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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 293.

Tell (2014)

Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film

Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars from a bank job that had been planned by his brother-in-law. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worse when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part, as his wife shoots him after the police follow him home. Tell is subsequently arrested and sentenced to three years in prison when he continually claims that the money was destroyed in a fire.

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The Heart Machine (2014)

romance film, thriller film

After they meet on a dating site, Cody and Virginia begin chatting with each other over Skype and subsequently start a long-distance relationship. Virginia tells Cody that although she lives in Germany, she plans to return to the New York City area in six months, and they make plans to meet. As they grow emotionally closer, Cody experiences second thoughts when a series of details seem to contradict Virginia's story, such as the sirens of emergency vehicles that sound North American.

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The Devil's 8 (1969)

Crime, thriller film

Federal agent Ray Faulkner poses as a road gang convict and arranges the escape of a group of hardened chain-gang criminals. He forces them at gunpoint into a helicopter. In a flashback, Faulkner wants to take on local crime boss Burl, who runs a moonshine ring and has a great deal of political power in the state.

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Disturbed (1990)

Erotic Thriller, Horror, rape and revenge film, thriller film

Dr. Derrick Russell (Malcolm McDowell) rapes one of the patients in his care. When the patient throws herself from the roof shortly afterward, he describes her suicide as a consequence of her depression.

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El ataque de los pájaros (1987)

Animal horror, Horror, thriller film

Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story about a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her henchman, (also cameraman and boyfriend) Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife.

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The Pit and the Pendulum (2009)

Horror, LGBTQ-related film

Seven students answer an advertisement to participate in an experiment to explore how the sensation of pain can be eliminated. Arriving at a secluded institute, they are welcomed by mysterious and eccentric scientist JB Divay (Lorielle New). But when students begin to disappear one by one, they begin to question JB's true intentions.

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The Psychopath (1966)

Crime, Horror, thriller film

Police inspector Holloway investigates a string of murders where the victims have dolls attached to their bodies. The trail soon leads to a disabled German woman named Mrs. Ilsa Von Sturm, who knows a set of dark secrets that may hold the key to the murders.

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Cutaway (2000)

Action

When U.S. Customs agent Vic Cooper's personnel file is reviewed, it shows that he struggles to disassociate his undercover identities from his real one. Despite the file's recommendation that he not return to active duty, he is cleared for work by Lieutenant Brian Margate.

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Deadlock (1970)

Crime, Drama, Spaghetti Western, thriller film, Western

A heat-battered young man, "Kid," wanders a desert terrain (implied to be near the California/Mexico border) with a metal suitcase full of money, a machine gun, and a bullet wound in his arm. Collapsing, he is found by Charles Dump, a former supervisor for a now-desolate mining community nearby, who initially steals his suitcase and leaves him for dead. Upon returning to the scene (possibly to either rescue him or finish killing him), Kid has revived and forces him at gunpoint to drive him to safety.

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3 Musketeers (2011)

Action, mockbuster, thriller film

Secret Service rookie Alexandra D'Artagnan enlists the help of legendary black ops unit, The 3 Musketeers (master strategist Oliver Athos, enigmatic martial arts expert Renee Aramis and wisecracking hacker Isaac Porthos), to investigate a government coup. They uncover a corrupt general's plans to assassinate the President of the United States and install a military regime. D'Artagnan and the three infamous international spies work together to stop the threat.

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Tomorrow You're Gone (2012)

thriller film

Charlie Rankin (Stephen Dorff), recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew (Willem Dafoe). Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane (Michelle Monaghan). They embark on an unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and uncertain resolution.

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The Fallen Ones (2005)

Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, monster film, Science fiction

Five thousand years ago, in Sumer, the fallen angels had intercourse with human females and their offspring were a race of giants called Nephilim, destroyed by the great flood. The evil angel Ammon (Navid Negahban) mummifies his son Aramis to save him and hides in hell. In the present day, the archaeologist Matt Fletcher (Casper Van Dien) finds Aramis tomb while excavating for building a resort for the entrepreneur Morton (Robert Wagner).

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I Dismember Mama (1974)

exploitation film, Horror

Albert once tried to kill his rich, snobbish mother, for which he was institutionalized. The low-security hospital he was sent to, however, is not prepared to deal with the extent of his problems. Obsessed with hatred for his mother, Albert is dangerously violent toward all women and attacks a nurse, after which his doctor decides to send him to a high-security state institution.

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Money (2016)

action thriller, thriller film

Sylvia Dudek, an art professional, discusses seeking funding to open her own gallery with her gardener, Carl before her husband Mark arrives home, stashing two briefcases away in the basement and a bedroom closet, depositing the money from one in a safe. Later that evening they have a dinner party with Mark's colleague and co-conspirator in an industrial espionage scheme. Sean brings his girlfriend Christina with him, and they have a polite evening marred by awkward moments brought about by Sean's rudeness.

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Pretty When You Cry (2001)

Erotic Thriller

Detective Black (Elliott) conducts a procedural interrogation on Albert Straka (Kennedy), a quiet and unassuming man who is a suspect in the brutal and violent murder of Frank (Cavalieri), a drug and sex addict who owns a nightclub. He gets Albert to admit that he had strong feelings towards Frank's wife, Sarah (Elizabeth), but that she was into far too kinky sex for him to ever fall in love with. As the interrogation continues, it is revealed that the sordid sexual relationship among the three grew increasingly bizarre.

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The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven (1998)

When a serial killer mysteriously and savagely murders a young native woman in rural Los Angeles County, her sister McKenna (Carmen Electra) must replace her as the keeper of an amulet, the sacred crescent. Reluctantly, McKenna accepts the role of chosen one. With the amulet and after the rigors of the ritual, she takes on the spirit and powers of the raven, the good forces in the battle against evil, the wolf.

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The Man with a Cloak (1951)

Drama, mystery film, Noir

Young Frenchwoman Madeline Minot arrives in New York in 1848, seeking expatriate Charles Thevenet. She is initially rejected at the door by his mistress and housekeeper Lorna Bounty, but she persists, presenting Charles with a letter of introduction from his only grandson Paul, a romantic revolutionary who Madeline loves. Charles is an old and wealthy rake who correctly guesses Madeline's purpose in visiting him.

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