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Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles California. Nancy booked an abandoned house for them to stay in hiding the mystery of a movie star's murder from her father as a promise that she would stay out of trouble and be normal. Fitting into high school as a normal teen tur …ns out to be harder than it sounds, for Nancy Drew. She soon befriends a younger boy and determines that the sleuthing world is where she belongs. While snooping through the attic, she finds a letter from the Hollywood star, Dehlia Draycott, written to someone named 'Z'. This leads Nancy on a wild goose chase as she comes to find out that Dehlia has a secret daughter, her daughter is to inherit everything and someone killed Dehlia because they were written out of the will. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen comedy |
Themes: | unlikely heroabductionsurveillancefilmmakingescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chasemovinghigh school |
Locations: | chinese restaurantschool teachertrain stationtunnelrooftoplos angeles californiasmall towncarchurchhospital |
Characters: | amateur detectivesingle fatherfilm directorsecurity guardsingle motherlove triangleartistlawyerpriestphotographerdetectivestudentpolice officerfemale protagonistteenage boy …brother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager (See All) |
Story: | jumping out of a moving caramateur sleuthmoving ingrauman's chinese theaterchild detectivefemale detectivebirthday partycar accidentfoot chasebackground music score revealed to be source musicstill images during end creditschild protective agencyfather child reunionbased on cult booksurvival skills …fast talkertracheotomyreference to imdbkidnapped womanchild spyboutiquesleuthsmall town sheriffphonograph recordcpripodantique shopcupcakevideo cassetteschool lifescrapbooksecret passagehousemaidvcrcompassadopted daughtergarbage truckchinatowncaretakerrealtorspacluehollywood signbusiness cardtrain rideschool principalclimbingfilm projectorlast will and testamentpolice chiefmovie actressfilm crewevictioncartoon on tvreal estate agentlaptop computernewspaper clippingfiremanchloroformsirenyoung loveatticfilm setevidenceshovelburglaryministertensionburglarcameostrong female leadmovie starwatching a movierecordingfaintingcaketeen angstapplausestrong female characterrecord playernewspaper headlinebasementfilm within a filmgiftcheerleadergymconvertibleprankknocked outattempted murderlimousinetheaterdream sequencebasketballmansionprayerclassroomcafebombpaintingrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcharacter name in titleflashback (See All) |
A new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.
Themes: | filmmakingescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | film directorsecurity guarddetectivepolice officerfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | birthday partycar accidentfoot chasehollywood signnewspaper clippingfilm setcameostrong female leadstrong female characterbasementfilm within a filmprankknocked outmansionrescue …cell phonesurprise endingchaseparty (See All) |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever … had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school teachercarchurch |
Characters: | lawyerpriestpolice officerfemale protagonistteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentvideo cassettetensionwatching a moviefaintingfilm within a filmmansionclassroomcafeexplosion |
It's nearing the 10th Anniversary of the film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and one of the stars, Heather Langenkamp is being scared by a voice on a phone, sounding very similar to the film's villain, Freddy Krueger. When Heather's husband is killed in a car accident and is discovered with slash marks … on him, Heather starts to wonder something. Especially when she discovers that Wes Craven is writing another 'Nightmare' film. Soon, she realizes that Freddy has now entered the real world, and the only way to defeat him is to become Nancy Thompson once again. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmakingescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | los angeles californiacarhospital |
Characters: | film directorsecurity guardpriestpolice officerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasefilm setcameofilm within a filmknocked outattempted murderlimousinedream sequencemansionpaintingrescuecell phonesurprise endingchase …explosion (See All) |
Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Ji …mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | los angeles californiacar |
Characters: | security guardlove trianglepolice officerbrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasehollywood signcameobasementcheerleadergymknocked outlimousinerescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartytitle spoken by character |
Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes … in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went on to become a white collar criminal. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopcarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerdetectivepolice officerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasechinatowncartoon on tvnewspaper clippingcameonewspaper headlinecheerleaderknocked outlimousinemansionsurprise endingpartyexplosiontitle spoken by character …dancingcharacter name in title (See All) |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens …ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | unlikely heroescapemurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | los angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | single fatherlawyerdetectiveteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | birthday partycar accidentfoot chasehollywood signbusiness cardfilm projectorstrong female characternewspaper headlineknocked outattempted murderlimousinedream sequencemansionrescuesurprise ending …chasepartyexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingflashback (See All) |
Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by … the alias L. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chasehigh school |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | single fatherdetectivestudentpolice officerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasenewspaper clippingcameonewspaper headlinelimousinecell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosiontitle spoken by character |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | surveillancefilmmakingkidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chasehigh school |
