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Action, buddy cop film, Drama, Heist, Police Film
SFPD Inspector Scott Roper is the best hostage negotiator in his department. He is called in to deal with a bank robber, Earl, demanding a getaway vehicle and police escort. He manages to defuse the situation, shooting Earl non-fatally in the shoulder and rescuing the hostages.
Drama, Horror, thriller film
Jon Lansdale is a comic book illustrator, whose relationship with his beautiful wife Anne and daughter Lizzie is in danger. While driving, Anne and Lansdale end up behind a slow-moving truck with an impatient driver behind them. In the heat of an argument, Anne tries to pass the truck, while Lansdale waves at the roadhog behind them.
Horror, mystery film, thriller film
A bleeding woman named Jessica Murdock (Hayley Erin) escapes from a containment facility and flees across the Pacific Northwest, hoping to reach the Canadian border. Jessica kills a guard during her escape and believes that she is being pursued for murder. Elsa Gray (Sonya Walger), a fixer battling an ALS diagnosis, pursues Jessica.
thriller film
A masked man kidnaps a punk rock singer and triggers a police investigation and media circus.
Crime, Drama, Horror, thriller film
Myra Savage is a medium who holds séances in her home. Her husband Billy, unable to work because of asthma and cowed by Myra's domineering personality, assists in her séances. Myra's life and psychic work are dominated by her relationship with the spirit of her son Arthur, who died at birth.
Action, Action Comedy, children's film, spy film, Superhero
Woodrow "Woody" Wilkins is an imaginative, yet eccentric, comic book writer and illustrator who demands a sense of realism for his comic book hero "Condorman", to the point where he crafts a Condorman flying suit of his own and launches himself off the Eiffel Tower. The test flight fails as his right wing breaks, sending him crashing into the Seine River. After the incident, Woody is asked by his friend, CIA file clerk Harry, to perform what appears to be a civilian paper swap in Istanbul.
Drama, Psychological Thriller
While holding a crying baby, a woman fights with and kills a man. Four years later, Angela (Gina Gershon) and Brian (Nicolas Cage), both doctors, have a four-year-old daughter named Cora. Angela's friend Linda (Natalie Eva Marie) introduces Angela to Katie (Nicky Whelan), who has a four-year-old daughter, Maddie.
Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, teen film
In 1985, Ivan and Catherine Greer live with their 9-year-old daughter Joy, their housekeeper Rebecca (whom Ivan is having an affair with), and her two daughters Ivy (9) and Violet (8). The three young girls live as sisters, but Ivy has gotten bored by their childish games. She hears someone pull up to the house and sees that Ivan has unexpectedly returned home early.
television film, thriller film
Jade and Ed are a married couple who, to their friends and family, seem to have it all. Jade works at a marketing firm, while Ed works as a heart surgeon. However, in private, Ed is emotionally and physically abusive towards Jade.
Horror, thriller film
A man finds himself trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys.
Horror, mystery film, Psychological Thriller, Slasher
Samantha Sherwood, a beautiful actress and muse for director Jonathan Stryker, feigns mental illness and has herself committed to an asylum to prepare for the titular role of a mentally unstable woman in a film called Audra. Once inside, she discovers that Stryker has coerced her into method-rehearsing the material and committing herself so he can audition a group of younger women for the role in her absence. Furious at being double-crossed, Samantha escapes the asylum to seek revenge.
apocalyptic film, fantasy film, Horror, thriller film
Stephanie is a young girl who was abandoned by her parents in their home. With only a toy turtle to talk to, there is also a dark supernatural force watching over her. An apocalyptic event is alluded to on various news broadcasts, but Stephanie channel-surfs past them to watch Despereaux, Equestria Girls, and Friendship is Magic.
thriller film
Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama, thriller film
The film follows the personal relationship between Arkady Shapira, his terminally ill wife Irina, and their two sons, Joshua and Reuben. Joshua, the elder brother, is a hit-man for the Russian-Jewish mafia in Brooklyn and estranged from his family. After finishing a contract killing, Joshua is ordered to kill an Iranian jeweler in Brighton Beach, which he reluctantly accepts.
thriller film
Connor Bates lives in the basement of his mother's house in a small American coastal town. After being in prison for three years, he can only find employment in the local library. While jogging, Connor meets Marilyn, and the two grows attracted to each other.
