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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 321.

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)

crime thriller film

Detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) must yet again find and stop another serial killer who kills women in ritualistic executions. Detective work for Dietz is tough, as he has to juggle two women. One of them is his new female partner Jessica (Colleen Coffey), and the other is psychiatrist Sara Lee Jaffee (Famke Janssen) who holds the key to the case.

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Spark (2024)

Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

Aaron, a transmasculine illustrator, meets a handsome man named Trevor at a party. After they have sex, Aaron becomes trapped in a time loop, reliving the day he met Trevor over and over again. His initial eagerness to learn more about Trevor becomes unsettling as Aaron suspects Trevor actually knows about the time loop too.

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Anti Matter (2016)

thriller film

Studying a new battery material at the Oxford University, Ana, a PhD student, discovers the ability of the new material to create wormholes. She invites other students to help her, and the group starts experimenting with moving large objects and even a cat through the spatial tunnels. The team quickly progresses with testing the new technology from animals to humans, and Ana volunteers to be the first human being to travel via a wormhole.

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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2010)

Drama, girls with guns, Justice Drama, Social Drama, thriller film, Yakuza Film

The movie begins with Mr. Nagara, a wealthy CEO, complaining to his loyal assistant, Ishida, that he does not like the way he has to entertain the people he is signing a contract with. They eat sushi off of the naked bodies of women lying on the tables.

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Crumb Catcher (2023)

thriller film

After blacking out on his wedding night, Shane and his wife head to a remote estate for their honeymoon. That night, they're visited by a waiter and bartender from the reception, who blackmail Shane for something he can’t remember doing. But the blackmailers don’t just want money.

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Hit by Lightning (2014)

comedy thriller, romantic comedy

Ricky is a lonely, 40-something restaurant manager and is best friends with Seth, an equally single accountant. Seth is constantly trying to get him to be his wingman. Tearing him away from his two black cats and hockey on TV, Ricky and Seth go to his restaurant, trying to pick up women by pretending to be looking for actresses for an upcoming film.

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Cruel World (2005)

Comedy horror, Slasher

Catherine Anderson, the former star of a reality show similar to The Bachelor called Lover's Lane, is now married and living with her husband Daniel in the house where the show took place. The house still has several secret rooms and passages, as well as a host of cameras all over the estate. Philip Markham, who was a contestant on the show, comes to the home for a visit.

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Nilalang (2015)

Action, crime thriller film, Horror

NBI special crimes division agent Tony encounters an evil entity which is bent on killing and torturing beautiful women, one of which was his girlfriend, years after he thought to have killed the spirit. People close to Tony are placed in danger, including his partner Jane, who has a romantic interest towards him with everyone in the agency aware of this fact except for Tony. The spirit, who has killed many people in Japan, is thought to be targeting women from a certain clan of samurai.

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True Vengeance (1997)

Action, Drama, thriller film

In 1985, U.S. Navy SEAL Allen Griffin and his partner are dispatched to Colombia to eliminate a local kingpin. When Griffin notices that the criminal is accompanied by his wife and two children, he calls off the killing, but his colleague refuses and murders the entire family.

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American risciò (1990)

Action, thriller film

A manual rickshaw driver in Miami becomes embroiled in a murder case involving a recent acquaintance. He becomes caught in a conflict between opposing forces of good and evil: an ancient Chinese witch and an evangelist who is revealed to be the embodiment of the devil.

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Triggermen (2002)

comedy thriller, Crime Comedy

Pete Maynard (Neil Morrissey) and Andy Jarrett (Adrian Dunbar) are two con men down on their luck. They are holed up in a Chicago boarding room with their landlady harassing them for her long overdue rent. While attempting to scam someone he thinks is a businessman, Pete intercepts a briefcase full of cash intended for mobsters Terry Malloy (Donnie Wahlberg) and Tommy O'Brian (Michael Rapaport) as a payoff for a planned hit, as well as a key to a swank hotel room.

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Strip Tease Murder (1961)

thriller film

Diana, a stripper, collapses and dies during a dance routine on stage at the Flamingo Club. When her death is ruled to be due to natural causes, her husband, comedian and compere Bert Black, turns detective to investigate when he discovers suspicious circumstances but the police are not convinced and refuse to pursue the matter. Black comes to suspect Diana was killed accidentally rather than the person who was the real target and sets out to prove it.

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The Scarf (1951)

Drama, Noir, thriller film

John Barrington, an escapee from an institution for the criminally insane, is not insane but the victim of a plot orchestrated by a clever murderer. The only person who believes Barrington's story is Ezra Thompson, a turkey farmer who hides him from the authorities. A singing waitress named Cash-and-Carry Connie unwittingly provides the clue that will prove Barrington's innocence.

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Terminal Entry (1986)

Science fiction, thriller film

The film begins with Lady Electric and Bob. After being chased down another corridor and into an elevator where they both fall to their deaths Bob snaps out of his daydream at the last second. When he comes to, he finds his friends have lost the game in the same fashion.

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Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter (2013)

Drama, Horror, thriller film

Set in a sleepy hunting village, the film tells the story of Elfie Hopkins (Jaime Winstone), a 22-year-old slacker and "wanna-be" detective. She is a stoner and an animal lover, and haunted by the death of her mother and surrounded by her broken father and alcoholic step-mother, Elfie seeks solace and inspiration from old-school detectives in classic films like The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown. She entertains herself, along with her geeky best friend, Dylan (Aneurin Barnard), by investigating the villagers and upsetting everyone with their imaginative allegations.

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Operation C.I.A. (1965)

Drama, thriller film

CIA agent Stacey learns of a plan to assassinate the American ambassador to Vietnam, but is killed by a bomb before he can inform his superiors. Secret agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon to take his place. Andrews poses as a university professor as a cover while he attempts to prevent the assassination, which is expected to occur sometime within the next five days.

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