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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 290.

Street Smart (1987)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

Jonathan Fisher, a struggling magazine reporter in New York City, is having difficulty pitching a story to his editor, Ted Avery. Frustrated and worried about his career prospects, he finally pitches a profile on a real-life street pimp, which Ted finds intriguing but gives him a very narrow deadline to meet. Jonathan pays a prostitute for her time, an upbeat former beautician nicknamed Punchy, but finds himself stonewalled by her fear-based loyalty to her pimp, Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.

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Cherry Crush (2007)

Drama, thriller film

Photographer Jordan Wells (Jonathan Tucker) is the son of a very wealthy family which have high expectations for him to take over his father's company. Instead, he has an infatuation with the natural beauty of a woman's naked body and engages in it by taking photos of nude models but excluding their faces for the sake of privacy, with their names known as the name of their favorite shade of lipstick. Unfortunately, the dean of his prep school finds out about his hobby and expels him.

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Lifepod (1993)

Adventure, Christmas film, Science fiction, thriller film

On Christmas Eve 2169 AD, a ship traveling through space suffers a critical malfunction. Eight passengers and crew escape to a lifepod, just before the spaceship explodes, killing all others on board. The survivors attempt to broadcast a distress signal and wait for rescue.

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The Severed Arm (1973)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

Jeff Ashton is at home when a mail carrier delivers a strange package. Upon opening the wrapped item, Ashton is horrified to see it contains a severed human arm. He immediately contacts his friend, Doctor Ray Sanders, and the two discuss an incident five years before when, as part of a group of cave explorers, they were trapped by a cave-in.

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Hellbreeder (2004)

Horror, mystery film

English police are baffled after a number of children are brutally murdered. Alice (Uphill) takes a profound interest in the murders as her own son, Daniel, was killed years ago and she is haunted by recurring nightmares. The event replays in her mind, as she remembers walking her son home late one night when they stop to rest on a park bench.

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Mr. Ricco (1975)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

A murder charge is dropped against San Francisco black militant Frankie Steele, who is represented by liberal attorney Joe Ricco. Two police officers are then gunned down. An eyewitness, the young son of a friend of Ricco's, identifies Steele as the man he saw leaving the scene of the crime.

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October Gale (2014)

Drama, thriller film

Helen Matthews (Patricia Clarkson), is a widow still grieving the untimely death of her husband, James (Callum Keith Rennie). Against the wishes of her son, Helen insists on going to the boat access island cottage she and her husband used as a vacation home. Early the next morning, Helen leaves the cabin's dock, travelling up Georgian Bay to get groceries.

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Fender Bender (2016)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

Hilary (Makenzie Vega), a 17-year-old girl, gets into a fender bender shortly after obtaining her driver's license. She innocently provides all of her information to the other driver (Bill Sage). When Hilary returns home, her parents are angry at her, though the stranger rear-ended her.

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Circus (2000)

Crime, crime thriller film, Drama, neo-noir, thriller film

Con artists Leo and Lily are partners both in work and in life. Lily wants to get out of the racket and settle down in a nice place somewhere far away. Leo agrees, saying that within a week they should have enough to leave for good.

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My Brother's Keeper (1948)

Crime, thriller film

Handcuffed together, George Martin and Willie Stannard are two prisoners being transported to prison. Martin is a hardened, cynical career criminal, while Stannard is a naïve, rather dull-witted youth who has never previously been in trouble with the law, maintains his innocence of the rape of which he has been accused and is terrified by the prospect of prison. During the journey the pair manage to escape.

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Latino (1985)

Anti-War Film, Political Drama, Political Thriller, war film

Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in 1979, Mexican-American Vietnam vet Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) was sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Charles).

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Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

In rural Louisiana in 1981, Evelyn, who has recently been released from a psychiatric institution, finds her daughter Lorie practicing witchcraft in their basement. This causes her to have a mental breakdown, and she stabs Lorie to death. She convinces the authorities that she had nothing to do with her daughter's death, though suspicion looms over her.

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When Strangers Marry (1944)

Crime, Noir

A rich drunk man is murdered in a hotel in Philadelphia. Millie Baxter, a naïve woman, comes to New York City from her hometown in Ohio to be with her salesman husband Paul Baxter, whom she had met only months before. Before she can find him, she learns that the police think he is the murderer.

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Full Clip (2004)

Action

Joshua Pope (Busta Rhymes) returns to his home in a small town to claim the inheritance his father has left him. Once there, however, he finds that the local police have corrupted the town and are ruling with an iron fist. So, with the help of an old friend (Xzibit) and his cohorts, Pope sets out to reclaim the town he once loved.

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Kings Of South Beach (2007)

Drama, thriller film

Director Tim Hunter (The River's Edge) and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi (Casino) join forces for this fact-based crime thriller detailing the downfall of Miami's hottest nightclub. Chris Troiano (Jason Gedrick) owns the trendiest nightclub in all of South Beach; a place where the line always winds down the block and only the most beautiful people make it past the velvet rope.

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Forever's End (2013)

thriller film

Six years after an apocalyptic event, Sarah lives alone in a farmhouse, her time spent cleaning, piano playing and writing in a diary. One day, (after many years of being alone) her sister, Lili, bleeding from her abdomen, approaches the house. Sarah takes her sister into the bathroom and attempts to undress her, but is rebuffed.

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