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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 338.

Voyage (1993)

thriller film

Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their plans ready. In Monte Carlo, they have stocked their sailboat for a journey to Malta, where they plan to live on the boat for a year. They also purchased some real estate that includes the ruins of an old hotel, which they are going to rebuild.

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They Drive by Night (1938)

Crime

"Shorty" Matthews, having recently been released from prison, visits his girlfriend in London, only to discover that she has been murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit, he disappears among the long-distance lorry-driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, an unassuming ex-schoolteacher named Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women.

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The Boss (1956)

Drama, Gangster Film, Noir

Matt Brady comes home from World War I to a city where his older brother Tim is a political kingpin. Matt meets an old friend, Bob Herrick, but an argument leads to a fistfight. He ends up late for a date with Elsie Reynolds, who is furious.

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Air Rage (2001)

Action, thriller film

Colonel John Sykes orders his men to massacre a village where they were sent to rescue hostages, but decides to get payback when they find them dead. When Sykes returns to the U.S. to be court-martialed he is forced to make a plea agreement where he receives all the blame in order that his men will be honorably discharged and receive all of the benefits they are entitled to.

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Rush Week (1989)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

Toni Daniels, an ambitious journalism major at Tambler College, is assigned to do a cover story on the campus's rush week. Toni begins interviewing various members of the fraternities, as well as Dean Grail. Meanwhile, student Julie McGuffin disappears after participating in a nude modeling session, held clandestinely in the university science building.

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Shock to the System (2006)

Crime, LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film, mystery film, thriller film

Late one night, Donald Strachey is meeting a new client in a dark alley—one Paul Hale. Hale is very nervous, and before Strachey can calm what seems like paranoia, an incoming van approaches. Hale hands the private eye a $5,000 check for a retainer just before the speeding van separates the two.

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Lost Treasure (2003)

Action, thriller film

A painting is stolen from a building during a great fire and after it is recovered, the police find inside a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case asks his brother (Stephen Baldwin), who is an antiques expert, to help him during the investigation. Analysing the paint and fabric, they find that the map belonged to Christopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure.

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The Secret Village (2013)

thriller film

Rachel, a reporter, is surprised when her roommate, Greg, arrives earlier than expected. Greg explains that his unsupportive ex-girlfriend has kicked him out, and he needs a place to stay while he works on his thriller screenplay. Both Greg and Rachel have been drawn to a small town in the Berkshires that is said to have been plagued with repeated cases of ergot poisoning.

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1 Day (2009)

Crime, Drama, hood film

Drug dealer, Flash (Dylan Duffus) receives a phone call from Angel (Yohance Watson) announcing that he is being released early from prison and wants the £500,000 he has left Flash for safekeeping during his incarceration. Flash is £100,000 short of the full amount and is pushed for time. Flash is forced to strike a deal with a rival gang member and drug dealer, Evil (Duncan Tobias) who more than lives up to his name.

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Missione finale (1988)

Action, Drama, thriller film

A group of known troublemakers are working on experiments in the Far East. They have discovered a substance that penetrates human cells, and makes changes to chromosomes and genes. These experiments are carried out on young girls who are abducted from the local villages.

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Ticket to Heaven (1981)

Drama, Psychodrama, thriller film

Following a relationship breakup, David Kappel, a twentysomething school teacher, visits what turns out to be a training camp for a religious cult. At the camp, everything is done in groups, including chanting and singing. There is also a low-calorie, low-protein diet; sleep deprivation; and constant positive reinforcement.

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A Window in London (1940)

thriller film

Pat is a hotel switchboard operator at an exclusive London apartment block (the exterior location is actually Dolphin Square). She completes her night shift exhausted and has forgotten to give a client his 6am alarm call. She walks cheerfully home to her new husband Peter, a crane operator.

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