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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 371.

The Marker (2017)

crime thriller film

The film follows tormented criminal Marley (Frederick Schmidt) who, after a stint in prison, sets out to try and find the daughter of the woman he killed. He is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the ghost of his victim. His bloody mission brings him up against his former gang boss Brendan (John Hannah) as he faces former demons as well as a brutal criminal conspiracy.

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Kiss of a Killer (1993)

thriller film

Kate Wilson (Annette O'Toole), leads a double life by spending her days working in a real estate office and her nights caring for her ailing, manipulative mother (Eva Marie Saint). Once a week she tells her mother that she is staying with her friend Reba, when she is actually driving across town to stay at the Red Oak Inn, a local hotel resort which is her "escape". One of her encounters at the Red Oak Inn brings her into close contact with a serial rapist who has just stepped up to homicide.

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She Cried Murder (1973)

thriller film

A model witnesses a murder on the subway, and one of the cops investigating is the one who did it. And he knows she knows, and she knows he knows she knows. It becomes a cat-and-mouse game of one trying to stay ahead of the other, who eventually becomes willing to use any means to keep her quiet.

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Call of the Yukon (1938)

Adventure

Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston Rogers, a talking raven and the bereaved collie Firefly who will not leave the grave of her master, a game warden killed in the line of duty. The community is imperiled by a pack of wolves and wild dogs, led by a wild dog called Swift Lightning, who are killing all the reindeer.

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Sparks (2013)

Action, Superhero, thriller film

Ian Sparks (Chase Williamson) discovers the dark side of heroism, while going after the nation's most notorious super-criminal he manages to leave his life and reputation in ruins along the way. The tragic loss of his parents as a young boy leaves him scarred in unimaginable ways, but it helps shape his desire to become a "super". He manages to team up with fellow “super” Lady Heavenly (Ashley Bell), but the arrival of a vicious serial killer, Matanza (William Katt), who unleashes a bloody rampage on the city, destroys Sparks and Heavenly’s partnership and relationship.

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The Last Alarm (1940)

Crime

Captain Jim Hadley, fire chief, has his retirement dinner after 40 years in the service. The next day, time hangs very heavy on his hands so that he even chats to a brush salesman (who has a perfect Elmer Fudd voice). Bored, he later visits his old fire station, Fire Company No.7, and talks to the men there, who are called out on a fire.

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Marbella (1985)

Comedy, thriller film

William 'Bill' Anderson, known locally as Commander, is living in Marbella where he has an apartment and a sailboat named High Tide. While fishing near a late-night party being hosted aboard the Five Angels yacht owned by Patrick Arnel, an illegal arms dealer, Commander spots Deborah falling from Patrick's yacht. He quickly dives off the deck of the High Tide and swims across to rescue her.

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