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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 224.

Salting the Battlefield (2014)

Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film

Following their flight from Turks and Caicos, Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) and Margot Tyrrell (Helena Bonham Carter) hopscotch around Europe to evade capture by MI5. After spotting an MI5 agent he had recruited, disguised as a passing jogger, Worricker relocates once again and instructs former colleague Rollo Maverley (Ewen Bremner) to leak news of Prime Minister Alec Beasley's (Ralph Fiennes) corrupt dealings with Stirling Rogers (Rupert Graves) and his Bridge Foundation. Tyrrell covertly keeps in touch with Worricker's pregnant daughter Julianne (Felicity Jones).

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Penny Dreadful (2006)

Horror, Slasher

Penny, a young woman traumatized by a childhood auto accident that killed her parents, accompanies her therapist, Orianna, on a road trip to a mountain community as part of her therapy to overcome her fear of cars. On the way, Orianna hits — but does not seriously injure — a hitchhiker, whom she then offers a ride. The hitchhiker is silent during the ride, except to point out his destination.

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The Amityville Curse (1990)

Ghost, Horror, Psychological horror, thriller film

In Amityville, New York, the same town where Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his family in 1974, a Catholic priest is shot to death in a confession booth in his parish church. After the murder, the booth is removed and stored in the basement of the clergy house.

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Murder on Flight 502 (1975)

disaster film

TOA airlines flight 502 takes off from New York City to London. At the airport, a bomb threat in the airline's first-class passenger lounge turns out to be an elaborate prank. Safety official Davenport receives a letter explaining that a series of murders will take place on Flight 502 before it lands.

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Icon (2005)

Action, thriller film

During the 1999 Russian Presidential elections, the two leading candidates are Igor Komarov (Patrick Bergin), a former Colonel of the KGB, and Nikolai Nikolayev (Joss Ackland), a retired General of the Russian Army. When a car bomb explodes outside one of Komarov's pharmaceutical companies, and a virus is stolen from inside, an investigation by the FSB ensues headed by FSB agents Sonia Astrova (Annika Peterson) and Andrei Kasanov (Niko Nicotera). Their investigation is obstructed by the Director of the FSB, Anatoly Grishin (Ben Cross).

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It's All About Love (2003)

Drama, Dystopian, romance film, Romantic drama, Science fiction, thriller film, Utopia & Dystopia

In the year 2021, when the Earth is devastated by continuous climate changes, with sudden waves of frost (it snows in the middle of summer even in Venice), John, a university lecturer, traveling from Poland to Calgary, stops in New York, to sign divorce papers for his wife Elena. A much beloved figure skating champion, Elena is followed by a very large entourage that takes care of her numerous commitments and all external relations. John is detained one night in order to attend an important performance by Elena.

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Lords of the Deep (1989)

Horror, Science fiction

Set on board an undersea laboratory in a near-future ocean where the Earth's ozone layer has been depleted and new means of habitation and survival are being explored, biologist Dr. Claire McDowell is working on an unknown specimen when she experiences psychic visions. Meanwhile, a routine crew replacement is inbound in a mini submarine when an undersea quake occurs, knocking out communication with the surface.

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Trauma (2004)

Drama, Horror, Mysterie, thriller film

Ben (Colin Firth) awakens from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident. A few weeks later, Ben is out of the hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte (Mena Suvari). Haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.

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Oxygen (1999)

Crime, crime thriller film, thriller film

Harry Houdini has kidnapped and buried alive a rich businessman's wife, Frances. He demands $1 million in cash from the woman's husband, Clark Hannon, in return for the release of the location of her burial site before she runs out of oxygen. He also states that if police involvement is initiated, he will ensure she is never found alive.

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I Walk Alone (1948)

Crime, Drama, Noir

Frankie Madison and Noll "Dink" Turner were bootlegging partners during Prohibition. They were involved in a shootout with thieves attempting to hijack their liquor, attracting the attention of the police. Frankie and Noll parted ways with an agreement that if one of them should be caught he will still receive an equal share of their combined business after serving his prison sentence.

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Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Crime, Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller

After poisoning and killing his wife, the master of the house, Stephen Lowry, is blackmailed by his Cockney maid, Lily Watkins, who demands promotion. As she steadily takes the place of his dead wife, Lowry attempts to murder her as well. While attempting to murder Lily, by following someone who looks like her through the fog, he mistakenly kills Constable Burke's wife and gets chased by an angry mob, which he evades.

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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)

Action, Martial arts

A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with counterfeit bills. When a young woman named Mickey (Jill Ritchie) working for the mobsters decides to turn herself in and hand over a data CD to the police, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee).

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Gun (2010)

Action, Crime, thriller film

Angel (Kilmer) is released from prison only to get involved in the gun-running ring of his old friend, Rich (Jackson). They raid a club, which results in the killing of a rival arms dealer called Ali Tyrell. A police officer is assigned to investigate and calls a meeting, but two ATF agents come in disrupting the meeting.

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The Curse of Downers Grove (2015)

Horror, teen film, thriller film

Set in Downers Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, the film is a teen angst thriller set in a high school gripped by an apparent curse that claims the life of a senior every year. The story follows the lives of two seniors: Chrissie, who is skeptical of the curse, and Tracy, who believes that she may be the next victim.

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Puppet on a Chain (1970)

thriller film

After three hippie drug-dealers are murdered by "the assassin" in a house in Los Angeles, the U.S. government sends special agent Paul Sherman to track down the Dutch source of heroin that is causing the drug war. On arriving at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Sherman witnesses an agent, Jimmy Duclos, who was there to meet him, shot dead by the assassin.

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72 Hours (2024)

Action, thriller film

At the FBI Field Office in Georgia, senior agent Sebastian James and his team remotely monitor an unfolding guns-for-crypto transaction at night, concerned for their undercover agent Sean. An unknown third party closes in on them, so Carl speeds off with Sean to complete the transfer at a hotel. Marco calls Carl to alert him that Sean is undercover, so he kills Sean and takes off with the laptop and hard drive before the FBI can get him.

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Hunt to Kill (2010)

Action

The film begins with US Border Patrol Agents Jim Rhodes and Lee Davis exploring a seemingly abandoned trailer in Texas. Before entering the trailer, Lee gives Jim a watch made from climbing rope that can be used as emergency gear. They find a meth lab and are promptly attacked by men who shoot Lee and set the trailer on fire.

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Uncovered (1995)

Crime, thriller film

Julia, an art restorer living in Barcelona, Spain, discovers a painted-over message on a 1471 Flemish masterpiece called La partida de ajedrez (The Chess Game) reading "Qvis Necavit Eqvitem", written in Latin (English: "Who killed the knight?"). With the help of her old friend and father-figure, the flamboyantly homosexual César, who lives at Casa Batlló, and Domenec, a local chess genius Julia found in Park Güell, Julia works to uncover the mystery of a 500-year-old murder. At the same time, however, Julia faces danger of her own, as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.

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Inserts (1974)

Comedy, Drama

Before the opening titles, in the present day, an audience of men and women are watching a 1930s black-and-white stag film. After it ends, a man complains that there was no "cum shot". In Hollywood in the early 1930s, shortly after the start of the talkie period, a young Hollywood director known as Boy Wonder has fallen out of favour with the studios, ostensibly due to his reluctance to lower his standards or abandon his experimental style, such as using a hand-held camera.

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