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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 261.

The Harvest (1993)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Charlie Pope (Miguel Ferrer) is a writer who goes to Mexico to write the ending of the plot for a movie. In Mexico he is attracted to a woman, Natalie (Leilani Sarelle). They go together to a beach where when she goes away to swim, he is attacked and wakes up five days later.

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Panic Button (2011)

Horror, thriller film

Four young people win the competition of a lifetime; Jo (Scarlett Alice Johnson), Max (Jack Gordon), Gwen (Elen Rhys) and Dave (Michael Jibson) head off on an all expenses paid trip to New York, courtesy of the social network All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience. An animated alligator on-screen asks them a series of personal questions that they are supposed to answer truthfully.

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Pterodactyl (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, kaiju, mockbuster, Science fiction, thriller film

After a long dormant volcano suddenly becomes active again, a nest of mysterious eggs are unearthed and begin to hatch, revealing themselves as prehistoric pterodactyls. A trio of hunters, scouting the Turkish–Armenian border are suddenly attacked by a pterodactyl. While defending themselves, they become outmatched and are all killed.

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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Drama, Horror

The British Carter family (Peter, Sally and 9-year-old daughter Jean) have just moved to a small Canadian town, following Peter's appointment as school principal. One night, Jean appears restless and disturbed, and confides to her parents that earlier that day while playing in a local wood, she and her friend, Lucille, went into the house of an elderly man who asked them to remove their clothes and dance naked before him in return for some sweets, which they did and Jean doesn't believe they did anything wrong. But her parents are appalled by what they hear and decide to file a complaint.

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Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)

Crime Comedy, mystery film

The film is set in Manhattan, New York City. The plot concerns the efforts of a woman (Fawcett) and her lover (Bridges) to find the murderer of her husband before they are accused of it themselves. The story's climax takes place in the toy department and Santa's house of Macy's famous department store.

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Blastfighter (1984)

Action, thriller film

Jake "Tiger" Sharp (Michael Sopkiw) is a former policeman who seeks revenge after his wife is murdered. After killing the murderer, Sharp is sentenced to seven years in prison. Upon release Jake is given an SPAS-12 Shotgun by his old friend Jerry in order to wreak vengeance upon the crooked attorney responsible for sending him away.

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Figures in a Landscape (1970)

Action, Drama, mystery film, war film

Two men run across a beach at dawn with their hands tied behind their backs. After several shots of a helicopter frantically searching the landscape, it becomes apparent that the two men are escapees of some kind. It is later revealed that their names are MacConnachie and Ansell.

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My Blood Runs Cold (1965)

thriller film

After a car accident, Julie meets a stranger who tells her he is in love with her. The young man, Ben Gunther, believes he and the young woman, Julie Merriday, are the reincarnations of lovers from an earlier time. Ben calls Julie 'Barbara' and gives her a gold locket with her picture in it.

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The Devil's Rock (2011)

Horror, monster film, Satanism, Science fiction, Vampire, war film

On 5 June 1944, a unit of New Zealand commandos are sent to the Channel Islands on sabotage and distraction raids, to draw the German military's attention away from Operation Overlord, planned landings in Normandy. Captain Ben Grogan and Sergeant Joe Tane land by canoe on a fortified beach on Forau Island. Heading inland, they hear distant screaming and gunfire.

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Love at Large (1990)

Crime, mystery film, romance film

Set in a present that feels more like the past, awkward Harry Dobbs is an inept private detective surrounded by mysterious and dangerous dames. Among them is his angry girlfriend, Doris, and the suspicious women he encounters on his latest case. In a nightclub, the sultry Miss Dolan hires the private eye to follow her lover, Rick, who might be trying to kill her.

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The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

Crime, Drama, Mysterie

The story is a thriller that revolves around the Lebanon family who live at Mark’s Priory. Lady Lebanon tells her son, William, Lord Lebanon that he must marry his cousin Isla Crane to continue the family line. However, William has no intention of marrying Isla and matters are made more complicated due to Isla falling in love with an architect, Richard Ferraby, who has come to Mark’s Priory to draw up renovation plans.

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Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976)

Drama, thriller film

During a major snow storm, Transcon Airways Flight 602, Boeing 727 airliner piloted by Captain Pete Douglas (David Janssen), First Officer Stan Burkhart (Christopher George) and Second Officer Mike Fuller (Don Meredith) on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, makes a scheduled stop in Salt Lake City. Greco (Marjoe Gortner), a two-time killer in the custody of Sam Riese, a Federal Marshal (Broderick Crawford) comes aboard. Among the passengers are Burkhart's girlfriend, nurse Susan McKenzie (Margaret Blye) and Joseph Mannheim (Ray Milland) a disillusioned and possibly disgraced medical doctor drowning his problems with scotch.

