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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 307.

If I Had You (2006)

thriller film

Sharon Myers (Sarah Parish) unexpectedly turns up at a school reunion party being held in her birthplace of Luckwell, twenty years after leaving the village. She has returned to her hometown to take up the position of Detective Inspector, after recently being promoted. She bumps into her childhood best friend, Helen Andrews (Poppy Miller), who is heavily pregnant, and attending the party with her current husband, Phillip (Paul McGann).

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The Man Inside (1958)

Adventure, Crime, Drama, thriller film

Sam Carter is a jeweller's clerk who dreams of stealing a fortune in diamonds and eventually does so, but he kills a man in the process. He then embarks on the high life, but is pursued across Europe by private detective Milo March, a woman named Trudi Hall, and two thugs, Martin Lomer and Gerard Heinz. These characters end up trying to outwit each other over the largest diamond, which is worth $700,000, on a train travelling to London.

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The Night Crew (2015)

Action, thriller film

The Night Crew centers on a group of hard up bounty hunters (Wade, Ronnie, Rose and Crenshaw) who are paid to rescue a mysterious girl and bring her to America to hide and expose the illegal activities by the most powerful drug dealer. They must survive the night in a desert motel against their well trained gang. They soon realize that their fugitive, a mysterious Chinese woman (Mae), is much more than she lets on.

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Mission Of Justice (1992)

Action, Crime, thriller film

After his friend is killed, former cop Kurt Harris (Jeff Wincott) goes undercover and infiltrates the "Peacemakers", a vigilante street gang led by corrupt mayoral candidate Rachel Larkin (Brigitte Nielsen). While there, Harris discovers that the group is involved in illegal schemes to achieve power over the city.

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Fade to Black (2006)

Drama, neo-noir, thriller film

In 1947 Hollywood, Orson Welles had a divorce from Rita Hayworth. When he travels to Rome for the lead role in Black Magic, an actor is murdered on set and Welles finds himself allured by the deceased's beautiful stepdaughter. Soon he becomes embroiled in dangerous political games as the run-up to post-war elections surfaces.

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Dead Heat (2002)

Action, Comedy, Drama

Situated in Boston, Albert Paul 'Pally' LaMarr (Kiefer Sutherland) is a 35 year old police officer who has recently suffered a heart attack while facing a bandit, forcing him into retirement. The loss of his career created a void that drove him into depression and left him contemplating suicide. His wife, Charlotte LaMarr (Radha Mitchell) calls Pally's half-brother Ray LaMarr (Anthony LaPaglia) to come and visit him with the intention of bringing his spirits up.

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Angel's Dance (1999)

black comedy film, Crime, Drama

Tony wants to be a hitman for the Mafia, but first he has to learn from a master. Enter Stevie "The Rose" Rosellini - cool, eats veggie dogs and quotes Nietzsche. Greco may not agree with Stevie's style, but he has to complete his training so he can go back and kill the Mafia's accountant, who is about to turn state's evidence.

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Delete (2013)

Drama, thriller film

An artificial intelligence becomes autonomous and self-aware with intent to protect and perfect itself and enslave humanity. Discovered by a reporter and her hacker friend, they must create a second sentient artificial intelligence combat it.

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Savages (1974)

Police Film, thriller film

thumb|left|The Mojave Desert A successful Los Angeles lawyer and hunter, Horton Madec (Andy Griffith), receives a rare permit to hunt bighorn sheep in the nearby Mojave Desert. He hires a timid college student currently working as a filling station attendant named Ben (Sam Bottoms), who will drive him into the desert with his Jeep CJ and help show Madec where the bighorn are. Ben is studying to be a geologist, so therefore he knows the desert very well.

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Street Racer (2008)

Action, Auto Racing, thriller film

Johnny Wayne is an ex-racer who serves 5 years in prison after crippling a young boy during an illegal street race in Los Angeles. Wayne, having been traumatised by the events, vows to never race again, and is soon released as a reformed citizen. Whilst Johnny attempts to restore his life and become an honest, hardworking member of society, his parole officer has other plans for him.

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The Burial of Kojo (2018)

Drama, thriller film

Esi recounts her childhood in rural Ghana, where she lives in a village in a lake similar to the real-life village, Nzulezo, built on stilts, with her father Kojo and her mother Ama, who supplies most of the family's small income through sewing. Kojo grew up in a large city but fled to the village after a tragic event, feeling that "only water could cleanse the past." Esi is close to her father, who takes her around the lake in his boat and tells her stories whose beginnings only make sense if you know their endings. An unexpected visitor — an old blind man from "the realm in-between" where "everything is upside down" — arrives in the…

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The Thirteenth Guest (1932)

comedy thriller, Crime, mystery film

thumb|367x367px|The Thirteenth Guest ad from The Film Daily, 1932 Marie Morgan has been lured to an old abandoned house by a false note from a friend, and is in jeopardy although she doesn't yet realize it. As she sits at the table inside, she thinks back to the banquet held there 13 years earlier, when she was a little girl. Only 12 of 13 guests had attended, and the manor's owner, the Morgan family patriarch, who was then dying, has since passed on.

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Prey (2009)

Horror, thriller film

In April 1987, two North Americans disappeared in the West Australian desert on a 4WD holiday. They were never seen alive again. Their abandoned vehicles and unused supplies were found in sand dunes near an Aboriginal sacred site less than an hour away from the closest town.

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