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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 344.

Underground (1970)

Action, Drama, Military Film, thriller film, war film

During World War II, an American intelligence agent in England, ashamed for having yielded information to the Germans during a previous capture, attempts to redeem himself by contriving his way into a French resistance group, with his ultimate plan being to kidnap a valuable German general and obtain his secrets.

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Crime by Night (1944)

Crime, Drama

Larry Borden's career as a concert pianist ends when a dispute with wealthy father-in-law Harvey Carr winds up with Larry's hand being chopped off by an ax. Carr is found dead from a blow by an ax, and Larry is sure to be the prime suspect. He hires New York detective Sam Campbell and his secretary-partner Robbie Vance.

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Flipped (2015)

Psychological Thriller

Nicole Diamond is an A-list fashion model and girlfriend of Scotty Dee, a pop star known in the tabloids for his rowdy behavior and legal troubles. It's revealed - through non-linear narrative - that after arguing in their car, the couple suffered a rollover accident off a cliff in a remote area, pinning both passengers upside-down in the vehicle. Distraught from her injuries and unable to make communication with an unresponsive Scotty, Nicole fails to finish dialing "911" on her mobile phone due to a cracked touchscreen.

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American Yearbook (2004)

Drama, teen film

Will Nash (Nick Tagas) is the kid-next-door, a typical upbeat high schooler, but his dreams of being a photographer quickly fade, as he is relentlessly terrorized by school bullies Ian (Chris Peter) and Jason (Ryan Nixon). Will adores Amanda (Giovannie Pico), but her best friend Kristy (Jennifer Noble) is dating the head bully Ian. Confused and angry, Will meets a mysterious, brooding character named Chance (Jon Carlo Alvarez), both of them outsiders.

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Aftermath (2024)

Action, thriller film

Eric Matthew Daniels, an ex-Army Ranger, is driving with his 16-year old sister Maddie and encounters traffic on the Tobin Memorial Bridge outside Boston, Massachusetts. There is a holdup as police transport prisoner Samantha "Doc" Brown. Revolutionists led by Jimmy use explosives to break the bridge in half, causing chaos.

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Borderline (2002)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

During her divorce, Dr. Lila Coletti (Gina Gershon), a criminal psychiatrist, loses custody of her two daughters, partially because her job working with the criminally insane is dangerous. At about the same time, a supposedly cured psychopathic patient, Ed Baikman (Sean Patrick Flanery), is released.

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Sky Dragon (1949)

Crime, mystery film, thriller film

Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Lee, are passengers aboard a commercial airliner headed for San Francisco. Also on board are two insurance couriers who are carrying a shipment of $250,000. Minutes after drinking coffee that was served, everyone on board the plane falls asleep, including the crew.

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Harodim - Nichts als die Wahrheit? (2012)

Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller

A naval intelligence officer, Lazarus Fell (Travis Fimmel), trained in black ops is tracking the most wanted terrorist in the world, and the man he was told was responsible for killing his father, Solomon Fell (Peter Fonda), during the 9/11 attacks. Lazarus is betrayed by his superiors, but gets away and fakes his own death in order to find the terrorist and extract a confession. After hunting the terrorist for more than 10 years, Lazarus finds him (Michael Desante) living openly as a wealthy capitalist.

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Escape From Hell (2000)

Drama, Horror

The film is about young Dr. Eric Robinson (played by Daniel Kruse), who becomes obsessed with the idea of an afterlife that leads all people to heaven. Through a series of events that leads to his own death, he finds out that hell is a very real place for those who have rejected the grace and love of Jesus Christ.

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Power 98 (1996)

Action, Mysterie

Karlin Pickett is a successful disc jockey working for KPHX. Because of his lack of shyness and boundaries, he gains a lot of fans and has no trouble with flirting with women. Vivian Porter, his latest date, accidentally falls to her death following a fight with him.

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Snakeskin (2001)

thriller film

Craving that "American adventure" she's seen so often in the movies, starry-eyed Alice (Melanie Lynskey) sets out on a road trip across New Zealand with her lovesick best friend, Johnny (Dean O'Gorman). Things take a devilish turn when they pick up the enchanting but dangerous Seth (Boyd Kestner), a Texan hitchhiker fleeing a posse of irate skinheads (led by Oliver Driver) and a pair of vengeful drug dealers.

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Hide and Seek (1964)

thriller film

David Garrett is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, working on tracking Russian rocket launches. He meets up with an old mentor and friend, Frank Melnicker, who is playing multiple games of chess at a display of simultaneous play at a temperance hall. Garrett is confused by the apparently secretive way that one player, Richter, transfers the knight chess piece to Melnicker.

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First We Take Brooklyn (2018)

crime thriller film

Mikki Levy is stunned when he's granted an early release from an Israeli prison, and he soon moves in with his uncle in New York City. Unfortunately, he eventually becomes embroiled in a conflict with the Russian mob, which elicits memories of the lengths he went to in order to survive in prison.

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The Feminine Touch (1995)

thriller film

Jenny Baron (Paige Turco) is a beautiful investigative reporter swept into a deadly conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the government. When she is assigned to get the story of charismatic Presidential candidate Senator Ashton (George Segal), her job is complicated by a string of political assassinations and attempts. After her lover (Dirk Benedict) is killed, things get personal.

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A Line in the Sand (2004)

thriller film

In a remote village on the Suffolk coast, Frank Parry (Ross Kemp) waits for his past to catch up with him. A former spy for MI6, Perry was based in Iran watching their chemical and biological weapons programme, but he decides to go straight, giving up the names of his high-level Middle-Eastern contacts in exchange for immunity from the government. The information he brought back led to the deaths of many Iranian scientists and seriously undermined the progress of the weapons programme.

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Freetown (2015)

action thriller

Philip Abubakar, a local branch leader for the LDS church, and six African missionaries for the faith (Elders Menti, Meyers, Gaye, Nyanforth, Selli and Forkpah) are stuck in Monrovia during the First Liberian Civil War. Prevented from conducting missionary work due to the war, they create a plan to escape to the northern border with Sierra Leone, so they can continue preaching without the fear of being killed. Elder Gaye is a member of the Krahn tribe, which is being targeted for execution by rebels from the International Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL).

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Wet and Wild Summer (1992)

Raunchy comedy, thriller film

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.

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