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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 313.

Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)

Horror, Mysterie, thriller film

The Wessex Hotel in Los Angeles is a Victorian hotel, built in 1898 at a height of 16 floors, including a 13th floor. Early in its history, serial killer Avery Block brought his friends to the 13th floor of the Wessex where he proceeded to kill them with a fire ax hoping to achieve immortality by the taking of others' lives. Due to the murders, the 13th floor was sealed off in October 1901 and a frieze was erected around the building covering the floor.

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Hitcher In The Dark (1989)

thriller film

Mark Glazer is a mentally disturbed young man, who has a sexual obsession for his dead mother. He drives around in his father's RV in order to pick up female hitchhikers to kidnap, assault, and murder so he can fulfill his sexual desires. One of the women he picks up is protagonist Daniela, who, unfortunately for her, strongly resembles his mother, and she is about to take her life's ride.

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Murder Me, Murder You (1983)

Crime, Drama, mystery film

Mike is hired to protect Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Chris heads up an all female high-risk courier agency that has become tied up in a dangerous exchange involving high-stakes bribes by an American helicopter manufacturer to a corrupt General in Central America. Chris nonetheless drops dead in the middle of testifying before a grand jury, but not before informing Mike that he has a 19-year-old daughter, Michelle Jameson (Lisa Blount), who is caught in the middle of everything and might already be dead.

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My Nanny's Secret (2010)

Crime, Drama, Mysterie, thriller film

Claudia (Haylie Duff) is out for dinner with her boyfriend Drew (Eric Johnson) and his friend, Jace (Jon McLaren). While she is out, she gets a call from her brother Carter (Dillon Casey) who has been arrested for the third time and needs her to bail him out of jail. She heads to the jail with Drew and bails Carter out.

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The Way of War (2009)

Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, thriller film, war film

Special Activities Division Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding Jr.) stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders to remain off the field, and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.

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The Employer (2013)

thriller film

Five highly qualified applicants for a position with the mysterious, powerful Carcharias Corporation wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. After exchanging stories about how each of them had been sedated and abducted they receive a phone call from their interviewer, known only as The Employer, who informs them that they have to kill each other; only the last surviving candidate would get the job.

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Atomica (2017)

Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

In the near future, the clash between oil and green energy conglomerates results in skyrocketing energy prices and global riots. Amidst this chaos, the corporation Auxilisun develops the tri-fission reactor, a device that not only produces abundant nuclear energy through atomic fission, but also converts nuclear waste into additional clean energy. The tri-fission reactor renders all other forms of energy production obsolete, and Auxilisun power plants are built around the world, providing an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy for all.

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Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)

A group of rich tourists and business people fly to a mysterious tropical resort, the Portals of Eden, hosted by Seacrist. There, they spend their time relaxing and being pampered in paradise. Following a powerful storm after their first night, the guests suddenly find themselves all alone, with dwindling food and water, without communication with the outside world, and abandoned by the resort staff.

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Satan's Princess (1990)

Horror, thriller film

The title character Nicole St. James is the head of a modeling agency for women, and who has hired Karen Rhodes, a runaway girl to help her. Police officer Lou Cherney goes undercover to find the runaway, but the evil 'princess' Nicole catches on to him and the investigation.

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Mach 2 (2000)

Action, Drama, thriller film

U.S. Senator Stuart Davis, running against the Vice-President, plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage by terrorists. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans.

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Intersect (2020)

thriller film

Ryan Winrich (Jason Spisak) is part of a team of young physicists at the Miskatonic University. The group conducts advanced research into creating the ability for humans to send physical objects through time. After initial success, their teammate Nate decides in a drunken stupor to test the system on himself.

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Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)

Comedy

Following the assassination of his crime boss's biological father (Robert Forster), whom he had not even known existed, a young Ohio investment advisor (Michael Rapaport) must impersonate a Mafia Godfather for a few weeks to prevent a gang war. He tries to keep this new life secret from his real family, especially his very jealous fiancée (Christine Taylor), with the help of his new "family" and his father's chief lieutenant (Christopher Walken). At the same time, he is being pressured by his boss at work to sign off on a due diligence report for a questionable investment, trying to keep his family safe, dodging assassination attempts,…

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Preston Tylk (2000)

Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film

Preston Tylk and his wife, Emily, are having an argument when she confesses to having an affair. Preston storms out of their house to a local diner; upon returning he sees an orange car driving away and finds Emily dead. A few days later, Preston tracks down the man Emily was having an affair with, Jonathan Casey, and breaks into his house.

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The Hessen Affair (2009)

Drama, Historie, thriller film, Treasure hunt

Immediately after World War II, two American officers (played by Bill Zane and Lyne Renee) are stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, killing time in the fancy Kronberg Castle. They discover there a cache of priceless jewels, formerly owned by Sophie, Princess Christoph of Hesse and the former German Imperial royal family. But when the two lovers try to smuggle the treasure back in the US and sell it, their plans become quickly complicated by military investigators and violent criminals.

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Rock Slyde (2009)

Comedy

Rock Slyde is a clumsy private detective, helped by his assistant Judy Bee. Slyde is trying to protect Sara Lee, a seductive baker, from a mysterious stalker, while contending with cult leader Bart and his followers, the Bartologists, who are trying to take over Slyde's office space.

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.com for Murder (2001)

Crime, Drama, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

Ben (Daltrey) is a successful and rich architect, living in Los Angeles. Sondra (Kinski) is his beloved wife, who broke a leg while skiing. As Ben is leaving town for his work, Sondra accesses his intelligent house computer Hal, and discovers that Ben has been chatting on "American Love Online".

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Outpost (2022)

Horror, Psychological Thriller

Kate, a woman having experienced domestic abuse at the hands of her husband Mike, struggles with traumatic visions and seeks to get as far away from her past as possible. Since Kate is stuck between jobs, her best friend Nickie refers her to Nickie's brother Earl, a park ranger, and Kate begins to work inside an Idaho fire lookout tower. Distracted by one of her visions, Kate goes against protocol when she fails to report to Earl on time, something she is supposed to do twice a day.

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Puncture Wounds (2014)

Action, Martial arts, thriller film

John Nguyen is a veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Despite his status as a war hero, he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. When he hears a woman scream, he investigates and gets into a fight with several Aryan Nation thugs who are hassling Tanya, a prostitute in the service of local crime boss Hollis.

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This Is Not a Test (1962)

Drama

Starring a group of mostly unknown actors, This Is Not a Test begins with lone deputy sheriff Dan Colter (Seamon Glass) receiving orders to block a road leading into an unidentified city (dialogue indicates the location is somewhere in central California, however). Soon, he has detained several vehicles with a variety of occupants ranging from an elderly man and his granddaughter, to a man who has recently become rich and his alcoholic wife, to a trucker and a hitchhiker. The motorists and the police officer hear attack warnings over the police radio and begin to prepare for the inevitable bombing.

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Lightning Bug (2004)

Coming-of-age, Horror

Single mother Jenny Graves decides to restart her dead end life by moving out of Detroit and taking her two sons Green and Jay to small rural town in Alabama. Green is a fan of horror films, more specifically the makeup effects used to bring them to life. He meets a pair of affable locals, Tony Bennet and Billy Martin.

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