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Crime, Drama, thriller film
In Rillow Valley, Tennessee, Lucas "Luke" Doolin works in the family moonshine business, running illegal liquor his father distills to clandestine distribution points throughout the South in his hot rod. However, Lucas has more problems than evading government "revenuers". Both a hothead and a fatalist, he is concerned that his teen-aged younger brother Robin, who is also his mechanic, will be tempted into following in his footsteps.
Action, thriller film
In 1989, James Becker, a former marine, struggles with immense guilt and despair following the tragic death of his wife. His days dissolve into a haze of alcohol, and he often finds himself passed out by her grave in their backyard. Stark, a defense contractor and former associate, approaches Becker with an unexpected opportunity—a secret mission that could help him escape his misery.
Drama, Gangster Film, Heist, thriller film
Miles Cullen, a teller at a bank in a Toronto shopping mall (the Eaton Centre), accidentally learns that his place of business will be robbed when he finds a discarded hold up note on one of the bank's counters. Harry Reikle, a mall Santa Claus outside the bank, has a "give to charity" sign whose handwriting is similar to that on the note. Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police, Miles begins stashing the cash from his window's transactions in an old lunch box rather than in the bank's till.
Drama, Political Thriller
Anita Hill, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, is contacted and questioned about Clarence Thomas. Hill, a former employee of Thomas, is prompted to speak about his workplace treatment. Anita Hill tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that, inter alia, Clarence Thomas had spoken to her about pornographic movies and actors such as Long Dong Silver.
Crime, Drama, neo-noir, thriller film
An American couple, Roy and Jessie, take the train from Beijing to Moscow on their return home from a Christian mission in China. Roy befriends their cabin mates, a Spanish man, Carlos, and his Seattle-born girlfriend, Abby. Jessie is warier than her husband and does not share his unguarded warmth to the strangers, but Carlos shows Jessie his souvenir matryoshka dolls.
Comedy, Crime, mystery film, Satire, thriller film
The film is divided into two separate, unequal stories. In the first and shorter of the two, in August 1887 Holmes is approached by Rogozhin, on behalf of a famous Russian ballerina, Madame Petrova. Madame Petrova is about to retire, and wishes to have a child.
Cartoon
thumb|left|The short's title card On a dark and stormy evening, Minnie Mouse arrives at Mickey Mouse's house and discovers that he has forgotten about the anniversary of their first date. Mickey then comes up with the last-minute idea to take her to a miniature golf course and shows her a newspaper advertisement for it, but she instead notices another ad for a trip to Hawaii, which is overpriced, and mistakes it for the gift. After Minnie leaves, Mickey panics over how he can make that much money when Pluto shows him the want ads and Mickey sees one from chimpanzee mad scientist Doctor Frankenollie to earn the amount of money that he…
Action, Adventure, Anti-War Film, boxing film, Drama, war film
Alain Lefèvre is a French boxer in 1925 in Marseille, France. His brother Maxim has asked for him to throw a fight so that both can live on the money. Lucien Galgani, the mobster who forced him to do so, requests him to do it in the second round.
Crime, Drama, mystery film, Psychological Thriller
Tim Warden, an autistic boy, has supposedly witnessed his parents' ruthless murder. Jake Rainer, a former child psychiatrist turned therapist, is called on to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case. The psychological drama is provided by the fact that not even Jake can entice Tim to communicate what he has or has not seen regarding the crime.
Action, Secret Agent, thriller film
Retired CIA black-ops hitman James Jackson Dial (Wesley Snipes) is living his life in seclusion on his ranch in Montana when he is offered the chance to redeem himself by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown). Some years earlier, Dial had been seconds away from taking down notorious terrorist cell leader Ali Mahmoud Jahar (Nikolay Sotirov) but his carelessness allowed Jahar to escape, marking his assignment as a failure. Now Collins wants Dial to complete his task by assassinating Jahar, who has been captured and is now in the custody of the police in London, England.
Coming-of-age, Drama, romance film, thriller film
Connie Wyatt is a restless 15-year-old who is anxious to explore the pleasures of her sexual awakening. Before she enters her sophomore year in high school, she spends the summer moping around her family farmhouse. She suffers from the put-downs of her mother, Katherine, while hearing nothing but praise for her older sister, June.
