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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 211.

A Violent Separation (2019)

Crime, crime thriller film

In a quiet Missouri town, Norman, a young deputy sheriff, covers up an accidental shooting at the hands of his older brother, Ray, but neither of the young men are prepared for what's to come, including Norman dying at the hands of Frances. As the investigation wears on, family bonds are tested as we descend into the depths of morality and loyalty and are forced to bear witness to the violent separation of flesh and blood with everyone desperately trying to do the right thing, all while doing the wrong.

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Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Comedy, Crime, Detective, mystery film

While Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are soliciting donations for a charity ("The Reformed Criminals Assistance League"), they call on Mr Enderby, a rich recluse. He tumbles down the long entrance staircase, apparently the victim of a fatal heart attack. Knowing that Enderby had a pathological fear of cats, Miss Marple becomes suspicious when she finds one in the house.

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Angels Fall (2007)

Drama, Mysterie, romance film

The film revolves around Reece Gilmore , the sole survivor of a massacre at the Boston restaurant where she worked as a chef. Reece wants to escape her life, so she hits the open road with no destination in mind, desperate for a fresh start. When her car gives out in a picturesque Wyoming town, Reece takes a job at the local diner, hoping to earn enough cash to keep moving.

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Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1995)

Action, Cyberpunk, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, thriller film

The film is set in a desolate post-apocalyptic world where a once–thriving age of man and cyborgs has come to an end. Cyborgs are now hunted for their parts. Cash (Haje), a female cyborg learns from Doc Edford (Margaret Avery) that she is somehow pregnant.

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Out For A Kill (2003)

Action, thriller film

Wong Dai (Chooi Kheng Beh), an influential Chinese drug kingpin, sits at a long table in an old building in Paris, going through the motions of a gigantic merger between himself and several other major Chinese drug dealers. Sai Lo (Hon Ping Tang) controls shipments in the French heroin market in Paris, using laundromats all over Paris as a front. Tang "The Bird" Zhili (Bruce Wang) controls the entire New York drug conglomerate from the Chinatown section of New York City, and runs Mahjong gambling rackets.

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The Man Who Came Back (2008)

Drama, prison film, Western

The Man Who Came Back is loosely based on the Thibodaux massacre. This was the culmination of the largest strike in the sugar cane industry, when 10,000 workers stopped labor, and the first to be conducted by a formal labor organization, the Knights of Labor. With an estimated 50 or more African-American cane workers killed by white paramilitary forces, it was the second bloodiest labor strike in U.S.

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The Honorary Consul (1983)

Drama, romance film, thriller film

The story is set in Corrientes, a small town in north east Argentina. Eduardo Plarr is a doctor of Paraguayan and British parentage. As a boy, he was forced to flee his native Paraguay after the arrest and subsequent disappearance of his father, a dissident.

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Deterrence (1999)

Drama, Political Thriller, thriller film

In the spring of 2008, U.S. President Walter Emerson is visiting Colorado ahead of Super Tuesday in the primary elections for his party's nomination in the upcoming presidential election. Emerson, formerly an appointed Vice President who ascended to the Presidency four months earlier upon the death of his predecessor, is accompanied on his campaign tour by White House Chief of Staff Marshall Thompson, National Security Advisor Gayle Redford, his Secret Service protection detail and a television news crew documenting his campaign.

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Trench 11 (2017)

Horror, thriller film

Lieutenant Berton, a Canadian tunneller on the Western Front in France in 1918, digs beneath a German position to rescue fellow tunnellers, startling a survivor whose screams alert the Germans above. When the Germans detonate charges above him, Berton is trapped underground for twelve days. On November 2, 1918, three months later, Major Jennings and Dr.

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Night Eyes (1990)

Erotic Thriller

Will Griffith is the owner of a security and surveillance company in Los Angeles. Will is hired by a rock star named Brian Walker, who is undergoing a messy divorce from his philandering wife Nikki, to rig the Walkers' home with video cameras to capture Nikki cheating on him with various lovers. During this job, Will gets to know Nikki better and ultimately grows more attracted to and protective of her, eventually ending up having an affair with her.

