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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 254.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
While driving on a cross-country summer trip, two UCLA students, Cathy and Diane, get a flat tire in a rural Southern community. A local, George, helps the women put on the spare tire, during which they are confronted by the local sheriff, Slim Danen, who is standoffish toward the women. The women again rebuff Danen at a diner while getting their car fixed.
Drama, Noir, thriller film
An older woman, Queenie, frets to her husband, Osbert Sorenson, about calling the police. The husband unplugs the ringing phone, and a woman can be heard sobbing and yelling from the other room. The couple come inside to find Drummy, and discuss whether or not they should call the police.
Comedy, comedy thriller, Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Three college students, Toby, Casey, and Jude, start up a bookie business taking bets from various clients. Their business immediately booms, arousing suspicion among local campus authorities and Toby's girlfriend, Hunter. They subsequently are able to purchase many expensive items such as big-screen televisions and new computers to help them manage their complex business.
Science fiction, thriller film
Claire Rivers is a desperate writer struggling with writer's block, so she travels to a fully enclosed rural compound for a retreat that is fully controlled by A.I. However, a glitch turns the whole residence into a torturous prison. Malware locks Claire in her cabin, leaving her assigned android assistant Rita as the only one capable of unlocking the door.
Comedy, spy film, teen film, thriller film
17-year-old Lance Elliot is a summer intern at a US government department known as the Agency, on a youth agent scouting internship promotional program ran by Agency department head Maggie Lomax. Living with his single mother and his younger juvenile brother Billy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while aspiring to become a secret agent spy, Lance at heart is an everyday teenage high school boy, who is also seeking to make the most of his summer vacation in his quiet and peaceful if uneventful hometown, and can't wait for his 18th birthday for his independence. At the same time, madman millionaire computer virus designer, Cashpot, and his…
Drama, Mysterie, thriller film
In the late 17th century, Colonel Jaffrey Pyncheon falsely accused a poor carpenter, Matthew Maule, of witchcraft. Maule was hanged. Pyncheon took his land and built the luxurious Pyncheon home on it.
Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film
thumb|thumbtime=20|The Unholy Three (1930) A sideshow is closed by the police after Tweedledee, the embittered "Twenty Inch Man", kicks a young boy, starting a riot. Echo, the ventriloquist, proposes that Tweedledee, the strongman Hercules, and he leave and, as "The Unholy Three", use their talents to commit crimes. Echo also takes along his pickpocket girlfriend Rosie and his gorilla, whom Hercules fears.
Western
To exact revenge on the men who killed her family and raped her, Selina Stevens (Sage Mears) enlists bounty hunter Frank Allison (Barry Van Dyke), to teach her the art of gunfighting.
spy film, thriller film
British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday wartime job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the chemical plant where it is being manufactured.
Crime, thriller film
The story begins with Neilson's robbery at Heywood Post Office in Greater Manchester on 16 February 1972. Neilson loses his black-hooded mask after a fight with the owner, but manages to escape. He later travels home to his wife and teenaged daughter, who are unaware of his criminal activity.
Horror, Science fiction
The Talos Corporation, a scientific research facility located in New Jersey, is tasked with experimenting on mysterious alien tissue provided by the United States government. Dr. Michael Foster and his lover Dr.
Crime, Science fiction, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film
Groundstar space project technician John Welles attempts to steal miniaturized rocket fuel system plans from the project's computer facility. His attempt goes awry and he is badly disfigured in an explosion he set and barely escapes. He stumbles to the nearby vacation home of Nicole Devon, and collapses.
found footage film, Horror, thriller film
Emma Taylor, a graduate student, moves to New York City for a fresh start after her recent break-up with her boyfriend Alex. After settling into her new Brooklyn apartment, someone begins anonymously hacking all her electronic devices and watching her through the cameras. One day, while attending college, Emma meets Michael, who asks her out.
thriller film
The ill and fragile millionaire, Henry Clavering, a yoga enthusiast and collector of Oriental objects, organises an evening to display his ability to go into a Yogic trance. He tells his audience that any noise could bring about his death. A picture falls from the wall and he slumps over in his chair and is pronounced dead.
Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film
After a truck carrying a rare species of tropical rattlesnake crashes, the snakes escape into the wild. Twenty years later the snakes have bred with native rattlesnakes to create a highly aggressive and lethal new species that begin to slowly overrun the southern California town of San Vicente. After the deaths of several residents of a housing development, local fire chief Vic Rondelli tries to convince the city government that the snakes are a serious threat despite opposition from Max Farrington, a land developer more interested in finishing his work than the people's safety.
Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=5|The Unholy Three (1925) Three performers leave a sideshow after Tweedledee, a midget performer, assaults a young heckler and sparks a melee. The three join together in an "unholy" plan to become wealthy. Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, assumes the role of Mrs.
pornographic film, thriller film
A man named Bob Bellings rapes a woman in her apartment, then fatally bludgeons her with an ashtray. The next day, Bob goes to work at his office, where he watches a newscast in which a psychiatric expert explains that women should not resist being sexually assaulted, as that is what most predators want, and that 89% of surveyed women admitted to wanting to be raped at least once in their lives. One of Bob's fellow employees (who are all female) later teases him in a sexual manner, which prompts Bob into going out for his break, during which he stalks and has sex with a woman.
Drama, historical drama, Historie, thriller film
Horror, thriller film
Diane, a former fashion model, meets Harry, a wealthy dentist and playboy. After a whirlwind romance, she decides to accompany Harry to party at his remote lakeside country house on a November weekend. En route in Harry's Corvette, Diane asks Harry to let her drive.
Action, Drama, musical film, mystery film, thriller film
Snipes starts off with a young man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania named Erik looking up to a local rapper named Prolifik. Erik works for the Hype Studio as part of its street promo team, putting up posters around the city of Hype's newest artist, Prolifik. He frequently speaks with Cheryl who also works at Hype Studio.
Horror, Slasher, thriller film
In 1989, a young boy attempts to escape from Cunningham Hall Mental Facility before getting hit by a car. Years later, psychiatric intern Clark Stevens arrives to Cunningham Hall to train before he can graduate to medical school. Inside, he meets some of the patients and is welcomed by Nurse Betty, who gives him keys and a walkie-talkie before taking him to the director of the facility, Dr.
Crime, mystery film, Noir, thriller film
One of the world’s richest men, Victor Danemore, dies suddenly of a heart attack at his palatial estate on the French Riviera. His secretary, Dave Bishop (Robert Mitchum), is repeatedly asked by a diverse cast of characters whether or not the man spoke any last words before dying. Though he did not, nobody seems satisfied with that answer.
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, fantasy film, Ghost, Horror, monster film, mystery film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, supernatural horror film, television film, thriller film
When a great white shark eats the potential catch of a sport fisherman, the man and his daughter violently retaliate by sadistically torturing and killing the shark. The shark's corpse then sinks to the bottom of an underwater cave. It is subsequently resurrected as a ghost due to the cave's mysterious paranormal properties.
Horror, thriller film
An unnamed man is sitting in a psychiatrist's office, being released from an insane asylum. His doctor, Dr. Karl Truftin (Don McManus), recaps how the man sacrificed his three friends during a mountain climbing expedition, cutting their climbing ropes in order to save himself.