Locations: | rooftoplos angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | detectiveteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentreference to imdbcluefilm crewburglaryburglarcheerleaderattempted murdercell phonesurprise endingpartyflashback |
In North Carolina especially in Beaufort a prank on a guy goes wrong and puts the student in the clinic. Carter, a famous student with no plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to join in after-school community service activities as consequence, which include starring as the lead in th …e play. And participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to like her, that he did not expect to do. They relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate. (Read More)
Themes: | escape |
Mood: | car chasehigh school |
Locations: | small townchurchhospital |
Characters: | single fathersecurity guardsingle motherprieststudentpolice officerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentministerfaintingteen angstprankbasketballrescuedancing |
As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine, they build it and use it to fix their problems and for personal gain. But as their future falls apart with disasters, and they come to realize the irreversible ripple effects caused by their time travels, they must decide to fix this once and …for all. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | single motherbrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | birthday partyfoot chasenewspaper clippingatticteen angstnewspaper headlinecheerleadergymbasketballrescuecell phonesurprise endingpartytitle spoken by character |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | chinese restaurantchurch |
Characters: | lawyerpriestphotographerdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | foot chasevideo cassettesirenevidenceapplausenewspaper headlinesurprise endingchase |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
Themes: | filmmaking |
Locations: | los angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | film directorartistphotographer |
Story: | car accidenthollywood signfilm projectormovie starwatching a movierecordingapplauserecord playernewspaper headlinefilm within a filmlimousinedream sequencecafepaintingdancing |
Preacher Graham Hess, played by Mel Gibson, has lost his faith in God after his wife dies in a brutal car accident. He along with his son and daughter and his brother Merrill lives in a farmhouse. Crop circles begin to appear in their corn fields which Graham dismisses as mischief by miscreants. Aft …er hearing strange noises and watching news coverage on crop circles appearing all over the world, the family grows suspicious of alien activities. Now they must stick together and believe, as a family to survive the ordeal and find a way to escape. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | small towncar |
Characters: | single fatherpriestpolice officerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentvideo cassettecartoon on tvsirenministerbasementdream sequencesurprise endingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftophospital |
Characters: | security guarddetectivepolice officerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasescrapbooknewspaper clippingnewspaper headlineknocked outattempted murdermansioncafebombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosion …character name in titleflashback (See All) |
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Themes: | surveillanceescapemurder |
Locations: | school teachertunnel |
Characters: | security guardartiststudentpolice officerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipteenager |
Story: | foot chaseatticshovelattempted murderbombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancing |
In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VH …S tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo. (Read More)
Themes: | unlikely herosurveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | carhospital |
Characters: | security guarddetectivepolice officerbrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasevideo cassettevcrgarbage truckchinatownknocked outattempted murdermansionrescuecell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosion |
Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas ('Anton Yelchin' (qv)) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs - predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction - Odd knows that his town is in serious t …rouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy ('Addison Timlin' (qv)) and the local sheriff ('Willem Dafoe' (qv)), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz. (Read More)
Themes: | unlikely herosurveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | small townchurchhospital |
Characters: | security guardsingle motherpolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasepolice chiefnewspaper clippingknocked outattempted murderlimousinebombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosiontitle spoken by character …character name in titleflashback (See All) |
1 year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of … many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | small town |
Characters: | single fatherfemale protagonistteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasecameostrong female leadteen angststrong female charactercheerleaderprankrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartytitle spoken by character |
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. After they recover the box, they discover that it has the … capability to decode all existing encryption systems around the world, and that the agents who hired them didn't work for the Government after all... (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | chinese restauranttunnelrooftop |
Characters: | security guard |
Story: | car accidentbusiness cardburglarynewspaper headlineconvertibleknocked outattempted murderlimousinerescuesurprise endingchasepartydancingflashback |
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu …rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)
Themes: | escapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | rooftopcar |
Characters: | studentteenage boymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentipodyoung loveshovelteen angstbasementprankclassroomcell phonechasepartytitle spoken by characterdancing |
When three girls are kidnapped by a man with 23 different personalities, they have to work out which of those personalities will help them escape and which of those personalities will try to stop them.