Comedy, comedy thriller, Drama, political film, thriller film
Secret Service agent Doug Chesnic is in charge of a team stationed in Ohio to protect Tess Carlisle, the widow of a former U.S. president. Tess is known for her diplomatic and philanthropic work but seems to regard Doug less as a security officer and more as a domestic servant—not unlike her chauffeur, Earl, or her nurse, Frederick.
Horror, mystery film, Psychological Thriller
In 1935 Connecticut, widow Alexandra Perry lives with her identical twin sons, Holland and Niles, on their family farm, overseen by Uncle George and his wife Vee, along with their bratty son Russell. Residing nearby is their Russian emigrant grandmother Ada, with whom Niles shares a close relationship. Ada has taught Niles to astrally project his mind into the bodies of other living creatures, a spiritual ability that runs in the Perry family; they refer to this as "the Game".
Ghost, Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Slasher
Mike Reilly is an NYPD detective who is called to the scene of a mysterious death in the subway system. The victim, Polidori, exhibits bleeding from his eyes and other orifices and, by the frozen look on his face, appears to have seen something horrifying before being hit by a train. Department of Health researcher Terry Huston is intrigued by the find as well, particularly when several more victims show up with identical symptoms.
Action, Christmas film, Science fiction, thriller film, Time travel
Jack Deth is a retired police trooper in the 23rd century who has been called back into service to assist in hunting down Martin Whistler, a criminal mastermind who uses psychic powers to turn people into mindless "Trancers" and carry out his orders. Deth can identify a tranced individual by scanning them with a special bracelet. All trancers appear as normal humans at first, but once triggered, they become savage killers with twisted features.
Science fiction, teen film, thriller film
Dr. John Mathewson discovers a new process for refining plutonium to purities greater than 99.997 percent. The United States government provides him a laboratory located in Ithaca, New York, masked as a medical company.
Horror, monster film, mystery film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin, discovers that the tingling of the spine in states of extreme fear is due to the growth of a creature that every human being seems to have, called a "tingler," a parasite attached to the human spine. It curls up, feeds, and grows stronger when its host is afraid, effectively crushing the person's spine if curled up long enough.
Action, Drama, Psychodrama, thriller film, war film
During the Bosnian War, American troops witness atrocities and shoot Serb soldiers whom they hold accountable. In present-day Belgrade, Serbia, former Scorpions soldier Emil Kovač, who survived the shootings, meets his informant to retrieve a file on American military veteran and former NATO operative Colonel Benjamin Ford. Meanwhile, Ford has retreated to a cabin in Sevier County, Tennessee, to try to forget the war.
Action, thriller film
The wife and daughter of Pittsburgh lawyer Frank Valera (Antonio Banderas), Sue (Cristina Serafini) and Olivia, are killed shortly after a talent show in which Olivia sings a song for Frank, and their bodies are dumped in a hole near the train yard. Before the murder, Frank was delayed (due to a traffic jam) and could not make it to the talent show on time, so Sue sent a video of Olivia's performance to Frank. After the funeral, Frank's father-in-law Chuck (Robert Forster) confronts him and tells him not to speak to him anymore.
Action, spy film, thriller film
Mike Locken and George Hansen are longtime friends and professional partners, agents of Communications Integrity (ComTeg), a private intelligence agency that handles covert assignments for the CIA. At the end of their latest assignment, Hansen betrays Locken by killing their client and shooting Locken in the knee and elbow, effectively "retiring" him. After months of painful rehabilitation, Locken wears metal braces, but is able to walk with a cane.