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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 208.

Terror by Night (1946)

Crime, Detective, mystery film

thumb|The full film In London, Vivian Vedder verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother's body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret Carstairs, who owns and is transporting the famous Star of Rhodesia diamond; Lady Margaret's son, Roland; Sherlock Holmes, whom Roland has hired to protect the diamond; Inspector Lestrade, who is also worried about the diamond's safety; and Dr. Watson and Watson's friend Major Duncan-Bleek.

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The Executioner (1970)

Drama, spy film, thriller film

John Shay, a British MI5 agent, had grown up in the United States, and was nearly killed while on assignment abroad. Convinced that he was framed, he returns to London to uncover the mole responsible for the set-up. Shay suspects that his colleague Adam Booth is a Russian spy.

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The Sniper (1952)

Drama, Noir

Eddie Miller, a delivery man, struggles with his hatred of women. This hatred is exacerbated if he feels drawn to a woman who turns out to be unattainable; he tends to see this as a personal affront. Also, he is especially bothered when he sees women with their significant others.

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The Good Die Young (1954)

Crime, Drama

Mike is an injured ex-boxer unable to find a job and penniless after his wife Angela, who he loves, gives their life savings to her criminal brother. Joe has been fired from his clerical job in the USA to reclaim Mary, his pregnant English wife, who feels unable to escape her clinging and unstable mother. Eddie deserts the US Air Force in an effort to regain Denise, his unfaithful actress wife.

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Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

Animal horror, Horror, independent film, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, teen film, thriller film

A group of scientists and their support crew of five sailors land on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. They are searching for a previous expedition that disappeared without a trace, and to continue research on the effects of radiation from the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests on the island's plant and sea life. The scientists, led by Dr.

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Skyjacked (1972)

Action, disaster film, thriller film

During a flight from Oakland to Minneapolis, passenger Elly Brewster aboard Global Airways Flight 502, a Boeing 707, discovers a bomb threat written in lipstick on the mirror of a first-class bathroom. Captain Hank O'Hara believes it may be a hoax, but when a second lipstick threat is left on lead stewardess Angela Thatcher's serving tray, he is convinced to follow its instructions: "Bomb on plane divert to Anchorage, Alaska. No Joke, No Tricks.

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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)

Crime, Drama, mystery film

Main plot State Police Captain Healy is attacked but is saved by Jesse Stone, who is able to get off a couple of shots at the unknown assailant despite also being wounded. At the hospital, Healy reveals to Jesse that he was spying on his nephew, who may be sleeping with his saxophone instructor. Jesse begins investigating the shooting despite protests from the Paradise town council.

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The Return (2006)

Drama, Horror, thriller film

Joanna Mills (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a travelling representative for a trucking company, is dedicated to her successful career but something of a loner. Since the age of 11, she has been a troubled person, with episodes of self-mutilation and menacing visions. Normally she avoids returning to her native Texas, but agrees to a trip there to secure an important client.

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Dirty (2005)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) is a former Los Angeles gang member who has transitioned into law enforcement. Sancho, however, who is surrounded by corruption, finds that life as a police officer is just as morally bankrupt as life as a gangster. After being implicated in the shooting of an innocent man himself, Sancho is then pressured to testify against his loose-cannon friend and partner, Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who has a history of abusing citizens.

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Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)

mystery film, thriller film

In her family's Spanish villa, Kimberly Prescott, a young South African heiress of a diamond company, is grieving her father's recent suicide. She is taken aback by the arrival of a man claiming to be her brother, Ward, believed to have died in a car accident a year earlier. Kimberly suspects the man may be after her inheritance.

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Wrong Is Right (1982)

Comedy, Drama

In the near future, violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths. Patrick Hale, a globe-trotting reporter with access to a staggering array of world leaders, has ventured to the Arab country of Hegreb to interview his old acquaintance, King Ibn Awad. Awad has learned that the President of the United States may have issued orders for his removal; as a result, Awad is apparently making arrangements to deliver two suitcase nukes to a terrorist, with the intention of detonating them in Israel and the United States, unless the President resigns.