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | train stationtunnel |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerteenage girlfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | birthday partychloroformcameobasementknocked outattempted murderpaintingrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartytitle spoken by characterdancingflashback |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancemurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftoplos angeles california |
Characters: | security guardlawyerdetectivepolice officerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentchinatownbusiness cardnewspaper headlineconvertibleknocked outattempted murdermansionrescuesurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais …e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftophospital |
Characters: | security guardlove trianglelawyerpolice officer |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasecartoon on tvcameoattempted murderbasketballmansioncell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosion |
Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Dan …iels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | los angeles californiacar |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | foot chasevideo cassettegarbage trucksirenapplausestrong female characterbombrescuechaseexplosiontitle spoken by character |
Rose Hathaway is a dhampir, half-vampire and half-human, who is training to be a guardian at St Vladimir's Academy along with many others like her. There are good and bad vampires in their world: Moroi, who co-exist peacefully among the humans and only take blood from donors, and also possess the ab …ility to control one of the four elements - water, earth, fire or air; and Strigoi, blood-sucking, evil vampires who drink to kill. Rose and other dhampir guardians are trained to protect Moroi and kill Strigoi throughout their education. Along with her best friend, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, a Moroi and the last of her line, with whom she has a nigh unbreakable bond, Rose must run away from St Vladimir's, in order to protect Lissa from those who wish to harm the princess and use her for their own means. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school teacherchurchhospital |
Characters: | love trianglepriestfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentschool principalyoung lovebasementgymdream sequencemansionclassroomrescuesurprise endingpartytitle spoken by characterflashback |
Two years after the events of Scream, Sidney Prescott and Randy are attending Windsor college. They are trying to get on with their lives...Until a new Ghostface killing spree begins. With the help of Dewey and Gale, Sidney must find out who's behind the murders. As the body count goes up, the list …of suspects goes down. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasevcrbusiness cardpolice chiefcameostrong female leadstrong female characterfilm within a filmprankknocked outattempted murderrescuecell phonesurprise ending …chaseparty (See All) |
The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire Martin comments on how he and Matt …are about the same height and he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunting down a serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim... (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | train stationcarhospital |
Characters: | security guardartistdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | car accidentfoot chaselaptop computerstrong female leadstrong female characternewspaper headlineattempted murdermansionpaintingcell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosiontitle spoken by characterflashback |
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
Themes: | escapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | photographerdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasecluebusiness cardpolice chiefsirenshovelknocked outcell phoneflashback |
The RIDE ALONG 2 sequel picks up about a year after our heroes' last adventure. Plans for a quick trip to Miami go bad. With the wedding upcoming, James reluctantly takes Ben with him to Miami to follow up on a lead connected to a drug ring case he's been trying to crack. In Miami, they meet Maya, a … no-BS homicide detective who lets them know Miami is her turf. They also encounter AJ, a shady cocky computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a well-respected local businessman, the wealthy Antonio Pope. Pope harbors a vicious streak and rules South Florida's drug trade. If Ben and James can convince the authorities that Pope is a brutal crime boss they'll stop his spree. If they fail, well there may not be a wedding after all. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapemurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerbrother sister relationship |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasenewspaper clippingevidencecameoknocked outmansionbombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosiondancing |
The story centers on a corporate climber who gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Themes: | abductionsurveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerfemale protagonist |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasechloroformtensionrecord playerknocked outattempted murdercell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosion |
Teenager Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy at school, Blane. He's one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?
