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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 382.

Hold'em (2014)

thriller film

Former poker pro, Jake Emerson joins an underground card game with a million dollars at stake, but the entry fee is more than he bargained for. He along with long-time rivals Marcus Lester and Cyrus Wolf assemble in a dreary warehouse for a battle royale of cards. Each player who loses is killed, and the last man standing walks away an undisputed champion.

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Sight (2008)

Ghost, Horror

Jeffrey leads a quiet existence. Living in constant fear of being labeled a psychopath, Jeffrey constructs a complex world of denial. He is haunted by the spirits of the vengeful dead, which he can see while no one else can.

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The Lark (2007)

Psychological Thriller

The film opens with a woman, Niamh (Mary Woodvine), dragging a body in from the cold, white outside into what looks like a derelict factory with walls covered in strange, cryptic maps. She is wearing a blue boiler suit and a respirator. The body "Sean" (Ian Marshall) is also dressed in a blue boiler suit and appears badly wounded by a trap Niamh has set.

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The Live Wire (1935)

Comedy

Professors Sneed and Harris find an ancient vase at a shop on the docks. They track down Dick Nelson, the sailor who sold it after finding it on an island where he was shipwrecked as a boy. They charter a ship to have Dick guide them to find more ancient treasures on this uncharted island; but they do not want Captain King to bring his daughter Madge, who usually sails with him, saying it will be too dangerous for a woman to go with them.

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The Brown Wallet (1936)

Crime

Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal. Returning home in a taxi, he finds a wallet containing £2,000 left behind by a previous passenger.

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Lost in Time (2019)

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Lost in Time (2019 film) Lost in Time is a 2019 Kenyan psychological thriller film directed by Peter Kawa and written by Edijoe Mwaniki. The film stars George Mo, Sheila Murugi, and Natasha Sakawa. It explores themes of grief, trauma, and mental health within a family setting.

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Jetsam (2007)

Drama, thriller film

Grace (Alex Reid) is washed up on a beach along with a man (Jamie Draven) whom she cannot recollect. But since it becomes quickly apparent that the man means to kill her, Grace is forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive while putting her memory back together.

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Sandrine in the Rain (2008)

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During a shootout with bandits who have just robbed a bank, a police officer inadvertently hits an innocent young woman, Martine, killing her. Destroyed by guilt, Leonardo leaves his post as an agent to move on to an office job and groped to recover his inner balance away from the road. But he knows the charming Sandrine who arrives in him life upsetting him.

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Larceny on the Air (1937)

Crime

Dr. Lawrence Baxter runs a medical-themed radio show and frequently denounces the phony radium-based "medicine" being sold by Ronald Kennedy. After one of his patients is kidnapped by Kennedy's thugs, Baxter teams up with the police, and pretends to join Kennedy's business to gain evidence of criminal activity.

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Aegri Somnia (2008)

Horror, thriller film

Edgar is a man in an extreme existential crisis. He is thrown into a hopeless abyss of frequent nightmares, isolation and increasing paranoia following the suicide of his wife. Edgar moves from one fresh hell into another in this tale of a man facing the darkest side of his shadow self.

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The Barton Mystery (1932)

Crime, thriller film

Harry Maitland visits philanderer Gerald Barton, intent on obtaining compromising letters written to him by a woman, but fails. The next day he receives the letters, and a covering note from Barton. Barton is then found murdered, and Maitland is arrested and found guilty.

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Encounters (1993)

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A woman, Madaline, and her husband Martin return to the estate where they grew up. She becomes convinced she was responsible for the death of her younger brother some twenty years earlier and that her brother has returned and is trying to kill her. She discovers a missing husband and a pair of grizzled trappers.

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