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thriller film
Dawn, a drug-addicted teen prostitute living on the streets of Los Angeles, and Sy, a teenage boy with dreams of becoming a rock star, become friends after Sy rescues Dawn from a violent john. Dawn takes Sy under her wing and gives him a guided tour of the seedy underworld of Hollywood.
Action, Biography, thriller film
The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up in Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend/wife, Linda. The film opens with Knievel at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California.
Crime, Horror, Mysterie, Slasher
On May 14, 1989, six-year-old abductee Martin Bristol, whose face has been disfigured by his captor, watches as he butchers a young woman in the basement of a farmhouse. Ten years later, on September 20, 1999, Julian and his girlfriend Marylin enact a bank heist with Marylin's ex-convict brother, Max, and accomplice Kurt, taking around $500,000. Max, who was shot by a security guard in the melee, dies in the car with Julian and Marylin; Kurt leaves in a separate car with the money, but breaks down en route to their meeting place: an abandoned house in the woods.
Political Thriller
Ari Ben-Sion (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an Israeli spy posing as a German businessman named Hans Hoffmann in 1989 Berlin, receives orders to travel to Damascus to help a Jewish family escape Ba'athist Syria. During his mission, he encounters Kim Johnson (Olivia Thirlby), an attractive American photojournalist, and begins a relationship with her. Soon, however, he realizes that the local security services are aware of his true identity as an Israeli spy and are monitoring him closely, leaving him uncertain as to why he hasn’t been eliminated.
Drama, Ghost, Horror, Mysterie
After serving prison time for manslaughter, Bobby Reynolds is released on probation from Rikers, and moves to the old apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely mother lived and died while he was incarcerated. He finds a job as a mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair shop owned by the supportive Hector Rodriguez and tries to rebuild his life. However, he is deemed an outcast and his former friends and neighbors do not want to talk to him.
Drama, Noir, thriller film
In London, Julia Ross goes to a new employment agency, desperate for work. When Mrs. Sparkes learns that she has no near relations, she recommends Julia for a job as a live-in personal secretary to a wealthy widow, Mrs.
Horror, Occult Horror, thriller film
Kaitlan (Renee Olstead) has decided to invite over a few of her friends after she finds that her parents are leaving her home alone for the weekend. She's planning for a small, relatively quiet get together with her friends Jenna (Valentina de Angelis) and Rose (Shelby Young), but Kaitlan soon finds that Rose has invited boys to the party, Shane (Guy Wilson) and Jeff (Spencer Daniels). Not wanting to seem uncool, Kaitlan allows the boys to stay and party.
thriller film
Husband and wife Will and Dawn have driven from their home in Vancouver to a distant town in pursuit of a job for Will. The couple have money troubles, are facing foreclosure on their home, and owe a debt to Dawn's unsympathetic father. After Will fails to land the job, they start the long drive back home.
Horror, Slasher, thriller film
Scotty Parker, a college student in Southern California, is seeking a room for the fall semester at the last-minute. She is directed to a boarding house run by the standoffish Mrs. Engels; a Victorian mansion on a cliffside overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Mysterie, thriller film
thumb|left|One of the tiled mosaics celebrating local boy Alfred Hitchcock in the subway at Leytonstone tube station. Along a coastline in rural England, police Detective Barton arrives at a house, Number 17, marked for sale or rent. The door is unlocked, and he wanders in.
thriller film
Following a car accident where he is forced off of the road by another vehicle, a man awakens with amnesia while a corpse is found in the trunk of his car, the fifth victim of a serial killer that is stalking the area. The man, John Doe, is suspected to be the killer as a result, but escapes the hospital after taking Diana, a nurse who had befriended him, hostage. John becomes determined to prove his innocence and Diana agrees to help him; Diana’s father had been convicted of murder and she refused to believe his claims of innocence.
comedy thriller, Family Drama, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
In 1957, ten-year-old Timmie Merrinoe is a bit dull and only wants a playmate. His frustrated father takes him to the research lab where he works and has him evaluated by a supercomputer. The computer hypnotizes Timmie and enhances his intelligence.
thriller film
Three new teachers at Valley High School clash with Principal Peters, the administration, and parents over their teaching methods. Rachel Burton teaches a girls' sex education class. Dissatisfied with a curriculum limited to disease prevention and abstinence, she adds material on contraception and sexual health, holds after-school sessions, and has students make an educational film on subjects including pornography and gender dynamics.