Subgenre: | teen comedy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school teacher |
Characters: | single fatherstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | phonograph recordcartoon on tvteen angstrecord playergymconvertibledancing |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | love trianglepriestphotographerstudentfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | phonograph recordmovie starrecordingteen angstrecord playerfilm within a filmclassroompartytitle spoken by characterdancingflashback |
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | security guardlawyerphotographerpolice officerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationship |
Story: | foot chaselaptop computerfiremansirenstrong female leadstrong female characterknocked outattempted murderchaseexplosion |
When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two …detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftoplos angeles california |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | grauman's chinese theatercar accidentfoot chasehollywood signreal estate agentrecordingconvertiblecell phonechasetitle spoken by character |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame …lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
Themes: | abductionsurveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | tunnel |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | cprcluenewspaper clippingtensionnewspaper headlineknocked outattempted murderrescuesurprise endingchasetitle spoken by character |
The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlf …riend Jennifer, Alex writes his last experiences in Paranoid Park with his new acquaintances and how the guard was killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilty from his conscience. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | tunnel |
Characters: | security guarddetectivestudentpolice officerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipteenager |
Story: | business cardevidencenewspaper headlinecheerleaderclassroomcafecell phonetitle spoken by characterflashback |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di …fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | security guarddetectivepolice officer |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasegarbage truckpolice chiefgymknocked outattempted murderlimousinebombrescuecell phonechaseexplosion |
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra …cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescape |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school teachertrain stationlos angeles californiacarchurchhospital |
Characters: | security guardlawyerpolice officerteenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | foot chasephonograph recordwatching a movieteen angstrecord playermansionprayerclassroomchasepartydancingflashback |
June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoo …ts his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying? (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | tunnelrooftophospital |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chaseipodtrain ridefiremangymknocked outmansionrescuecell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosioncharacter name in title |
Themes: | unlikely herosurveillanceescape |
Locations: | chinese restauranttunnelrooftop |
Characters: | security guardpolice officerfemale protagonist |
Story: | car accidentrealtorcameobasementknocked outmansionbombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingflashback |
Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle …for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. (Read More)
Themes: | abductionescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | tunnellos angeles californiachurch |
Characters: | single fatherteenage boybrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentipodcartoon on tvshoveltensionbasementcaferescuecell phonesurprise endingexplosion |
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into … obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancefilmmakingescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | los angeles californiasmall townhospital |
Characters: | film directorlawyerdetective |
Story: | foot chasegarbage truckfilm projectorevidencerecordinglimousinemansioncell phonesurprise endingchasetitle spoken by character |
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted t …o kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union." (Read More)
Themes: | abductionescapemurder |
Mood: | car chasehigh school |
Locations: | small townchurch |
Characters: | security guardfather daughter relationship |
Story: | foot chaserealtorlaptop computerrecord playerbasementconvertiblemansionbombcell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosiondancing |
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | tunnelrooftophospital |
Characters: | security guardlawyerpriestdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasegarbage trucklast will and testamentnewspaper clippingburglaryburglarnewspaper headlineknocked outlimousinemansioncafebombrescuesurprise ending …chasepartyexplosionflashback (See All) |
Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life. Her external demeanor at first seems superficial, but rather it hides her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage so …cial life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen comedy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school teacherlos angeles california |
Characters: | single fatherlawyerstudentfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlteenager |
Story: | teen angstclassroomcell phonesurprise endingpartytitle spoken by character |
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her f …ear. (Read More)
Themes: | escapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | small town |
Characters: | studentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | moving infoot chasekidnapped womannewspaper clippingteen angstapplausenewspaper headlinebasementgymconvertibledream sequencebasketballclassroomsurprise endingchase …partycharacter name in title (See All) |
Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of … the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | priestpolice officerfemale protagonist |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasestrong female leadstrong female characternewspaper headlineknocked outattempted murderlimousinebombcell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosiontitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title …flashback (See All) |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, …to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftophospital |
Characters: | lawyerdetectivepolice officerteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | car accidentfoot chasepolice chiefteen angstknocked outbombrescuecell phonesurprise endingchasepartyexplosionflashback |
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear …her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Themes: | unlikely herosurveillanceescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | train stationtunnelrooftop |
Characters: | artistdetectivefemale protagonist |
Story: | foot chasechinatownknocked outattempted murderbombcell phonesurprise endingchaseexplosionflashback |