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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 225.

Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

Crime, Drama, Noir, Psychological Thriller, Romantic drama

New York heiress Celia Barrett and her lawyer Bob Dwight are on the verge of marriage, but he wants her to be sure so convinces her to vacation in Mexico with her friend Edith Potter. While there, Celia falls in love with and marries American architect Mark Lamphere. On their honeymoon, after she playfully locks him out of their hotel room, he turns cold towards her and abruptly leaves, claiming that he has urgent business at home and will make arrangements for her to follow.

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The Triangle (2001)

thriller film

Three high school friends, Stu (Luke Perry), Tommy (Dan Cortese) and Gus (David Hewlett), decide to go on a cruise through the Bermuda Triangle. Stu's fiancée, Julia (Polly Shannon), insists on attending. When they arrive in Bermuda, Gus and Tommy stumble across a voodoo sacrifice.

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No Man's Land (2021)

Action, Adventure, thriller film, Western

Bill Greer is a Texas rancher living with his two sons, Jackson and Lucas, and his wife, Monica, in a ranch close to the Rio Grande where illegal immigrants from Mexico cross the U.S. Mexican Border. Jackson was prepared to move to New York City so he could join the New York Yankees.

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Mine Games (2012)

Science fiction

A woman in a van seems to awaken from a nightmare about a mine, where a voice screams for “Michael,” and fingers scrabble under a door. The van is at a gas station, where a nearby newspaper announces “couple found murdered in RV.” The van belongs to a group of seven friends – Michael, Lyla, TJ, Claire, Lex, Rose and Guy – who are traveling to a cabin in the woods for a vacation with their friends Matt and Sarah. Michael, who is driving, gets lost in the dark and swerves to avoid a waving figure in the road.

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Captives (1994)

Crime, Drama, prison film, romance film

After the break-up of her marriage to Simon (Peter Capaldi), dentist Rachel Clifford (Julia Ormond) throws herself into work by taking an extra assignment at a local British prison. One of her patients is Philip (Tim Roth), a man nearing the end of a ten-year sentence for a crime he refuses to reveal. She later sees him on the street when he is released to attend his college class.

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Warning Sign (1985)

Action, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

In a secret military laboratory operating under the guise of a pesticide manufacturer, a sealed tube is broken, starting an outbreak of a virulent bacteria. Detecting the release of the biological weapon, Joanie Morse, the plant's security officer, activates "Protocol One," a procedure sealing all of the workers inside from the outside world. Tom Schmidt, believing the cause for the lock down to be a pump malfunction, and co-worker Bob restart the pump.

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Special Effects (1984)

Horror, thriller film

Andrea Wilcox is an aspiring actress from Dallas, Texas who has run away from her husband, Keefe, and their toddler son. Keefe tracks her down in New York City, where he finds her at a nude modeling shoot. He chases her into the street, forcing her into his car.

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Bound to Vengeance (2015)

Horror, rape and revenge film, thriller film

The film begins with a man driving his van to an abandoned house in a remote area. He cooks a meal and brings it to the basement, where a girl is being held captive, with her leg chained to the floor. Without him noticing, she pulls out a brick and hits him violently on the head.

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On the Job (2013)

Action, Crime, crime thriller film, neo-noir

In the Philippines, Mario and Daniel are prisoners who are frequently released and paid to commit contract killings. Mario spends his earnings on Tina, his daughter, and Lulette, his estranged wife, while Daniel sends remittances to his family and spends the rest on goods and privileges in prison. Daniel has come to see Mario as a mentor and father figure.

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Dot the I (2003)

Crime, Drama, Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Carmen, a young Spanish woman who is engaged to be married, has her hen night at a French restaurant in London. She is invited to participate in the observance of an old custom which allows her to kiss the stranger of her choice before the marriage, symbolically "kissing her single life goodbye" and bringing luck for the future. The man she chooses is Kit and both enjoy the kiss far more than they have intended.

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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Drama, mystery film, Noir

The story proceeds largely through a series of flashbacks, beginning with New York sports promoter Frankie Christopher being interrogated at a police station about the murder of a young actress, Vicky Lynn. Christopher recounts first meeting Vicky as a waitress at a restaurant when he was there with two friends, fading actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans. Christopher takes up a dare from his friends to turn Vicky into a star with their help.

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Ben and Arthur (2002)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film

Ben Sheets and Arthur Sailes are a couple in Los Angeles, desiring to get married, in a time in the USA when gay marriage was illegal in all 50 states. When one state makes gay marriage legal, the couple decide to go there and get married, which creates consequences with Arthur's brother, Victor, who then becomes obsessed with destroying them both.

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Absolution (1978)

Drama, thriller film

The film is set in a Catholic boys' boarding school in rural England. It centres on schoolboy Benjamin Stanfield and his unpopular friend, Arthur Dyson; their form master, Father Goddard, and a travelling motorcyclist named Blakey. The film opens with Blakey arriving at the school.

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I Come with the Rain (2009)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Two years after killing Hasford, a serial killer, in the line of duty, Kline now works as a private detective, but he is still haunted by the ghosts of his past. A powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss hires Kline to find his only son Shitao who has mysteriously disappeared in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage. Kline follows the trail left by the ethereal Shitao to the jungles of Mindanao, and then to the urban jungle of Hong Kong, where he enlists the help of Meng Zi, an old police officer friend.

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Undercurrent (1946)

Drama, Noir

Ann Hamilton, a young woman from a middle-class family, meets wealthy businessman Alan Garroway when he comes to visit her scientist father. Ann and Alan soon fall in love and get married. In the days following their marriage, Ann meets Alan's high society friends, including Sylvia Martin with whom Alan had a relationship.

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Kitten with a Whip (1964)

Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama, thriller film

The wife of prospective politician David Stratton is away in San Francisco, visiting relatives there. David comes home one night but not to an empty house—a young woman, Jody, is asleep in his daughter's bed. Jody has just escaped from a juvenile detention home, where she stabbed a matron and started a fire.

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Sleepless (2001)

giallo, Horror, independent film, mystery film, Psychological Thriller, suspense film, thriller film

Angela, a prostitute, has just had sex with a man now cowering under the bedsheets and angrily harassing her over not being fully satisfied due to shame. As Angela gets her things, she knocks over a chest filled with bladed weapons, scaring her and causing her to flee. Unwittingly taking a blue envelope with her, she finds it is full of newspaper clippings and memorabilia about the murders committed by an unidentified serial killer in Turin, nicknamed "The Dwarf Killer".

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Hell Is a City (1960)

Crime, thriller film

Committed but seen-it-all police inspector Harry Martineau rightly guesses that after a violent jailbreak a local criminal will head home to Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Martineau is soon investigating a murder during a street robbery which seems to lead back to the same villain. Concentrating on the case and using his local contacts to try to track the gang down, he is aware he is not keeping his own personal life together as well as he might: he wants to have children, but his wife Julia does not.

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