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Action, Martial arts, ninja film
British Colonel Scarf Mulgrew threatens to nuke New York City unless he is paid 50 million dollars. Agents Sean Davidson, Carl Brackston and Joe Armstrong, a former special forces commando now working as a teacher with the Peace Corps, team up to save the city. The action takes place in Lesotho, and includes a Middle Eastern sheikh who is training a team of ninjas in the countryside.
Action, Crime, thriller film
Paramedic Nick Malloy finds himself playing a game called 12 Rounds with his wife Sarah's life on the line. As the game unfolds, Detectives McKenzie and Sykes are investigating an ambulance explosion, and while Sykes immediately blames Nick, McKenzie has her doubts. Meanwhile, Nick begins to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and finds out he was at the right place at the right time a year ago.
Crime, Drama, Horror, thriller film
Sally Jones is the sole teacher of a one-room school in the Outback, where she has nine pupils ranging in age from six to sixteen. One ordinary day, the younger children claim to have seen cartoon characters on the edges of the school playground. Sally dismisses this as fantasy, until four armed men wearing Halloween masks enter the school, led by a man Sally calls "Father Christmas" due to his Father Christmas mask.
Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist
Michael Lynch is one of Dublin's most notorious criminals. He has two wives, sisters Christine and Lisa, as well as many children. When he is not spending time with his family, he is plotting heists with his gang.
Action, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, Vampire
Aspiring filmmaker Sean is working as a freelance driver to make ends meet. He is assigned to deliver an expensive Mercedes-Benz from Los Angeles all the way to its owner in Miami, which will also allow him to attend the wedding of his sister. He's given strict instructions not to damage the vehicle or pick up any hitchhikers.
Action, Crime, thriller film
Ghost, Horror, thriller film
On the Isle of Wight, a train accident on the Island Line means that the main hospital, St. James's, is completely full and unable to take in any more patients. A smaller and older hospital, Mercy Falls, is to be decommissioned, but some of the patients, including those at the hospital's pediatric ward, need to remain at Mercy Falls until there is availability elsewhere.
Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Michael Taylor is tormented by his sheer lack of memory concerning the night his wife was found brutally killed. Michael's girlfriend Paula helps him attempt to make sense of it all.
Drama, Erotic Thriller, Horror
Tattoo artist Karl Kinsky is approached to create temporary tattoos for swimsuit models on a photoshoot by renowned photographer Halsey. Initially apprehensive, Kinsky agrees after seeing photographs of one of the models, Maddy, who arrives late to the photoshoot but expresses admiration for Kinsky's arm tattoos and recognizes their Japanese influence. After the shoot, Kinsky jealously eavesdrops on Maddy and her flirtatious boyfriend, jazz musician Buddy, whose relationship is strained because of Buddy's odd work hours.
Science fiction, thriller film
Renton wakes up beside his former lover, Hannah. Three men break into his bedroom and, when Renton breaks his neck while escaping, he wakes with a start where he was just a moment earlier. The men break in once again and bind him and Hannah to chairs in another room.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.
Action, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, thriller film
In 1983 Amsterdam, wannabe gangster friends Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout, Jan Boellard, Martin Erkamps, and Frans Meijer kidnap Heineken owner Freddy Heineken in an attempt to obtain a high ransom for his return. Heineken's family pays the ransom, he is released and Willem and Cor flee to Paris and go into hiding. Cor calls his wife Sonja, leading to the kidnappers' capture.
disaster film, Science fiction, thriller film
The plot is centered around a colossal blast of heavily chilled mesosphere air, spreading over the Earth after a solar eclipse combined with the effects of environmental pollution caused a hole in the ozone layer. The catastrophic event threatens to engulf the entire world in ice. As Hobart, Tasmania is hit by the cold front with temperatures of below -70 degrees Fahrenheit, causing people to die almost instantaneously, physicist Jack Tate tries to find a solution while protecting his family.
Political Thriller, spy film
Maurice Castle is a well-bred, mid-level bureaucrat in MI6 whose life seems unremarkable, apart from the fact that he has an African wife, Sarah, and son, Sam. The company regime, represented by éminence grise Dr. Percival and agency higher-up Sir John Hargreaves, advise newly appointed security chief Daintry that analysis of intelligence from a double agent they have planted in Moscow indicates that there is a leak in Castle's department.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved from San Francisco to New York to escape a troubled past. He blames his former partner Tony Jardine for his problems. Complicating matters, he is hounded by New York police lieutenant Frank Reeves and pursued by a thug in a white suit.
Crime, Horror, mystery film, Slasher
Paul Toombes is a successful horror actor whose trademark role is Dr. Death, a skull-faced serial killer. During a party in Hollywood marking his fifth Dr.
Drama, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, thriller film
Victoria is a beautiful young woman who is just beginning to get a bit of success as a jewelry designer in Los Angeles. One day she meets the handsome and wealthy entrepreneur Jack. He manages to seduce her with an irresistible combination of charm and sensuality.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Philip Markoff (McDorman) prepares for a promising future as a doctor and a life of happiness with his fiancée, Megan McAllister (Bruckner). Seemingly destined for greatness as one of Boston University’s brightest medical students, Markoff could do no wrong in the eyes of Megan, his friends, fellow students, and professors. But hidden from those close to him was the violent wrath only he and his victims knew — beginning with his April 14, 2009 murder of Julissa Brisman, a masseuse who advertised her services on Craigslist.
Adventure, disaster film, Drama, thriller film
A small plane approaches the fictional Pacific island of Talua in French Polynesia, 500 miles from Tahiti, the plane's destination. The plane and its cargo of three manacled prisoners and a priest makes an overnight stop on the island, planning to fly onward the next day. On the island, Father Doonan has been relieved of his duties by Father Perreau.
Horror, Mysterie
On the way home from visiting her parents' grave, Christy crashes her car into a rock. The impact throws Christy to safety, but her older sister, Vanessa, is trapped inside when the car explodes. Vanessa initially survives, though disfigured and completely burnt.
thriller film
Jack and Lisa are lovers who rock climb together. 10 years later, they encounter each other again by chance in a Salt Lake City supermarket after having gone their separate ways many years earlier. Jack is now a school administrator, who lives with his lawyer wife, Karen, and young daughter and enjoys a wonderful life.
Action, Horror, mockbuster
Although taking the same basic idea from Snakes on a Plane (many deadly snakes loose on a claustrophobic, high-speed means of transport), the background story of how the snakes end up on the train differs. In the film, a woman called Alma has been put under a Mayan curse which causes snake eggs to hatch inside her belly and eat their way out. The curse was laid on her by her family, in revenge for marrying Brujo, who now accompanies her.
Horror, Mysterie
After her estranged mother's death, Linda Stevens inherits a rural estate called Montclare, which has been in her family for years. The rambling structure houses a long-held rest home for the elderly. Linda arrives on the same night as a new boarder, the aged Mrs.
Crime, Detective, mystery film
John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor prison, embeds code revealing the hidden location of extremely valuable stolen Bank of England currency printing plates in the melody notes of three music boxes that he crafts to be sold at auction. Each box plays a subtly different version of an Australian tune, "The Swagman". At the auction each is purchased by a different buyer.