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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 155.
Action, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
Lunar is a small Nevada town kept alive by its military base (near Area 51) and urban folklore featuring aliens. One morning, local Phil is killed after a truck with no driver veers into his home. A transfer truck carrying frozen meats later starts swerving erratically.
Comedy horror, fantasy film, Horror, mystery film
Three short sequences, based on the following Poe tales, are told: "Morella", "The Black Cat" (which is combined with another Poe tale, "The Cask of Amontillado"), and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". Each sequence is introduced via voiceover narration by Vincent Price, who also appears in all three narratives.
Action, Crime, thriller film
Paul, a mechanic, speaks to his daughter Beth on video chat. Though she seems stressed and distracted, she says that she is fine. The two make plans for her coming visit back home after finals.
Drama, mystery film, thriller film
Stephen Wilson, a.k.a. "The Eye", is an intelligence agent whose current assignment is to track down the socialite son of his wealthy boss and find out what trouble he has gotten himself into. This leads him to Joanna Eris, a serial killer who is in a relationship with the son, whom she murders.
Mysterie, mystery film, romance film
Set in the upscale town of Southampton, Long Island, young yachting captain Tim Whalen is having an affair with Brooke, who is married to Granger Morrison, Tim's boss. Tim is the new captain of Granger's racing sailboat Obsession. Young heiress Olivia Lawrence has returned home to Southampton shortly after her mother's death.
Mysterie, mystery film
During a power outage in the Unidyne building, a New York City skyscraper, David Stillwell leaves his colleague Josephson on the 27th floor and begins his descent down the stairs, aided by a penlight. He encounters an attractive young woman who wants help navigating the darkness. Recognizing his voice, she welcomes him back and wonders why the major shut off the power.
Action, Drama, Political Thriller, thriller film
While walking with the First Lady after exiting the Presidential motorcade, the president is shot by a man holding a camera. The president's main Secret Service agent, Alex Thomas, is grazed by the bullet that hits the president. Thomas and other Secret Service agents kill the shooter, but the president dies at the hospital.
Action, Crime, Detective, Drama, Gangster Film, thriller film
Stanley White is New York City's most decorated police captain and a Vietnam War veteran assigned to New York City's Chinatown. His personal mission to crack down on Chinese organized crime causes him to neglect his wife, Connie. White comes into conflict with Joey Tai, a young man who ruthlessly rises to become the head of the Triads.
Action, Crime, Gangster Film, thriller film
The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the Rettendon murders of three drug dealers in the village of Rettendon in Essex, England.
Horror, thriller film
The film follows Derek, a devoted father whose life is shattered when his young daughter Georgia is abducted from her mother's home and murdered. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Derek struggles to cope with his grief, leaning on the support of his close friend Colin and his brother Tommy. As his mental state deteriorates, Derek begins experiencing vivid hallucinations of Georgia, speaking to her as though she were still alive.
Crime, Drama, Noir
In Chicago in 1932, during Prohibition, policeman John W. Bundy is murdered inside a speakeasy. Frank Wiecek and another man are quickly arrested, and, in November 1933, are each convicted and sentenced to serve 99 years imprisonment for the killing.
Comedy, Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
After their boss is killed during a bank robbery, London gangsters Brian Hope and Charlie McManus desire to lead more peaceful lives in Brazil, disapproving of their new younger and more brash boss, Casey. While planning to rob a local Triad gang of their ill-gotten drug money, Brian meets and falls in love with a waitress, Faith. During the robbery, Brian and Charlie betray their fellow gangsters, Abbott and Morley, steal the money and flee, but are forced to abandon their car when it runs out of petrol and seek refuge in a nearby nunnery during the ensuing gunfight.
rape and revenge film, thriller film
Adam, a 23-year-old self-employed security technician, is hired by businesswoman Alice Comfort to set up a security system in her flat. After finishing the work, Adam falls asleep on her roof-garden. When Alice arrives home and finds him there, she impulsively asks him to accompany her to a housewarming party for her boss.
Action, Military Film, thriller film
In March 1991 during the Gulf War, United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn, a sniper, received orders to eliminate an Iraqi courier. When Dunn discovered the courier was a ten-year-old boy, he refused, leading to a confrontation with his commanding officer who threatened to execute him for insubordination. In the ensuing struggle, the lieutenant was accidentally killed.
Action, Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, thriller film
Kevin “Stretch” Brzyzowski (Wilson) is a failed actor turned limo driver in Los Angeles who is addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and gambling. One day, he is thrown from his car in an accident. Miraculously uninjured, he confronts the other driver, Candace (Decker), only to fall instantly in love.
exploitation film, Horror, Nazi exploitation, thriller film, war film
Two officers from the American Women's Army Corps volunteer to go undercover in a Nazi concentration camp to gather information and potentially rescue Martha Grossman, a Jewish scientist. The female inmates serve as sex slaves for German officers and are subjected to humiliating treatment, torture, and rape. When the two female agents learn that their target is being held in solitary detention, one of them arranges to be punished so that she can make contact.
thriller film
Sisters May and Drew go diving at a beautiful, remote location. May is struck by a rock during a landslide, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of air and cold temperatures, it is up to Drew to fight for their lives.
Adventure, Aliens, disaster film, fantasy film, Horror, monster film, Retro Science Fiction, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film
The first U.S. spaceship to Venus, the XY-21, crashes into the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Italy. Fishermen in their boats head to the spacecraft, enter it through a hole, and pull two spacemen from the nose-down craft before it completely sinks.
Action, Horror, thriller film
Five friends go on vacation in Mexico for partying and diving. During a shark-diving excursion, they discover cartel cocaine, which puts them in the crosshairs of armed criminals. Tatiana (Laura Marano) and Kaley end up trapped in a shark cage underwater, and the cartel forces them to retrieve a bag of drugs from the ocean floor.
Drama, LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, thriller film
Since she was orphaned, Sue Trinder (Sally Hawkins) has been brought up amongst thieves and charlatans. She has been protected and cared for by Mrs. Sucksby (Imelda Staunton) and taught to become a fingersmith (a pickpocket).
mystery film, thriller film
Adrienne Saunders is happily married to art dealer Jack. They have a daughter named Mary. After the local museum curator is mysteriously murdered, Jack falls under suspicion of selling forged treasures to the museum.
Drama, thriller film
Comedy horror, Dark Comedy, Ghost-House-Movies, Horror
Kenneth Magee, a young writer, bets his publisher $20,000 that he can write a novel of the calibre of Wuthering Heights in 24 hours. To get in the mood for the undertaking, he goes to a deserted Welsh manor. Upon his arrival, however, Magee discovers that Bllyddpaetwr Manor is not as empty as he was told.
Comedy, Crime, Detective, Parody, thriller film
Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), a bumbling San Francisco private detective, tries to prove himself innocent of his partner's murder while helping a bizarre array of characters recover a lost treasure. A large number of people are murdered in crazy death poses before he finds out from Pepe Damascus that they were all after twelve large egg-shaped diamonds. Vladimir Tserijemiwtz, who had the diamonds, is shot by his partner Marcel, who had been bleeding for 10 years.