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Explore suspense, danger and tense conflicts.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 214.

Above Suspicion (1943)

Drama, spy film, thriller film, war film

In the spring of 1939 in England, Oxford University professor Richard Myles and his new bride Frances are about to spend their honeymoon in continental Europe. They are commissioned by the British secret service to find a scientist who has developed a countermeasure against a new Nazi secret weapon, a magnetic sea mine. Without knowing his name, what he looks like or where to find the scientist, the couple look upon the search as an adventure and cross Europe seeking clues from clandestine contacts.

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Foolproof (2003)

Action, Caper-Movie, Comedy, Heist, thriller film

Kevin, Sam, and Rob play a game that they call "Foolproof", in which they create working plans to infiltrate and burgle various targets. They do not actually execute these heists, preferring to simply simulate them using necessary technical and physical abilities to carry out the tasks required. They adhere to some rules, such as using identical equipment and infrastructure as the target and using no firearms of any kind.

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12 Hour Shift (2020)

Comedy, Dark Comedy, Horror, thriller film

In Arkansas in 1999, Mandy is an overworked nurse with a drug addiction. In addition to stealing patient medications, she finances her drug habit by harvesting dead patients' organs. Desk nurse Karen is Mandy's partner, and Mandy has recently brought on her cousin Regina to transport the organs to trafficker Nicholas.

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Sister Sister (1987)

Drama, Horror, mystery film, thriller film

Lucy Bonnard, a young woman with a history of mental illness, helps her older sister, Charlotte, operate the Willows, an inn at their familial plantation in the Louisiana bayou. The sexually frustrated Lucy is unsuccessfully courted by Etienne LeViolette, her childhood friend who now works as a handyman for the sisters. Charlotte is carrying on a romance with town sheriff Cleve Bonnard, but he ends the relationship, blaming Charlotte's overbearing devotion to caring for Lucy.

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The Hearse (1980)

Horror

Jane Hardy, a schoolteacher in San Francisco, suffers a nervous breakdown following a divorce and the simultaneous death of her mother. To emotionally recover, she decides to spend the summer in the rural town of Blackford in a home left to her by her late aunt, Rebecca. Upon arriving, she is given keys to the house by Walter Pritchard, a local attorney who claims Jane's mother promised to bestow him the property.

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Force of Execution (2013)

Action, Crime, Gangster Film, thriller film

A crime lord is torn between his legacy and his desire to leave the life of crime that built his empire. A new villain tries to use the town's anti-hero network to climb to power. The crime lord must rely on his assassin protégé, who has his own troubles.

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Grace (2009)

Horror, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, Vampire

After two unsuccessful attempts to have a child, Michael and Madeline Matheson succeed the third time. They consult Madeline's midwife ex-girlfriend, Patricia, to function an unorthodox delivery. One night, Michael and the unborn baby are killed in a car accident.

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Uptight (1968)

Blaxploitation, Drama

In Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., protesters riot in the streets. Johnny Wells, a charismatic black revolutionary, leads a group of black men on a mission to steal guns from a warehouse as preparation for violent racial conflict. Johnny's best friend Tank, who formerly worked at the steel mill with several of the men, is supposed to help with the robbery, but when the group goes to his house, they find him drunk and watching the television coverage of King's funeral.

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Infamous (2020)

Drama, Gangster Film, independent film, thriller film

Arielle lives in Florida with her mother Janet, who has a deadbeat boyfriend named Bobby. Arielle enjoys social media and has few followers. One night, she goes to a party where she gets into a fight and beats up a girl while everyone at the party films the fight and posts it on social media.

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The Whistle Blower (1986)

Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film

Frank (Caine) is a retired British naval officer, now runs a small business. His bright but naive and idealistic son, Bob (Nigel Havers), works as a linguist at GCHQ, the top secret British intelligence listening station, translating intercepted conversations from behind the Iron Curtain. The film opens with footage of the Remembrance Day parade in Whitehall in the present (c.

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The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)

Action, Horror, independent film, mockbuster, Science fiction, thriller film

The film centers on soldier Josh Myron, as six hundred and sixty six gigantic extraterrestrial robots land on Earth. As the robots are landing, two alien humanoids also arrive, one male and one female. Both are eventually captured by the military who try to communicate with them.

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Year of the Gun (1991)

Action, Political Thriller, romance film, thriller film

In 1978, David Raybourne is an American novelist who lives in Rome and works as a journalist in a small English-language newspaper. He is romantically involved with Lia, the estranged wife of an Italian Industrialist, and befriended by Italo Bianchi, a politically left-leaning lecturer at a Rome university. The story happens against the backdrop of politically charged atmosphere and student unrest, in which the infamous Red Brigades commit their spate of violent attacks which rocked northern Italy in the 1970s, culminating in the kidnapping and later murder of Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister.

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Windows (1980)

Drama, Ghost, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film

Emily Hollander is the subject of a lesbian obsession of Andrea Glassen, her next-door neighbor. A shy, recently divorced woman, Emily lives alone in a Brooklyn Heights apartment. One night, a man forces his way into her apartment and performs a bizarre assault on her: He forces her to make sounds of erotic satisfaction, capturing them on his tape recorder.

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Cyberbully (2015)

Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film

The film takes place entirely in the bedroom of Casey Jacobs and happens in real time. One evening, Casey is listening to music but finds her Spotify settings are being tampered with. While Skyping with her best friend Megan, who is about to go on a date, Casey learns that her ex-boyfriend, Nathan, has posted a cruel comment on Twitter about her use of anti-depressants.

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The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Crime, Mysterie, mystery film

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Canada attending a conference on the occult, when Lord Penrose receives a message that his wife Lady Penrose has been murdered in the small village of La Mort Rouge. Holmes and Watson are about to return home when Holmes receives a telegram from Lady Penrose, sent before her death, asking for help as she fears for her life.

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Vicki (1953)

Drama, Noir

Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters) is a waitress who is transformed into a fashion model by press agent Steve Christopher (Elliott Reid). When Vicki is murdered, Detective Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) is determined to blame the crime on Christopher. In fact, Cornell is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki, who despised him, that he intends to railroad an innocent man to the electric chair.

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The In Crowd (2000)

teen film

When Adrien Williams is released from a mental institution, her former doctor Henry Thompson immediately tries to get her back on her feet by getting her a job at a country club on the East Coast, where she is introduced to the lifestyle of the snooty, rich "beautiful people". Brittany Foster, a young woman who lives in the area, befriends Adrien and takes her under her wing, accepting her as part of a clique of wealthy teenagers. Brittany's group of friends make comments about how much Adrien looks like Brittany's older sister Sandra who had moved away.

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Slow Burn (2005)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Nora Timmer, a biracial (African and European descent) woman, is being questioned by Ford Cole, the District Attorney. Nora, who is the Assistant District Attorney, claims she was being raped by Isaac Duparde when she shot him in the head. Journalist Ty Trippin interviews Ford; Ford surprises Ty by anticipating his first two questions.

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Desert Fury (1947)

Crime, Drama, Noir, romance film

Gangster Eddie Bendix and his henchman, Johnny Ryan, arrive in the small mining town of Chuckawalla in northern Nevada, where Eddie hopes to cash in on the local community's gambling trade, which is overseen by the powerful Fritzi Haller, owner of the Purple Sage casino. The two men stop at a bridge entering Chuckawalla where Eddie's wife, Angela, died in a car accident. Eddie was once involved with Fritzi, but left town under suspicion of causing his wife's fatal car accident.

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