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Drama, Horror, Mysterie, Science fiction, thriller film
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe is sentenced to death for the murder of his brother Michael, a crime he did not commit. Geoffrey, his best friend Dr. Frank Griffin - the brother of the original invisible man - and Geoffrey's fiancée Helen form a plan to inject Geoffrey with the invisibility drug if his appeal fails, which it does.
Horror, thriller film
While on a road trip, friends Sofie and Erica are stranded when their car breaks down on a rural road. Erica steps out to fix the tire but is violently dragged into the woods by what Sofie believes is a zombie. Pastor John Bishop arrives and saves Sofie, explaining that the attackers are not undead.
Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
Unable to leave the germ-free confines of his sterilized bedroom for any real stretch of time, environmentally hypersensitive Marvin (Karl Geary) spends his days taking pictures of his neighbors from his window. Occasionally catching glimpses of his young sister Rosy (Alexis Dziena) hanging out with the neighborhood drug dealer, Marvin's lens remains mostly fixed on a mysterious neighbor known as the Garbageman (Lance Henriksen) and pretty neighbor Carmen (Rebecca Mader), while his slightly overbearing mother (Amanda Plummer) rests on the couch. As neighbors begin disappearing and mysterious figures move in and out of Marvin's viewfinder,…
Ghost, Ghost-House-Movies, Horror, Mysterie
thumb|left|An opening prologue explains that The Screaming Skull is so frightening that it may kill its viewers. Over a scene of an opening coffin, a narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, while reassuring the audience that should they die of fright they will receive a free burial service. Inside the coffin is a card that reads "Reserved for You." Newlyweds Jenni and Eric arrive at Eric's palatial country home in a gull-wing Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.
Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Police Film, thriller film
Mike Brennan, a tough, crude, decorated New York City Police Department detective lieutenant, has a dark side and a partnership with certain organized crime figures. Brennan executes a small-time Puerto Rican criminal and then threatens witnesses to testify that he acted in self-defense. The head of the District Attorney's Homicide Bureau, Kevin Quinn, assigns the case to Deputy District Attorney Aloysius "Al" Francis Reilly, a young lawyer and past police officer and the son of an NYCPD cop killed in the line of duty.
Horror, thriller film
With her husband Shawn planning to arrive later, Laura takes her two young daughters, Kayla “K.K.” and Madison “Maddie”, to a remote lake house for their annual family getaway. When they arrive, area resident Owen mentions that the family who previously lived in the house had a son named John who went missing. Meanwhile, at a gas station, Shawn buys the girls a music box.
Drama, thriller film, trial film
The story is about a lawsuit concerning injuries caused by a defective automobile. The suit takes on a personal dimension because the injured plaintiff's attorney, Jedediah Tucker Ward, discovers that the automobile manufacturer's attorney is his estranged daughter, Maggie Ward. Jedediah Ward is a liberal civil rights lawyer who has based his career on helping people avoid being taken for a ride by the rich and powerful; he's pursued principle at the expense of profit, though he has a bad habit of not following up on his clients after their cases are settled.
Drama, mystery film, thriller film
In 1889, young Englishwoman Victoria (Vicky) Barton and her older brother Johnny arrive in Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle. This is Vicky's first time in Paris, and after checking into the Hôtel de la Licorne (or Unicorn Hotel), she drags her tired brother to dinner and to the famous Moulin Rouge. She finally retires for the night, while Johnny has a late-night drink.
Horror, rape and revenge film, thriller film
After the drug-induced death of his teenaged daughter, Christian (Peter Marshall) is sent a video tape, a "snuff film" involving his daughter and several men. Christian then decides to avenge his daughter by killing all those linked to the sex tape. Along the way he meets a teenage runaway named Alice (Caroline Marohasy) and a fragile friendship begins to unfold.
Crime, Drama, Noir
John "Johnny" Forbes (Dick Powell) is a family man bored with his job at an insurance agency and dreaming of adventure. When private investigator and former policeman J.B. "Mac" MacDonald (Raymond Burr), doing work for the agency, tells him he's located proceeds of embezzlement the company is liable for, in the form of expensive gifts to the imprisoned embezzler's girlfriend, Forbes decides to recover them himself.
Drama, thriller film
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.