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The Tesseract (2003)

thriller film

Sean, a runner for a drug gang, has checked into room 303 at the seedy, rundown Heaven Hotel in Bangkok, to await arrival of a package of heroin. Another guest is Rosa, psychologist who is researching slum children, on the floor below (room 202). In the next room, 203, is Lita, a female assassin who is waiting to intercept the package Sean is waiting for.

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Bedlam (1946)

Drama, Horror

It is 1761 in London at St Mary Bethlehem asylum for the mentally ill and an acquaintance of Lord Mortimer dies in an attempt to escape from the asylum. Master George Sims appeases Mortimer by having his "loonies" put on a show for him. Mortified by the treatment of the patients, Mortimer's protégée Nell Bowen seeks his aid, then that of Whig politician John Wilkes to reform the asylum, threatening Sims' corrupt practices.

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The Third Secret (1964)

Crime, Drama, Mysterie, mystery film

Prominent London psychoanalyst Dr. Leo Whitset is discovered injured from a gunshot wound in his home by his housekeeper, and as he lies dying he whispers, "blame no one but me". These words lead the coroner to rule the death a suicide, a verdict questioned by one of Dr.

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The Beast Must Die (1974)

Horror, Werewolf

The film opens with a narrator stating that the film is a detective story where the viewer is the detective and tells the audience to watch for the "werewolf break". Near the climax, the "werewolf break", which is a 30-second pause where the audience is asked to guess the werewolf's identity based on clues from the film, briefly interrupts the film. Millionaire Tom Newcliffe invites a group of people, along with his wife Caroline, to spend some time in his rural English mansion, where he reveals that one of them is a werewolf and therefore must be killed.

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Dirty Deeds (2002)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Barry Ryan is a late 1960s Australian mobster who controls the Sydney gambling scene and is making huge profits from casino slot machines. His profitable venture attracts the unwanted attention of the American Mafia, who attempt to secure a piece of the action by sending in two of their henchmen: the pensive, world-weary veteran Tony and his violent, not-too-bright sidekick Sal. Ryan's arch-rival Freddy tries to take over the clubs with his own machines.

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Paris Trout (1991)

Drama, thriller film, trial film

Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949 Georgia. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s IOU. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South.

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Vanquish (2021)

Action, thriller film

Retired disabled cop Damon forces Victoria, a former drug courier and his caretaker, to collect bags of money around the city during a single night by holding her daughter Lily hostage. As the night progresses, Victoria finds out that at every stop point she makes, various enemies from her past attack her. Meanwhile, a cop breaks into Damon's home, but Damon kills him.

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Once a Thief (1965)

Crime, Drama, Heist, neo-noir

Ex-convict Eddie Pedak tries to lead a normal life in San Francisco with a loving wife Kristine, a daughter, and a steady job. Much to his chagrin, he also has a vengeful police detective and estranged brother complicating his life. The detective, Mike Vido, remains bitter over being shot six years ago during an unsolved robbery.

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Dead Mail (2024)

Crime, Horror, mystery film, thriller film

In the 1980s, aspiring Black synthesizer designer Josh Iver is approached by Trent Whittington at an electronics showcase. Trent takes an interest in Josh's self-designed analog synthesizer and offers to collaborate with him, providing him with space in his house and resources to further his design. Josh accepts the offer and begins an amicable partnership with Trent.

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5-Headed Shark Attack (2017)

Action, Animal horror, Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, television film, thriller film

Off Isla Palomino, Puerto Rico, two photographers and four models are mid-photo shooting on a yacht and in the water when a shark's dorsal fin breaches the sea's surface nearby. They begin photographing the shark, not realizing it is swimming toward them until it is too late and a massive 4-headed shark bursts from the water, devouring everyone on board the yacht. Puerto Rican Police Captain Sterling and his Deputy Black later report to the yacht, board it, and find the passengers missing.

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Playing God (1997)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Dr. Eugene Sands, a surgeon whose medical license was revoked ten months prior for losing a patient while under the influence of amphetamines and opiates, makes yet another mistake in an L.A. bar after buying fentanyl citrate (synthetic heroin).

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