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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 373.

Stop at Nothing (1991)

Drama

Private detective and former Drug Enforcement agent Parrish (Lindsay Frost) is hired to be a bodyguard for a week to 8-year-old Kimberly Howard (Deborah Ann Gorman), who currently serves the key role in the custody battle of her parents James (Joseph Hacker) and Glenna (Annabella Price). James fears that Glenna will run off with Kimberly, considering that she is losing the battle, is refusing alimony and is advised by the judge to seek psychiatric help. James is awarded temporary custody, and hires Parrish for assistance during his work hours.

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Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)

thriller film

During World War II, Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize haul of industrial diamonds, which are being smuggled from Holland to the United States via Egypt. The gems are hidden inside a sarcophagus in order to throw both the Nazis agents and the American authorities off the scent. When the smuggler is murdered upon arrival in the US, Ellery Queen and his police-inspector father attempt to solve the killing.

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Shadow Dancing (1988)

Jess is a struggling dancer trying to land a dream role in musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director, who has been haunted for decades by the memory of his former dancer and lover, notices how much she resembles his former lover. The ballerina had died in a bizarre on-stage accident 50 years ago while performing exactly the same dance that Jess is doing.

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Banter (1986)

Drama, thriller film

Heavy-drinking Philip Banter, an American working in Madrid, Spain, for his father-in-law's multinational corporation, finds himself awakening from blackouts. At his office, he finds typewritten manuscript pages, evidently written by him, that describe violent deeds. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have a strained relationship, one exacerbated by a visit from their Wall Street-broker friend Robert, who is attracted to Elizabeth, and Robert's female friend, whom Philip beds after driving her home.

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Tiger Fangs (1943)

propaganda film

Frank Buck tangles with Nazis who have been doping tigers in Malaya, thereby making man-eaters of them. With the cats on a rampage, rubber production is seriously curtailed and the Allied war effort jeopardized. Buck and his associates, Peter Jeremy, Geoffrey MacCardle and Linda McCardle, thwart the Teutonic malefactors: the villainous Nazi Dr.

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Hell's Five Hours (1958)

thriller film

Burt Nash is a labourer at a rocket fuel factory who is fired and beaten up by his foreman Jack Fife because he smoked a cigarette in a non-smoking area. Nash decides on revenge where he enters the rocket fuel factory by cutting through a security fence. Nash kills a guard, takes his service revolver and uses it to ignite one of the fuel tanks.

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Moving Target (2011)

thriller film

On the hottest day of a sweltering London summer, Steve Lynch must repay a £1,000,000 loan by 5pm, or lose everything he has ever worked for. An outrageous wager offers him a solution: run from North to South West London in less than two hours. But the events and people he encounters along the way will change his life forever.

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Atlantic Adventure (1935)

mystery film, thriller film

A reporter is dismissed from his job, primarily due to distractions from his fiancée, which causes him to miss an important story. Despite his setback, Miller is determined to prove his competence. Acting on a tip, he believes that the murderer of a local district attorney plans to escape via a luxury liner.

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Nightlight (2003)

thriller film

The film opens with a voyeur taking pictures of an unknown woman dressing up. He later sets her house on fire while she lies unconscious in the room. Celeste Timmerman is a woman with a successful career, an attractive boyfriend named Brent, and a good friend she can trust with all of her secrets.

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Killer Instinct (1991)

Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

A young lawyer has problems with a case that he's been working on for over a year. The district attorney's niece helps him by first blackmailing, then plotting the murder of the D.A., while having a sexual relationship with the young lawyer, who eventually discovers the truth about her.

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Aerials (2016)

Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

Earth is invaded by aliens from outer space. A multiracial couple living in the city of Dubai are confined to their home due to the uncertainty of the situation. Disconnected from the world outside due to the loss of communication, they explore their cultural differences in science in order to understand the reason behind aliens coming to our planet, only to find themselves confronted by a pair of extraterrestrial encounters at their home.

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