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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 194.

Shakedown (1988)

Action, Bad Cop, Crime, Drama, Justice Drama, mystery film, Police Film, thriller film

Roland Dalton is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones, accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and Officer O'Leary was a "Blue Jean Cop" (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers). Being a creature of habit, Dalton seeks the truth to his mysterious case and looks to Richie Marks, a renegade loner NYPD narcotics detective.

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Night Of The Twisters (1996)

Action, disaster film, Drama, Natural Disaster

At 1:16 p.m. on a Fall afternoon in 1996, Bob Iverson, a storm chaser with the Kansas State Tornado Center relaying information to the National Weather Service on a chase assignment, is driving down a country road in rural Central Nebraska to track a supercell thunderstorm. While observing the storm, Bob spots a tornado touching down almost a mile south of his location; he warns a family living nearby, right as their daughter Sarah, arrives home from school, about the oncoming twister, which sends them running into their root cellar before it destroys their farm.

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Boom (1968)

Drama

Flora 'Sissy' Goforth is a terminally-ill woman living with a coterie of servants, whom she verbally abuses, in a large mansion on a secluded Italian island. Into her life comes a mysterious man, Christopher Flanders, nicknamed "L'Angelo della morte" ("The Angel of Death"). Christopher claims to have met her previously, while Flora, for her part, affects not to remember having met him before.

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Panic in the Streets (1950)

Crime, Drama, Noir, thriller film

In the wharf area of New Orleans a man named Kochak, sick with a flulike illness, is killed after a brawl by gangster Blackie and his two flunkies, Kochak's cousin Poldi and a man named Fitch. They leave the body on the docks, and later when the unidentified dead man is brought to the morgue, the coroner grows suspicious about the bacteria present in his blood and calls Dr. Clinton Reed of the U.S.

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Doppelganger (1993)

Comedy, Horror, Psychological Thriller

Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore) moves from New York City to Los Angeles after being implicated in a murder. She is followed by what appears to be her evil twin. While in Los Angeles, she finds a room for rent by a writer named Patrick Highsmith (George Newbern).

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Kansas City (1996)

Crime, Drama

On the afternoon before the 1934 Democratic primary election in Kansas City, petty thief Johnny O'Hara botches a robbery of Sheepshan Red, a wealthy Black gambler on a semi-annual trip to the Hey Hey Club, local Black mob kingpin Seldom Seen's jazz club and casino. As a token of respect to a highly lucrative customer, Seldom kidnaps Johnny himself and holds him at the Hey Hey Club, where he monologues to Johnny about racism and deliberates on how best to punish him. Kansas City jazz performances played at the Hey Hey Club are intercut with much of the film.

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Firestorm (1998)

Action, disaster film, thriller film

During a forest fire in northern Wyoming, smokejumper Jesse Graves and his mentor Wynt Perkins are rescuing trapped civilians when a woman begs them to rescue her daughter from a burning cabin. They locate the girl, but Wynt is injured by a travel trailer sent flying by an explosion. Jesse manages to free Wynt and rescue both him and the girl from a flashover; Wynt's injuries mean that he must retire from active duty, but he balks at the idea of "full" retirement due to his inadequate pension plan.

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Stepfather III (1992)

Horror, Psychological Thriller, Slasher

After surviving being stabbed with a hammer at the church in Palm Meadows, Los Angeles at the end of the previous film, Jerry Blake escapes from the same institution in Puget Sound, Washington he was placed in 4 years ago. He seeks out a surgeon to alter his appearance using no anesthesia after a few days of healing. Jerry kills the doctor by slitting his throat with a saw and makes his way to Deer View, where he acquires an identity, Keith Grant as well as a cottage and a job at a nursery.

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Vigilante (1983)

Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film

Eddie Marino is a factory worker in New York City and has a wife named Vickie and an eight-year-old son named Scott. Eddie's friend and co-worker Nick and two other co-workers Burke and Ramon have formed a secret vigilante group because Nick and the group are fed up with the crime in their neighborhood. Nick and his group are also tired of the police, because the police always fail to protect people.

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The Children (2008)

Christmas film, Horror, Slasher, thriller film

Elaine and Jonah travel with their two children, Miranda and Paulie, and Casey (Elaine's teenage daughter from a previous relationship), to spend Christmas with Elaine's older sister, Chloe, her husband Robbie, and their two children, Nicky and Leah. On arrival, Paulie vomits, which his mother believes is from motion sickness. After opening presents, Nicky and Leah begin to show symptoms of an illness as Leah coughs up black bile with strange forms of bacteria.

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Fled (1996)

Action, buddy film, Comedy, Gangster Film, thriller film

An interrogator prepares a man to take the stand against mob boss Frank Matajano on an Air Force base. A driver delivers takeout, which is taken to the interrogation room. Once opened, it explodes, killing the witness.

