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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 189.

Dalloway (2025)

Psychological Thriller, thriller film

In order to find new inspiration for her next novel, writer Clarissa participates in a prestigious artist residency program. Through this artist grant, she meets the state-of-the-art virtual assistant Dalloway. This AI-powered app is supposed to help her write during her stay and now serve as her companion.

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The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)

Action

A former New Orleans cop Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) arrives with his pet rabbit in Columbus, New Mexico to take a job with the border patrol, and working with Captain Ramona García (Natalie J. Robb). At the moment, the border patrol is up against a highly dangerous drug smuggling operation, in which the smugglers are funneling illegal immigrants and bricks of heroin through the porous defenses of the Mexico US border.

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The Big Bang (2011)

Action, Detective, LGBTQ-related film, mystery film, thriller film

Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) is a Los Angeles private investigator trying to find Lexie Persimmon (Sienna Guillory). The reclusive and eccentric billionaire Simon Kestral (Sam Elliott) is obsessed with finding "the god particle" by recreating the exact situation in which the universe may have formed. As the mystery unravels, Ned becomes unsure about whether Lexie actually exists.

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Suburra (2015)

Crime, thriller film

In November 2011, Filippo Malgradi is an Italian MP involved in a bill to change the classification of certain administrative areas; his objective is to allow a real estate project in Ostia so that it could be turned into a Las Vegas-like city. He has close relations with a local crime boss known as "Samurai" — a former neo-fascist terrorist turned professional criminal under the cover of an unsuspecting pump station owner — who also has deep interests in the real estate project. Samurai has privileged ties to the Vatican Bank, who will finance the project for profit.

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Survive the Game (2021)

Action, thriller film

When David, a cop, gets injured during a drug bust gone wrong, his partner, Cal, pursues the two culprits to a remote farm owned by Eric, a troubled veteran. As Cal and Eric plan their defense, more of the gang arrives—along with a wounded David. Outnumbered, the three men must now use stealth, smarts and marksmanship to take down the drug-dealing mob.

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Half Light (2006)

Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Rachel Carlson (Moore) is a successful American murder mystery author living in London with her five-year-old son, Thomas (Balawi), and her second husband, Brian (Cusick), a successful book editor who has been unable to get any of his own works published. His mother being too busy working on her latest novel to play with him, Thomas goes to play outside their canal side home, only to drown, which devastates Rachel and puts a tailspin on her marriage and her ability to finish her latest novel. Several months later, Rachel still blames herself for the death of her son.

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Freelancers (2012)

Action, Crime, crime thriller film, Drama

Jonas Maldonado, the son of a slain NYPD officer, joins the police academy with his two best friends. After graduating, he is taken under the wing of his father's former partner Captain Joe Sarcone, who invites him to join the Street Vice Crime Task Force. Under Sarcone's tutelage, he becomes part of a rogue task force that consists of dirty cops.

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Sushi Girl (2012)

Crime, Gangster Film, thriller film

Fish has been recently released from prison where he was serving time for his part in a diamond heist. He refused to give the authorities any information on his partners in crime or reveal to them the location of the stolen diamonds. In order to locate and divide the stolen diamonds, crime boss Duke invited Fish to dinner along with the rest of the gang, including his closest ally Crow, Max and Francis.

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The Stone Killer (1973)

Action, Crime, thriller film

In 1973, a Mafia don (Martin Balsam) plans to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads, by using teams of Vietnam vets instead of Mafia hit men. ("Stone killer" means a Mafia hit man who is not himself a member of the Mafia.) A gritty, independent detective stumbles across the plot when a washed-up former hit man is killed under circumstances that make it clear that it was an inside job and that Mafia were involved. He then slowly uncovers the clues that point to a seemingly impossible plot.

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The Flock (2007)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

A hyper-vigilant agent of the Department of Public Safety Erroll Babbage checks on registered sex offenders. Burnt out after a long career, he has become frustrated with the system of sex offender monitoring. With little faith in humanity left, he takes on one last job to find a missing girl.

