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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 237.

Motorama (1991)

Adventure, Comedy, crime thriller film, Dark Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, mystery film, Road Movie, Science fiction

After a night of hearing his parents fight about the possibility of another mouth to feed and their lives so far, ten-year-old Gus decides to cash out his piggy bank and take off in a stolen Ford Mustang. He plans to collect all the MOTORAMA cards across the country, and claim the grand prize, which might set him up for a promising future. The cards are only available at specific, participating gas stations.

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Dinocroc (2004)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction, thriller film

A large carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Northern Africa, with a head resembling one of a crocodilian, is found which could grow up to 50 feet long. Dr. Campbell (Bruce Weitz) uses its DNA with a modern-day crocodile to create two hybrids of it at Paula Kennedy's Genetic Research Co.

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Cottage to Let (1941)

propaganda film, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film

John Barrington, a talented but eccentric inventor, is working at his Scottish country home on a new bombsight for the RAF. His scatter-brained wife takes in child evacuees from London to be accommodated in a nearby cottage they own. But since Charles Dimble has been let the cottage by an estate agency, Mrs Barrington decides they can only take one evacuee, a cocky teenager named Ronald.

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The Caretaker (2025)

independent film, Psychological horror, thriller film

The Caretaker is a character-driven horror-thriller set at Lockbridge Academy, an isolated school on the coast, run by the powerful aristocratic Aberdeen family. Eddie is a mute, burdened with caring for his cruel ailing mother. While on the cusp of losing his home, he takes a caretaker position at Lockbridge.

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Scream (1981)

Horror, Mysterie, Slasher, thriller film

A group of twelve people on a camping tour of the Rio Grande decide to spend the night in an old ghost town, and an unseen killer begins to dispatch them one by one. On the first night at the stroke of midnight, three of the group are killed in rapid succession: Allen is found hanged; his friends Ross and John are both hacked by a cleaver. In the morning, the nine survivors try to leave, but find their three rubber rafts slashed apart by someone (or something), forcing them to spend another night at the ghost town.

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Blood (2012)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

While trying to solve a vicious murder in a small town, two detectives Joe (Paul Bettany) and Chrissie (Stephen Graham) wind up murdering the suspected perpetrator. What follows brings them on a journey through fear and drives them to turn on each other. All whilst under the gaze of their police force colleague, Robert (Mark Strong).

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Framed (1947)

Drama, Noir, thriller film

Naïve mining engineer Mike Lambert (Glenn Ford) takes a temporary job driving a truck. When the brakes fail while coming down a steep highway, he steers his way through a small town and is lucky to just dent the pickup of Jeff Cunningham (Edgar Buchanan). Jeff demands Mike's employer pay for the damage, but the man refuses.

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Arena (2011)

Action, thriller film

The Deathgames is an illegal web-show featuring a modern day gladiator arena where combatants fight to the death. David Lord (Kellan Lutz), a fireman and paramedic, gets into a terrible car accident with his pregnant girlfriend, Lori (Nina Dobrev), who does not survive the crash. Grief-stricken, David drowns his sorrows at a local bar, while a mysterious woman, Milla (Katia Winter), watches him from afar.

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The Man Between (1953)

Drama, Political Thriller

Susanne Mallison flies into Tempelhof Airport in post-war West Berlin, still open to East Berlin residents before the Berlin Wall is erected. She looks around the war-ravaged city with her sister-in-law Bettina, including the ruins of the Reichstag. After a night in a nightclub they plan to visit the eastern sector the next day.

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Chain Letter (2010)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

The film opens in a garage, with an unconscious teenage girl having her head wrapped in duct tape and her legs chained to the back of two cars. A man and woman walk to the cars and start to drive off, dragging the victim along the ground. The cars are about to take different turns at the end of the driveway when the woman notices the victim, but before she can warn the man, he drives off.

