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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,133 films · Page 384.

Killer Flick (1998)

exploitation film

The film centers on four aspiring filmmakers, Rome, Buzz, Max, and One-Eye, who go on a surreal rampage and make their exploits into a movie. While evading law enforcement, the filmmakers discuss their plans on how to make their movie as violent and sexy as possible so that they can sell it for a lot of money. After the group blows up a gas station, Rome flirts with Tess, an attractive woman he meets on the street, and tries to cast her.

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Gene-X (2006)

thriller film

A young research doctor named Tom Gray is on the verge of a genetic cure for cancer. Nurse Casey Gordon is desperate to save the life of a child in her care and seduces Tom into testing his therapy. Early success brings romance into Tom's life for the first time, but Casey has a secret lover whose jealous anger puts their lives in danger, and Tom finds his cure has a dark side.

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War Crimes (2005)

independent film, thriller film

A group of six friends, recently graduated in the UK travel to Bosnia in 1992. As fighting breaks out around the capital Sarajevo the friends are forced to escape overland to the border whilst the fighting spreads. After witnessing a horrific massacre in Bosnia they are pursued by a ruthless Yugoslav People's Army Officer and his brutal Chetnik fighters.

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Mr. America (2013)

thriller film

Penny Morningstar is a young and successful art gallery director, while Adrian is a failed artist, obsessed with Andy Warhol. According to Adrian, Warhol was a serial killer, without piety, who stole people's soul, letting them die slowly. He thinks that Valerie Solanas, Edie Sedgwick or Jean-Michel Basquiat would probably share this theory, but they cannot do it, because they are all dead.

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UnCivil Liberties (2006)

thriller film

Set in the near future, UnCivil Liberties imagines a Big Brother–type government that uses technology to spy on its citizens. A militia assassin, Mike Wilson (Glenn Allen), is hired to kill a government agent, Cynthia Porter (Penny Perkins), who is reluctantly helping develop the technology. Wilson, however, cannot bring himself to assassinate Porter, and soon his partner, Sam Norton (Tony Grocki), is hired to kill Wilson.

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Kada River (2018)

Drama, historical film, thriller film

The film portrays the ancient rivalry between the Boduas and the Shawlains, which has graduated into a tense and bloody unrest. Amidst this turmoil two young lovers, Jerome (Chris Okagbue) and Nadia (Fella Makafui), struggle transform the intense hate nurtured between their ethnic groups.

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The Kingdom of Twilight (1929)

Jim Carrington leaves England with his daughter Dorothy after a scandal, and seeks his fortune as a gold prospector in northern Australia. He learns of a mysterious tribe of aborigines but is wounded and captured by the drive. He is given up for dead by everyone except for Dorothy who continues to search for him.

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Imitation (2007)

Drama

When Teresa (played by Vanessa Bauche) was left in Mexico by a husband who hiked it up to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she followed in search of him with the help of Fenton (played by Jesse Aaron Dwyre), a grocery-store stock boy, but little does her new companion know of the mystery surrounding this mistress and her equally enigmatic ex-suitor. This emotionally ambitious and frequently comedic feature follows the two as they travel across Montreal, often encountering colorful characters who lead them to the final denouement, where Teresa will have more explaining to do than she ever expected.

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Desert of Blood (2008)

Vampire

For thirty-five years, something evil lay buried beneath the sands of Mexico until a hapless treasure hunter digs up more than he expects, releasing the mysterious, handsome, and deadly Luis Diego from his desert tomb. Finally free, Diego seeks to exact vengeance on those who nearly destroyed him all those years ago, including the woman he once loved, Sarita . Diego’s revenge, however, is unexpectedly interrupted when he falls for Sarita’s niece, Maricela .

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Line Engaged (1935)

thriller film

Eva Rutland, the wife of caddish Gordon, is in love with David Morley, a successful novelist. David's father, a Police Inspector, gives his son a cast iron murder plot. Later, when Gordon is shot, it seems David has fulfilled his father's hypothetical musings.

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Aduri (2008)

Aduri Aman (Ariana Almajan), finds herself the target of federal agents, though she is herself employed by the FBI as an analyst. Unsuspecting that she may have knowledge of government secrets, she receives help and refuge from a stranger, Saif (Kawan Karadaghi). He seems overly eager to help.

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