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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,131 films · Page 322.

The Colony (1995)

thriller film

Following a carjacking, a man and his family move into an Orwellian-like gated community where the billionaire owner controls the residents' lives. There are draconian rules, armed guards all over, and cameras in all the rooms. Then sinister things begin to happen.

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Deadly Dreams (1988)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

Alex Torme is haunted by the brutal murder of his parents on Christmas Eve when he was a child: His wealthy father's business associate, Norman Perkins, shot them to death over a financial dispute, and taunted Alex and his older brother, Jack, while donning a mask made from the face pelt of a fox. Perkins then turned the gun on himself, committing suicide. Alex suffers recurring nightmares in which he is stalked by Perkins.

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Hell's Island (1955)

Drama, Treasure hunt

After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mike Cormack loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as a bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-using stranger, Barzland, hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in a Caribbean plane crash. He lures Cormack into doing the job by telling him it may be in the possession of the very woman who jilted him, Janet Martin, who is now married to the pilot of the downed plane.

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Remedy (2005)

Crime, Drama

The film is about a New York City-based artist who claims to have witnessed his best friend's murder. Due to a drug problem, he cannot recall what happened, and is the prime suspect. He desperately tries to remember before it is too late.

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The Brain (1962)

Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

Dr Peter Corrie and his colleague Dr. Frank Shears remove the brain from the corpse of tycoon Max Holt, who was injured in an air-crash but subsequently died. Corrie attempts to keep the removed brain alive in a chemical bath.

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Zombie Hunter (2013)

Action, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, thriller film, Zombie

The film opens with a news report on "Natas", a strange drug which has been reported to induce zombie-like effects in those who consume it. The film then fast forwards in time, to an Earth mostly inhabited by zombies. The Hunter (Martin Copping) drives along a post-apocalyptic wasteland and meets a hostile "Death Angel".

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The Cure (2014)

Science fiction, thriller film

Researcher Beth Wakefield (Prebble) works for ScopaMed Pharmaceuticals. She accidentally discovers the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer many years earlier. They have not released it because that would destroy their chemotherapy drug sales.

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The Dark Hours (2005)

Horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

A woman's mistakes come back to haunt her in a terrifying and very literal manner in this mind-bending thriller. Dr. Samantha Goodman (Kate Greenhouse) is a clinical psychiatrist who works with patients at an institution for the criminally insane.

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Wasted on the Young (2010)

Drama, thriller film

Darren is a quiet, introverted teenager who attends a prestigious high school along with his popular and wealthy step-brother Zack. A girl named Xandrie has a crush on him, and decides to attend one of Zack's elaborate house parties to spend more time with him. At the party, Xandrie meets Zack and he notices her interest in Darren.

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Faces in the Dark (1960)

thriller film

Richard Hammond, an aggressive and ambitious business mogul and inventor with little or no time for his wife, friends or family, is blinded in an explosion on the same day that his long-suffering wife had planned to leave him. He becomes bitter at life. Under protest Richard submits to a month's rest in his Cornwall house but he notices several inconsistencies there.

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Evil Obsession (1997)

Erotic Thriller

Homer Douglas (Corey Feldman) is obsessed with famous model Margo Johnson (Kimberly Stevens) to the point of having decorated his room with her pictures and sent her strange letters. He breaks into her home and watches her undress while hiding under her bed. Worried about a rash of recent murders of her fellow models, Margo calls a private investigator Damon Thomas (Mark Derwin) to investigate the strange letters she's been receiving.

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Orions belte (1985)

Action, Political Thriller, thriller film

thumb|left|Sverre Anker Ousdal, Helge Jordal and Hans Ola Sørlie with Sandy Hook in the background The story centers around three seamen who conduct shady business on board their vessel, Sandy Hook. The film starts with two of them, Tom Jansen (Helge Jordal) and Sverre (Hans Ola Sørlie), taking tourists on a polar bear safari. During this trip and at a later scene at a pub in Longyearbyen, where Tom's girlfriend, Eva Jelseth (Kjersti Holmen) is introduced, the viewers are briefed on the politics of Svalbard and the large Soviet presence.

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A Vacation in Hell (1979)

Action

Led by Denise , the dumb blonde that isn't as dumb as you think, a party of holiday-makers, all of them, except one, women, become lost in an island jungle and stalked by a deranged tribe of murderous natives. A feminist , a mother , her daughter and a swinging smooth operator round out the other endangered tourists.

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So Evil My Love (1948)

Drama, Noir, Psychological Thriller

On board a ship traveling to Liverpool, England, from the West Indies, Anglican missionary's widow Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd) is prevailed on to help nurse malarial patients on the lower decks. There she meets the suavely handsome Mark Bellis (Ray Milland), who has been taken ill. Despite Mark's vagueness about his life and past, the couple strike up a friendship.

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Eye of the Widow (1991)

Action, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film

The movie starts with the dangerous and cold-blooded arms dealer Kharoun, who is getting rid of his competitors and adversaries with his army of highly trained killers. The next one on his list is Prince Malko, which location he already has tracked down and planned to attack. But Malko survives the bombing of his castle and flees to the CIA headquarters in New York where he learns that Kharoun owns the serum for a biological mass destruction weapon.

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Disappearance (2019)

thriller film

After the disappearance of mystery author George Belanger from his sailboat, Detective Park must sort through stories of George's mistress, George's wife, and the boat captain, to ascertain if there was foul play, or if George simply left for greener pastures.

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October 22 (1998)

Drama, independent film

A group of disparate patrons in a Los Angeles diner are having breakfast when a psychopath enters with a gun, holds them hostage, and has a standoff with the SWAT Team. The film then cuts to earlier that same day, showing how each character came to be in the diner. The narrative progresses non-sequentially but working towards the moment when the gunman opens fire.

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