documentary film, Drama, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, Horror, mystery film, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
A married couple in their 40s, John and Laura Taylor desperately want to have a baby, but they are unable to have a lasting pregnancy. After attempting all other options, the couple hire a beautiful young woman named Anna, who agrees to become a gestational surrogate mother for the Taylors. After Anna has a doctor's appointment, her boyfriend, Mike, does not pick her up, causing Anna to go to John's job for a ride home.
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Biography, Crime, Drama, Political Drama, Social Drama
Veronica Guerin, a neophyte crime reporter for the Sunday Independent, becomes aware of how much Dublin's illegal drug trade is encroaching upon the lives of its working class, especially the children, and vows to expose the men responsible. Guerin begins by interviewing the pre-pubescent addicts who "shoot up" on the street or in abandoned sections of the Dublin housing estates. Her investigation requires her to establish a relationship with trafficker John Traynor, who provides her with a great deal of information about the criminal underworld.
Excision (2012)
Comedy horror, Coming-of-age, Dark Comedy, Drama, Horror, Splatter Film
Pauline is a disturbed, delusional high school student who aspires to become a surgeon despite her dysfunctional family life. Her younger sister, Grace, has cystic fibrosis, and the girls' controlling, strongly Christian mother Phyllis shares a strained marriage with their father, Bob. Pauline often has vivid dreams about herself and others being mutilated with excessive amounts of blood, after which she wakes panting in an orgasmic state.
Basic (2003)
Action, Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film
On a live fire exercise in the jungles of Panama, a team of Army Rangers trainees is led by instructor and Master Sergeant Nathan West, tasked with traversing the jungle in hurricane weather, attacking pop-up metal targets with live ammunition, and then reconvening at a small bunker. Sergeant Ray Dunbar emerges from the jungle carrying wounded Second Lieutenant Levi Kendall. The two men are pursued by Sergeant Mueller, whom Dunbar kills in self-defense.
Rogue Trader (1999)
Biography, Crime, Drama, Historie, thriller film
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, a young employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firm's office in Indonesia is sent to Singapore as General Manager of the Trading Floor on the SIMEX exchange. The movie follows Leeson's rise as he soon becomes one of Barings' key traders. However, everything isn't as it appears – through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Barings' money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.
River Wild (2023)
thriller film
Siblings Gray and Joey meet up to go whitewater rafting on a river along with their friends Trevor, Karissa and Van. While rafting, they stop at a place for swimming, bathing and drinking. While enjoying laughs over a campfire, Van and Trevor leave the group for a short while, when Trevor suddenly shouts for help, saying that Van tripped and fell.
The Mandela Effect (2019)
Drama, Science fiction, thriller film
Computer game designer Brendan and his wife, Claire, are grieving for their daughter Sam, who drowned trying to retrieve her Curious George doll from the ocean. As they reluctantly rummage through Sam's belongings, Brendan finds a copy of The Berenstain Bears. To the bewilderment of Brendan and his brother-in-law Matt, they remember the title with "Berenstein," even though they find no evidence that it was ever changed.
Cherry Falls (2000)
Comedy horror, Psychological Thriller, teen film, Teen Horror Film
In the woods outside of Cherry Falls, Virginia, a teenage couple, Rod Harper (Jesse Bradford) and Stacy Twelfmann (Bre Blair) are getting romantic in a car when a black-haired woman appears and murders them both. Meanwhile, in town, teenager Jody Marken (Brittany Murphy), the daughter of the local sheriff, is with her boyfriend, Kenny (Gabriel Mann), who thinks it is time to "see other people." Jody goes back home to find her father, Brent (Michael Biehn), upset that she is out past her curfew. Brent and his deputies begin to investigate the murders the next day.
Sharky's Machine (1981)
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Tom Sharky, a narcotics sergeant for the Atlanta Police Department, is working on a transaction with drug dealer Highball. Smiley, another member of the force, shows up unexpectedly during the sting, causing the drug dealer to run and Sharky to give chase, ultimately shooting the suspect on a MARTA bus, after wounding of the bus driver and a passenger. In the aftermath, Sharky is demoted to the vice squad, which is considered the least desirable assignment in the police department.
Crying Freeman (1995)
Action, Crime, Eastern, Martial arts, Yakuza Film
While painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, a young woman named Emu O'Hara witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front of her, his eyes begin to shed tears. The assassin introduces himself to Emu as "Yo".
Shut In (2016)
Drama, Horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Stephen, a troubled teen from Maine, is sent to boarding school. While his father, Richard Portman, is driving him there, they start arguing. The car eventually swerves into oncoming traffic, killing Richard and putting Stephen into a persistent vegetative state.
Whiteout (2009)
Action, Crime, mystery film, thriller film
In 1957, a Russian cargo plane is flying above Antarctica. In the cockpit, the two pilots conspire to kill three men sitting in the hold guarding a padlocked box. The copilot leaves his seat and begins to shoot the other men.
Under Fire (1983)
Drama, Political Thriller, tragedy, war film
Russell Price is a photojournalist covering a military conflict in Chad, where he runs into Oates, a mercenary he knows. Russell then returns to his hotel, where he attends a "Bon Voyage" party for his friend Alex Grazier, who is giving up covering foreign conflicts to take a lucrative job as a news anchor in New York. It is revealed that Russell is having an affair with Alex's girlfriend, fellow journalist Claire Stryder.
Cry Wolf (2005)
Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Slasher, teen film
A group of prep school students consisting of Graham, Mercedes, Lewis, Randall, Regina, Tom, Dodger and Owen play a game called Cry Wolf, where someone is marked as a "wolf" and the group tries to figure out who it is. After meeting his new journalism teacher, Mr. Walker, Owen and Tom meet the others for lunch.
The Wash (2001)
Comedy, comedy thriller, hood film
Sean (Dr. Dre) and Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg) are roommates who have not paid their rent, and their landlord's given them a 3-day eviction notice. To make matters worse, Sean has just lost his job at Foot Locker due to Dee Loc stealing shoes, and his car has got a boot on it as well, so Dee Loc suggests his roommate stop by the same carwash where he works and apply for work there.
Misconduct (2016)
thriller film
Arthur Denning is the owner of a major pharmaceutical firm. He is very controlling of his girlfriend Emily Hynes, and she is physically intimidated by his security guards. She is abducted, and Denning is sent photos of her bruised face.