Horror
Clint Goodman lives a solitary life under the assumed name Michael Haden, while everyone who knew him believes he died. Despite the survival of his attempted murder, he now suffers from serious health issues due to the effects of the toxin and his near-death experience. When his old friend Sheriff Sam Eberly passes away, Clint decides to come back and attend the funeral.
Horror
While driving through Nevada, the Henley family – Jim, his wife Patty, their daughter Kate, and son Matt, along with Matt's friend Ethan – discover the existence of Weaver, a ghost town, and decide to take a detour to it to take pictures. Stopping at a diner in the neighboring town of Two Wells, the family asks about Weaver but the patrons, all seeming dazed, claim not to have heard of the town, although a gas station attendant warns Jim to "stay on the pavement". The Henleys make their way to Weaver, where they find a wall with a mysterious symbol and a human-sized dried skin.
Drama, thriller film
Psychiatrist Michael Hunter and his wife are watching their daughter Shelly's school play. Their son Kyle, who is suffering from depression, stays at home because he says he cannot stand being among people. While the parents are applauding Shelly, Kyle commits suicide in the family's garage using the exhaust from a car.
Modern-Day Fantasy, monster film, thriller film
Joy lives with her abusive boyfriend Derek. One night, he attempts to strangle her, but she fends him off and locks herself in a room. She comes out of the room to find that he has killed her dog.
Action, Martial arts
The story is told in flashback. CIA agent Marcus Jones recounts his final mission in the form of a confession to a Catholic priest. The mission begins when Jones's mentor in the CIA, Dietrich, informs him that his next assignment is to gather intelligence for the possible prosecution of American citizens Frank Smith, an arms dealer, and John Redvale, a hedge fund manager.
Action, Dystopian, Science fiction, thriller film
John Bolen is the new substitute teacher at a high school in Bend, Oregon. After seeing punks ditching class, he confronts them. When the lead punk pulls a knife, John uses martial arts to dispatch the students.
Adventure, Drama, Science fiction, thriller film
On September 4, 1939, the British ocean liner RMS Goliath, carrying 1,860 passengers, is torpedoed by a German U-boat and sinks within minutes while on a transatlantic crossing to the United States three days after the outbreak of war. Scientists aboard a research ship in 1981 discover the wreck of the Goliath lying upright in 1,000 feet (305 m) of water, and divers are sent down to investigate the wreck. Oceanographer Peter Cabot (Mark Harmon) hears systematic banging and music coming from the ship and is shocked to see the face of a beautiful young woman (Emma Samms) inside a porthole.
Drama, thriller film
Comedy horror, Drama, mystery film
A mysterious criminal by the name of "The Bat" eludes police and then finally announces his retirement to the country. In the countryside near the town of Oakdale, news of a bank robbery in Oakdale has put Mrs. Van Gordner's maid, Lizzie, on edge.
Action, mystery film, Science fiction, thriller film
Ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes up in the back of a moving van next to a young tied-up boy, Alex, who is being held prisoner. Strangely, the boy seems to think Reeve is the kidnapper though he has no memory of ever having seen the boy before, and looking at his watch, he last remembered it being six months previously. After freeing the boy, making a run for it, and attempting to figure out what has happened to him, all he remembers is being at a facility treating his severe PTSD.
Crime, Horror, Noir, thriller film
Slade, a serial killer, is a lodger in a 19th-century family's London home. So is a singer, Kitty Langley, who definitely has caught Slade's eye. The man of the house, Robert Bonting, is recovering from a nervous breakdown caused by business reverses.