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Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman, Ellie, who is looking for a ride from the city into the Mojave Desert, where her mother Julie lives. Al discovers romance with the free-spirited Julie despite the nearby presence of her boyfriend Boyd, who seems likely to go berserk at any moment. Strange events follow and it's up to Al to find an explanation.
Comedy, Crime, Noir
U.S. Army lieutenant Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) is robbed of a $300,000 payroll by Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles). When Halliday's superior, Captain Vincent Blake (William Bendix), suspects him of having taken part in the theft, Halliday pursues Fiske into Mexico.
Crime, Drama, thriller film, trial film
Crime boss Rusty Pirone is about to stand trial again and Daniel Graham of the district attorney's office is determined this time to put him behind bars. Pirone sends one of his henchmen, a burned-out former corrupt cop named Tommy Vesey, to find a way to get him off the charges. Vesey realizes that a hung jury will lead to an acquittal and he investigates all of the jurors with a view to blackmailing them.
Erotic Thriller, Horror
When Jonathan Ratcliff (Joseph Bottoms) suddenly becomes blind, doctors fit him with an experimental electronic device designed to partially restore his sight. With his renewed vision, he witnesses a murder and must stop a serial killer.
Drama, Horror, Teen Horror Film, thriller film
A figure steals clothes and a crossbow. A guard catches the figure in the act, and he stabs the guard with an arrow. Melody and her friend Susie get jobs at the mall.
Horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Action, Drama, Political Drama, thriller film
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala, a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk, his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane, is having a relationship with a British mining engineer, Jim Keogh, who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house.
Action, Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Claire (Kyra Sedgwick) is a professional hit woman who has been targeted by her own organization. Her boss (Robbie Coltrane) gives her a low level task of retrieving his runaway girlfriend Kitty (Robin Tunney). Once Claire tracks down Kitty, she is unable to stop her from killing the boss' incompetent son (Ethan Embry).
Crime, Horror, Slasher, thriller film
Joan Burrows returns to her hometown of Ovid, Colorado to attend her niece Olympia's high school graduation, but finds herself confronted by her past. Before their graduation is about to occur, a young couple goes missing and within a few days, a mutilated body is found in the water during a town fish festival. This initiates flashbacks in which Joan's dark past is learned.
Horror
Airline agent Claire and Elias pick up Angeli, who is scheduled to be adopted. Upon arriving at Tenement 2, where Angeli's new parents are staying, they only find Tess, Melissa and Domeng. Angeli pleads with Claire to not leave her no matter what happens, and writes a letter to her which is not to be read until a specified time.
Crime, Horror
The film tells over the Beltway sniper attacks, the crimes of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo.
Action, comedy thriller
After retrieving a mysterious parcel for his ex-wife, eccentric down-on-his-luck artist Harry Berg enlists the help of private eye Rachel Dobs when he suddenly becomes embroiled with thugs and a murder investigation. The combination of Harry's many comic eccentricities and Rachel's straight-and-narrow, naive personality ends up working in their favor to help solve the crime.
B movie, Crime, flashback film, Heist
Fred Dorella sits in a dark room, detailing his most recent bank robbery and talking about how he teamed with hardened criminal Johnny Cabot to execute his plan. Cabot plans to take Nancy Wilson, wife of the bank's vice president Ken Wilson, as a hostage. He intends to hold her until Fred calls confirming that they have the ransom money.
Fact-based story of undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.
thriller film
In 1990, middle-aged bachelor David Brower uses Video Rendezvous, a video dating service, while also caring for his irritable dementia-stricken mother, Lucille. His father, Frank, a jazz musician, committed suicide ten years prior. After recording a new tape at Video Rendezvous, David stumbles across a tape entitled Rent-A-Pal in the bargain bin and purchases it.
Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Dystopian, thriller film
In a dystopic future London in 2015, society has fallen apart, gangs have taken over, and the economy is in complete anarchy. Junior and his older brother, Rager, are in charge of a local gang, "The Paper Chaserz". They try to stay out of trouble and refuse to kill as part of their "moral code", which is especially enforced by the strong but defensive Rager.
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Horror, independent film, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
Sometime after the events of the first film, marine biologist Lorena Christmas (Katie Savoy) discovers an egg sac containing a baby Sharktopus in the ocean, left behind by the destruction of the original Sharktopus. Sometime later, Dr. Rico Symes (Robert Carradine), CEO of Symodyne (the company that originally created Sharktopus), releases a barracuda-pterodactyl hybrid creature known as Pteracuda, intended for military use, above the desert against the advice of head of security Hamilton (Rib Hillis).
Action
When the U.S. is tricked into targeting an 'armed' nuclear reactor captured by Chechen rebels, a Chechen leader is killed and rebel leaders capture the nuclear power plant. Painter (Wesley Snipes), a US Special Forces operative, known as 'The Marksman'.
Dark Comedy, Drama, Erotic Thriller, thriller film
Amy (Heather Graham), an obsessive chef, befriends a bulimic former child star Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss) living in the apartment next door, sparking a fiery battle of wills. Unstable Amy wields a spatula like a samurai, and dreams of the day she'll have her own cooking show. As a young girl, Amy was infatuated with a television show starring Saffron, who subsequently vanished into obscurity.
Action, thriller film
Police detective Vickie Stewart goes undercover as a prostitute for a drug operation. Her police sidekick and boyfriend Al searches for drugs along with her. But then the drug operation goes sour, the thugs begin shooting at the police and vehicles begin exploding into flames.
spy film, thriller film
Mace Sowell is a retired DIA agent who believes his life is in danger from his former boss, Admiral Thomas Michelmore, who is now running for President of the United States. Mace has information about the underhand dealings of his erstwhile boss at the DIA which would ruin his Presidential campaign if it ever was released into the public domain. The information is located in cyberspace and is scheduled to be sent to every major newspaper in the western world unless Mace reprograms the mail server remotely from his computer every 24 hours using a special password only he knows.
Comedy drama, Crime, Social Study
Upon release from prison, Bill and his son Karl arrive home at Down Terrace in Brighton. With the help of his wife Maggie, Bill decides to find the rat in his criminal organisation and a tale of recrimination, betrayal and murder ensues. Meanwhile, Karl grows increasingly edgy and uncomfortable with his dysfunctional family.
buddy film, Comedy drama, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Returning from Missouri as a medical school dropout, Meg Kennedy moves to Staten Island, New York City, staying with her grandmother due to not having found a place for herself. With the recommendation of Mrs. Saladino, a woman who looks after Meg's grandmother, Meg takes work at an Italian restaurant, run by Gio Esposito.
Action, thriller film
A former Black Ops soldier searching for his missing daughter uncovers a conspiracy involving a web of corruption in a small town in California. His daughter, a drug addict, was given an overdose by the son of the corruption linchpins, he takes revenge on all concerned.