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Noir, Western
Set in New Mexico around the turn of the 20th century and told in flashback, the film tells the story of Jeb Rand, whose entire family was slaughtered when he was a child. In the aftermath of the massacre Jeb is found by Mrs Callum, a widow, who raises him in her family. Traumatized by the killings, Jeb does not recall anything from that night, except for vague images that he sees in a frequent nightmare.
mystery film, Noir, thriller film
In New York City, Jeffrey Andrews is a disheveled, alcoholic novelist, living in a cluttered apartment. He leaves his apartment intoxicated to confront his publisher Henry Small, to settle a pay dispute. At Small's office, Andrews barges past secretary Evelyn Green to meet with Small, who has been conferring with best-selling mystery novelist Lloyd Harrison.
Action, war film
Sergeant Brock and Goldie are American Korean War veterans now serving as French Foreign Legion mercenaries in the First Indochina War. Brock's wife is a "half caste" Chinese-European named "Lucky Legs" who resorts to smuggling to feed her five-year-old son she had with Brock. Brock abandoned her and the baby when he was born with Asian features, feeling a "half breed" would not be welcome in America; an attitude towards miscegenation prevalent at the time.
Action, Animal horror, Horror, mystery film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, television film, thriller film
When marine biologist Steven McKray learns that a friend died in a mysterious shark attack in South Africa, he decides to find out what really happened. Upon arriving in the village, he meets Lawrence Rhodes, a local hotel owner, and scientist Miles Craven, who informs Steven of the mysterious increase in shark attacks in the area. When Steven teams up with his late friend's sister for a fact-finding dive, they make a surprising discovery.
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film
Philip Hannon is a blind playwright who lives in a London flat with a spectacular view over the River Thames between Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross Station. One day, he overhears part of a conversation in a pub that possibly involves a plot to commit a crime. He tries to contact Inspector Grovening, who offers no help, so Hannon, his butler and his American ex-fiancée Jean seek to bring the kidnappers to justice.
Comedy horror, Horror, thriller film
An impatient uncle attempts to calm his rambunctious nephew by telling him three horror stories. The first story tells about a fisherman's son who is sold as a slave to two witches that are trying to resurrect their sister. The second story is about a teenage girl who picks up the medication for her grandmother, which is mixed up with medicine intended for a werewolf.
Action, Drama, thriller film
Asher is an Israeli former Mossad agent turned gun-for-hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man, when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it is too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.
Drama, Mysterie, neo-noir, Psychological Thriller
In the outskirts of rural New Mexico, Frank Kavanaugh, an unconscious man, is discovered by two local ranch hands. Suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, he is rushed to a nearby hospital in a small town called Black Point. Due to the extent of his injuries, Kavanaugh is placed in an intensive care unit under the care of a trauma nurse named Liz.
Action, Drama, romance film, thriller film, war film
In 1929, the existence of the "Tanaka Memorial", a Japanese plan devised by Baron Giichi Tanaka to conquer the world, is published in the Tokyo Chronicle. The Japanese secret police visit the newspaper's headquarters, demanding that editor Nick Condon disclose the source, to which he replies, "The American Press". Ollie Miller, a Chronicle reporter who obtained the original plan, makes plans to take it out of Japan.
Horror, Slasher
A series of murders of rich young women throughout the area of Globe, Arizona, bear the distinctive signature of a serial killer. Clues lead Detective Charles Mendoza to Paul White, a sound expert installing hi-fi systems in wealthy people's homes. His special talent is to make a noise which echoes through the air cavities in his head and shows him where the sound of the speakers should come from and echo in the room.
Horror
After a window washer plunges to his death from a high-rise, several people come to investigate, including security consultant Dennis Randall. He cannot locate a problem, but decides to investigate further when more gruesome deaths take place inside and around the office building. His investigations appear to show a sinister force behind all the deaths, a supernatural entity.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
A group of thieves attempts to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Horror, monster film, thriller film
Struggling sculptor Marcel de Lange is depressed about events in his life, and decides to commit suicide. Just as he is about to kill himself, he sees a madman known as "the Creeper" in the process of drowning and saves him. Taking the disfigured man into his care, he makes him the subject of his next sculpture and calls it his best creation.
buddy cop film, Crime, Drama, neo-noir, thriller film
Two weary, hard-luck private eyes Al Hickey and Frank Boggs are hired to find a missing woman. Their inquiries bring death to almost everyone around them, culminating in a violent conclusion.
thriller film
thriller film
Naomi Bishop is a senior investment banker who deals with IPOs. After her latest project is undervalued she faces professional setbacks including clients losing confidence in her work. To bounce back she is hired to handle the IPO for Cachet, a privacy company with a social networking platform.
Drama, thriller film
Around Christmas time, as a heatwave hits Sydney, an architect is undertaking a housing project for a brash Cockney immigrant developer, which becomes controversial when tenants and squatters refuse to move from houses intended for demolition.
Erotic Thriller, sexploitation film
While working undercover in Skid Row, Los Angeles, police officer Cody and her partner, Sergeant Heineman, witness a stripper named Angel being thrown off a bridge and set on fire. Their investigation leads to Cody posing undercover as a stripper at Rock Bottom, the club where the murdered woman was employed. Despite not being much of a dancer, Cody manages to win an amateur night, after which the club's owner, Ray, offers her a job.
Horror, Mysterie, thriller film
A teenage girl thinks the man next door might be a serial killer. Matters are complicated when he starts dating her mother.
Conspiracy Thriller, mystery film, Science fiction, thriller film
Ruben Castle, a brutish and alcoholic New York City police officer, quits his job and becomes sober, allowing him to reunite with his estranged teenage daughter, Mackenzie. Ruben decides to bring Mackenzie with him to Colorado, where he plans to start a new life. En route, the pair become stranded near the rural small town of Buffalo after their trailer suffers a tire blowout.
Crime, thriller film
Martin Raikes is an American bank investigator who is sent to Monaco to check up on the suspicious financial dealings of a movie production. After the business trip, Martin, who is divorced, will fly to London to visit his daughter. Martin is met by the film company's CFO, Lela Forin, who introduces him to the movie's leading man, washed-up action star Jake Mellows.
Action, crime thriller film, Drama, Martial arts, thriller film
After years as a mob enforcer, Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme) moves from Marseille to Los Angeles and decides to become legitimate so he can spend more time with his wife Cynthia (Lisa King) and son Nicholas (Pierre Marais). Cynthia is a social worker with the INS, helping to process illegal Chinese immigrants. When a ship full of immigrants from Hong Kong is intercepted, she discovers a young girl named Kim (Valerie Tian) among them and decides, against regulations, to bring her home.
Drama, Noir
In the upstairs theatre office, Valerie Stanton, a Broadway actress, tells Gordon Dunning, her producer and former lover, about her intention to marry architect Michael Morrell. Gordon threatens to tell Michael about her previous relationship with him. He grabs Valerie, wanting their relationship to continue.
Action, Action Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime, mystery film
A man named Victor Papas is attacked by two men at his home and burned to death with a flamethrower, along with his girlfriend. Shamus McCoy, a private detective in Brooklyn, New York, receives a request from E.J. Hume, a wealthy man who runs many companies, to find the diamonds that were stolen from Papas as well as about the murderers.