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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 263.

Blackout (1985)

Crime, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

In Ohio, Lucy Vincent and her three children are found brutally murdered following a birthday party. Her husband, Ed Vincent, is missing and is believed to be the killer. Veteran homicide detective Joe Steiner is assigned to the case, but with Vincent missing, the case goes cold.

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Preservation (2014)

Horror, thriller film

Hoping to escape their own troubles, Wit (Wrenn Schmidt), her husband Mike (Aaron Staton), and his brother Sean (Pablo Schreiber) decide to head out into a secluded forest preserve on a hunting trip. Mike is hoping that this will help Sean deal with his PTSD while Wit is hoping that she can rekindle her sagging relationship with Mike, who seems to be more interested in spending time on his cellphone than with her. Once they reach their destination the trio is undeterred by signs proclaiming that the preserve is closed and they continue on with their vacation unabated.

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Break Up (1998)

thriller film

After blacking out in a violent domestic battle, Jimmy awakens in the hospital to learn that her abusive husband, Frank, has died in a fiery crash, and that she is the prime suspect. As the police focus on building their case against Jimmy, she uncovers evidence indicating that Frank may not only still be alive, but getting away with murder. Jimmy, in a daring escape from police custody, races towards a final confrontation with justice and revenge.

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Deadly Voyage (1996)

Biography

Aboard the cargo ship MC Ruby, docked in New York City, six stowaways burst from one of the containers being unloaded. They flee from the ship, but are apprehended by dock workers and the New York police. The MC Ruby's Ukrainian crew watches the detention with some amusement, but the ship's captain and his first mate, Ion Plesin, are displeased, aware that the illegal immigrants will cost the shipping company hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

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The Liquidator (1965)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, spy film, thriller film

During the Allies' occupation of Paris late in World War II, bumbling tank corps Sergeant "Boysie" Oakes stumbles when responding to a fellow Englishman's call for help, and unwittingly shoots and kills two men attempting to assassinate British Intelligence Major Mostyn. A grateful Mostyn mistakenly believes Oakes is a born killer. Twenty-one years later, Mostyn (then a colonel in British Intelligence) and his boss are in trouble due to a series of embarrassing security leaks.

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A House in the Hills (1993)

Drama, Erotic Thriller

Alex is an aspiring actress, working as a waitress to make ends meet while she prepares to audition for a TV soap opera. To earn some extra money, she agrees to house-sit the home of friends for the weekend. The friends feel obligated to let Alex know that a robbery and murder has recently taken place at the house next door.

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Sioux City (1994)

Mysterie, mystery film

Dr. Jesse Rainfeather Goldman (Lou Diamond Phillips) is an emergency room doctor living with his adoptive Jewish parents Douglas (Adam Roarke) and Leah Goldman (Melinda Dillon) in Beverly Hills, California. Going maverick with another physician's patient by removing her from all prescribed medications, he is put on forced leave instead of a suspension, effective after his shift is over.

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Slapface (2021)

Horror, thriller film

Lucas and his neglectful older brother Tom live alone in a rundown home after the death of their mother, who took them away from their abusive father. They play a "game" called Slapface, which involves them slapping each other violently in the face, and Lucas's only "friends" are Donna, Rose and Moriah, a trio of female bullies. One day, Lucas is forced by the trio to explore an abandoned house by the trio for "stalking" Moriah, one of the bullies, who he has a crush on.

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The Last of the Finest (1990)

Action, Crime, Drama

The film opens at Canyon Park where LAPD narcotics Detective Lieu. Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy) is coaching fellow unit members Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Paxton) during a flag football game. After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Henry Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust.

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Sugar Cookies (1973)

Erotic Thriller, pornographic film

When an attractive young model (Lynn Lowry) is tricked into committing suicide on camera by her pornographer boyfriend, her lesbian partner (Mary Woronov) has a vengeful plan: with the help of an exact lookalike of her lover, she hatches a scheme to take down the sleazy drug dealer for good.

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Body (2015)

thriller film

Three college-age girls, Holly, Cali, and Mel, become bored when they return home for the holidays. Cali convinces the others that they should go to her uncle's house, where they can party. Mel and Holly are hesitant at first, but ultimately agree to go with Cali.

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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)

Adventure, Horror, mystery film, thriller film

The English archaeologist Howard Carter and his financier, Lord Carnarvon discover the tomb of Tut-Ench-Amun after years of search. Unscrupulous art collector Sebastian is after the legendary sarcophagus from within the tomb. Rumors abound of a curse that befalls anyone who disturbs the grave.

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Imagining Argentina (2003)

Drama

The movie is set during the Dirty War in 1970s Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the military government is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a dissident journalist, is kidnapped by the secret police to join the ranks of the 'disappeared'. Cecilia had earlier published a provocative article in her outrage over the disappearance of students protesting bus fares.

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Diplomatic Courier (1952)

Drama, propaganda film, Secret Agent

In post-World War II Europe, Mike Kells returns to Paris from a courier mission but is reassigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his Navy friend Sam Carew, who will pass him a top-secret document on a train-station platform. On the flight, Mike meets Joan Ross. At the railway station, Sam, tailed by two men, is forced to ignore Mike, who boards the same train.

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Wishcraft (2002)

Comedy, Horror, Mysterie, thriller film

A high school student named Brett Bumpers (Weston) receives a mysterious package one day. It contains a bull penis totem with a note explaining that it will grant him three wishes. His first wish is for Samantha (Alexandra Holden) to go to a spring dance with him.

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Iron Doors (2010)

Mysterie, thriller film

A man (Axel Wedekind) wakes up in a strange concrete vault after a night of drinking and realizes he is trapped. With the help of an unlikely companion (Rungano Nyoni) who is also trapped, they must find a way out before they starve to death.

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A for Andromeda (2006)

Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

The plot centres on a group of scientists who detect a radio signal from another galaxy that contains instructions for the design of an advanced computer. When the computer is built, it gives the scientists instructions for the creation of a living organism named Andromeda, but one of the scientists, John Fleming, fears that Andromeda's purpose is to subjugate humanity.

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Blast (2004)

Action, Comedy, thriller film

A terrorist, Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones), posing as an environmentalist protester leads a team of highly skilled mercenaries to take control of an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over the United States, striking a sort of "new Pearl Harbor" attack on behalf of enemies to the nation. What Kittredge didn't count on is a tugboat captain, Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin), who survives an attack on his ship, and is soon recruited by an FBI agent (Vivica A. Fox) to infiltrate the oil rig and procure information about their plans, and if possible, stop them.

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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

Crime, Drama, historical film, neo-noir

In the film, Karl Hulten (Kiefer Sutherland) is an American GI who is stalking the black market of London after stealing an army truck and going AWOL. There he meets up with Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd), a stripper with a deluded fantasy world view formed by watching a steady stream of Hollywood film noir and gangster pictures. Seeing Karl, who claims he is "Chicago Joe" doing advance work in London for encroaching Chicago gangsters, Betty takes the opportunity to set her fantasies to life as she connives Karl into a spree of petty crimes.

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