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Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involve β¦s Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Frye, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | blindnessparanoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrural settingwoodstaxidesertswimming pooltrainnew york city |
Characters: | truck driveruncle niece relationshipdetectivepolice |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | cabin in the woodshorse ranchcircus performercaught in the rainhorse ridingfire woodfire alarmfire extinguisherradio city music hall manhattan new york cityhiding underwatercharity ballforeign agentburning a documentnavy shipbearded woman β¦eating an appleslip and fallblind personchristeningtelephone boxsiamese twinsmilkshakeon the lamjumping off a bridgehundred dollar billfall to deathdance hallbreakdownferry boatstowawaybrandyconvoyballroom dancingshackradio broadcastinfantcanteendrugstorecityscapestatue of libertymotorcycle copcross countryfashion modelstatue of liberty new york citytelegramhandcuffedknocked unconsciousdambillboardskyscraperspiral staircasegerman shepherddirector cameoplaying pianoauctionblind manranchshadowthunderstormevacuationmanhunttelescopeinnocencemovie theatrebrooklyn new york cityhitchhikerjumping from heightaudienceservantmovie theatersabotagecircusnewspaper headlinearsonespionagewaterfallcinemacabindeath of sonfilm within a filmpianistspeechevil manfugitivefactorysmokingon the runfalse accusationdeath of friendmansionterroristcaliforniamanhattan new york cityhandcuffsshootingletterfalling from heightarresthorsefirechaseexplosionone word titledog (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 β¦ 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)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | terrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police carwoodstaxitrainnew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | fire extinguisherjumping off a bridgemotorcycle copstatue of liberty new york cityspiral staircasejumping from heightnewspaper headlineespionagefugitiveon the runmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestchase β¦explosionone word titledog (See All) |
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.
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiamurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police |
Story: | fire extinguisherhandcuffedsabotageespionagepianistfugitiveon the runcaliforniahandcuffsarrestchaseexplosiondog |
Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder β¦. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police carwoodstaxitrain |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | director cameoauctiontelescopenewspaper headlineespionageevil manfugitiveon the runfalse accusationmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfirechase β¦explosion (See All) |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e β¦xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | woodstaxitrain |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshippolice |
Story: | cabin in the woodsfire alarmgerman shepherdevacuationmanhuntinnocencenewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runterroristmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsarrestchasedog |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an β¦d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | cabin in the woodsspiral staircaseevacuationmanhuntbrooklyn new york citynewspaper headlinedeath of sonfugitiveon the rundeath of friendmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfire β¦explosion (See All) |
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of "Mr Memory"'s show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. He accepts to hide her in his flat, but in the night she is murdered. Fearing he could be accused on the girl's murder, Hannay goes on th β¦e run to break the spy ring. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | police |
Story: | foreign agentdirector cameomanhuntespionagewaterfallspeechfugitiveon the runfalse accusationhandcuffsshootingchase |
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 β¦her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | terrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | fire extinguisherspiral staircasemanhuntfugitiveon the runfalse accusationterroristfalling from heightfirechaseexplosionone word title |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | knocked unconsciousdammanhuntjumping from heightspeechfugitiveon the runfalse accusationhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosion |
Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cro β¦ss the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapemurder |
Locations: | police cartrainnew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | handcuffedbrooklyn new york cityarsonspeechfugitiveon the runfalse accusationmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosion |
Famous symbologist on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unlea β¦shing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxitrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | motorcycle copevacuationmanhuntjumping from heightfugitiveon the runfalse accusationterroristfalling from heightchaseexplosionone word titledog |
Jason Bourne is again being hunted by the CIA. It begins when Nicky Parson a former CIA operative who helped Bourne, who went under and now works with a man who's a whistle blower and is out to expose the CIA's black ops. Nicky hacks into the CIA and downloads everything on all their Black Ops, incl β¦uding Treadstone which Bourne was a part of. And Heather Lee, a CIA agent, discovers the hack and brings it to the attention of CIA Director Dewey, the man behind the Black Ops. He orders Parsons be found and, hopefully, Bourne, too. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | investigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police cartaxitrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | fire alarmmotorcycle copspiral staircaseevacuationjumping from heightsabotagenewspaper headlinearsonespionagefugitiveon the runfalling from heightfirechaseexplosion |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi β¦th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | motorcycle copmanhuntnewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runterroristhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosiondog |
When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Mean β¦while, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police carwoodstrainnew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | spiral staircasemanhuntespionagefugitiveon the runfalse accusationmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfirechase |
Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone awry. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am β¦ I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxidesert |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | skyscraperjumping from heightsabotagenewspaper headlineespionagefugitiveon the runhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestchaseexplosiondog |
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.