Horror, Slasher
Prologue The film opens with yearbook photos of three girls, Tabitha Wright, Shelby Leds and Lisa Swan. Each girl proves to have great potential, as their senior superlatives respectively describe them as "Most Likely to be Famous", "Most Likely to Succeed" and "Most Likely to Shine." As well as the girls, the prologue introduces photos of an unnamed boy, and clippings of a psychological profile which describe him as "extremely dangerous." Shelby While on the highway, Shelby and her boyfriend Rob Alerbe pull over for gas, joined by a semi-truck and a Jeep. At the gas station, Shelby sees a frightened woman in the truck's back window,…
Horror, Psychological Thriller
The film begins with Shelby (Mischa Barton) driving at night while crying and smoking a cigarette, which she drops. She then hits someone who was standing in the path of the car. Mike (Matt Long), Shelby's ex-boyfriend, and his new girlfriend, Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), are preparing to go to Mt.
Mysterie, thriller film
At an Alabama truck stop, truck driver Joe Majors walks in on a woman, Julie, being choked and seemingly assaulted by another man. He grabs the man and pulls him off Julie. However, Julie goes on to explain that she had asked the man to choke her.
Biography, Drama, Noir, spy film, thriller film
In neutral Turkey in 1944, German ambassador Franz von Papen converses at a soiree with Countess Anna Staviska, a Frenchwoman and the widow of a pro-German Polish count. Now destitute, the countess volunteers to become a spy for a fee, but her offer is declined. Ulysses Diello approaches German embassy attaché Moyzisch, offering to provide von Papen with top-secret British documents for £20,000.
Drama, thriller film
Andy Bowman persuades her sister Laura, who is a doctor, to go on a trip with her to Burma. Laura, whose husband and son were murdered, is deeply depressed. One night, unable to sleep due to nightmares, Laura leaves her Rangoon hotel and is caught up in an anti-government protest.
Horror, Mysterie, mystery film
In London, during a raging thunderstorm one night, Ellen Wheeler frantically tells her husband, John, that from the living-room window, she has seen a man with his throat slit in a chair by the window in the large, old, deserted house across the way. John calls the police, but a search of the old house finds no evidence of a murder. The next morning, Ellen notices a freshly planted bed of Laburnum in the garden next to the old house that was not there before.
Drama, Psychological Thriller
Frances Austen, a woman who has inherited her late parents' Vancouver apartment, notices a nineteen-year-old boy sitting in the rain in a nearby park and invites him inside. The boy does not speak but appears to understand everything. Frances runs a bath for him, gives him a meal, and makes up a bed in her spare room; when the boy has settled down for the night, she quietly locks him in.
Drama, Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film
thumb|260px|left|Robert Montgomery and Dame May Whitty in Night Must Fall thumb|260px|right|Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall Police drag the river and search the surrounding countryside in a small English village for the body of Mrs. Shellbrook, who was a guest at the local hotel and has been missing for days. The authorities question the town folk, including those living in the home of Mrs.
Crime, Detective, Erotic Thriller, mystery film, Noir
The story is narrated in first person by Porter Wren, a columnist and crime reporter for a New York City newspaper with a reputation as a good listener. One night, he attends an after work party hosted by publishing magnate Hobbs, who has just purchased the newspaper. Porter is approached by socialite Caroline Crowley, whom Porter recognizes from headlines regarding the death of her husband, Simon.
Crime, crime thriller film, thriller film
Art critic James Figueras is enlisted by wealthy art dealer Joseph Cassidy to steal a painting from reclusive painter Jerome Debney.
Action, Drama, Political Thriller, thriller film
Jay Killian is a senior member of the Secret Service. On the day before the Inauguration of the new president, Killian has just returned from a six-week sick leave. He is given a new assignment: to protect the First Lady, Lara Royce Craig.
Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, thriller film
A group of friends enter the Man's nightclub, Volcano, where one of them, Jason, is approached by one of the entertainers called the "Red Bastard". Jason follows the Red Bastard with the intention to buy party drugs from him or his employer. Jason is led to a back room of the club where the Man is entertaining some guests.
crime thriller film, Drama, Secret Agent, thriller film
Martin McGartland is a 21-year-old street hustler in Northern Ireland in the late 1980s. The Irish Republican Army wants to recruit him, but he is reluctant because of what he sees as their cruel street justice. Because of his connection to the community, the British police want him to infiltrate and spy on the IRA.