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The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)

Action, Martial arts, thriller film

When Agent Neil Shaw comes out of hiding to vindicate his former mentor's murder, he winds up on the trail of betrayal and lethal corruption. Under the charge of his friend and a senatorial candidate, his mission is to set things straight. But when more people turn up dead, Shaw realizes that he's been set up as bait.

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9 Bullets (2022)

Action, thriller film

Gypsy, a former burlesque dancer who seeks redemption, takes a second chance at life by becoming an author, all while risking everything to rescue Sam, her young neighbor who witnessed his parents' murder. While determined to write her memoir, she spends much of her time trying to bring the boy to safety by evading the local crime boss and her longtime ex-lover, who wants what the boy possesses—access to his missing money. Sam's father has cheated a certain Jack out of $750,000, so Jack has his entire family shot to make an example of him.

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Survive the Night (2020)

Action, thriller film

Two criminals, Jamie and Matthias, are involved in the attempted robbery of a garage that goes wrong: Jamie on a spur of the moment attempted to rob the garage, but the owner fought back. Jamie shoots a hostage, and Matthias gets shot in the leg. They escape, but Matthias needs medical attention.

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Capsized: Blood in the Water (2019)

Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Horror, natural horror film, survival film, suspense film, television film, thriller film

Based on a true story; in October 1982, the Trashman yacht sailing in a routine transfer from Maine to Florida, is capsized following an unexpected storm. The crew is left adrift in open water for days in the cold, shark-infested waters. The group realizes that they must do everything they can to survive exhaustion, dehydration, insanity and the sharks below.

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44 Inch Chest (2009)

Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Colin Diamond is a successful car salesman who, after discovering his wife Liz is having an affair, has an emotional breakdown. His friends convince him to kidnap his wife's lover and then encourage him to torture and kill him. Diamond's partners in crime are suave homosexual gambler Meredith, crotchety and bigoted Old Man Peanut, the down-to-earth Archie and the combustible Mal, who by turns encourage Colin's lust for revenge and sympathise with his situation, and conspire to emotionally and mentally torture Liz's new boyfriend, Loverboy, a "Frog" waiter, first by locking him in a cupboard and threatening him, and then tying him up and…

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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)

Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, Crime Comedy

Nick and Nora Charles, along with their dog Asta, travel to Nick's small hometown of Sycamore Springs, in New England, to visit his parents and celebrate his birthday. Nora learns of Nick's strained relationship with his father, Dr. Bertram Charles, who is disappointed that his son has not followed in his footsteps as a doctor.

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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist

Con man Eli Kotch charms his way into a parole by playing on the emotions of a pretty psychologist, but drops her at the first opportunity to move around the country, romancing women and then stealing their possessions, or those of their employers. He has made a down payment on the blueprints to a bank at Los Angeles International Airport, but needs to raise $85,000 to complete the purchase. In Boston, he seduces and marries Inger Knudsen, the secretary of a wealthy elderly woman.

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Bruiser (2000)

Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, independent film, mystery film, Psychological horror, Psychological Thriller, Slasher, suspense film, thriller film

Henry Creedlow is a creative director for Bruiser, a successful magazine firm, who lives an unhappy life. His high-strung, contemptuous wife Janine is indifferent to him which leads to him having fantasies about suicide. Henry meets with his best friend, Jimmy Larson on their way to work downtown.

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Lady in Cement (1968)

comedy thriller, Crime, mystery film

While diving off the Miami coast seeking one of the 11 fabled Spanish galleons sunk in 1591, private investigator Tony Rome discovers a dead woman, her feet encased in cement (concrete), at the bottom of the ocean. Rome reports this to Lieutenant Dave Santini and thinks nothing more of the incident, until Waldo Gronsky hires him to find a missing woman, Sondra Lomax. Gronsky has little money, so he allows Rome to pawn his watch to retain his services.

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Turkey Shoot (1982)

Action, Dystopian, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

Set in the then-future year of 1995, a totalitarian regime rules over the entire world and so-called "social deviants" are sent to mass prison camps for re-education and behaviour modification. The new arrivals at Camp 47 are Chris Walters, an innocent shopkeeper arrested when trying to help a rebel who was chased into her store and beaten by the police; Rita Daniels, a suspected prostitute; and Paul Anders, a political dissident and pirate radio broadcaster who has escaped from several other camps. Camp Master Charles Thatcher subjects his wards to brutal, inhuman treatment; Chris barely avoids being raped by the sadistic guards Red and…

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Reform School Girls (1986)

Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama, exploitation film, prison film

The film is a satire of the women in prison film genre and deliberately implements many of the tropes commonly found in such films. Such scenes include nude shower scenes, fight scenes, and a suggested romantic relationship between one of the inmates and an administrator. The overall plot involves a new influx of girls coming to the school.

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