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | blindnessparanoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxidesert |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | evacuationjumping from heightsabotagenewspaper headlinewaterfallevil manfugitiveon the runfalse accusationmansionterroristletterfalling from heightfirechase β¦explosion (See All) |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up β¦with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxi |
Characters: | police |
Story: | playing pianomanhuntsabotagearsonespionagefugitiveon the runterroristhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosionone word title |
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police cardesert |
Characters: | police |
Story: | ranchmovie theatrehitchhikermovie theaterevil manfugitiveon the rundeath of friendcaliforniaarresthorsechaseexplosion |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco β¦me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police carwoodsswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | jumping off a bridgesabotagenewspaper headlinearsonon the rundeath of friendmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfirechaseone word title |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr β¦eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | evacuationarsonespionagefugitiveon the runfalse accusationterroristhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosion |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n β¦ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Characters: | truck driverdetectivepolice |
Story: | burning a documentfall to deathskyscraperevacuationtelescopejumping from heightservantnewspaper headlineevil manfalse accusationdeath of friendterroristhandcuffsletterfalling from height β¦arresthorsefirechaseexplosiondog (See All) |
After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shoc β¦king new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to make impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | woodsdeserttrain |
Story: | cityscapeknocked unconsciousspiral staircasesabotageevil manfugitiveon the runhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestchaseexplosionone word title |
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 β¦iels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | terrorismkidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police cartrain |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | motorcycle cophandcuffedspeechevil mandeath of friendterroristcaliforniahandcuffschaseexplosionone word title |
In the near future, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible terrorist attack, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the abilit β¦y to hack into people's minds and control them, Major Kusanagi is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major Kusanagi discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxi |
Story: | cityscapebillboardjumping from heightfugitiveon the runfalse accusationterroristhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosiondog |
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn β¦'t, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | terrorisminvestigationescapemurder |
Locations: | taxitrain |
Story: | cabin in the woodssabotageevil manfactoryon the runterroristfalling from heightfirechaseexplosionone word title |
A successful operative for an elite private intelligence firm is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | terrorismescape |
Locations: | police carwoodstaxitrain |
Story: | hitchhikersabotagenewspaper headlineespionageterroristhandcuffsarresthorsechasedog |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police carswimming pool |
Characters: | police |
Story: | ferry boathandcuffedauctionnewspaper headlineevil manfugitiveon the runhandcuffsarrestchase |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te β¦rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiakidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxitrainnew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | fire extinguisherhandcuffedknocked unconsciousfalse accusationterroristhandcuffschaseexplosionone word title |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma β¦ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapemurder |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | fire extinguisherstatue of liberty new york citycircusarsondeath of friendmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosiondog |
John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability t β¦o put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxiswimming pool |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | billboardspiral staircasejumping from heightsabotagefugitiveon the runfalse accusationfalling from heightarrestchaseexplosion |
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | investigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | woodsswimming pool |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | knocked unconsciousbillboardfalse accusationdeath of friendmansionfalling from heightarresthorsefirechaseexplosiondog |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapemurder |
Locations: | swimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | statue of liberty new york cityevacuationarsonevil manfalse accusationdeath of friendmansionmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsshootingfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosion |
The high stakes thriller Paranoia takes us deep behind the scenes of global success to a deadly world of greed and deception. The two most powerful tech billionaires in the world ('Harrison Ford (I)' (qv) and 'Gary Oldman (I)' (qv)) are bitter rivals with a complicated past who will stop at nothing β¦to destroy each other. A young superstar ('Liam Hemsworth' (qv)), seduced by unlimited wealth and power falls between them, and becomes trapped in the middle of the twists and turns of their life-and-death game of corporate espionage. By the time he realizes his life is in danger, he is in far too deep and knows far too much for them to let him walk away. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxiswimming poolnew york city |
Story: | statue of liberty new york citybrooklyn new york citysabotageespionagemansionmanhattan new york cityhandcuffsarrestchaseone word title |
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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationmurder |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | knocked unconsciousdamdirector cameosabotagenewspaper headlineevil manfalse accusationmansionhandcuffshorseone word title |
After accomplishing the assignment of dismantling a human trafficking organization, the former military and drifter Jack Reacher goes to Washington to invite his liaison, Major Susan Turner, to have dinner with him. However, he meets her substitute, Colonel Sam Morgan, who explains that Major Turner β¦ has been arrested and accused of espionage. Jack seeks out her veteran lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, who explains that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. Further, he also tells Jack he is being sued, accused by a woman of being the father of her fifteen year-old daughter, Samantha. When Moorcroft is murdered, Jack is accused of being the killer and sent to a prison. He sees that Turner and he have been framed and also that Turner will be killed by two assassins. However, he rescues her and they flee. Soon, they realize that there is a conspiracy involving military people from the army and a government contractor that is a powerful arms dealer. Jack also learns that Samantha is in danger and Turner and he rescue her. They decide to protect her since a skilled assassin is hunting them down while they try to find the motive of the conspiracy. Who can be trusted? (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxidesert |