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Nine Dead (2010)

Crime, Drama, Horror, thriller film

The nine characters are revealed to be: Christian – a petty criminal Jackson – a police officer Leon – an illegal gun seller Sully – a strip club owner and loan shark Kelley – an Assistant District Attorney for LA County Coogan – a pedophile and rapist Father Francis – a priest Eddie – a health insurance executive Nhung Chan – a Chinese store owner who does not know English After a string of kidnappings, these nine people are locked inside a room and handcuffed to pipes. Then a masked man enters and explains each of them is there for a reason, and to survive, they must figure out how they are all connected. He further explains that he…

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The Enemy Within (1994)

Political Thriller, thriller film

U.S. Marine Colonel Lyle MacArthur "Mac" Casey discovers an apparent plan by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General R. Pendleton Lloyd and Secretary of Defense Charles Potter to remove President William Foster from office and replace him with Vice President Walter Kelly, who they feel would be more willing to do their bidding.

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Great White (2021)

Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, Horror, monster film, survival film, thriller film

A pair of seaplane lovers and operators, Kaz Fellows and her boyfriend, Charlie Brody, along with their passengers, Joji Minase, his wife, Michelle and cook Benny, take a flight to picturesque Hell's Reef. Upon landing they encounter a corpse that has washed up after a suspected shark attack. They report it to the coast guard but find the man's phone has a picture of his girlfriend.

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Violent Saturday (1955)

Crime, Drama, Heist, Melodrama, Noir, thriller film

Harper is a bank robber posing as a traveling salesman. He arrives in the town of Bradenville, soon to be joined by sadistic benzedrine addict Dill and bookish Chapman. Boyd Fairchild is the self-pitying manager of the local copper mine who is troubled by his philandering wife.

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Body Brokers (2021)

Crime, thriller film

The film opens with a commercial for New West Recovery (NWR), a Los Angeles-based rehab center founded by ex-addict Vin. In narration, Vin boasts that, thanks to the 2010 passage of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, drug addiction and recovery are now pre-existing conditions, creating a large industrial complex for treatment clinics across Southern California alone. In Columbus, Ohio, homeless junkie couple Utah and Opal rob convenience stores to fund their habit.

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Sapphire (1959)

Crime, Drama

Children playing on Hampstead Heath in London come across the body of a young light-skinned woman who has been stabbed to death. Police Superintendent Robert Hazard and his assistant, Inspector Phil Learoyd, follow the lead of the woman's handkerchief, monogrammed with an "S," and discover that her name was Sapphire Robbins, a music student. Her brother, a doctor working in Birmingham, is notified.

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The Manor (2021)

Horror, Psychological Thriller

After suffering a stroke at her 70th birthday party, Judith Albright, a former professional dancer who is now a dance instructor, is moved into a nursing home after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Her 17-year-old grandson, Josh, whom she is very close to, opposes the move, while his mother, Judith's daughter, Barbara, tries to comfort him. Judith assures Josh that the move is best for everyone.

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Pietà (2012)

crime thriller film, Drama, thriller film

Kang-do leads a solitary life as a seemingly heartless and brutal debt collector for his clients, loan sharks who demand a 10x return on a one-month loan. To recover the massive interest, the debtors sign an insurance application for handicaps, and Kang-do injures them to file the claims. In one such instance, Kang-do visits Hun-cheol, who works in a decrepit factory with his wife Myeong-ja.

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The Brotherhood (1968)

Crime, Drama

A young American man arrives in Palermo by plane. A taxi driver at the airport immediately gets word to Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas), who hides, armed with a gun, until he realizes that the visitor he's been warned about is actually his younger brother Vinnie (Alex Cord). Frank happily welcomes his brother and takes him home, catching up on old times.

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The Blue Lamp (1950)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

In the Paddington area of west London in July 1949, PC George Dixon, a long-serving traditional policeman who is due to retire shortly, supervises new recruit Andy Mitchell, introducing him to the night beat. Dixon is unprepared when he is called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, where he comes face-to-face with Tom Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon tries to convince Riley to surrender the weapon, but Riley panics and fires.

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