An Insignificant Man (2016)
documentary film, thriller film
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Caught (1949)
Drama, Noir, thriller film
Charm school graduate and model Leonora Eames, who has always dreamed of being rich, foolishly marries a deranged multimillionaire named Smith Ohlrig. Ohlrig has not married for love but in an act of defiance after his psychiatrist tells him he does not think he will marry. The psychiatrist predicts that the marriage will ruin both of them.
The Initiation Of Sarah (2006)
Horror
Twin sisters Sarah and Lindsay Goodwin are excited to attend Temple Hill University, where they will likely join Alpha Nu as their mother Trina was a previous member. Sarah finds herself immediately drawn to Finn, a student adviser that invites them both to Pi Epsilon Delta's rush week party. At the party the sisters are introduced to the Alpha Nu President, Corrine, but Sarah ends up leaving the party in tears after accidentally spilling a drink on Corrine.
Heart of the Hunter (2024)
Action, thriller film
Zuko Khumalo (Bonko Khoza) is a retired South African assassin when he get call from the daughter of an old friend Johnny Klein (Peter Butler) who has been kidnapped while uncovering a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the South African government.
Brooklyn 45 (2023)
Horror, thriller film
On the evening of December 27, 1945, military veterans and lifelong friends Marla Sheridan (Anne Ramsay), Archibald "Archie" Stanton (Jeremy Holm), and Paul DiFranco (Ezra Buzzington) gather for cocktails at the Park Slope, New York home of their close friend and commander Clive "Hock" Hockstatter (Larry Fessenden). Joining them is Marla's husband Bob (Ron E. Rains), a meek Pentagon clerk whom the others look down on for never having seen battle, but who won Marla's heart for not being as brash and violent as other men.
Trancers III (1992)
Science fiction, science fiction action film, thriller film, Time travel
Around 1992, Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is now a successful private detective, catching cheating lovers in the act. However, Jack's life with Lena (Helen Hunt) has gotten rocky and he faces divorce if he cannot clean up his act. Lena agrees to meet for supper to try fix the relationship.
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
Drama, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
Isaac Knott is a successful radio talk show host on a New York City public radio outlet. He lost the use of his legs at the age of eight in an automobile accident that also claimed the lives of his parents. He uses a wheelchair.
El sueño del mono loco (1989)
Erotic Thriller
Screenwriter Dan Gillis becomes involved with a young incestuous brother and sister.
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Crime, Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film
Prison escapee Moose Malloy is looking for his girlfriend Velma Valento, whom he has not seen for five years. Velma was a showgirl at Florian's, a now-defunct nightclub which has become Club 13. Nobody there has heard of Velma and after a frustrated Moose runs amok and kills the manager Montgomery, amateur sleuth Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, takes an interest in the affair.
Lost in the Sun (2015)
Drama, Road Movie, thriller film
Louis, a newly orphaned teenager, becomes John's unlikely accomplice. As they progress on the open road, John drags Louis on a crime spree; committing a string of armed robberies, ultimately causing the pair to forge an unexpected and powerful bond. The story takes the idea of an endless path of a pair of desperados.
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Action, Heist, thriller film
After a World War II-era German submarine that has been missing for 20 years is retrieved in the Bahamas by diver Mark Brittain, the wealthy Rosa Lucchesi and her partner Vic Rossiter, who have been searching for sunken Spanish galleons, hire the submarine. Eric Lauffnauer, a U-boat officer during the war, devises a plan to stage a daring million-dollar heist aboard the British ocean liner while the ship is crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Brittain returns the submarine to operational order with the assistance of his partner Linc and new man Moreno, a war hero and expert with engines.
Ransom (1974)
Crime, Drama, thriller film
A small group of terrorists have seized the British ambassador to the fictitious country of "Scandinavia", and are holding him hostage in his residence. Scandinavia's head of security, Col. Nils Tahlvik, wants to take an uncompromising position, but he is overruled by the governments of both Scandinavia and Britain, who insist that all of the terrorists' demands be met.
Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Drama, Horror, rape and revenge film, thriller film
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1996)
Biography, Drama, thriller film
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
Horror, monster film, thriller film, Werewolf
Following a series of brutal murders committed by what appears to be an animal, Sheriff Vernon Bell asks local adventure writer and former hunter John Weatherby to investigate. Weatherby agrees and finds that the footprints left at the murder site appear to be that of a wolf, but that changed into a bipedal animal while leaving, and the animal has left no scent. Weatherby asks his friend, reclusive big game hunter Byron Douglas, for help, but he declines, stating that he feels the atmosphere of fear the killings create has made the townsfolk "alive" for the first time.
I Saw What You Did (1988)
Horror
Lisa Harris, a popular high school student who is more interested in her boyfriend Louis than getting good grades, is invited to dinner by Kim Fielding, her intelligent classmate who never breaks any rules and has to babysit her sister Julia, since her father is out of town for the night. Feeling she has nothing in common with Kim, Lisa only agrees to come over to meet her boyfriend Louis there. Bored at awaiting his arrival, she joins Kim and Julia in making prank calls.
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
Comedy drama, Satire
Carl Vandermeer is a former Deadhead turned evangelical. He, his wife Gwen and his stepdaughter Angie attend a megachurch, the Church of the Third Millennium, run by the charismatic Pastor Dan Day, who is planning to expand his church into a large Christian community, "City on a Hill". At the start of the film, the Vandermeers attend a debate between Pastor Dan and Professor Paul Blaylock, an outspoken atheist.
Love Crime (2010)
Drama, Psychological Thriller
Isabelle is a young, ambitious, and talented executive working in the Paris office of an American corporation. Her immediate boss is Christine, equally ambitious, who presents Isabelle's work as her own to win a promotion to the firm's New York office. Tired of being upstaged, and with the aid of a sympathetic colleague, Daniel, Isabelle blindsides Christine with a secret project that the New York office enthusiastically endorses.
Return from the Ashes (1965)
Drama, thriller film
Shortly before the German invasion of France, Dr. Michele Wulf encounters the younger Stanislaus Pilgrin over a game of lightning chess, not being aware that Pilgrin is a chess master. She becomes intrigued with the fortune-hunting Pilgrin and the two begin a liaison.
Satan's Sadists (1969)
Action, Horror, thriller film
The plot centers around an outlaw motorcycle gang called the "Satans", who roam the deserts of the Southwestern United States. The gang's leader goes by the name of Anchor, and other members include Firewater, Acid, Muscle, Willie, Romeo and Gina. The gang comes upon two lovers whom they proceed to attack: they beat up the boyfriend and rape the girl.
The Pyx (1973)
Mysterie, thriller film
In Montreal, a woman named Elizabeth Lucy falls to her death from a tenement building. Police arrive on the scene and find a crucifix and a small metal pyx gripped in her hand. Widowed detective Sergeant Jim Henderson is assigned to the case, and soon learns that Elizabeth was a heroin-addicted prostitute.
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
Horror
Actresses and roommates Carol Edwards and Jane Pruitt are among a group of unemployed actors who are assembled by an anonymous producer to appear in a stage play titled The Flesh and Blood Show. The performers arrive at the Dome Theatre, a dreary abandoned theatre on a seaside pier of East Cliff, where they are scheduled to begin rehearsals. Carol and Jane are met by fellow actors John and Tony, as well as Mike, the play's director.
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Crime, Drama
In 1931, outside Kansas City, Missouri, wealthy heiress Barbara Blandish is robbed by three small-time criminals. The trio panic after murdering her boyfriend and kidnap her. At their hideout, the trio are ambushed and killed by mobster Eddie Hagan, who happened to witness the crime, and the rest of the notorious Grissom Gang.
Split Second (1953)
Drama, Noir
Armored car robbers Sam Hurley and Bart Moore escape from a Carson City prison, although Moore is shot in the stomach in the breakout. They are picked up by an accomplice, Dummy, waiting for them on a deserted section of road, who drives them to a gas station where Hurley intends to steal a better car. There he murders the attendant for trying to "play hero" - something Hurley absolutely despises - when the man tries to get the jump on him.