Action Comedy, black comedy film, crime thriller film, Criminal Comedy Film
Doc picks up his old friend Val from prison. At Doc's apartment, while Val is in the bathroom, Doc approaches him with a gun but does nothing. They go for coffee, and Val says that he wants to "party".
Action, thriller film
The film follows Guy Miller, a recent parolee drawn into the street racing scene in Atlanta. Miller is then coerced by international thief Gamal Akopyan to execute a high-stakes diamond heist.
thriller film
Hounsou plays Hassan, a Somali-American shuttle driver who gets an offer from a mysterious passenger to take him from Minneapolis to Chicago. Unbeknownst to Hassan, his passenger has a dark and potentially catastrophic purpose.
Coming-of-age, fantasy film, thriller film
Teen Barbara Thorson lives with her brother and supportive older sister Karen. She has created a fantasy world inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and the career of former Phillies pitcher Harry Coveleski. Believing that giants are coming to attack, Barbara crafts weapons and traps to fend them off.
Crime, Drama
In an alternate American society, race relations have developed similar to how they did in real life, but with the races effectively swapped: black people make up the privileged and well-off majority, while white people make up the disadvantaged and impoverished minority. At dinner, wealthy black CEO Thaddeus Thomas casually discusses the supposed genetic inferiority of white people because their children grow up without fathers. In an attempt at self-improvement, white candy factory worker Louis Pinnock offers to deliver a package to Thomas after his shift.
Drama
Marion Post is a New York philosophy professor over 50 on a leave of absence to write a new book. Due to construction work in her building, she sublets a furnished apartment downtown for peace and quiet. Her work there is interrupted by voices from a neighboring office in the building where a therapist conducts his analysis.
Horror, mystery film, Slasher, Splatter Film, thriller film
Ten-year-old Timmy Reston is berated by his mother for playing with a jigsaw puzzle of a nude woman. After she orders him to dispose of the puzzle, he returns with an axe, murders her, then dismembers her body with a hacksaw. When the police arrive, Timmy hides in a closet and pretends to be a witness to the crime.
Comedy, mystery film, thriller film
Crime, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film
Harry Pearce is head of the counter-terrorism department (Section D) at MI5. Harry's team is transporting terrorist Adem Qasim through London when the convoy is attacked, allowing Qasim to escape and a CIA operative to be killed. Realising that the CIA will demand a scapegoat and that he is soon to be fired, Harry fakes suicide by jumping off Lambeth Bridge into the Thames.
thriller film
Diane de Monx is an executive trying to negotiate a deal to acquire the rights to the productions of a Japanese anime studio, which will soon include three-dimensional hentai, for the French-based Volf Corporation. To facilitate the acquisition, she debilitates her superior, Karen, and assumes control of her portfolio, her business partner Hervé, and her assistant Elise. Elise, however, despises Diane and works to frustrate her negotiations at every opportunity.
Psychological Thriller, thriller film, war film
In North Africa, US Marine sniper Mike Stevens and his spotter Tommy Madison are on a secret mission to assassinate a dangerous terrorist leader attending a Bedouin wedding. Mike botches the assassination attempt, hesitating when the target's son steps in the way. Due to a glare off the sniper scope, Mike and Tommy are discovered by the enemy and attacked.
Horror, thriller film
Reeling from the loss of her parents, teenager Maryann (Natasha Calis) moves in with her grandparents, and is grateful when she manages to befriend Andy (Charlie Tahan), a boy who uses a wheelchair. As Andy is very sick he must stay in his home per the instructions of his mother, Katherine (Samantha Morton), who also forbids him from having any visitors. When their visits are discovered, Andy's father, Richard (Michael Shannon), is initially fine with the visits, but Katherine is having none of it and her behavior grows increasingly erratic.
Crime, Detective, Gothic film, Horror, monster film, mystery film
Dr. Richard Mortimer recounts to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in Baker Street the legend of the Hell hound that killed the devilish Sir Hugo Baskerville in retaliation for his misdeeds, including murdering the daughter of a servant. He asks Holmes to investigate the death of his friend Sir Charles Baskerville, in Dartmoor, from heart failure, in the moor surrounding his estate, Baskerville Hall, with a look of horror on his face.