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thriller film, war film
After attending General Eisenhower's final briefing on the upcoming Normandy landings, U.S. Army major Jeff Pike is sent to Lisbon, Portugal on June 1, 1944 to meet an informant to confirm that the Nazis still expect the invasion at the Pas de Calais. He is abducted and transported to Germany.
Crime, Western
In 1880, an unknown drifter and gambler in the small town of Rincon, 100 miles (161 km) from Denver, Colorado, is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. The players, led by the volatile Nick Evers, take the cheating gambler to lynch him. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the hanging.
Horror, mystery film
thumb|left|upright|Vincent Price and Gavin Gordon in The Bat Mystery author Cornelia Van Gorder rents The Oaks, a summer home in a small town, from local bank president John Fleming. While on a hunting trip with his physician, Dr. Malcolm Wells, Fleming confesses to stealing over $1 million in negotiable securities from the bank.
Action, spy film, thriller film
Harry Palmer is forced into early retirement from MI5. He receives a telephone call offering a mysterious job opportunity. Later he is given an air ticket to Saint Petersburg and on arrival is met by a young man named Nikolai.
Action, American football film, disaster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
An unknown sniper (Warren Miller) positions himself at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before a professional football championship dubbed "Championship X" (Ten) between Baltimore and Los Angeles, similar to the Super Bowl. He is spotted by a Goodyear Blimp camera. Police and a SWAT team are immediately called in by stadium manager Sam McKeever (Martin Balsam).
Drama, thriller film
Dennis Scott, new chief of metallurgy at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, is introduced to Theodore Honey, an eccentric American scientist who is testing his theory that the new Rutland Reindeer aircraft is susceptible to structural failure of the tailplane. Honey is running a fatigue test on the tail assembly of a Reindeer, using a very high vibration rate dynamic shaker in an eight-hour daily test cycle (determined by complaints from neighbours). Eventually, it will fall off.
thriller film
Rylee, an angsty, bullied teenage girl, obsessed with a rockstar, Payton Adler, whose music she deeply relies on. She has a disinterested cop dad who is often away, and she doesn't get along with his girlfriend. Rylee goes to a concert of Payton's band, Floorplan, with her only close friend, Sidney.
Horror, mystery film, Slasher, thriller film
In Los Angeles, a young doctor named John Wesford becomes a suspect when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. John and another young doctor, Jack Pendler, are at the scene of the latest crime in the series; they know each other because they both work for the same medical unit, reporting to the abusive Dr. Sidney Tannerson.
Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
One night a young girl, Becky, screams in bed, claiming she saw something at the window. Elsewhere in the house, someone has killed some animals. Dr.
Political Thriller
Elisha "Eli" James, a reporter at the Washington Chronicle, breaks the story that Yale University alum, Olympic gold medalist, and best-selling author Nate Sterling is running as an independent in the upcoming presidential election. His opponents are the unpopular Democratic incumbent and Senator Patricia Turnbull, a Republican who, if elected, would be the first female president of the United States. Eli befriends her idol, Nick Booker.
Crime, crime thriller film, Drama, thriller film
Tom, Lou, and Mitchel are playing poker at Lou's bar. A man enters and asks to be served. When Mitchel tells him to leave because the bar is closed, the man threatens him and angrily leaves.
Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
Julia is a young woman who steals at seedy nightclubs. She is abducted from her home and awakens in a jail cell with a glowing implant in the back of her neck. Two other subjects are with her.
thriller film
In Los Angeles, substitute teacher Peter Aitken and his girlfriend, aspiring writer Lorna Michaelson, are making a documentary about a secretive cult. Their goal is to expose its leader, a mysterious woman named Maggie, as a fraud. After being deemed ready, Peter and Lorna are instructed to shower thoroughly and dress in white surgical gowns.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, thriller film
A bomb planted in a lorry detonates in London's Borough Market killing 120 people. The London police receive an anonymous tip and arrest Farroukh Erdogan, a Turkish immigrant, as the terror cell leader and mastermind of the attack. Two other members of the cell die in the bombing and the fourth is killed by police in a shoot-out during the raid to apprehend him.
Action, Drama, Martial arts, thriller film
When Jane Jones, a beautiful but troubled American backpacking her way through Hong Kong, successfully fends off three thugs trying to rob her, it draws the attention of Shu, a female fighting champion. Shu recruits and trains Jane to fight in the vicious, all-female underground martial arts tournament known as The Kumite. After months of rigorous training, Jane is ready to face off against her killer rivals, including the apprentice of Shu’s nemesis, a Shaolin master.
Action, Adventure, Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, ninja film, thriller film
Paul Racine, a tech executive from New York City, is on a business trip to Nagoya. He meets a woman, Kirina, in the hotel lounge, and they have a one-night stand. After they part ways, Kirina is approached by Kinjo and two henchmen.
Psychological Thriller, thriller film
High school student Scott gains popularity among his classmates for his prowess on the soccer field, which he seeks to turn into an athletic scholarship. Although he possesses artistic talent, Scott continues to focus on soccer, even after a leg injury threatens to jeopardize his playing days. His best friend Jules harbors romantic feelings for him, but Scott resists her advances to prevent ruining their friendship.
Drama, spy film
In 1940, German engineer Kurt Muller, his American wife Sara, and their children Joshua, Babette, and Bodo cross the Mexican border into the United States to visit Sara's brother David Farrelly and their mother Fanny in Washington, D.C. For the past 17 years, the Muller family has lived in Europe, where Kurt responded to the rise of Nazism by engaging in anti-fascist activities. Sara tells her family they are seeking peaceful sanctuary on American soil, but their quest is threatened by the presence of house guest Teck de Brancovis, an opportunistic Romanian count who has been conspiring with the German Embassy.
Action, crime thriller film
Detective Tyler Burke and his two men Gideon and Saul kill drug dealer George Freemont after destroying evidence showing Burke distributing narcotics. Meanwhile, Detective John Shaw returns to active duty at his precinct after the death of his partner, Ray Jones, in which Shaw was shot and sidelined with post traumatic stress disorder. He is met by his supervisor Captain Ellen Matthews, recent police academy graduate Officer Jenny Taylor and Burke, who is being hailed for busting Freemont.
Biography, thriller film
Based on the true events in Skidmore, Missouri in 1981, the film centers around the town dealing with violent bully Len Rowan (Brian Dennehy). After a confrontation at a local grocery, Rowan begins stalking the owner Ruth Westerman (Cloris Leachman) and her husband Wes. The harassment culminates with Rowan's shooting Wes and claiming self defense, while standing trial.
Action, thriller film
A retired Provisional Irish Republican Army member (Morgan) witnesses the accidental killing of his pregnant wife and escapes, wounded and presumed dead, to 1970s London to plot his revenge.
Drama, thriller film
For eighteen years, identical twin sisters Margaret and Edith have been estranged from each other. It started when Margaret faked a pregnancy to "steal" Edith's fiancé, Francesco "Frank" DeLorca, a rich American military officer both sisters dated during World War II. They meet at the funeral of Frank, whom both sisters mourn.
Drama, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Following top secret experiments, people called "viewers" have developed the psychic ability to enter people's memories. John Washington, a recent widower, is one such gifted individual. Washington works for Mindscape, the world's top memory detective agency, which offers the abilities of their psychic employees to help solve criminal cases, although their findings aren't yet recognized as evidence in court.
Drama, Horror, Mysterie, Supernatural, thriller film
In 1940s Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday is called to visit a sick maid at the dilapidated Hundreds Hall. The maid confesses to faking and hopes the doctor will send her home.