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Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970)

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Erotic Thriller, sexploitation film

The film begins with a monotone narration about the developing evil of marijuana in modern society and the need for vigilance in stopping the actions of the "pushers" and the "smugglers". Harry, a small town border sheriff, lives at the site of a defunct silver mine with his girlfriend Cherry, an Englishwoman who works as a nurse. The blonde Raquel is a writer and works to sexually pleasure the local men for the enjoyment of it.

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The Two-Headed Spy (1958)

Drama, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film

In 1939, Alex Schottland, a colonel in charge of supplies in the German Army, is a long-entrenched British agent planted toward the end of the First World War. He is growing weary of being a spy, but is urged to continue by his friend and fellow British agent, Cornaz, who is posing as an antique dealer. In 1941 Schottland passes on information that Germany is about to invade the Soviet Union.

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A Reflection of Fear (1972)

Horror, LGBTQ-related film, mystery film, thriller film

The film is set in an alienated mansion in Eastern Canada that houses Marguerite, 15, the main protagonist, her mother Katherine and her maternal grandmother, Julia. Marguerite suffers from what appears to be paranoia as is apparent when she is shown talking to her dolls, especially one named Aaron or an amoeba collected from a pond, or painting unsettling pictures in seclusion. She also takes daily shots of what she believes is insulin, although the labels have been removed.

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Lady Beware (1987)

Erotic Thriller, thriller film

Katya Yarno (Diane Lane), an ambitious window-dresser whose designs highlight sexy, slightly kinky themes, secures a job at Horne's department store when the store's boss, Charles Thayer (Edward Penn), is impressed by her portfolio. As she works to construct her first display, a crowd gathers outside to watch, and Jack Price (Michael Woods) takes notice of her. He swiftly grows obsessed and stays until late into the evening to watch her work, then follows her home and spies on her through her apartment window.

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Brown's Requiem (1998)

Crime, neo-noir, thriller film

Fritz Brown is a disgraced former LAPD officer now working as a private investigator, part-time repo man and struggling on-the-wagon ex-alcoholic. Fritz is hired by an obese caddy named Freddy 'Fat Dog' Baker, supposedly to keep tabs on Fat Dog's sister, Jane. In the course of his investigation, Fritz learns that Jane is indeed living with an elderly millionaire named Solly Kupferman, and that their relationship is odd at best.

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I Witness (2003)

Action, thriller film

On his last assignment prior to resigning, burned out human rights activist James Rhodes arrives in Tijuana to help oversee local union elections, which are occurring in a chemical factory built by a US corporation, an election tainted with violence. While there, he becomes embroiled in the investigation of a mass murder in what appears to be a drug runners' tunnel on the Tijuana/San Diego border, which was casually discovered. He teams up with a local honest street cop and a US official all under the watchful eye of State Department attache, eager to pin the killings on a drug cartel.

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Broken (2006)

Drama, thriller film

Hope (Heather Graham) is a night shift waitress who has made several mistakes in her life. She leaves Ohio for Los Angeles, trying to make a living as an entertainer. The film jumps back and forth between her arrival in LA to her present life as a waitress.

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Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)

Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film

Sonny Stein (Richard Jaeckel), learns while working as a marine salvager in the Philippine Islands, that he has a connection with mako sharks. He is given a medallion by a Filipino shaman that protects him from sharks when he is among them. Having become alienated from society, Stein lives alone in a small stilt house offshore of Key West, Florida.

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The Upturned Glass (1947)

Drama, Noir, Psychological Thriller

Michael Joyce, a Harley Street brain specialist, unhappily married and separated from his wife, falls in love with Emma Wright when she brings her young daughter Ann for consultation. Unfortunately, neither is free to marry, so the affair ends almost as soon as it begins. Later, however, Emma dies after a fall from her country manor's second-storey bedroom window.

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¡Tintorera! (1977)

Adventure, Animal horror, Horror, thriller film

Steven, a U.S.-born Mexican businessman, arrives in a Mexican resort village on a yacht anchored offshore. One of the local fishermen and the caretaker of the yacht, Colorado, takes Steven with him when he goes to haul in the sharks he has caught. Steven is annoyed to find that another shark has taken a huge bite out of one of them.

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