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Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Chyna Shepherd accompanies her friend, Laura Templeton, to her family's house in rural Washington State for Thanksgiving dinner. A serial killer named Edgler Vess invades the house and kills Laura and her family as Chyna hides in the killer's RV. When Vess stops at a gas station, Chyna escapes and asks the two attendants to call the police.
Crime, Drama, Romantic drama
Little Fish is about Tracy Heart, a former heroin addict who is desperately trying to escape her past and achieve her goals and dreams. Tracy lives with her mother and brother Ray in the suburb of Cabramatta, Sydney, where heroin is readily available. She is in need of money to become a partner in the video store that she works in, but her loan applications are repeatedly rejected by finance providers, as a result of her past criminal record, poor repayments of credit card debt, history of drug use and lack of collateral.
Crime, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie
Detective Cathy Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter.
Comedy drama, Drama, thriller film
J.T., the bored slacker son of a motel owner, begins flirting with a visitor of the motel named Tanya, an aspiring model. James, J.T.'s best friend, gets drunk with J.T. and eventually steals the car of a motel visitor named Ms.
Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, romance film, thriller film
thumb|Hitchcock in 1939 On a stormy night, at a retreat on the English coast, Christine Clay, a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy. Not accepting her Reno divorce as valid, he accuses her of having an affair. Finally, she slaps him and he leaves the room.
Crime, Drama
A corrupt and greedy businessman, Carl Ridley (Bill Paxton), is running from the government, with his 18-year-old daughter Pippa (Agnes Bruckner) in tow. Pippa is not happy to leave her friends and comfortable life in Miami for the Cayman Islands. Arriving in the islands, Ridley is preoccupied.
thriller film
A visiting academic (Manville) is in Cold War-era Warsaw as the country enters martial law in 1981.
Action, speculative fiction, thriller film
In Jerusalem, rabbi Rostenburg designs software to decode prophecies hidden within the Torah. Rostenburg handwrites each one in a journal. One of the prophecies says that he is about to die; he tears the page containing the final code from his journal and hides it.
Drama
The play and subsequent film are based on Blunt's role in the Cambridge Spy Ring and, as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, personal art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II. It portrays his interrogation by an MI5 officer, his work researching and conserving art works, his role as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and his acquaintance with the Queen. Bennett described the piece as an "inquiry in which the circumstances are imaginary but the pictures are real." While supervising the restoration of a dual portrait in which only partial attribution to Titian is thought credible, Blunt discovers a third figure that had been painted over by an…
Drama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller
In the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, an unknown aircraft approaches North America from Europe. U.S. Vindicator bombers of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) are scrambled to their fail safe points near the Russian Far East.
thriller film
After being blamed for the drowning death of his younger sister Susy, ten-year-old Joey is sent to a school for emotionally disturbed children. Two years later, he returns home, still harboring deep mistrust toward the family's longtime nanny. Joey suspects she may have played a role in Susy's death and now believes she intends to poison him.
Action, Crime, neo-noir, thriller film
<!--Plot is more than 700 words; per [[WP:FILMPLOT]], summaries for feature films should be between 400 and 700 words.--> Elderly gangster Robert Dragna recruits professional killer Jack to pick up a bag and wait for his arrival at a motel. Robert Dragna stresses that Jack is not to open the bag or allow anyone to view its contents under any circumstances, illustrating his point with a piece of broccoli. Confused as to why Dragna wants him to do such an apparently easy job, Jack presses for more details, but Dragna only reiterates the rules.
Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Inspector Cockrill is typing a report to his chief at Scotland Yard on the "amazing events" beginning on 17th August 1944, with postman Joseph Higgins "the first to die". We see the operating theatre and the personnel in a rural hospital. "Two will be dead, one a murderer".
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, Mysterie, mystery film, neo-noir
Real estate agent Sandra Dunmore, wearing a blonde bob cut wig, makes flirtatious and sexual calls to her brother-in-law Ben. She then heads to church where she does community outreach with Ben. As she plays back a micro floppy disk with pipe organ sequencing for the church's choir rehearsals, they proceed to have sex and discuss their ongoing affair.
Horror, satanic film
Myles Clarkson, long ago frustrated in his hope for a career as a concert pianist, is now a music journalist and interviews Duncan Ely, perhaps the world's greatest piano virtuoso. At first annoyed by Myles' presence, Duncan notices that Myles' hands seem perfect for the piano. From that point, Duncan and his adult daughter, Roxanne, strongly pursue a friendship with Myles and wife Paula.
Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Occult Horror, thriller film
Whilst fleeing a cult via car, Laura begins to go into labor and pulls over to the side of the road, where she gives birth to a boy. Eight years later, Laura is living a normal life with her son David. One night, when checking on David, Laura sees a group of strangers standing around his bed before the door suddenly slams shut and locks.
Comedy drama, Crime, romance film, teen film, thriller film, Tragicomedy
Andrew Morenski and two others, all stockbrokers, have passed bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial. After an evening out at a bar, one of them is killed in his home. The next morning, the FBI take the other two into protective custody.
thriller film, Western
In the late 1800s, a beautiful ex-prostitute (January Jones) is trying to build an honest life with her husband Miguel in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic leader of a religious sect, Prophet Josiah (Jason Isaacs), her life is violently turned upside down. She embarks upon a course of bloody vengeance with the assistance of eccentric Sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Ed Harris) who has his own violent tendencies.
Science fiction, thriller film
An elderly woman leaves her husband in bed to feed their dog, and is silently killed by an intruder, who removes her mask to reveal she is an exact duplicate of the wife. She "returns" to bed. Software developer friends Devin, Noel, Leena, and Josh are given an impossible deadline by their investors to finish their app.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, mystery film, neo-noir
Harry Barber is serving a prison sentence after being framed in a corruption scandal. Before his arrest, he worked as a reporter for a Florida newspaper and uncovered widespread corruption within the local government. After rejecting a bribe that would have ensured his silence, Harry discovers the funds deposited into his bank account and is promptly arrested.
Drama, thriller film
Verloc works as a spy for the Russian government. He is hired by a foreign organisation to cause political instability in the country.
Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Young Andy Stannard is the son of wealthy executive father Dave Stannard and mother Edith. Andy's school principal calls to inform the Stannards that the family doctor's nurse has collected Andy from school with an infection. Dave contacts the doctor and is told that the doctor had not requested to retrieve Andy.
Horror, thriller film
The story follows Dr. Sonny Blake (McGowan), a radio talk show psychiatrist, when she moves back to her childhood home after her alcoholic father dies. Once back in her old neighborhood, she meets the local paperboy, a cunning, depraved sociopath who targeted her father and now targets her.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Mary Giordano is a beautiful and intelligent Catholic-school senior in Burlingame, California. She is addicted to mystery novels (graphic and otherwise), film noir and detective magazines (hence the movie's title). All of this has inspired her to become a police officer, like her father who was slain in the line of duty years ago.