Characters: | police |
Story: | handcuffedhitchhikerjumping from heightespionagefugitiveon the runfalse accusationhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosion |
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: β¦ one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carwoods |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | cabin in the woodscaught in the rainspiral staircasemanhuntarsonon the runfalse accusationletterfiredog |
Lincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left in the world to actually live a life. Thousands of people stay at a facility waiting to go to the Island. It all sounds like paradise, but Lincoln Six Echo soon discovers that there's actually a sinis β¦ter purpose going on at that facility and that he must escape - but not before stopping the sinister plan. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | paranoiaescapemurder |
Locations: | police cardesertswimming pool |
Story: | cityscapefashion modelmanhuntinnocenceevil manfugitiveon the runfalling from heightchaseexplosion |
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhi β¦le back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M. Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White, who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | woodsdesertswimming pooltrain |
Story: | cabin in the woodsjumping from heightnewspaper headlineespionageevil manmansionterroristfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosionone word title |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo β¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cardesert |
Characters: | police |
Story: | skyscraperevacuationtelescopejumping from heightfilm within a filmevil mandeath of friendmansionterroristcaliforniashootingfalling from heightfirechaseexplosion β¦dog (See All) |
Air travel is the safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth -- and that's bad news for the passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesl β¦ey Snipes plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaterrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police |
Story: | jumping from heightsabotageevil manfalse accusationterroristhandcuffsfalling from heightarrestchaseexplosion |
Det. John Hobbes is convinced that when killer Edgar Reese is executed, all of his troubles are over. But when people he knows and people on the street start to sing the same tune that Reese sang in the gas chamber, and those same people taunt him, he is told that maybe the cursed fallen angel Azaze β¦l is behind it all. Azazel is cursed to roam the Earth without a form, and he can switch bodies by any contact, making him hard to track. When Hobbes is forced to kill a man possessed by Azazel, he must clear his name while protecting his family and others from the evil, vengeful Azazel. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | woodstrainnew york city |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | cabin in the woodsnewspaper headlinecabinfugitiveon the runfalse accusationhandcuffsfirechaseone word titledog |
CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | terrorismescapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Story: | auctionevacuationsabotageespionagefugitiveon the runterroristhandcuffsfalling from height |
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 β¦ obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | taxiswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | brooklyn new york cityarsonevil manmansionshootingletterfalling from heightfirechase |
Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delig β¦ht when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapemurder |
Locations: | taxitrain |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipdetectivepolice |
Story: | brandytelegramshadowmovie theaterspeechfugitivecaliforniachase |
The events in this movie take place around the same time as the events in _The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)_ (qv). When a British reporter was writing an expose about Black Ops operations Treadstone and Black Briar, and the ones responsible for them are concerned. And when Jason Bourne, former Treadstone β¦ operative got the file on Treadstone and Black Briar and gave it to Pamela Landy who then passed it to the media. When the men behind Treadstone and Black Briar learn of this, they're concerned how this will affect other ops they have. They decide it's best to shut down all ops and make sure make everyone involved disappears. They try to take out Aaron Cross who is part of another op called Outcome, but he manages to survive. He then seeks out Dr. Marta Shearing who worked on him when he began. It seems part of the program is for all subjects to take medications but he has run out, which is why he seeks her. But someone tries to kill her. He saves her and she tells him, he should have stopped taking the medications long ago. They go to Manila so that she can help him. Later the men behind Outcome learn that Cross and Shearing are still alive. They try to get them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | investigationescapemurder |
Locations: | police carwoodstaxitrainnew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | fire extinguishermotorcycle copspiral staircasemanhuntjumping from heightnewspaper headlinearsonwaterfallcabinfactoryon the runmansionfirechaseexplosion β¦dog (See All) |
Four childhood friends, Jonesy, Beaver, Pete and Henry all share a special secret. Each year, they take a trip into Maine woods. This year is different. A blizzard occurs, and they recover a man found wandering around. Unbeknownst to them,this wandering individual isn't the only being to be found. N β¦ow they must act fast to stop the outbreak developing and to prevent the world from its doom (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | police carrural settingwoodstrain |
Characters: | truck driver |
Story: | cabin in the woodsgerman shepherdevacuationhitchhikerarsoncabindeath of friendshootingfirechaseexplosionone word titledog |
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 β¦fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | terrorisminvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | fire extinguishermotorcycle copspeechevil manfactoryterroristhandcuffsarrestfirechaseexplosion |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count β¦ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | escapekidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | police |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | auctionranchevacuationtelescopenewspaper headlinearsonwaterfallfalse accusationarresthorsefirechaseexplosionone word titledog |
A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiakidnappingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police cartaxinew york city |
Characters: | police |
Story: | brooklyn new york cityespionagefugitiveon the runmanhattan new york cityshootingchase |
Subgenre: | conspiracysuspense |
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationescapekidnappingmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | cityscapemanhuntjumping from heightnewspaper headlinefugitiveon the runmansionfalling from heightarrestfirechaseexplosion |