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The Coverup (2008)

crime thriller film

In 1984, Kevin Thacker of Iowa is a repeat drunk driving offender, and when he is taken into the Marshalltown, Iowa, police station and questioned for his latest DUI, he attempts to escape. When he is found deceased in an alley behind the station, the town police report he attempted to jump from the roof of the station to a nearby building, a gap too far for him to clear. He fell, and was killed on impact.

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The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

Comedy, Crime, Detective, Noir

A man calling himself Sam Marlowe has his face altered to resemble that of his idol, Humphrey Bogart, and then opens a detective agency. At first, he and his secretary Duchess have meager business, but things pick up after a shooting puts Sam's picture in the paper. Some ruthless people, including Commodore Alexander and Gena Anastas and Mr.

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The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)

Horror

Motorist Jane Lindstrom has a tire blowout and seeks assistance at an estate owned by the polite and erudite Caligari. After spending the night there, she finds that Caligari will not let her leave; he proceeds to ask some personal questions and shows her pictures that offend her. Prevented by guards from leaving and unable to use the telephone, Jane seeks allies among the other guests.

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Gunn (1967)

Crime, Mysterie, thriller film

When a gangster named Julio Scarlotti is murdered on his yacht, private eye Peter Gunn investigates because Scarlotti once saved the suave gumshoe's life. After Mother's nightclub is bombed, Gunn and his law enforcement buddy, Lieutenant Charles Jacoby, begin to tighten the screws on ambitious hood, Fusco, who aspires to become the city's new kingpin. But eventually the investigation leads to a shock ending for the debonair P.I.

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Kill Switch (2008)

Action, Crime, thriller film

Jacob King is a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, whose brutal methods have gained him a legendary reputation among his colleagues. Seemingly indifferent to the fact his twin brother was murdered in front of him as a child, King investigates a series of brutal killings, most involving young, attractive women. The murderer, Lazerus, leaves cryptic, astrological clues at the crime scenes.

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Cry Terror! (1958)

Crime, Noir, thriller film

Paul Hoplin is a criminal mastermind with a sophisticated blackmail scheme. He intends to extort $500,000 ransom by threatening to blow up a crowded airliner using an explosive device that electronics expert Jim Molner has unwittingly designed for him. Hoplin calls giant 20th Century Airlines and tells them there is a bomb aboard one of their flights, then he and his gang take Molner, wife Joan and young daughter Patty hostage.

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$ (1971)

Action, Caper-Movie, Comedy, comedy thriller, Heist

Taking advantage of West German bank privacy laws, several criminals use safe deposit boxes in a Hamburg bank to store large amounts of illicit cash. These include Las Vegas mobster and attorney Mr. North, a ruthless drug smuggler known as the Candy Man, and a crooked overbearing U.S.

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Until Death (2007)

Action, Drama

New Orleans narcotics detective Anthony Stowe (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a heroin addict who is teetering on the edge of oblivion, and he could not care less. At the moment, he is trying to bring down his former partner Gabriel Callahan (Stephen Rea), who has become a drug kingpin. Callahan is trying to, and slowly succeeding at, taking over the New Orleans underworld.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Crime, Detective, mystery film

Dr. Watson is working as resident physician at Musgrave Manor in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of servicemen suffering from shell shock. When Sally Musgrave displays her feelings for one of the wounded American fighter pilots, Captain Pat Vickery, who is currently recovering at the family estate, her brothers Geoffrey and Phillip are quick to show their dismay.

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Rebirth (2016)

thriller film

Kyle Madison, a suburban husband and father employed by a bank, is unexpectedly visited by Zack, an estranged college friend. Zack invites him to a secretive self-improvement retreat called Rebirth but refuses to explain its purpose. After watching enthusiastic testimonials, Kyle accepts and is transported blindfolded to a derelict industrial complex, only after being challenged by a woman who told him she didn't think he was ready for the experience.

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Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)

Action, Drama, political film, Political Drama, Political Thriller

Billy Jack is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another senator. It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line, but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp which happens to be on the property where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed. His fellow senator, Joseph Paine, claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes in favor, and moves to try to keep Billy Jack out of the way when the bill is being debated.

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