Mystery Island (1937)
Two women and eight men are shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. There is a murderer amongst them. Only the murderer and the ship's captain know his identity but the captain has lost his memory.
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The Altruist (2004)
Psychological Thriller
The film opens as Terminal Assist "matches" a depressed man named Tom Taylor with a killer. Tom waits downstairs for his all-too-willing executioner. Things go awry when the killer decides to murder Tom's wife, too, and the resulting double homicide is all over the local news.
Living Color (1992)
thriller film
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
Drama
John Dawson, a steel-mill owner loses his legs and his company in an accident engineered by his crooked secretary/treasurer, Jim Marley. After meeting a blind peddler, Marchant, he travels the country, under an assumed name, organizing beggars, peddlers, and the handicapped into a dues-paying system.
Placebo Effect (1998)
thriller film
Aleksander Ivanov is a cab driver from Bosnia who is drawn into a plot to assassinate the Vice President of the United States. Ivanov tries to find who is behind the plot.
Turning Point (2009)
The story takes place before the early year of 2000 when Laughing is an undercover cop, but because of a drug case, Inspector Poon has been trying to track him down. Laughing is supposedly an undercover cop who has infiltrated a triad organization. However, before he became a cop, Laughing was a member of the triads and worked for the triad leader Lai Tin Yat aka Brother One .
Broke Sky (2007)
neo-noir
Bucky and Earl are the two man team that collect and dispose of road kill for the county. A new, specially designed carcass removal truck forces them to choose which one of them gets to keep his job and who is let go. Earl comes up with a plan so they can both keep their jobs, but it means working at night.
Fever (1988)
Erotic Thriller
Sergeant Jack Wells, a tough country cop, discovers a bag of cash after a shoot out. He decides to keep the money so he and his wife Leanne can start a new life. However Leanne has a lover.
Thicker than Water (1994)
thriller film
Debbie and Jo (both portrayed by Theresa Russell) are identical twins. Jo is killed in a car accident, and her husband, Cardiff physician Sam Crawford (Jonathan Pryce) is grieving for her. Despite this, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo for Sam to overcome his grief.
Bride 13 (1920)
Adventure, romance film, serial film, silent film, thriller film
A band of pirates operating from a submarine off the U.S. coast cause depredations, and thirteen young and beautiful brides from wealthy families disappear and are held for ransom for millions of dollars, requiring the assistance of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Navy.
John and John (2017)
thriller film
One of the Johns dupes a man by selling him fake gold. The two friends were running away with the money, but their car went faulty and they lodged in a guest house. As they were taking the money from their bag, it fell on the ground and created anxiety among the guests and workers in the hotel and everybody wanted to steal the money.
Port Said (1948)
thriller film
This Gun for Hire (1991)
Crime, thriller film
Truth about Kerry (2011)
Drama, thriller film
Kerry Carlson goes to Ireland with her boyfriend, Hunter, to visit his childhood friend, Patrick. Two weeks later, Kerry is found dead on a beach. Her mysterious death has destroyed the world of her best friend Emma, who was supposed to go on the trip with her but canceled at the last minute.
Night Mail (1935)
thriller film
On the overnight Aberdeen mail train, demented violinist Mancini attempts to murder judge Sir Jacob March for refusing to grant him a divorce.
Murder Story (1989)
Crime, independent film, thriller film
A 19-year-old, Jim Tanner is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins. In prison, Tanner is taught to read and write. But he is executed.
Tehran (1946)
thriller film
In 1943, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet at the Tehran Conference to agree plans for the Allied invasion of Europe. Whilst attempting to trace ballerina Natalie Trubetzin, whom he met before the outbreak of war, British journalist Pemberton Grant uncovers a deadly conspiracy. The plot, led by Paul Sherek, involves international arms dealers, who can't afford to, and do not wish to have peace declared, and plan to blow up President Roosevelt during his visit.
The Fur Collar (1962)
A man wearing a fur-collared coat is shot on his arrival in Paris. A British journalist is convinced that he was intended victim, as he also wears a fur-collar, and has made dangerous enemies by an exposé.
The Burial Society (2002)
neo-noir
The Burial Society tells the story of Sheldon Kasner, whose existence has recently turned to one of quiet anxiety. His workload is mounting as his reimbursement for it continues to diminish, and Sheldon justifiably falls into a deep depression. Despite being a highly unlikely candidate for organized crime, he is drawn into a complicit money-laundering scam that doesn't run as planned.
Rock Opera (1999)
comedy thriller
Toe (Jerry Don Clark) wants his rock band Pigpoke to go on tour. He raises funds for the tour by selling marijuana, eventually making leaving town a necessity in order to survive.
Headline Hunters (1955)
Crime, thriller film
Midnight Menace (1937)
thriller film
Project Peshawar (2017)
thriller film
Project Peshawar is based on a true story and revolves around a British Pakistani who falls in love with a Peshawar-based woman on the internet, and travels back to Pakistan to realize that it was merely a trap to capture him. The story highlights the negative side of the modern-day social media boom, and is intended to raise awareness as to how some people use social media negatively.
Secret Room (2013)
thriller film