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Crime, Drama, Noir
Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he cannot touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. The city's prosecuting attorney Welsh and state police detective Turk are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
Horror, Psychological Thriller
Claire, a lonely hairdresser based in Kansas City, Missouri, is a murderer who discreetly kills and scalps her clients, storing their scalps in her cellar as a way to cope with feelings of self-loathing. Her friend Olivia asks Claire to do her hair for her upcoming wedding, which Claire agrees to. Claire tries to fit in with Olivia's friends, but is mocked for being socially awkward.
Action, Crime, thriller film
A man steps off a ferry. Suspicious he is being watched, he ducks through traffic and avoids his pursuers long enough to swallow a microchip and flee in a car. Unable to elude them, he is rammed off the road and shot, but his murderers are unable to find the microchip.
Crime, thriller film
Sergeant J.J. Striker, a hard-drinking cop, teams up with a hooker to track down a serial killer that kills prostitutes and paints Chinese symbols on his victims.
found footage film, thriller film
Action, thriller film
Former special forces agent Nero, has moved to a beachside in Rosarito Beach in Baja California with his son Taylor. His wife died some time ago. One day, Nero is shot by a dart gun and as he awakens, he finds that his son has been kidnapped.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Vincent, a small town loner, contemplates delivering a black duffle bag full of money to a gang leader. On his way home he encounters Roxxy, a young woman, being forced out of her car and hit repeatedly by a man. Vincent hits the man and the two flee together before the police arrive.
Action, Crime, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, thriller film
In 2010, a deadly virus infected everyone on the planet, wiping out 50% of the population. Absolon is a drug regimen that everyone must now take to stay alive. One corporation controls the drug and Murchison (Ron Perlman) is its leader.
Science fiction
The appearance of an unknown "missile-like" object in nearby space leads a European nation (unnamed, but implied to be one of the countries behind the Iron Curtain) to fire a rocket at it. Though the rocket intercepts the unidentified object, the explosion only diverts the missile into an orbit around the Earth. Racing five miles above the earth, tremendous heat from its rocket engine causes widespread devastation of the land below.
Crime, crime thriller film, thriller film
In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever. New girl Kat Carter (Eliza Taylor) befriends classmate Beaver (Webber) in a community where drugs and violence run rampant and realizes how deep the drug problem is.
Erotic Thriller, Horror, independent film, Psychological Thriller, Slasher, thriller film
Debbie Strand is a beautiful psychopath who escapes from the mental institution she was sent off to in the first installment of the series when a female orderly tries to sexually assault her. After a teenage girl who took Debbie in her car dies when retreating from Debbie and accidentally impaling herself, Debbie steals both the girl's identity and her car, and heads off to the college the dead girl was supposed to attend as a freshman. There, Debbie instantly develops a psychotic crush on her dashing writing professor, Dr.
Horror, thriller film
The police investigate a string of murders committed by the Creeper, a mysterious killer with a hideously disfigured face. The Creeper attacks and murders Professor Cushman, a professor from the nearby Hampton University. Later that night, the killer approaches a woman named Joan Bemis in front of her home and identifies himself as Hal Moffet.
Action, Adventure, mystery film, thriller film, Treasure hunt
The film centres on Michael Archer (C. Thomas Howell), a forensic anthropologist who inadvertently discovers a set of subtle clues within the works of Leonardo da Vinci, that, when interpreted correctly, will lead the finder to "enlightenment". Archer, convinced of the authenticity of the clues, sets out to locate the treasure by travelling around the world, following each clue.
thriller film
Gary Fenn is a shrewd advertising executive for a London agency, seeking an elusive modeling type to satisfy a difficult client. He finds her in Hungarian Marla Kugash, an peace activist deep in the bohemian society of Swinging London. She is accompanied by a young man, Tarquin, who is extremely protective of her and overtly aggressive to Fenn.
Horror, thriller film
Two couples - Betty and Johnny, and Jeanne and Pete - vacation at sea together. When the ship's captain passes out drunk, they decide to go to a nearby jungle island. As they depart, Capt.
fantasy film, Science fiction
Unlike the 1980 adaptation, this film discards a significant portion of the plot, some minor characters, and much of the philosophical underpinnings of the book. The alien invasion and the racial equalization were removed for this adaptation. The film takes place in a futuristic society, where a young man named George Orr overdoses using someone else's pharmacy card.
Horror, thriller film
Helen Connelly is a woman whose nephew Michael died 15 years earlier. She is separated from her husband, Doremus. She is close to Michael's brother, Craig.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Businessman Carl Schaffner flees to Mexico with the police hot on his heels after embezzling company funds. He has a fortune stashed in a Mexican bank to keep it out of reach of the British authorities. While travelling by train, Schaffner drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff, who looks like him and has a Mexican passport.
Horror, romance film, thriller film
The film follows Brad, the successful owner of an art gallery he co-owns with his girlfriend Diane. He is also a serial womanizer who treats his one night stands as nothing more than conquests to be won and discarded the next day. This frustrates Diane, who wants him to propose.
Crime, Drama, exploitation film, teen film, thriller film
Paula Parkins leads a gang of bored young women. The gang's core members—besides Paula—are Georgia, Phyllis, and Geraldine ("George", "Phil", and "Gerry" for short). The gang agrees to wreck a school as the request of a local criminal, Sheila.
Animal horror, Horror, monster film, Science fiction
On a restricted side of a Utah mountain, Dr. April Sommers is working to create a new breed of spider with several other scientists. New teen arrival to the ski resort side of the mountain, Chad.
Crime, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
The story begins in London. Alan is a reserved primary school teacher with a romantic bent, moonlighting as a night DJ for a hospital where he plays the work of jazz musicians like Django Reinhardt. Beatrice is a professional thief who gained the moniker B.
thriller film
After the shocking murder of her daughter, a woman turns her high-tech home into a trap for the killer, initiating a deadly cat-and-mouse game where every move can be fatal.