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Outlaws (2017)

Crime, mystery film, thriller film

Set within the underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs, the film follows Paddo, Vice President and the heir to the leadership of a motorcycle club, who has to save his brother's life by betraying his president. Paddo has been running the club while its president Knuck serves a three-year prison sentence. When Knuck is released, he clashes with Paddo.

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Knight Moves (1992)

Crime, Drama, Mysterie, mystery film, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

In 1972 David and Peter face each other in a chess match. David, the loser, stabs the winner Peter with a fountain pen. The loser's savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat lead to the dissolution of his parents' marriage.

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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

Adventure, Crime, crime thriller film, Horror, Science fiction

The beheading of Dr Fu Manchu is witnessed in China by his nemesis, Nayland Smith. Back in London, however, it is increasingly apparent to Smith—now assistant commissioner in Scotland Yard— that the international criminal mastermind is still operating. Smith determines that a hypnotized actor took Dr Fu Manchu's place.

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Vehicle 19 (2013)

Action, thriller film

Michael Woods is an American, recently out of jail, and breaches his parole conditions by flying to Johannesburg, where his estranged wife Angie works in the U.S. embassy. He picks up a rental car at the airport but it's not the one he ordered.

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Macabre (1958)

Horror, suspense film, thriller film

The film is set in the small town of Thornton, California. The plot consists of a frame story set in the present (c. 1958), an extended flashback to 1955, and an extended flashback set months before the present story.

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Renegades (1989)

Action, buddy film, buddy cop film, Crime, thriller film

Buster McHenry works as an undercover agent for the Philadelphia Police Department. He is attempting to flush out a corrupt officer, but his investigation hits two complications. The first occurs when he is arrested while trying to stop a carjacking; after having distracted the suspect with a beer bottle, he assaults an officer.

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Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008)

Dystopian, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

During a pandemic of mass suicides and mysterious deaths caused by ghosts who spread through technology, Michelle searches for her daughter, Justine. Michelle’s ex-husband Stephen traces her path, discovering evidence that she planned to kill her daughter and herself. While at home, Michelle sees Justine on the road returning to her apartment.

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The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Action Comedy, Comedy, mystery film

William Gridley, a newly arrived American diplomat at the American Embassy in London, rents a room in the Mayfair townhouse of Carly Hardwicke, a charming young woman and a fellow American expatriate. When Gridley inquires about Carly's marital status, she replies that she is separated and is unaware of her husband's whereabouts. Later, Gridley tells his superior, Franklyn Ambruster, that he has rented a room from Carly.

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Skinwalkers (2006)

Action, fantasy film, Horror, thriller film, Werewolf

Two packs of werewolves, divided by principles, are signaled by the moon of the coming of an ancient prophecy. A boy named Timothy approaches his 13th birthday, unaware this marks the time of his transformation. He has been raised by his grandmother Nana, his mother Rachel, his uncle Jonas, his cousin Katherine and Katherine's boyfriend, Adam.

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Finder's Fee (2001)

Drama, thriller film

Heading home one evening, Tepper finds a wallet. He notifies its owner by calling a number he finds inside, then discovers it contains this week's $6 million lottery winning ticket. Shortly after his friends Quigley, Bolan and Fishman arrive for their weekly poker night.

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Scissors (1991)

mystery film, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Angela Anderson buys a pair of large scissors from a hardware shop. On her way home, she is attacked in the elevator of her apartment block by a red-bearded man, whom she stabs with the scissors in self-defense. Immediately after the attack, Angela is found by the twin brothers who live next door to her.

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The Ghostmaker (2011)

Ghost, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

A group of young college students find an old 15th-century coffin, which is equipped with a part clockwork-mechanical/supernatural contraption that enables contact with spirits and even allows one to experience becoming a ghost for a period of time, whilst cheating death's grasp. Their first adventures in this mystery world brought by said 'box of shadows' is just innocent playful fun. But the casket soon brings out their more purely evil side, manifesting their more dangerous impulses and darker desires.

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