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Action, spy film, thriller film
CIA operative Connolly assigns Sabrina, the leader of a group of five shapely female operatives individually selected by a computer. Code named the Doll Squad, they thwart the efforts of a madman who formerly worked alongside Sabrina as a fellow CIA agent who has become an entrepreneur to overthrow world governments. His plan is to release rats infected with bubonic plague.
Action, Horror, Werewolf
The story takes place in 1851 in a small Spanish village apparently plagued by what we would now call a serial killer, as corpses are discovered bearing both savage mutilation and precise surgical incisions. Clues point toward Manuel Romasanta, who confesses to the crimes, but claims that he is a victim of lycanthropy. A scientist, Professor Philips, argues that Romasanta suffers not from a supernatural curse but from a mental disorder.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
Erik Berger is a reticent, socially withdrawn man who has been working for 20 years in the same Post Office in a Swedish town, not socializing with colleagues and interested only in his wife Helen and son. In contrast his workmate Andersson is loud and gregarious, seeing himself as the office joker although his treatment of more junior staff sometimes verges on the malicious. A violent hold-up – heard, but not shown on screen – takes place, during which the office supervisor is shot dead and Andersson suffers a head injury which knocks him out and leaves him concussed.
Noir, thriller film
New Orleans big-band clarinetist Stan Grayson experiences a nightmare in which he sees himself killing a man in a mirrored room, while in the background haunting dirge-like music plays. He awakens to find blood on himself, bruises on his neck and a key from the dream in his hand. Grayson tells his brother-in-law, police detective Rene Bressard, about the problem but is dismissed.
thriller film
The film tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt.
Drama
Led by Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, several German High Command officers plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government, with the ultimate intention of surrendering their country to the Allies. Stauffenberg manages to plant a bomb, hidden in his briefcase, in Hitler's battlefield headquarters. By sheer luck, Heinz Brandt unwittingly moves the briefcase slightly, and Hitler survives the subsequent blast.
Drama, Science fiction, thriller film
Kyle, Sonia, and Michael are inmates at a rehabilitation facility. Bob, the administrator, tasks them with apologizing to those they have hurt with their addiction. When Kyle attempts to apologize to his teenage sister Charlotte, she angrily blows him off, and the principal kicks him off school grounds.
Action, Horror, independent film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, Superhero, thriller film
The film opens with Charge/John (Trost), Cutthroat/Ben (Till), The Wall/Charlie (Valmassy), and Shadow/Jill (Merkley), waking up in a seemingly abandoned town, all bearing strange injection marks on their wrists. They soon discover television sets through which their nemesis, Rickshaw, whom the group thought Charge had defeated some time ago, explains to them that he has staged a game all across town with innocents' lives at stake, and that he has also taken away their powers. To prove this, he executes a civilian near Cutthroat's location, then instructs the heroes to head to a meeting ground.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Joe Norson lives with his wife and her parents in New York City. He has lost his gas-station job and found work as a part-time mailman. Because he wants the best for his pregnant wife Ellen, Joe rationalizes stealing what he thinks is $200 from a lawyer's office on his route.
Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, thriller film
In medieval Spain, a witch named Mamba was tortured and skinned alive as punishment for her crimes. Her skin and organs were then used to make a cursed game named after her. The player who wins the game is granted a wish; however, the player who loses the game is killed in a fashion predicted by the game.
Action, Crime
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and masked mystery villain the Spider/the Lame One (both names are used) and his Spider Ring. In the process of committing various crimes, including using his flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "speed plane", The Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr.
Drama, thriller film
Quinn's character, a jaded ex-lawyer, has been befriending and exploiting death row convicts and selling their final letters to the media. While attempting to foster his relationship with Nielsen's character, he becomes convinced that she is innocent.
Drama, Horror, romance film, Slasher
After being released from the institution in Québec where she was placed in after suffering a mental breakdown, housewife Alice Jarett relocates to another part of Canada with her husband Martin, a professor. The house the couple moves into was never finished, so Martin hires a cheap construction crew to complete it. One night, Alice is awakened by hammering in the basement, caused by a carpenter she had not seen with the rest of the crew.
Animal horror, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
Stressed by marital breakdown and alcohol problems, Dr. Ben Cahill freezes up under pressure in the emergency room. He is forced into taking a break by his superior and decides to unwind for a few months in the house his ex and he bought on Orr island, a fishing community off the coast of Maine.
Comedy, Drama, thriller film
While running through the streets of Oxford to attend the bestowing of an honorary degree on the Prime Minister, Mr. Sebastian runs into model and former Oxford mathematics student Rebecca (Becky) Howard. After insulting Sebastian on the spot, Becky is intrigued by him and follows him to the ceremony.
Comedy drama, Drama, Science fiction, Superhero
Comic book fan Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) signs up for an experimental antidepressant. Dr. Dobson (Jack Kehler) instructs him to take one pill per day.
Action, Adventure, Drama, thriller film
The film follows a barefoot poacher named Desiree Thibodeau who lives deep in the swampland. Ben Bracken and Deputy Billy Boy find Desiree trapping alligators and chase her, looking to rape her. Desiree outsmarts the two men.
Horror, thriller film
The movie is set in the town of Woodscreek, Iowa and narrated via voice over throughout by a twelve-year-old girl named Jessica Ann. One afternoon, her mother, known as Mrs. Sterling, visits the McKinley Elementary School Jessica Ann attends to meet with her teacher, Mrs.
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film
The film centers around a series of deadly shark attacks in New Jersey. Drilling for a new park attracts rare sharks which slowly devour the tourists. In the middle of the movie, the character "Nookie" is invited over to a yacht party which turns deadly as the sharks attack the vessel.
Biography, Drama, historical drama, thriller film
exploitation film, monster film, Science fiction, thriller film
Feminine hands with huge, spider-like claws caress "Doc" Tucker. The hands belong to spider woman Tarantella and a brief kiss between her and Tucker ends with his lifeless body collapsing. A disembodied voice asks the audience: "Have you ever been kissed by a girl like this?" American oil surveyor Frank and his Mexican assistant Pepe find Grant Phillips and Doreen wandering the Muerto Desert on the US–Mexico border, suffering from extreme dehydration and exposure, and take them to an oil company field hospital.
thriller film
A young Romanian woman from a small town meets a man claiming to be a film director and he convinces her to come to Rome for auditions. This is a ruse and she is instead lured into a life of prostitution in Italy and then sold by her pimp to a man who intends to torture her and another young woman in a snuff movie.
Drama, Horror, thriller film
Emily Walton is a young woman with psychosomatic blindness caused by a car accident that killed her mother. Emily is trying to adjust to her blindness and at the same time is being smothered by her father. On Mischief Night, when her father goes out on a date leaving her alone, she is terrorized by a hooded figure.
Action, Destiny, Drama, Family Drama, thriller film
Paul Stanton (Mulroney) and his wife Diane (Diane Kruger) are a couple whose daughter is dying from a rare degenerative lung condition. The only thing that can save her life is a lung transplant from an organ donor. The movie starts when the donated lung fails to arrive correctly.